Warwickshire’s penultimate home fixture in the Premier Division of the BDO Inter County Championships produced something of a shock result as they lost to Hampshire a game they were fully expected to win.
The ladies ‘B’ got the weekend off to a great start when they beat their counterparts 4-2 with Donna Pinch lady of the match with a 3-1 win over Dawn Simmonds giving her a 17.50 average. Mark Strong took the men’s ‘B’ team award averaging 26.37 in his straight 4-0 win over Steve Musson.
Sunday’s games saw the ladies ‘A’ lose 4-2 with Sue Gulliver (23.48) making it five match awards in seven games when she accounted for Abi Jurd with a 3-0 result. The men’s ‘A’ made it five wins and one draw in their seven games so far when they won 7-5. Nigel Heydon with a superb 31.00 average made it two consecutive man of the match awards when he beat Steve Phipps 4-1.
The overall result was a 19-17 win for Hampshire leaving Warwickshire sixth in the table on 134 points six more than their victors who are two places below them.
Full Results:Warwickshire v Hampshire (17-19)🙁Warwickshire names first):Men’s ‘A’:- Mark Westgarth 4 Mark Thorne 0, Kevin Dowling 4 Mike Symes 0, Tom McGlone 3 Paul Winter 4, Nigel Heydon 4 Steve Phipps 1, Steve Hine 4 Andy Mitchell 2, Charlie Symons 0 James Nicholson 4, Anthony Allen 4 Graham Chalk 1, Carl Green 2 Troy Butler 4, Noel Grant 3 Robin Hathaway 4, Tom Aldridge 4 Gary Stafford 1, Tom Ryan 1 Luke Getty 4, Simon Power 4 Sam Rooney 1, Men’s ‘B’:- Robert Comben 2 David Bonnett 4, Luke Kennedy 0 Troy Butler 4, Mark Strong 4 Steve Musson 0, James Hykin 4 Richie Ford 2, Ian Shaw 4 John Large 3, Gareth Braham 1 Dave Coffin 4, Karl Reynolds 2 Darren Barnes 4, Jack Wareing 2 Linton Hickman 4, Ashley Hykin 4 Steve Jannaway 1, Adam Paxton 2 Andy Newcombe 4, Mark Carter 2 Mick Savvery 4, Richard Foster 2 Michael Street 4, Ladies ‘A’:- Nina Bolt 0 Joanne Senior 3, Sue Gulliver 3 Abi Jurd 0, Wendy Adams 0 Jane Monaghan 3, Caroline Pike 3 Nikki Stevens 1, Marian Conway 0 Wendy Reinstadtler 3, Kat Spanswick 1 Tara Power 3, Women’s ‘B’:- Melanie Jones 3 Pennie Lewis 1, Lisa Deslandes 0 Jo Rolls 3, Chloe LcKivett 3 Kelly Palmer 0, Angela Jones 3 Sue Lowther 1, Donna Pinch 3 Dawn Simmonds 1, Denise Keyte 2 Tracy North 3.
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