It was definitely a case of away day blues for both Warwickshire and West Midlands in the BDO Inter Counties Championships. Warwickshire travelled north to take on Yorkshire and went down 21-15. Biggest upset was the massive 11-1 defeat for the men’s ‘B’ side, Prakash Jiwa (24.97) the sole winner. The ‘A’ team recorded a 7-5 win with Nick Gedney (30.57) their top man.
In the women’s game the ‘A’ won 4-2, Clare Bywaters achieving the highst average, 25.91, while the ‘B’ side finished all square with Denise Burke (18.66) the lady of the match.
West Midlands also headed north to Tyne and Wear and returned with their first defeat of the campaign, 17-19. Wins from the women’s and men’s ‘B’, 4-2 and 7-5 respectively, plus a 3-3 draw from the women’s ‘A’ left the men’s ‘A’ requiring no more than a 7-5 defeat for an overall win. Unfortunately they lost 9-3 however, they still head the promotion table with 121 points, nine more than their nearest rivals Gwynedd.
Taking the match awards were Darren Williams (‘A’ 28.42), Viv Gould (‘B’ 25.05), Kath Jenkins (‘A’ 17.28) and Teresa Johnson (‘B’ 16.39).
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Midland Red continue to set the pace in division one of the Harborne and District Winter League, a 5-4 home win over the George taking their points tally to 18 from 11 games. Second placed Bell lost ground as theu came unstuck in their home tie with the Raven. Bell’s 5-4 reversal leaves them two points adrift of the leaders.
Hillyfields kept the pressure on division two leaders Smethwick Labour Club with a 5-4 win over Avenue Social to put them level on 16 points with Smethwick, trailing by just one leg.
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Mick Smith continues to hold pole position in the Belgrave Social Individual League after a 3-0 win over Craig Kniverton. On 66 points Smith is four points clear of second placed Colin Farrington who beat Ian Gould 2-1, however, Farrington does have a game in hand. Then comes Robert Mills on 61 and Mark Hollyoake on 57, but Hollyoake has two games in hand on the leader.
Adam Duffy, Keith Haddon, Richie Baker, Gary Mills, Mick Bagley, Colin Farrington, Mick Chater, Mark Hollyoake and Derek Fardon all notched a maximum.
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Three Horse Shoes caused an upset in the Forest of Arden Winter League this week when they took on second placed Highwood at home and beat them 6-3. Highwood have now dropped to fourth place behind Glades, who are second and won 5-4 against Stechford Social and in third place Hobs Meadow who chalked up a 9-0 whitewash at Farringdon Social.
Glades Matt Cooper recorded a 180, while there were 8 darts legs for both Andy Hutchings (Highwood Arrows) and Andy Hinton (Stechford Social).
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The Camp Hill and District League have been involved in their Singles Knockout. Playing at two venues, the Antelope and Black Horse, players winning through to the next round are, S.O’Brian, R.Harewood, M.Pitt (Black Horse ‘B’), I.McLean, P.Yardley (Shannons), J.Whittick, J.McCaffrey (Antelope), J.Phipps (Black Horse ‘A’).
On Friday 14th February, the league will be taking on the GULP charity team at the Railway Club, Small Heath.
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