In the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League West Midlands and Black Country played off their rearranged game one fixture. Prior to the fixture the home team, West Midlands, were fourth in the division with 107 points and Black Country, next to bottom of the table with 87 points, both teams requiring points to move up the table, West Midlands having played five games and Black Country only having played four.
Saturday’s ‘B’ games saw West Midlands win the ladies ‘B’ encounter 4-2 with Kat McLean their top player with a 20.04 average and 3-0 win over Sarah-Jane Parker, while Black Country’s top player was Paige Robbins who won 3-1 against Hannah Davies. The men’s ‘B’ finished all-square at 6-6 with Daniel Hands (27.97) the hosts top player and Tom Bissell (30.68) taking the same accolade for Black Country.
With a lead of 10-8 for the home side, Sunday’s ladies ‘A’ game finished all-square at 3-3 with the match awards going to Gemma Barrett (West Midlands) who beat Heather Wright 3-0 with an 18.33 average and for the Black Country it was Tammy Chance for her 3-0 win over Kat McLean and 16.70 average. With the score now standing at 13-11 to West Midlands the outcome rested on the result of the men’s ‘A’ game which produced a huge 10-2 win for Black Country to give them an overall 21-15 victory for the weekend. Match awards for the men’s ‘A’ went to Gavin Baker (West Midlands) who averaged 28.24 and for Black Country it was Trev Bennan who had a superb 33.54 average.
Despite the defeat West Midlands went to the top of the table with the same 122 as second placed Clwyd while Black Country moved up five places in the table to fifth with 111 points with a game in hand on three of the four teams above them.
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