In division two of the BDO Inter County Championships West Midlands made the short journey north to take on local rivals Staffordshire and had a great start to the weekend’s games when the ladies ‘B’ chalked up a convincing 5-1 win thanks to Samantha Maiden, lady of the match Kirsty Shaughnessy (15.80) and Wendy Waine who put them 3-0 up then rounding off the win were Jacqueline Maiden and Sophie Singh.
The ladies ‘A’ didn’t do too badly either as they shared the points in a 3-3 draw with Sarah Roberts taking their award with a 21.70 average.
The honours were shared in both of the men’s games as they finished at 6-6, Garry Watts (31.76) the ‘B’ team award winner and for the ‘A’ it was Shaun Carroll with a 28.81 average taking the final score to 20-16 in West Midlands favour.