Abingdon & District Aunt Sally Association

ABINGDON AUNT SALLY

By James Barguss on 14th January 2022 in Uncategorized

SUMMER 2022

It has, for obvious reasons been very quiet on the website for several months now. Our 61^st and 62^nd years since the formation of the Association were memorable for all the wrong reasons, no formal matches or competitions, no leagues, for the first time since our founders created the Association and in that 2 year period we have lost several friends many of whom were stalwarts of our game

optimistic and hopeful that this Summer we will have the opportunity to get out, play and enjoy our much loved game. So at the very least we have to prepare for the season ahead so that if we do have a “green light”, our pubs and clubs remain open, we are prepared and ready to go come May!

There are lots of things to do to get ready starting for many, many years. It also looks like we have lost for good some of the pubs and clubs who have graced our league because they have had to modify to maintain their livelihood and, we know that in some cases, that has meant the loss of space that previously was occupied by Aunt Sally pitches. As I write this we are in the midst of another variant causing mayhem throughout the country which still threatens further restrictions beyond Plan B!

Despite all of the continuing uncertainty we have to remain with holding our Annual General Meeting, provisionally arranged for February 21st (more details to follow in a few days), hold our registration night, format our leagues , competition dates and entries etc etc and all of that takes time It’s weeks not days of preparation required!

So, what we need to at this stage, is to organise our AGM, set an agenda, review and revise our rules where necessary, and seek feedback from our member clubs as to what they want from us or ideas they want raised and considered at the AGM. Most importantly, we want a season of Aunt Sally in 2022 if at all possible with as many teams and as many players new and old competing in the game we all enjoy.. In 2020 we had 60 teams and over 800 players registered, unfortunately it wasn’t to happen because of Covid! Clearly we think there will, be fewer teams and players if we do get off the ground this Summer, but we also will try to enlist new teams, new venues and teams and players including those who have previously played in the league and try to attract new pubs and clubs who have never thought of the benefits opportunity to host Aunt Sally on a Wednesday evening, our game, which typically attracts a captive audience of 20 to 30 people spending money in the bar drinking and having fun for 20 weeks or so through the summer come rain or shine!

So let us have your views, talk to your mates, let’s make it happen this year, let’s not miss the opportunity of getting our game back by “waiting to see” if it can happen because if we do that we probably won’t be ready for a May start. If your pitch has gone there are lots of other venues who will be glad to offer you their facilities as they have a spare pitch every other Wednesday or a spare “pitch” that isn’t being used at all. We can help to “find you a home”!

Finally, we really do desperately need some help on the Committee.

For the past 3 years there has been only 5 of us and that’s not enough! We need new (even old) blood to help us, bringing new ideas and energy to the Association, we will need new players, and most of all we need your commitment and ideas so we ask that you don’t just ignore this e mail, give us a response preferably via e mail or verbally however brief, throw us your ideas as to how we can build back after 2 years of near inactivity.

We will get our game back, but we need your support and we need people to offer to help, our Committee of 5 is likely to become 4 after the AGM and whilst all help will be appreciated what we are desperately short of is computer literacy so maintaining individual and team scores, league tables, website is a real challenge and although it makes life easier to do things “online” that’s only true if you know what you are doing! So expertise in this area is critical……otherwise we will have to enlist a couple of our grandkids and they will want paying!!

The winter league has been operating since October successfully and that is indoors, remember we, in the Summer, are outside where the Covid risks are, according to the Science, much less transmissible.

Many of us did play last Summer all friendlies with about 10 to 12 teams taking part and whist we all were grateful there is nothing, even in Aunt Sally, like a bit of cut and thrust competitiveness, but what tells us is that people want to play Aunt Sally so

Feedback, ideas and thoughts please any way you want to give it and then we can give those an airing at our AGM next month!

Your 2020 Aunt Sally Committee

Latest update 2021

By Vic Pratt on 11th June 2021 in Newsletter

2021 Season Update

As you know we have been trying to establish some form of organised Aunt Sally for this Summer. There have been and still are many obstacles in our way and they are not showing any signs of going away soon. Lockdown was due to end later this month with an announcement from the Government scheduled for next Monday. Increasingly it looks like the planned date of June 21^st for the lifting of the remaining restrictions is going to be delayed and therefore that will affect what and when we can organise anything with any real confidence that it will happen!

