After winning promotion last season The Black Country were making their debut in the UKDA National League’s L-Style Division One and must have wondered how they would cope in the higher division after playing Saturday’s ‘B’ games as the ladies lost 5-1 and the men went down 7-5 in their home tie with Gwent..
The solitary winner for the ladies ‘B’ was Doreen Hunt who won 3-2 against Jess Bonner with an award winning average of 15.12. The winners for the men’s ‘B’ were Dan Nicholls, Jamie Barrowman, Gavin Smith, Ben Hollowood and John Green with Dan Nicholls taking the match award for his 3-0 win over Marcus Jones and his 28.90 average.
Sunday was a completely different story as the ladies ‘A’ kicked the day off with a 4-2 win thanks to wins from Amy-Leigh Tolley, Heather Wright, Chez Allcock and Tammy Chance, Tammy’s 3-0 win over Ceri Stephens plus her 22.77 average earning the team’s match award.
The men’s ‘A’ were in superb form beating their counterparts 10-2 with wins supplied by Tom Bissell, Paul Wells, Martin Price, Reece Colley, Dan Homer, Shane Price, George Willetts, Jamie Rollinson, Rob Smith and Rich Bowen, Martin Price their top player with a 30.19 average and 4-2 win over Sam Cankett.
The overall result for the weekend was a 20-16 win for the Black Country, not a bad start to the new season especially after Saturday’s results when Gwent opened up a 12-6 lead.
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