West Midlands finished their first season in the Premier Division of the BDO Inter County Championships just above the relegation zone with 149 points, nine more than Cambridgeshire who finished bottom and just four to the good on Devon who were relegated with Cambridgeshire as they were next to bottom of the league table, they will begin their second season in the Premier Division with a home tie against newly promoted Northamptonshire.
Northamptonshire with 197 points gained promotion from division one last season with divisional champions Essex who ended their campaign with 210 points, thirteen more than Cambridgeshire who were closely followed by third placed Oxfordshire who narrowly missed out on promotion as they had 193 points four short of Cambridgeshire.
After their first season in the top flight West Midlands will be hoping the experience will lead them to better things this season although they began their last campaign with some good results as in the opening four games they won two, drew one and only lost one and that was to neighbouring Warwickshire, however from there on in it was to say the least a little disappointing as they lost all of their final five fixtures.
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