We had a pretty positive response to the options we put out last month with around 30 clubs responding with the vast majority wanting to play games in some form. 24 teams indicated that, failing a normal league being possible, they would be up to playing friendlies in organised sections. Some teams are sensibly combining A and B teams to make sure they have enough players although as you will see from the guidelines there is a lot of flexibility in team numbers.

Since those initial responses the number has fallen to 22 which would give us potentially 4 sections and provide 10 or 8 fixtures with 2 sections of 6 playing 10 games and 2 sections of 5 playing each other Home and Away.

Some guidance from the committee, and we stress it is only guidance, because the normal league rules and regulations would not apply includes

Games would be played on Wednesdays cos that is Aunt Sally night but possibly any other night by mutual agreement between the respective Captains and Licensees
Teams can comprise any number of players from probably a minimum of 6 a side to a maximum of 12 a side played over 3 legs with 2 points for each leg won and 1 point for drawn legs.
Borrowing or lending players between sides to balance numbers per side is encouraged
“Rolling” substitutes to provide everyone with a throw in at least 1 leg
Players can play for more than one team during the “short season”
No food needs to be provided
Lazy dolls can be used by agreement to reduce “pick up”
Hand sanitisation should be available and encouraged “on site”
No “winner or loser “ trophies, no entry fees required
Games could start on June 30^th (subject to Gov’t lockdown ending in June or if that’s delayed until July 5^th from July 7^th finishing either in late August or early Sept.
No registration of players and new players encouraged (even from Oxford!)

We will now, over the next few days, confirm that those teams that said they would be up for it still are and give another chance for any other team to join (2 more would be ideal, making 4 sections of 6) whilst we work out the best way to organise the sections to enable us to get under way whenever we can without breaking any Covid guidelines.

Aunt Sally is a fun game and we all need some fun! And our pubs and clubs need our support and our money or they will find another use for the space where Aunt Sally pitches once stood! Regrettably we know a number of our teams have already lost their pitches either through pub closures or the space being used, understandably, for other reasons.

We have a responsibility to keep our game alive and, as aCommittee we are committed to doing our best to make that happen and get back to normal from 2022

2021 update

By Vic Pratt on 30th April 2021 in Newsletter

Abingdon Aunt Sally Association – A message from the Committee (otherwise known as the unknown gang of 5!)

As May approaches we have turned our thoughts to Aunt Sally in what continues to be a very strange and difficult world. We would, this week, have been eagerly anticipation our retreat to the pub every Wednesday for the next 18 weeks without any need for any excuse other than it’s Aunt Sally, I can’t let the team down we’ve only got 8 players and it’s 8 a side!

We think it’s fair to say that like 2020 it just won’t be possible to organise a full league again this year. Pubs have only just re-opened and only for outdoors and table service, some haven’t yet re-opened and some may never re-open. It will be mid May before anyone is allowed inside and June 21^st before we can think that anything is like normal as we knew it, but even then some features of lockdown like social distancing, hand sanitation and mask wearing are still likely to be required

As a Committee e have a duty of care for all of our clubs and all of their players with regard to the playing of organised Aunt Sally.

We know many people want to start playing Aunt Sally as soon as they can, many are still very cautious and understandably so, others may choose not to play at all in 2021 and maybe many will, after a season’s break may never come back having got out of the habit!

With all of that in mind we want to hear the views of all of our pubs and clubs as to what we can do and should do for the Summer beyond June effectively a maximum of 12/13 weeks, half a season! Whatever feedback we get, 2022 will not be our official 61^st season, that hopefully will come in 2022.

So what can we do? We are open to suggestions and some have already been aired and they are the options listed below! This is not exclusive and that is why we are asking for your responses, which ideally we need by 16^th May. Please see what your players think, what your landlord/steward thinks, that will help us decide what to do. There is no doubt that here is an appetite to play for many and whatever we decide some Aunt Sally, the rattle of wood against wood (or in most of our cases the silence of wood passing fresh air or wood against iron) will be resounding around the Vale and South Oxfordshire probably on Wednesday’s throughout the Summer providing pubs and clubs re-open and stay open!

