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Week 1 Match Reports

By on 29th September 2012 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Spread Eagle

1

1

0

0

48

45

4

16.00

2

The Fox

1

1

0

0

45

41

4

15.00

3

Old Masters

1

1

0

0

37

27

4

12.33

4

College Oak

1

1

0

0

35

32

4

11.66

5

Ab. Utd. ‘B’

1

0

1

0

39

38

3

13.00

6

Ab. Utd. ‘A’

1

0

1

0

38

39

3

12.66

7

The Heathens

1

0

0

1

45

48

2

15.00

8

Ab. Con. Club

1

0

0

1

41

45

2

13.66

9

Penlon

1

0

0

1

32

35

2

10.66

10

Ab. Legion

1

0

0

1

27

37

2

9.00

11

Ab. Utd. ‘C’

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Game reports.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ and Ab. Utd. ‘B’ kicked off the new season with a 3-3 draw. The leg scores were 11-11, 15-13, 12-15. For Utd. ‘A’ T.Ward 10, I.Morrison 8, the returning B.Spicer & M.Davies 7 each. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 11, A.Gregory & P.Arnold 8 each & K.Souch 7.

The Fox beat Ab. Con. Club 4-2 with leg scores of 15-15, 16-12, 14-14. For The Fox D.Butler hit a cracking 15 dolls (6-6-3), A.Bell 10, N.Weston & B.Parker 8 each. In reply for Con. Club T.Barrett, P.Wiblin & B.Clapton (making his debut) each scored 9 dolls & ‘The New Boy’ P.Barrett 8.

The reigning champions Spread Eagle beat The Heathens 4-2 with leg scores of 15-12, 17-15, 16-18. For The Spread J.Simmons hit his usual 13, J.Bowler 11, J.Gapper 10 & M.Phillips 9. For The Heathens P.Soden 11, A.Woolloff 10, M.Sheridan & T.Downes 9 each.

Old Masters beat Ab. Legion 4-2 with leg scores of 13-14, 14-6, 10-7. For OM G.Barguss 12 & M.Hall 8. For The Legion C.Brind 8 & N.Hazell 7. P.Ealey started his season with 2 blobs.

College Oak beat Penlon 4-2 with leg scores of 8-13, 12-8, 15-11. For the new look Oak B.Hudson 9, C.Bishop 8 & D.Johns 7. For Penlon T.Lach & C.Crawford (pre season signing) each scored 10 dolls.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. Hope all new and returning players enjoy the season.

I need registration forms from Old Masters, The Fox, Ab. Utd. ‘C’ & Spread Eagle tonight please.

I want all competition forms and money next week (10th) please. Remember it’s £1 per person for each

competition entered.

We will form the sections after 4 weeks matches, but it looks like The Heathens may be in the ‘B’ section.

Calm down, calm down. Only joking

Week 18 FINAL Match Results

By on 2nd September 2012 in Summer League Reports

Prem / A Section: Tandem 0 Fox 6, Wootton Legion 0 Steventon Sports 6, Red Lion 2 Spread Eagle 4. B Section: North Star 2 Red Lion 4, Abingdon United 2 Berinsfield S.C 4, PLough 1 Admiral Benbow 5, Barley Mow 5 Fox Denchworth 1. C Section: White Horse 3 PLough 3, Steventon Sports 5 BLack Horse 1, Abingdon United 2 College Oak 4, Vine 5 Waggon & Horses 1, Abingdon Con Club 4 Vine 2. D Section: Fleur De Lys 6 Chequers Charney 0, Eight Bells 0 Brewery Tap 6, Stanford F.C 2 Pack Horse 4, Crown 3 Wootton Legion 3. E Section: The Midget 6 Plough 0, Boundary House 0 Eight Bells 6, The Hatchett 2 Spread Eagle 4, Black Horse 4 Harwell Legion 2. F Section: Plough 6 North Star 0, Black Swan 0 Didcot Con Club 6, North Star 6 Cross Keys 0. G Section: Good Lake Arms 3 Old Anchor 3, Brewery Tap 6 Horse & Harrow 0, Queens Arms 2 Morning Star 4, Crown 6 Plough 0, Spread Eagle 2 Royal Oak 4. H Section: Abingdon Legion 3 Bear & Ragged Staff 3, G.W.R.S.A 0 Drayton Park Vets 6, Spread Eagle 2 Midget 4, Cross Keys 6 PLough 0. J Section: Steventon Sports 6 Kings Arms 0, Wheatsheaf 1 Red Lion 5, Peachcroft S.C 6 Hinds Head 0. Sixes: T Wilde C Brooks P Barrett R K Bumpass

