After winning four games to win the Warwickshire area the Birmingham team began their challenge at Northampton with a first-round 21-17 victory over Church Gresley's Emma Gasgoine, Jane Hudson, Graham Jones and Clive Gasgoine, In their second match Birmingham were always in command to beat Ipswich's Katherine Rednall, Christine Rednall, John Rednall and Colin Romsby 29-17 and the same applied in their 22-10 quarter-final victory over Northampton's Marilyn
Orram, Di Baggot, Dominic Graham and Chris Bland.