So, the potential options so far

We could establish for those pubs and clubs who want to play “unofficial leagues to match teams of near similar strength based on 2019 averages, perhaps with each side playing each other once with no trophies but perhaps some form of token prize for the league champions. We, the Committee could record scores based on telephoned or emailed results being sent to nominated committee members. No fees, registration forms or match cards would be required/provided. We would simply record the match result and maintain league tables.
We could encourage teams to organise friendlies only with no records, rewards or committee involvement. This would keep the game alive and encourage people to play. The challenge with this is all organising would need to be done by the teams themselves and they could possibly organise local mini leagues to encourage as many pubs and clubs to participate and could play whenever or wherever they want with as many or as few players per side.
We could possibly arrange an Aunt Sally “extravaganza” to incorporate some of our normal competitions, 5’s, 4’s, 3’s Pairs and Singles at a single venue maybe on a weekend when all of the tournaments are entered either on the day or perhaps more sensibly beforehand with all games started and finished on the same day with a bar and perhaps a barbeque throughout the day.
We could encourage some mixed non /pubclub fixtures, for example Abingdon v Didcot, North Abingdon v South Abingdon any thing to keep people playing and as importantly supporting our local pubs and clubs who have supported Aunt Sally for so many years.
We could obviously all do nothing. and just write the 2021season off as we had to in 2020.

We are sure that there are many other options which we haven’t thought of and that’s why we want to hear from you all so that providing the route to the end of lockdown continues we keep Aunt Sally alive and kicking in and around our area!

Summer league 2020 Update

By Vic Pratt on 17th July 2020 in Newsletter, Special Events

Unfortunately and after quite a lot of soul searching regrettably the Committee have decided that like the league all of our planned competitions will be also cancelled for 2020. The reasons for this are quite simple,the Covid virus is despite all of our hopes clearly still with us.Despite the easing of the lockdown several of our pubs and clubs have still to reopen and of those that have it will difficult to maintain the guidelines particularly social distancing. there is also a genuine reluctance of many individuals to return to normality particularly time spent in pubs.That is not surprising as many of our players are classified simply because of their age and known health conditions in the vulnerable category.

We have not taken this decision lightly and we did consider several options, but on balance it was felt the right decision was to cancel this years league and competitions entirely. The only exception may possibly be The Founder members trophy where no pre – entry is required you just turn up and play at a single suitable location.We will look at the possibility of holding that perhaps on a Sunday in the latter part of August and will let you know.

Competition entry fees already paid will either held over,donated to an NHS charity or repaid to the entrants.Please could secretaries/Captains let The Treasurer know your preference by the end of July who will be arranging repayments including to those teams who have already asked for their entry fees to be repaid.Please also indicate to whom cheques should be made payable to as we have no record of who made payments back in February !

On a slightly brighter note we know that a few teams have or are arranging friendlies which is great and we are sure your venue is also delighted.In doing so can we please ask you to follow all the relevant guidelines relating to social distancing,sanitizing hands, equipment (dolls and sticks) regularly,ensuring track and trace is in place at the venues.You might also want to consider using a lazy doll, picking up your own sticks and giving food a miss !

Sod’s law that much of the summer so far has been really good weatherwise and cruelly it seems especially so on Wednesdays !!

Stay Safe,take care and lets look forward to all getting back playing together again safely in 2021

Your 2020 Abingdon Aunt Sally Committee

Summer League 2020

By Vic Pratt on 24th May 2020 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Abingdon & District Aunt Sally Season 2020

It is looking increasingly unlikely well, actually impossible, in the current and ongoing pandemic crisis that we are going to be in a position to stage our Aunt Sally season this year, our 61^st as an Association and the first time that the league will not be contested. Our thoughts earlier in the lockdown were that we might be able to resume playing in July and at least play half of our planned fixtures, but with the continuing extension of the lockdown and, in particular, the restrictions affecting both social gatherings and the opening of pubs and clubs we now have to be realistic and cancel the 2020 season. Hopefully we will come back as strong as an Association and with renewed enthusiasm for our game in 2021!

