After gaining promotion last season West Midlands first fixture back in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division was a home tie with Kent. Both of the ladies teams finished all-square at 3-3, for the ‘B’ side Kelly Aston took the match award for her 15.55 average and 3-1 win over Rebecca Garrett while Gemma Barrett was the top lady in the ‘A’ game, Gemma winning 3-2 against Jackie Holman with a 21.89 average.
As the ladies both had 3-3 results, the men both had 7-5 results. The ‘B’ team’s man of the match was Martin Price who averaged 28.78 in his 4-2 win over Dave Saint and taking the ‘A’ team’s award was Richard Platt for his 27.98 average and 4-3 win over Peter Gallacher.
The overall 20-16 win for the weekend saw West Midlands take up third position in the table but on the same twenty-three points as the two teams above them, top of the table Cheshire and second placed Humberside.
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