Warwickshire bid to slam Glam
| Published date | 28 February 2018 |
¦ After a great start to life in the Premier Division of the BDO Inter County Championships, West Midlands - with two wins, one draw and only one defeat in their opening four games - have dropped down the table to seventh following two consecutive defeats and will be looking to get back to winning ways this weekend when they host Lincolnshire, who are on the same 106 points as them and directly above them in the table.
¦ Will Naylor has had his lead reduced to six points in the Erdington Red Lion Double Top League after he beat Steve Cain 3-0, but lost 2-1 to Matthew Cain. His nearest rival Dean Bayliss added 3-0 wins over Ryan Barritt and Alex Downes to put him on 73 points.
Lewis Bayliss lost ground on the leading duo - and his third place. After beating Downes 2-1 he then lost 3-0 to John Frost, who replaces him in third with 67 points.
Richard O'Grady - who began playing darts the week prior to the opening games of the season - chalked up his first win, a 3-0 success against Stuart Larvin.
¦ The Boat, First Division title contenders in the Four Oaks and District League, made hard work of their 5-4 win at Drakes Drum, trailing 3-1 after four games and having to win the final game to salvage the points. Royal Sutton Flights beat The Boot 7-2 to put them on the same 20 points as The Boat with a game in hand. The two teams will play each other in the final game of the season.
Red Lion took the final three games against Bishop Vesey to secure a 5-4 win to hold on to the No.1 spot in the Second Division. Pint Pot Flights won 7-2 at The Fox and trail Red Lion by just a few legs of average.
Boldmere Tap top the Third Division. They replace The Oscott Social, despite Oscott winning 5-4 away to bottom team Lad in the Lane, as Boldmere had a 7-2 win over St Thomas's Arrows to put them level on 18 points with Oscott but with one leg of average more than their rivals. P.Locke (The Boot), J.Clarke (Drakes Drum) and M.Ashton (Royal Sutton Flights) all recorded their second maximums of the season, while M.Compton (Old Oscott Arrows) hit his third.
¦ The South Birmingham League played off the quarter-finals of their Knockout and Jimmy Walker Cups. The shock of the round in the Knockout Cup was the 5-4 defeat of Erdington Members Club by Crown at Shard End. Erdington are unbeaten in their eight league...
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