That leaves us with a dilemma as we have already collected entry and registration fees for 2020 and these were banked in the Association’s account back in February.

As a Committee we have agreed to give all teams a say on what we do with the monies collected and we have come up with 3 options.

We can arrange re-imbursement to each team of the monies paid by them. This would have to be in the form of a cheque.
We can waive 2021 league entry and registration fees for all teams next year and possibly reduce the 2022 fees by 50% £20 per team of 14 players to encourage teams back playing when life returns to something like normality.
We can make a donation of all of the fees collected to the NHS Oxford Charities in recognition of all of the efforts, stresses and commitment those working in the NHS have, and are still going through.

We are asking each team to have one vote each on their preference via their nominated Captain or Secretary and will abide with the majority decision from the 60 teams who entered the league this season.

Each of these options are not ideal, the first depends on getting the fees back to the right people. It could be an individual, the pub/club landlord or steward, or everyone registered with that team. We have no way of knowing who actually parted with the money!

The second assumes all teams who entered this year will be up and running again in 2021 to take advantage of the no registration fee.

The third option is the easiest to administer, but may not be a majority choice as it only goes to one source.

We do want your views. We should have 60 votes to register and we do ask that you don’t just make the decision yourself ask your teammates and your landlord/steward if you possibly can, but please reply either to me or to Vic Pratt ideally by no later than May 31s, preferably by e mail. Our e mail addresses are roger.nichols@hotmail.com c.v.pratt1@btinternet.com

In the event that the restrictions ease and pubs and clubs re-open at some stage before our normal end of season (mid September) we encourage teams to start playing again via inter team competitions or friendlies and should it be possible we will even try to arrange some of our team and individual Competitions perhaps over a couple of weekends late in the Summer.

Remember as well as we want to be playing again our pubs and clubs even more will need our support and our money!

Stay safe!

Winter League special bulletin

By Vic Pratt on 8th May 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

Sadly we were unable to complete the 2019-20 season but I’m hoping to at some point in the not to distant future and hopefully we can all get through this difficult time to do so. Having had quite some time on my hands I’ve decided to come up with some stats to cover the 12 full seasons I have taken charge and kept records for. These stats are from 2007-08 season til 2018-19 season. If lockdown goes on for much longer I may well add to it and if anyone actually reads it you are as sad as I am. Until we meet up again , stay safe .

Total number of players involved	180
Total amount of games played	1,010
Amount of doll’s scored	78,920
Total number of 6’s recorded	309
Total number of blobs recorded	2,421
Most doll’s in total	B.Parker 2,203
Most doll’s in ‘A’ Section season	D.Dix 222 2014-15
Most doll’s in ‘B’ Section season	P.Barrett 177 2012-13
Most 6’s in total	B.Parker 32
Most 6’s in season by an individual	7 D.Dix P.Adams
Most 6’s in season by a team	12 Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 2017-18 2018-19
Most blobs in season by an individual	22 M.Ashmall 2011-12
Most blobs in a season by a team	52 Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 2017-18
Most appearances	217 S.Martin
Most consecutive games	157 S.Martin
People who have recorded the dreaded XXX	R.Holmes (3) V.Smith (2) J.Carter (2) M.Putt T.Lach
	A.White P.Stone M.Ashmall F.Tracey N.Green R.Burkett

If you have actually read down this far I hope you enjoyed it and in no way did I intend to embarrass anyone, you know I wouldn’t do that lol

Regards

Tosh

Winter league 2020 week 14 results

By Vic Pratt on 18th February 2020 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	14	10	1	3	680	616	56	16.19
2	Croft Nomads	14	8	2	4	664	637	48	15.80
3	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	14	7	2	6	648	621	44	15.42
4	The Heathens	14	8	0	6	611	587	44	14.54
5	Penlon	14	4	2	8	592	631	37	14.09

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	14	7	2	5	639	614	48	15.21
2	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	14	6	2	6	635	656	42	15.11
3	The Vine	14	6	3	5	637	643	40	15.16
4	Ab. Con. Club	14	5	0	9	580	620	34	13.80
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	14	1	2	11	519	609	23	12.35

Game reports.

