Playing in their sixth fixture of the season in the UKDA National League Cosmo Darts Premier Division Warwickshire made it three wins in a row when in their home tie with Glamorgan they won 25-11 to lift them up three places in the table to fourth on 122 points, fifteen behind third placed Cornwall but with a game in hand.
Saturday’s games got the local county off to a good start with the ladies ‘B’ winning 5-1 and men’s ‘B’ winning 9-3. For the ladies Angela Jones, Wendy Adams, Nina Bolt, Melanie Jones and Marian Conway put the ‘B’ team 5-0 up before Glamorgan’s Sue Hall got the visitors one and only win in the final game. Picking up the lady of the match award was Marian Conway for her 3-1 win over Sarah Teesdale and 18.04 average.
The men’s ‘B’ opened up a 3-0 lead thanks to Karl Reynolds, Adam Hancock and Dave Hill and although Liam Wigley pulled one back for the visitors in the fourth Warwickshire were 5-1 up by the break with further wins from man of the match William Naylor who beat Steven Inkpen 4-1 with a superb 31.37 average and Samuel Whittaker. With further wins from Mark Carter, Martin Tonks, Scott Hope and Noah Rose in the second half the hosts finished as 9-3 winners to give them a huge 14-4 lead to carry over to Sunday’s games.
The ladies ‘A’ finished all-square at 3-3 after going one down in the opening game. Supplying the wins were Hannah Meek, lady of the match Kirsty Hinchcliffe who won 3-2 against Sandy Quinn with a 19.78 average and Donna Pinch.
The men’s ‘A’ had a fine first half winning five of the six games thanks to wins from Wayne Mynard, Steve Hine, Jack Wareing, Noel Grant and Nigel Heydon and with further wins from Gareth Braham, Jamie Atkins and Jenson Walker in the second session they achieved an 8-4 victory. Man of the match for the men’s ‘A’ was Noel Grant who had a fine 30.51 average in his 4-2 win over James Richards.
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