It was not a good weekend for our local teams in the BDO Inter County Championships as both Warwickshire and West Midlands lost. In the premier division Warwickshire travelled to take on Oxfordshire and both of their ‘B’ side won and the two ‘A’ teams lost, giving a final result of 19-17 to the visitors. The men’s ‘A’ lost 8-4 with Mark McGeeney (28.73) the man of the match for the second successive game. The ‘B’ side won 7-5 with Prakash Jiwa (26.33) their top man. For the ladies ‘A’ Trina Gulliver (25.47) was again the top lady in a 4-2 defeat, while Caroline Pike (17.79) had the top average in their 4-2 win.
Despite losing Warwickshire actually moved up one place off the foot of the table, Oxforshire took over the number two spot.
West Midlands played hosts to Devon and suffered three defeats in their four games, with only the men’s ‘A’ winning 8-4, Nick Fullwell (29.77) man of the match. The ‘B’ side went down 9-3 after leading 3-0, Chris Stanley (28.90) took the match award. The two ladies teams both lost 4-2, the award winners were Sarah Robbins (21.17) for the ‘A’ team and Samantha Maiden (16.50) for the ‘B’.
The defeat has seen West Midlands drop down the table from second to fourth.
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The Small Heath League staged their League Cup final between Emerald Club and Mitre, the two teams facing each other for the third time in four weeks. Most of the games went to a finishing double, but it was the better finishing of league champions Mitre that gave them the 16-8 verdict.
Peter Yardley (Emerald Club) had the highest score of 180 and also hit the most tons of eight. Best finish of 130 went to Mark Kane (Mitre).
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The Pip Club League played off their Shadow League Knockouts. In the division one tie J.W.Belgrave Club beat Sports bar 180 and it was Old Liberal Club who got the better of North Warwick Cricket Club in the division two play off.
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The Divisional Cup finals were on the fixture card for the Forest of Arden Summer League. Biggest shock of the round was the 7-0 win by Greville over division one champions Riley’s Red Arrows. Riley’s Flights won the other semi 5-2 against Kenny’s Boys. The final was a close affair with Riley’s Flights just getting the close 4-3 result over Greville.
I n the division two semi’s Harvester had a convincing 6-1 win against Old Bill and Bull Flights and Riley’s Mixed beat Highwood 4-3. Again the final was a close 4-3 scoreline with Harvester just pipping Riley’s Mixed to the post.
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The League Cup preliminary rounds were on the agenda for the Sheldon and District Winter League. In the premier division league leaders Olton RBL had a comfortable 6-3 win at home to Highwood ‘A’. ^-3 was also the result of the division two game between Maggies and Glebe Community Association, with the latter getting the verdict.
There were two games played in division three, both finishing with a 5-4 margin. Crown Farthings beat Shirley RBL Flights and Custard House lost their tie with Shirley RBL Misfits.
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After completing three fixtures no fewer than five of the eight teams in the Camp Hill League are on four points. Lady Westminster having the best average lead with Sportsman, Forgers, Waggoners and Custard House close behind.
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