Ab. Legion beat The Vine 6-0 with leg scores of 20-15, 18-17, 15-14. For The Legion S.Champ 11, C.Brind 10, S.Wilson 9, P.Ealey & N.Baldwin 7 each. For The Vine S.Peedell & J.Pownceby 9 each and J.Hamilton 8.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Con. Club 5-1 with leg scores of 16-16, 12-11, 13-11. For Utd. ‘B’ K.Empson & J.Lesiakowski 8 each and S.Martin 7, with Dave ‘Blobber’ Harris managing 2 of them. In reply for CC T.Barrett 10 and P.Barrett 9. Damian Todd (no relation to Sweeney) managed the dreaded X X X for the 2^nd time this season. Keep at it mate.

The Heathens beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 15-13, 17-14, 16-14. For The Heathens B.Townsend included a 6 in his 13 (his highest), P.Adams 12, T.Downes included a 6 in his 10 and P.Longford 8. For Utd. ‘C’ Jono Warrell 9 and M.James 7.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ dropped points for the 3^rd game in a row to loose more ground on the leaders. The score was 4-2 and the leg scores were 17-15, 15-17, 19-14. For Utd. ‘A’ K.Fisher and B.Parker 13 each with Ken improving on his previous highest the week before. D.Dix 12 and D.Davies 10. For Penlon P.Wright and D.Bellcourt 9 each and I.Morrison 7.

Croft Nomads drew 3-3 with Spread Eagle with leg scores of 18-12, 13-13, 12-18, probably a fair result given both teams recorded 43 dolls. For The Coft S.Enock 10, L.Clapton 8, A.Bell 7, I.Brook and N.Weston 6 each. For The Spread D.Mott 8, M.Beachey and P.Soden 7 each. Phil had a 1^st leg blob, then in the 2^nd when needing 2 to win and after scoring with his 1^st stick, missed with the next 5. To prove what a ‘funny old game’ this is he clanged off a 6 in the 3^rd leg.

Regards

Tosh

Following are team averages with the handicap stripped out. Ab. Utd. ‘A.’ 15.42. The Heathens 14.54. Croft Nomads 13.80. Ab. Legion 13.19. Spread Eagle 11.21. The Vine 11.16. Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 11.11. Penlon 10.09. Ab. Con. Club 9.80. Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 8.35.

winter league 2020 week 13 results

By Vic Pratt on 18th February 2020 in Uncategorized

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	13	9	1	3	627	570	50	16.07
2	Croft Nomads	13	8	1	4	621	594	45	15.92
3	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	13	5	2	6	597	575	44	15.30
4	The Heathens	13	7	0	6	563	546	38	14.43
5	Penlon	13	4	2	7	546	580	35	14.00

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	13	7	1	5	596	571	45	15.28
2	The Vine	13	6	3	4	591	590	40	15.15
3	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	13	5	2	6	594	618	37	15.23
4	Ab. Con. Club	13	5	0	8	542	579	33	13.89
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	13	1	2	10	478	561	23	12.25

Game reports.

Spread Eagle beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 5-1 with leg scores of 19-9, 17-14, 13-13. For The Spread J. Bowler hit his highest total (11), B.Newman & Sam Kinnaird 9 each (Sams’ highest) and P.Soden 7. Si Kinnaird started badly and then got worse scoring 1 doll. In reply for Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell top scored with 7and when needing 5 to win 3^rd leg just failed with his last stick to do so. M.James weighed in with 6.

The Vine beat Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 4-2 with leg scores of 17-14, 13-8, 19-22 and Utds’ 3^rd leg score was the highest this season not to include the handicap. For The Vine S.Peedell 10 (his first double), ‘The Hamiltons’ 9 each and J.Pownceby 6. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 13, K.Fisher 11 (his highest), D.Davies 8, T.Ward & B.Parker 6 each and Barry recorded what he thinks was his first ‘winter league’ blob in 25 years.

Ab. Legion extended their lead at the top after defeating Ab. Utd.’B’ 5-1. The leg scores were 19-13, 19-15, 16-16. For The Legion S.Wilson 12, S.Champ & P.Ealey 9 each, C.Brind 8 and N.Baldwin 7. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin & D.Harris 9 each and K.Empson 6.