Week 17 Match Results

By on 27th August 2012 in Summer League Reports

Prem / A Section: Spread Eagle 6 Abingdon United 0, Wootton Legion 4 Berinsfield S.C 2, Fox 6 Abingdon Legion 0. B Section: Admiral Benbow 0 Hart of Harwell 6, Berinsfield S.C 1 Barley Mow 5, Abingdon United 4 College Oak 2, Plough 0 North Star 6. C Section: Waggon & Horses 6 Plough 0, College Oak 4 Vine 2, Vine 2 Black Horse4, Abingdon Con Club 2 White Horse 4. D Section: North Star 2 Chequers Charney 4, Pack Horse 5 Wotton Legion 1, Standford F.C 4 Fleur De Lys 2. E Section: Spread Eagle 0 Eight Bells 6, Black Horse 4 Boundary House 2, The Hatchet 5 The Midget 1, Wheatsheaf Drayton 4 Plough 2. F Section: Didcot Con Club 2 Abingdon Arms 4, Black Swan 3 North Star 3, Hart of Harwell 3 Bowyers Arms 3, The Bear 6 Plough 0. G Section: Plough 6 Horse & Harrow 0, Morning Star 3 Spread Eagle 3, Queens Arms 4 Brewery Tap 2, Crown 1 Good Lake Arms 5, Royal Oak 2 Old Anchor 4. H Section: Cross Keys 0 Abingdon Legion 6, Plough 4 Challow Legion 2, Drayton Golf Club 6 Spread Eagle 0, G.W.R.S.A 2 Cross Keys 4. J Section: Waggon & Horses 3 Steventon Sports 3. Sixes: J Simmons B Stowell R Peperell

Week 16 Match Results

By on 20th August 2012 in Summer League Reports
Prem / A Section: Abingdon United 3 Steventon Sports 3, Fox 6 Spread Eagle 0, Tandem 5 ABingdon Legion 1, Berinsfield S.C 6 Red Lion 0. B Section: College Oak 4 Plough 2, North Star 0 Fox Denchworth 6, Hart of Harwell 0 Berinsfield S.C 6, Red Lion 6 Admiral Benbow 0, Barley Mow 0 ABingdon united 6. C Section: Plough 2 Vine 4, Black Horse 3 College Oak 3, Vine 0 ABingdon United 6, Steventon Sports 0 Abingdon Con Club 6, White Horse 4 Waggon & Horses 2. D Section: Chequers Charney 5 Pack Horse 1, Wootton Legion 6 Brewery Tap 0, Crown 5 Standford F.C 1, Fleur De Lys 6 North Star 0. E Section: Eight Bells 6 HArwell Legion 0, Boundary House 3 The Hatchet 3. F Section: Abingdon Arms 6 The Bear 0, Plough 4 Hart of Harwell 2, Cross Keys 0 Didcot Con Club 6, North Star 6 North Star 0. G Section: Horse & Harrow 1 Morning Star 5, Old Anchor 2 Plough Inn 4, Spread Eagle 0 Queens Arms 6. H Section: Challow Legion 0 Drayton Park Gold Club 6, Bear & Ragged Staff 6 Plough 0, Abingdon Legion 6 Midget 0, Spread Eagle 4 G.W.R.S.A 2, Cross Keys 5 Cross Keys 1. J Section: Wheatsheaf 2 Hinds Head 4, Peachcroft S.C 2 Waggon & Horses 4, Red Lion 6 Rose & Crown 0, Steventon Sports 5 Cross Keys 1. Sixes: A Bell M Thomas C Brind P Soden K Fisher

Week 15 Match Results

By on 13th August 2012 in Summer League Reports
Prem / A Section: Spread Eagle 6 Tandem 0, Steventon Sports 2 Fox 4, Red Lion 0 Wootton Legion 6, Abingdon Legion 6 Berinsfield S.C 0. B Section: Admiral Benbow 2 North Star 4, Hart of Harwell 4 Barley Mow 2, PLough 5 Abingdon United 1, Fox 2 College Oak 4. C Section: Vine 4 White Horse 2, College Oak 6 Plough 0, Abingdon Con Club 4 Abingdon United 2, Black Horse 1 Vine 5. D Section: Brewery Tap 4 Chequers Charney 2, Pack Horse 3 Fleur De Lys 3, North Star 4 Crown 2, Stanford F.C 4 Eight Bells 2. E Section: Spread Eagle 6 Midget 0, The Hatchet 4 Black Horse 2, Wheatsheaf 2 Boundary House 4. F Section: Didcot Con Club 2 North Star 4, Abingdon Arms 4 Plough 2, Black Swan 0 Hart of Harwell 6. G Section: Horse & Harrow 0 Spread Eagle 6, Crown 0 Queens Arms 6, Royal Oak 6 Brewery Tap 0, Morning Star 1 Old Anchor 5. H Section: Plough Appleton 0 Abingdon Legion 6, Cross Keys 6 G.W.R.S.A 0, Drayton Park Golf Club 6 Bear & Ragged Staff 0, Midget 0 Cross Keys 6. J Section: Rose & Crown 3 Wheatsheaf 3, Kings Arms 3 Peachcroft S.C 3, Cross Keys 4 Waggon & Horses 2, Hinds Head 4 Steventon Sports 2, Sixes: S Enock

Week 14 Match Reports

By on 5th August 2012 in Summer League Reports

Prem / A Section: Berinsfield S.C 2 Spread Eagle 4, Wootton Legion 5 ABingdon Legion 1, Tandem 4 Steventon Sports 2, Fox Steventon 4 Abingdon united 2.

