In the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League Black Country had an away game against Berkshire, the weekend not getting off to the best of starts as the ladies ‘B’ went down 4-2 with Sarah-Jane Parker and Paige Robbins their two winners. A 3-0 win over Tracey Kingston and 15.66 average gave Sarah-Jane Parker the match award. The men’s ‘B; had a super 9-3 win after trailing 2-1. Man of the match Dave Edwards gave them a great start as he won 4-0against Ryan Priestley with a 25.69 average and making up the nine winners were Mark Jones, Mark Rollinson, Kieron Bridgwater, Wayne Hobday, Ian Townsend, Sam Bissell, Rich Bowen and Al Smith.
Sunday saw both games shared as the ladies ‘A’ finished a 3-3 and the men’s ‘A’ 6-6, taking the respective match awards were Chez Allcock who with a 20.88 average beat Karen Jackson 3-0 and Liam Kelly took the men’s award for his 27.56 average and close 4-3 success over Peter Bisset.
The 20-16 win saw Black Country move up one place in the table to seventh with 50 points, twenty-four fewer than leaders Middlesex but Black Country have a game in hand on all above them apart from third placed Merseyside.
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