Wots Ganin

Warwickshire Men's 'A' had a bad start against Worcester A as they lost the 1^st section 3-8.

They fared better in the 2^nd and 3^rd sections, but lost them both by 6 frames to 5 giving Worcester a 20-13 advantage going into the final section.

Worcester quickly took the next 3 frames to wrap up the match with the final score being a demoralising 18-26.

On the bright side, there were some promising performances from Daz Lee, Ben Deeley, Paul Willis and Craig Sturmey who all won 3 out of 4.

Ben pictured being awarded the player of the match trophy – not bad for his first season out of the Youth team!!!!

Team: Karl Knight, Andy West, Scott Varden, Roger Hunt, Sam Mills, Rob Butterworth, Chris McDermott, Daz Lee, Ben Deeley, Paul Willis, Baz Hinde and Craig Sturmey

Both Worcester 'B' and Warwickshire 'B' were unbeaten coming into this match so it was always going to be close and always a bit of a grudge affair.

A couple of players missing for the B team provided openings for Steve Valentine and Dave Hegarty to get their first start in a county match as the team attempted to build on their 2 out of 2 winning start to the 2008 campaign.

Final scoreline was 25-19 to Warwickshire.

Both Russ Blinco and Martin “Benji” Groves won 4 out of 4 with Benji pictured above being awarded the man of the match trophy and there were excellent 3 out of 4’s from Russ Harding, Dave Collins, Azza Easson and Dave Lea.

Team: Dave Easson, Russ Blinco, Roy Pontefract, Howard Bailie, Russ Harding, Martin Groves, Jason Page, Martin Tonks, Dave Collins, Dave Lea, Aaron Easson, Mark Winham, Steve Valentine, Chris Lowe, Neil Pincham, Dave Hegarty and Gaz Calcott.

True to expectations, Warks won the first section 6-5 and repeated that score in the 2^nd section to go 12-10 in front. In came Mark Winham and Steve Valentine in the 3^rd section which Warks once again won 6-5 to take an 18-15 lead into the final section.

Worcs made it 18-16, Russ Blinco took it to 19-16, Worcester pulled another one back only to see Mark Winham, Russ Harding and Benji all win to make it 22-17.

Up stepped Jason Page to double a great black to seal the victory for Warks B.

Thanks to the persuasive efforts of “Kaptain Katie”, the ladies had a full side for the first time this season!

Mind you, it didn’t make much difference to the score as they lost the 1^st section 2-9, but made a good recovery in the 2^nd section, just losing it 5-6. Worcester won the 3^rd section 4-7 which left them needing just 1 more frame for victory as they went into the final section. Worcester won this section 4-7 too, giving them a 29-15 win overall.

Team: Wendy Forde, Katie Bonham, Kat Jarvis, Hazel Payne, Sally Brazener, Ali Wilkins, Lorna Kernaghan, Vicky Moore, Tracy Layfield, Charlie Scarff and Liz Cheetham.

3 out of 4 from Ali Wilkins and Tracy Layfield with Tracy being given the Player of the match trophy see photo and there were 2 out of 4 performances from Wendy Forde, Kat Jarvis and Hazel Payne.