After their close 19-17 defeat away to London in their previous fixture in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA National League Warwickshire had a home tie with Glamorgan who prior to the encounter were next to bottom of the premier table some 23 points short of their hosts who were placed fifth with 100 points.
The ladies ‘B’ got the weekend off to a good start beating their counterparts 5-1. After going one down when Jen Taylor won 3-1 against Courtney Hine, lady of the match Hannah Meek began the run of five consecutive wins beating Joanne Pugh 3-0 and taking the match award for her fine 21.17 average. Following up on Hannah’s win were Melanie Jones, Nina Bolt, Chloe McKivett and Angela Jones. The men’s ‘B’ were held to a 6-6 draw and chalking up the six wins for Warwickshire were Jenson Walker, man of the match Mark Carter (28.66) Mark Strong, Mark Martin, Sam Price and Nigel Heydon. Mark Carter had a 4-1 win over Daniel Beynon.
Sunday saw the ladies ‘A’ trail 2-0 but they bounced back to earn a 4-2 victory the four in a row wins all started by award winner Natalie Gilbert who beat Michelle Jones 3-0 with a superb average of 24.64. Caroline Pike was another 3-0 winner defeating Sue Hall and with a 3-1 win for Tammy Montgomery over Claire Crocombe and a 3-2 success for Donna Pinch against Jen Taylor the 4-2 win was achieved, The men’s ‘A’ had a tremendous 9-3 win thanks to wins from Steve Hine, Gareth Braham, Jamie Hughes, Tom Martin, Jack Wareing, Kevin Dowling, Jamie Atkins, Matty Washbrooke and Noel Grant. The match award going to Jamie Hughes who was in top form beating Kierion Carter 4-0 in 12, 13,18 and 14 darts giving him a fantastic average of 35.16.
The overall result for the weekend was 24-12 to Warwickshire to keep them in fifth place in the table but trailing new leaders Yorkshire by 22 points.
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