In the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League West Midlands had what looked to be a tough task as they were lying seventh in the table with eighty-four points and they were traveling to take on the divisional leaders Middlesex who had amassed one hundred points from the same four games as West Midlands.
Saturday was a great day for the Midlanders as the ladies ‘B’ handed out a 5-1 defeat to their counterparts with Hannah Davies their top player as she beat Hayleigh Shaw 3-2 with an 18.93 average. Taking the day’s lead to 13-5 was the men’s ‘B’ as they won 8-4, Ryan O’Connor topping the averages with 29.38 from his 4-1 win over Brandon Pearson.
Sunday was not such a good day as the ladies ‘A’ lost 4-2, Jacqueline Maiden taking the match award for her 3-1 win over Lisa Brosnan and 17.64 average. The men’s ‘A’ also lost finishing on the wrong side of the 7-5 result with Rob Thompson man of the match for his straight 4-0 win against Tim Green giving him a 29.91 average.
Despite the losses on Sunday the overall result for the weekend was a 20-16 win for West Midlands to see them move up three places in the table to fourth with 107 points, just fifteen short of new leaders Clwyd and with a game in hand.
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