West Midlands brought the curtain down on their season in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division of the UKDA National League with a home tie against Northamptonshire. Prior to the fixture West Midlands were next to bottom of the division and their opponent’s three places above them with thirteen more points.
Saturday’s ‘B’ games saw both the ladies and the men finish all-square. In the ladies 3-3 draw Shellbie Simmons was their top player with a 17.08 average while taking the men’s award in their 6-6 draw was Scott Baker who averaged 27.47.
The ladies ‘A’ suffered a 4-2 defeat with Jacqueline Maiden taking the lady of the match award for her 19.48 average but taking the overall score for the weekend to a 19-17 victory for West Midlands was the men’s ‘A’ who recorded what could be a vital 8-4 win. Winner of the men’s ‘A’ award was Dean Simmons-Fullwood who had a super 31.31 average.
With the West Midlands now having completed their fixtures the win has given them a lifeline to secure their Championship Division status as they have moved up four places in the table to sixth with 175 points, their destiny now rests in the hands of the teams below them as they all have one more game to play and those results will decide where West Midlands will be playing next season, in the championship or division one.
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