A LOOK BACK IN TIME - 20.10.2004
It was not exactly a good weekend for our two local county teams, Warwickshire and West Midlands. In the premier division Warwickshire travelled south to the capital to take on London. In Saturday’s games they found themselves trailing 12-6 after the ladies ’B’ side lost 5-1, with Denise Burke (15.11) their sole winner, and the men losing 7-5. Peter Brotherton took the match award with a 25.05 average.
Sunday’s matches were the complete opposite. The women, thanks to a lady of the match performance from Trina Gulliver (30.67) chalked up a 4-2 win and the men an 8-4 success to earn an 18-18 draw. David Wykes (32.13) won the ’A’ side award.
West Midlands also went south, but in the opposite direction to play against Devon. In the ’B’ games the ladies finished all square at three each, while the men went down 7-5. The respective awards went to Sue Smith (16.89) and Viv Gould (24.64). The Ladies ’A’ after taking a 2-0 lead lost 4-2, their opener Angie Perry (21.47) the top lady. Then rounding off the fixture the men’s ’A’ went into a 6-3 lead and finished at 6-6 to give the overall result 20-16 to the hosts. Adrian Arnold (25.44) collected the award.
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In division one of the Four Oaks League, Old Oscott WMC recorded a 6-3 victory for the second successive week. After beating Anvil Nomads in the curtain raiser last week they followed up with a similar success over Pint Pot. Other teams in division one to win the first two fixtures are, Old Oscott Arrows, who won 5-4 at home to Midland Red and Yenton Exiles, who also won 5-4 in their home tie with Hill Social.
In the second division, last week’s three winning teams, Good Hope Flights, Barn Social and Bromford Lions all won again. Good Hope beat the Leopard 7-2, Barn Social accounted for Hardy Spicer with a 6-3 verdict and Bromford Lionswere 6-3 winners at the Saints.
On the individual scene D.Fletcher (Old Oscott WMC) recorde a tremendous maximum 170 finish, while there were 180’ for J.Morris (Yenton Exiles) and R.Hawker (Midland Red).
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Mackadown Social maintained their 100% record in the Forest of Arden Winter League, when they won their home game against Sheldon Heath Flights by 5-4. Emulating his side’s performance was C.Vann, who has also won all six opening games. There were 6-3 wins for both Red Arrows and Harvester as they in turn defeated Greville Arrows and Greville Arms. Biggest win of the week was supplied by Farringdon Social, a 7-2 margin over Sheldon Ivy Leaf who are still without a win so far, other players who have not lost so far are M.Hussey, C.Busby (Greville Arrows) and Harveter’s T.Price.
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For only the second time this season, Red Lion ‘A’ have lost in division two of the Tamworth Cue Sports League. Playing at home against their nearest rivals Cue Sports Club Lion lost 5-3. Nevertheless, they are still in pole position with 19 points from 12 games, four points ahead of the rest of the field.
Globe head the division one table, a 6-2 win at the Plough and Harrow maintaining their three points cushion over the chasing pack.
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