Warwickshire County Darts Organisation’s ninth fixture in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA National League was always going to be a tough but possibly close game as they and their hosts Hampshire prior to the game were placed sixth and fifth respectively with both sides level on 168 points. However as it turned out it was not as close as expected as the home side ran out the 21-15 winners.
Saturday’s ‘B’ games saw Warwickshire ladies trail 2-0 and then fight back to win 4-2 thanks to wins from Hannah Meek, Nina Bolt, Angela Jones and Chloe McKivett with Hannah Meek the lady of the match as she beat Joanne Senior 3-1 with an 18.97 average. The men’s ‘B’ also won, a 7-5 result with their seven winners being Mark Carter, Mark Strong, Karl Reynolds, Pete Hughes, Sam Price, Will Naylor and Martin Tonks. A 4-3 win over Jamie Kelling and a 27.50 average earned Pete Hughes the match award.
It was not a good start to Sunday’s ‘A’ games as the ladies slumped to a 6-0 defeat and then the men went down 8-4, the four winners being Carl Green, Jamie Atkins, Nigel Heydon and Matty Washbrooke with Jamie Atkins their top player beating Aaron Turner 4-1 with a superb 30.91 average.
Despite the defeat Warwickshire moved up two places to fourth but with Lincolnshire and Essex to play each other they could drop down to sixth once again when that result is in.
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