After kicking-off the new season in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA National League with three consecutive defeats Warwickshire have now made it two back-to-back wins which has seen them move up two places in the table to seventh with ninety-four points from five games to leave them with a game in hand on four of the six teams above them and only seventeen points short of third placed Cornwall.
The weekend didn’t get off to the best of starts as the ladies ‘B’ went down 5-1 with Marian Conway their solitary winner beating Dawn Simmonds 3-1 with a 17.10 average to claim the match award. After losing the opening game when Sam Dyke beat Lee Miller 4-1 the men’s ‘B’ then went on to lead 4-2 by the midway points and with five out six wins in the second half romped to a cracking 9-3 victory, Man of the match for the ‘B’ side was Noah Rose who beat Andy Mitchell 4-1 with a 28.10 average, other winners were Mark Carter, Mark Martin, Scott Hope, William Naylor, Adam Hancock, Samuel Whittaker, Martin Tonks and Dave Hill.
Whereas the ladies ‘B’ lost 5-1 the ladies ‘A’ won 5-1 thanks to wins from opener and lady of the match Donna Pinch who won 3-1 against Abi Jurd with a 20.88 average, Kirsty Hinchliffe, Courtney Hine, Caroline Pike and Hannah Meek. As in the ladies ‘A’ game the man’s ‘A’ also found their award winner in the first encounter as Kevin Dowling had a straight 4-0 win over Richard North and averaged 29.91. Further wins from Jamie Hughes, Gareth Braham, Matty Washbrooke, Jamie Atkins, Steve Hine and Jenson Walker saw the ‘A’ side win 7-5 to take the overall result for the weekend to a 22-14 win for Warwickshire.
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