Because West Midlands had their opening fixture of the season in the L-Style Division One postponed until February 2025 they were always playing catch-up, one result behind the majority of teams above them, however with eight wins in their last eight games they climbed the table and gained promotion finishing as runners-up with 222 points just eight short of champions Middlesex.
West Midlands final game of the season was an away fixture against Leicestershire. Hannah Davies gave the ladies ‘B’ the best possible start when she won 3-1 against Lisa Deslandes and took the match award for her 16.70 average, only to see the hosts then win the following four games to put the result beyond West Midlands reach. Caroline Newberry won 3-1 against Claire Hobbs, Trish Roberts and Angela Lenton in turn won 3-0 against Julie Emery and Tara Simmons-Fullwood and with a 3-1 success for Ella Coburn over Jacqueline Simmonds, the home side were in an unassailable 4-1 lead. The last game saw Jodie Rowlands make the score a little more respectable when she won 3-2 against Kirsty White to give a final score of 4-2 to Leicestershire.
Leicestershire drew first blood in the men’s ‘A’ game when their Janek Hill beat Mark Craddock 4-0. That however was to be the only game the hosts would win in the first half as Ash Khayat and Rob Thompson both won 4-3 against their respective opponents Nigel Ward and Ian Turner. Dean Simmons-Fullwood won 4-0 against Derek Allsopp, Shane Price beat Tyler Beasley 4-1 and rounding off the first half Cameron Baird won 4-3 against Scott Brookes to put West Midlands 5-1 up.
A share of the points was assured as early as the first game of the second half as Martin Price won 4-1 against Jamie Brown and although David Barker reduced the arrears for Leicestershire with his close 4-3 win over Ian Stanton, the win was achieved in the very next game when man of the match Will Beaden won 4-0 against Paul Hughes with a 27.08 average. The last three games all finished with 4-2 results and all went to the home team, Neil Pullen, Michael Hibbert and Grant Brown in turn defeating Neil Pointon, Karl Hughes and Kieran O’Mahoney to put the final score at 7-5 to the visitors.
Leicestershire were first off the mark in the ladies ‘A’ game, Mem Martin-Jones winning 3-1 against Tara Simmons-Fullwood, but despite the early setback West Midlands then stormed into an unbeatable 3-1 lead as Kat McLean won 3-0 against Rebecca Collins, Jacqueline Trott beat Liz Brunt 3-1 and lady of the match for the Midlanders, Evonne Taylor won 3-0 against Paula Swain with a 20.59 average. A 3-0 win for Shannon Reeve over Shellbie Simmons kept the hosts in the match but a final 3-0 success for Jacqueline Maiden over Kelly Welsh wrapped up a 4-2 win for West Midlands.
Two 4-2 wins saw West Midlands go two up as the men’s ‘A’ match began, Richard Platt and Jon Platt in turn beating Paul Ablett and Ricky Sudale. A 4-1 win for Thomas Mackay over Glen McGrandle halved the deficit for the hosts only to see their opponents then add a further 4-1 win by Jack Aldridge over Martin Giddings to restore their two games buffer. Ryan Hawkes was the home side’s second winner, beating Dean Simmons-Fullwood 4-1 before the score was taken to 4-2 to the West Midlands at the break when Gavin Baker beat Scott Hope 4-3.
West Midlands began the second half with a win, Callum Parkes winning 4-3 against Matthew Dickinson and although Andrew Hibbert took the score to 5-3 with his 4-0 success over Karl Hughes, the visitors then romped to an 8-3 lead thanks to wins from Ryan O’Connor who won 4-0 against Darren Tyler, man of the match Dan Nicholls who had a 31.11 average in a 4-1 win over Paul Harbourne and Paul Price who accounted for Adam Marziano with a 4-2 result. The final game of the weekend went to Leicestershire, Jason Lole winning 4-0 against Ian Jones to put the result at 8-4 to West Midlands.
The overall score for the weekend was 21-15 to the West Midlands to secure promotion to the Championship next season.
| Final | Table | |||||||
| L-Style Division One | ||||||||
| County | P | MA | WA | MB | WB | BP | TP | +/- |
| Middlesex | 10 | 67 | 44 | 69 | 28 | 22 | 230 | 176 |
| West Midlands | 10 | 67 | 30 | 72 | 31 | 24 | *222 | 102 |
| Clwyd | 10 | 68 | 40 | 51 | 37 | 24 | 220 | 96 |
| Merseyside | 10 | 66 | 32 | 70 | 29 | 18 | 215 | 92 |
| The Black Country | 10 | 61 | 32 | 71 | 26 | 18 | 208 | 44 |
| Leicestershire | 10 | 64 | 29 | 65 | 29 | 18 | 205 | 51 |
| Somerset | 10 | 49 | 38 | 48 | 37 | 10 | 182 | -75 |
| Berkshire | 10 | 59 | 19 | 63 | 24 | 12 | 177 | -70 |
| Devon | 10 | 47 | 18 | 63 | 33 | 9 | 170 | -108 |
| Cleveland | 10 | 57 | 22 | 46 | 30 | 6 | 161 | -138 |
| Buckinghamshire | 10 | 55 | 26 | 42 | 26 | 3 | 152 | -170 |
| An * in TP column indicates that penalty points have been deducted | ||||||||
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