Croft Nomads beat Penlon 4-2 despite Penlon recording their highest total (52). The leg scores were 18-16,18-16, 16-20. For The Croft L.Clapton 12, S.Enock 11, A.Bell & N.Weston 8 each and R.Nichols 7. In reply for Penlon D.Bellcourt 10, T.Phipps 9 (his highest), G.Lee, P.Wright and I.Morrison 7 each.

The Heathens inflicted a 3^rd straight 6-0 defeat on Ab. Con. Club with leg scores of 18-15, 20-11, 11-7. For The Heathens P.Adams 14, B.Townsend & P.Longford 10 each, D.Holmes 8 and A.Woolloff 7. The Heathens 49 dolls was their highest since week 2. In reply for CC T.Barrett top scored with 9 dolls and their 33 dolls was their lowest this season.

Regards

Tosh

Winter league 2020 week 12 results

By Vic Pratt on 18th February 2020 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	12	8	1	3	573	526	45	15.91
2	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	12	5	2	5	553	526	42	15.36
3	Croft Nomads	12	7	1	4	569	542	41	15.80
4	Penlon	12	4	2	6	494	528	33	13.72
5	The Heathens	12	6	0	6	514	513	32	14.27

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	12	6	1	5	547	535	40	15.19
2	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	12	5	2	5	550	564	36	15.27
3	The Vine	12	5	3	4	542	546	36	15.05
4	Ab. Con. Club	12	5	0	7	509	530	33	14.13
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	12	1	2	9	442	512	22	12.27

Game reports.

Ab. Legion regained top spot after beating Ab. Con. Club 6-0 with leg scores of 16-14, 16-13, 17-12. For The Legion P.Ealey 11, N.Baldwin 9, C.Brind & S.Wilson 7 each and S.Champ 6 In reply for Con. Club B.Parrett 10 and T.Barrett 7. P.Wiblin fearing the dreaded XXX managed a doll with his 18^th stick but to be fair he did manage to keep most of his sticks on the mat.

An inspired Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat their ‘A’ counterparts 4-2 with leg scores 23-20, 13-15, 19-18. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 11 (his highest) , J.Ellaway 10, D.Harris 9 and J.Lesiakowski 8. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix and B.Parker both recorded 14 dolls with Barry including a 6 in his, D.Davies and K.Fisher 9 each and B.Duff 7.

The Vine beat Croft Nomads 4-2 with leg scores of 15-17, 16-14, 17-16. For The Vine D.Hamilton included a 6 in his 13, J.Pownceby 7 and S.Peedell 6. For The Croft N.Weston 12, R.Nichols & A.Bell 8 each, B.Stowell 7 and I.Brook recorded a strange 5 1 X.

Spread Eagle ‘buried’ The Heathens 6-0 and P.Sodens’ last stick doll in the 3^rd leg was the final nail in the coffin. The leg scores were 17-13, 18-11, 11-10. For The Spread Sam Kinnaird recorded his highest score to date (8) with him hitting two 4’s only to be followed by a 3^rd leg blob. J.Bowler also hit 8, B.Newman & P.Soden 7 each. For The Heathens P.Adams 13, B.Townsend and P.Longord 6 each.

Ab. Utd. ‘C’ drew 3-3 with Penlon with leg scores of 14-11, 11-16, 16-16. For Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell 9, M.Ashmall and M.James 7 each. ‘The Mad Dutchman’ Wout Vangalen manged another two blobs but probably to be expected if your mentored by Matt lol. In reply for Penlon P.Wright and T.Phipps 7 each with Terry hitting a 3^rd leg 4 to help earn a point. I won’t mention the 1^st leg blob Terry. D.Bellcourt and I.Morrison 6 each.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. We have another Captains Cup game tonight at 7-30 and a ‘possible’ singles game at the end of the night.

