2002-03-13

After two consecutive defeats, a home draw against Cambridgeshire stopped the rot for Warwickshire in the premier division of the BDO Inter Counties Championships. However, the weekends fixture at the Belgrave Sports ans Social Club, Tamworth did not get off to a good start as the ladies ‘B’ suffered their worst defeat of the campaign, a 5-1 reversal, with Vicki Byrne (16.34) their only winner. The men’s ‘B’ chalked up their best win so far, a 9-3 success with Dave Clarke (30.53) their top man.
The ‘A’ team games saw the ladies come back from 3-0 down to earn a well deserved 3-3 draw. Lesley Newcombe began the fight back and following up was the ever reliable Trina Gulliver (25.47) who once again took the match award, then sealing the point was Claire Bywaters with her 3-0 win over Amanda Kelland. The men went down 7-5, their third defeat in a row, Mark Hollyoake claimed the man of the match trophy with his 30.18 average.