Warwickshire County Darts Organisation finished the old year in the Premier Division of the UKDA National League in style with a 23-13 home win over Cornwall and although they remain fifth in the table they have reduced the deficit on new leaders Hampshire from 24 to 18 points. Hampshire have replaced Lancashire in pole position following their 20-16 home win over them giving them a total of 101 points with Lancashire second on 97, Warwickshire having 83.
Saturday’s games saw wins for both the ladies and men’s teams as the former won 4-2 with Hannah Meek lady of the match with a very respectable 20.20 average. The men’s ‘B’ won 8-4 with Mark Carter their top player averaging 29.97.
There were mixed results for Sunday’s games as the ladies slipped to a 4-2 defeat with Tammy Montgomery making it three consecutive match awards with a 21.25 average. The men’s ‘A’ side won 9-3 and taking their match award with a superb 30.83 average was Jamie Atkins.
Warwickshire will be hoping to reduce the gap even further this coming weekend when they travel to the Plumstead Common WMC, 71 Kirkham Street, Plumstead, London, SE18 2JS where they will take on London who are currently on 61 points and only three places off the foot of the table.
Selected to play against London are Men’s ‘A’:- Jamie Atkins, Gareth Braham, Kevin Dowling, Noel Grant, Steve Hine, Jamie Hughes, Tom Martin, Wayne Mynard, Jack Wareing, Jenson Walker, Matty Washbrooke, Chris Wickenden, Men’s ‘B’:- Mark Carter, Adam Hancock, Nigel Heydon, Dave Hill, Scott Hope, Pete Hughes, Ian McFarlane, Karl Reynolds, Noah Rose, Mark Strong, Mark Tomlinson snr, Martin Tonks, Reserves:- Carl Green, Ryan Hawkes, Dave Honey, Lee Miller, Sam Price, Carl Winters, Women’s ‘A’:- Marian Conway, Natalie Gilbert, Sue Gulliver, Tammy Montgomery, Caroline Pike, Donna Pinch, Women’s ‘B’:- Nina Bolt, Courtney Hine, Angela Jones, Melanie Jones, Chloe McKivett, Hannah Meek, Reserves:- Wendy Adams, Denise Keyte.
———————————