2020 Season Forms

By James Barguss on 30th January 2020 in Committee Meetings, Uncategorized

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Winter League 2020 week 11 results

By Vic Pratt on 20th January 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	11	5	2	4	500	471	40	15.15
2	Ab. Legion	11	7	1	3	524	487	39	15.87
3	Croft Nomads	11	7	1	3	522	494	39	15.81
4	The Heathens	11	6	0	5	480	467	32	14.54
5	Penlon	11	4	1	6	451	487	30	13.66

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	11	5	1	5	501	501	34	15.18
2	Ab. Con. Club	11	5	0	6	470	461	33	14.24
3	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	11	4	2	5	495	511	32	15.00
4	The Vine	11	4	3	4	494	499	32	14.96
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	11	1	1	9	401	469	19	12.15

Game reports.

Croft Nomads highest total of the season (57) inflicted a first 6-0 defeat on Ab. Utd. ‘B’ with leg scores of 18-14, 20-13, 19-13. For The Croft N.Weston hit a cracking 4-6-6 , R.Nichols hit his first double figures of the season (10) & I.Brook also hit 10, L.Clapton 8 and S.Enock 7. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin recorded his 4^th 8 doll tally on the trot, J.Ellaway & R.Taylor 6 each.

A close game saw Spread Eagle beat Penlon 4-2 with leg scores of 12-14, 18-17, 16-15. For The Spread J.Bowler 9, B.Newman & P.Soden 8 each and Si Kinnaird 6. In reply for Penlon D.Bellcourt hit 12 (his highest), P.Wright 8 & I.Morrison 6.

Ab. Legion gifted The Heathens the first leg then came storming back to win 4-2 with leg scores of 10-12, 20-10, 19-12 and The Heathens 34 dolls was easily their lowest total so far. For The Legion N.Baldwin & C.Brind 10 each, S.Champ & S.Wilson 8 each. For The Heathens B.Townsend & A.Woolloff 9 each and D.Butler 7. Enough said.

The Vine drew 3-3 with Ab. Utd. ‘C’ with leg scores of 13-12, 13-13, 13-16. For The Vine D.Hamilton 7, S.Peedell & J.Hamilton 6 each and obviously 13 proved to be unlucky for The Vine. In reply for Utd. ‘C’ M.Ashmall and Jono Warrell each hit 7 dolls.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ inflicted a first 6-0 defeat of the season on Ab. Con. Club who equalled their lowest total of the season (37). This result means Utd. ‘A’ top the ‘A’ section for the first time since week 4. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix and B.Parker both included a 6 in their 14 dolls each, D.Davies 10, K.Fisher 8 and S.Humphries included a 3^rd leg blob in his 6. For Con. Club P.Barrett 9 and B.Clapton 7.

Regards

Tosh

Sixers at halfway mark

By Vic Pratt on 8th July 2019 in Summer League Reports

4 – Phil Adams

2 – Paul Barrett,Dave Dix,Ian Morrison,Nigel Weston,Steve Martin.

1 -Barrington Parker,Leigh Clapton,Ken Fisher,Dave Hudson,Colin Brind,Phil Soden,Dean Bowler,Paul Champ,Dave Harris,Alan Gregory,Martin Lambert,Simon Skelly,Rick Vincent, Ian Northover

By Vic Pratt on 14th June 2019 in Uncategorized

Abingdon Aunt Sally 60th Year

As previously notified at the AGM it is intended to mark our 60th anniversary with some kind of celebratory event for players, families and friends.The committee is planning to hold a fun event at Abingdon Utd on Sunday 18th August with various activities e.g.Aunt Sally for kids, novice players, ladies, football penalty shoot out etc. etc. together with a hog roast, ice cream van and bouncy castle as well as any other stall/activity you could bring along.

This will all need organising and supervising on the day so we are appealing for volunteers to help us on the day as the committee is only 5 strong we need your assistance, any offers of help can be made through the Team Support link on the website by the 30th June please.

If we do not get sufficient numbers to run this successfully then we will consider alternative ways to mark this anniversary.

Queens Arms Didcot

By Vic Pratt on 4th June 2019 in Uncategorized

We have been notified today that the Queens Arms Didcot have withdrawn from AASL section F, therefore all future fixtures for this season will be classed as byes and all points awarded for games 1-4 will be removed from the league tables

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