West Midlands opening fixture in the Championship Division of the UKDA National League was an away game against Gwent and one they would really like to forget as they slumped to a huge 27-9 defeat with all four teams losing.
In Saturday’s ‘B’ games the ladies went down 3-2 and the men suffered a massive 11-1 defeat with Adam Johnson their only winner as he beat Ricky Tonkin 4-3.
Sunday’s ‘A’ matches were not much better as the ladies replicated the ladies ‘B’ result losing 3-2, however the men’s ‘A’ did do a little better than their ‘B’ side but nevertheless still lost 8-4.
At Gilbert’s Bar, Willenhall, West Midlands will play hosts to Humberside this coming weekend and lining up for the home teams will be Men’s ‘A’:- Ian Jones, John Morros, Mick Baker, Shaun Carroll, Kevin Bambrick, Gavin Baker, Ash Khayat, Martin Angell, Scott Hall, Adam Teasdale, Wayne Willis, Glen McGrandle, Men’s ‘B’:- Richard Platt, Luke Griffiths, Neil Pointon, Adam Johnson, Mike Hampson, Jon Platt, Darren Williams, Danny Coyle, Paul Price, Ian Stanton, Mark Craddock, John Brindley, Reserves:- Ant Powell, Matty Dicken, Colin Wood, Dave Lukas, Women’s ‘A’:- Kat McLean, Jacqueline Maiden, Claire Hobbs, Kath Jenkins, Gemma Barrett, Sarah Maybury, Women’s ‘B’Shellbie Simmons, Gacqui Simmons, Debbie Davies, Kelly Doleman, Darah Barrett, Crysta Wilcox.
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