A tough away fixture at the Glasshoughton W.M.C, 152 Leeds Road, Castleford, West Yorkshire, WF10 4PD, where Warwickshire County Darts Organisation would take on, third in the premier division table of the UKDA National League Yorkshire was on the fixture card for Warwickshire’s seventh fixture of the season.
Saturday saw the ladies ‘B’ chalk up a creditable 4-2 win with Macy Gibbons their top lady beating Michelle Binns 3-1 with a 22.41 average. The men’s ‘B’ finished all1square at 6-6 to give the away side a 10-8 lead after the first day’s games. Taking the match award for the men’s ‘B’ was William Naylor who won 4-2 against James Robins and averaged 26.68.
Sunday’s games saw the ladies ‘A’ go down 4-2 with Courtney Hine and Caroline Pike their only winners, Hine, the lady of the match with a 20.46 average in her 3-1 win over, Jane Hawtin while Caroline Pike marked her tremendous 250th appearance for Warwickshire with a 3-1 win against Lily Blanthorn.
Caroline Pike being presented with her certificate for 250 appearances for Warwickshire by County Chairman Neil Pritchard
With the overall score level at 12-12 the men’s ‘A’ required at the worst a draw to get something from the weekend fixture. Unfortunately it was not to be as the home side went on to win 8-4 to give an overall 20-16 result in their favour. A 4-3 win and 29.61 average over Carl Wilkinson was enough for Nigel Heydon to take the man of the match award.
Despite the defeat Warwickshire actually moved up one place in the table to seventh with 129 points, and although they have a game in hand on three of the six teams above them they are a huge seventy points behind leaders Lancashire.
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