Black Country’s final fixture of the season in the UKDA National League’s L-Style Division One, an away game against Neighbouring Staffordshire, was brought forward one week, neither side really having anything to play for other than pride, as the hosts were ninth in the division and the away team seventh.
The weekend began with the ladies ‘B’ finishing all-square at 3-3 with Doreen Hunt taking the match award for her 3-0 win over Sammi Brown and 14.59 average, Demi Titley and Sarah Tromans were the other winners. The men’s ‘B’ chalked up a 9-3 win, their winners being Rich Bowen, Mark Rollinson, Luke Messer, Matthew Lloyd, Neil Steventon, Wayne Hobday, Matt Coleman, Sam Bissell and Mark Jones with Wayne Hobday taking the man of the match award after beating Danny Key 4-2 with a 26.93 average.
Like the ladies ‘B’, the ladies ‘A’ also finished with a 3-3 result, their top player being Chez Allcock who defeated Danielle Pearce 3-1 with a 22.59 average. Other winners were Stella Sims and Jodie Rowlands. The men’s ‘A’ suffered a 7-5 defeat, their winners being Trev Brennan, Liam Kelly, Tom Bissell, Steve Jones and Paul Wells with Liam Kelly the man of the match, beating Andy Beardmore 4-1 with a 28.90 average.
The overall result for the weekend was a 20-16 win for the Black Country, the win taking them up two places in the table to fifth while Staffordshire moved up one place to eighth.
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