This coming weekend county darts teams throughout the country will kick off their new season in the BDO Inter County Championships and as it has been for the last six seasons Warwickshire will open up with a premier division game against reigning champions Yorkshire. Last season’s 20-16 defeat was the best result Warwickshire have had in the six previous games and so with home advantage at the Bishopsgate Club, Foleshill Road, Coventry the local team will be looking to chalk up their first win over their visitors in seven games.
Selected to play in the opening game are Men’s ‘A’:- Bob Nixon, Dean Stewart, Richard Foster, Jamie Atkins, Jamie Hughes, Mark Carter, Mark Strong, Mark Westgarth, Noel Grant, Rob Hawker, Tom Aldridge, William Naylor, Men’s ‘B’:- Antony Allen, Carl Green, Ted Evetts, Matt Edgar, Prakash Jiwa, Paul Deslandes, Simon Power, Steve Ward, Tom McGlone, Luke Kennedy, Ian Shaw, Luis Barberan, Reserves:- Dan Green, Jimmy Hill, Tom Martin, Chris Gallagher, Mark Archer, Women’s ‘A’:- Denise Keyte, Wendy Adams, Donna Pinch, Kat Spanswick, Natalie Gilbert, Women’s ‘B’:- Lisa Whitmore, Lucy Keyte, Marian Conway, Kerry Bambridge, Kirsty Haw, Nina Bolt, Reserves:- Sue Sandher.
A final reminder to everyone there will be a pre match fund raising half hour prior to Warwickshire’s game when Kaya Holdsworth, daughter of Warwickshire county player Edwina Holdsworth will be having a complete head shave.
As Kaya has previously stated she is doing this because in January her mother was diagnosed with liver and bowel cancer and also some of her family members have also been affected by cancer and she wants to give something back to the nurses who have and still are doing a fantastic job with people being affected by cancer.
Furthermore Kaya is also looking into donating her ponytail to make wigs for people with cancer.
Anyone wishing to support this very courageous twenty years old young lady and wish to donate to a wonderful and worthy cause please follow the link https://bravetheshave.org.uk/shavers/kaya-abbtt/ alternatively just turn up to the game and donate to Kaya’s cause and at the same time support both her and Warwickshire.