Warwickshire’s seventh game in the UKDA National League’s Elite Premier Division saw them play away to divisional leaders Lancashire and lose by a very close 19-17 scoreline. The defeat sees Warwickshire remain third in the table but lose ground on any possibility of a title win as although they have a game in hand they are some 32 points short of Lancashire.
The weekend began with the ladies ‘B’ suffering a 4-2 defeat with Denise Keyte and Caroline Pike the two winners, Caroline taking the match award for her 18.64 average. The men’s ‘B’ ended all square at six each with Wayne Mynard their top player winning in four straight legs against Rhys Griffin in 16,15,20 and 17 darts to give him a superb 29.47 average.
It got worse for the ladies on Sunday as the ‘A’ team went down 5-1 with Sue Gulliver the sole winner and award winner for her 20.31 average which saw her win 3-0 against Amy Eden. The men’s ‘A’ finished on the right side of an 8-4 result with Prakash Jiwa man of the match after he came from 1-0 and 2-1 down against Adam Huckvale to win 4-3 with a 28.54 average.
Although the champions spot may be a little out of reach the runners-up position is still within Warwickshire grasp as they are only nine points short of second placed Yorkshire with a game in hand.
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