B Section: Red Lion 0 Hart of Harwell 6, North Star 4 Berinsfield S.C 2, College Oak 3 Admiral Benbow 3, Barley Mow 4 Plough 2, Abingdon Unied 6 Fox 0.

C Section: PLough 4 Black Horse 2, Abingdon united 4 Waggon & Horses 2, White Horse 2 College Oak 4, Steventon Sports 0 Vine 6, Vine 2 Abingdon Con Club 4.

D Section: Chequers Charney 4 Wootton Legion 2, Crown 1 Pack Horse 5, Eight Bells 4 North Star 2, Fleur De Lys 4 Brewery Tap 2.

E Section: Plough 4 Eight Bells 2, Boundary House 2 Spread Eagle 4, Black Horse 6 Wheatsheaf 0.

F Section: Cross Keys 2 ABingdon Arms 4, Hart of Harwell 6 North Star 0, Plough 3 Black Swan 3, Bowyers Arms 4 Didcot Con Club 2, North Star 6 The Bear 0.

G Section: Brewery Tap 6 Plough 0, Good Lake Arms 1 Morning Star 5, Old Anchor 5 Horse & Harow 1, Queens Arms 4 Royal Oak 2.

H Section: Abingdon Legion 3 Drayton Parks Vets Golf Club 3, Bear & Ragged Staff 4 Challow Legion 2, Cpread Eagle 6 Cross Keys 0, Cross Keys 2 PLough Appleton 4.

J Section: Red Lion 6 Kings Arms 0, Steventon Sports 3 Rose & Crown 3, Peachcroft S.C 6 Cross Keys 0, Waggon & Horses 4 Hinds Head 2, Wheatsheaf 4 Volunteer 2.

Sixes:

D Butler

L Clapton

Week 13 Match Reports

By on 30th July 2012 in Summer League Reports

(Apologies – last week was week 12 not 11 again! – webmaster) Prem / A Section: Abingdon United 6 Tandem 0, Steventon Sports 4 Berinsfield S.C 2, Spread Eagle 4 Wootton Legion 2, Abingdon Legion 4 Red Lion 2. B Section: Hart of Harwell 6 North Star 0, Berinsfield S.C 2 College Oak 4, Admiral Benbow 2 Abingdon united 4. C Section: Vine 2 Abingdon United 4, Waggon & Horses 4 Abingdon Con Club 2, Plough 0 Vine 6. D Section: Wotton Legion 0 Fleur De Lys 6, Brewery Tap 6 Crown 0, Pack Horse 4 Eight Bells 2, North Star 5 Standford F.C 1. E Section: Harwell Legion 4 Boundary House 2, Spread Eagle 5 Black Horse 1, Wheatsheaf 4 The Hatchet 2. F Section: Abingdon Arms 5 North Star 1, The Bear 4 Bowyers Arms 2, Didcot Con Club 2 Hart of Harwell 4. G Section: Horse & Harrow 2 Good Lake Arms 4, Morning Star 4 Brewery Tap 2, Plugh Inn 2 Queens Arms 4, Royal Oak 6 Crown 0, Old Anchor 5 Spread Eagle 1. H Section: Challow Legion 0 ABingdon Legion 6, Drayton Park Vets Golf Club 5 Cross Keys 1, The Midget 4 Cross Keys 2. J Section: Kings Arms 4 Wheatsheaf 2, Rose & Crown 4 Waggon & Horses 2, Hinds Head 6 Cross Keys 0. Sixes: J Simmons P Wright

Foot Faults

By on 23rd July 2012 in Anchorman Blog

Foot faults

Something that pops up from time to time at games and recently the AGM is the foot fault. It’s a polarising subject which can get many people hot under the collar. For the record.

Rule 9 states

Each member of the team shall throw 6 sticks each, and may throw under arm or round arm, not over arm and both feet need to be behind the hocking by the time the stick has left the players hand. A stick leaving the players hand while his foot is standing on the hocking, may be declared a no stick.

However, the rules state nothing of who is to police the transgression and when you should point this out. For example should you have another caller type who stands at the hocking end? Does this person call out each error and put off the thrower or should they wait until the end of the throw?

Now what happens when the hocking doesn’t reach to the end of where the thrower is standing so that it’s not easy to see if the rule is broken? What if the hocking is just a line and it’s easy to step on? What if the hocking is 6 inches high and your toes step on and against but not over, does that count.

These are all valid points that make if difficult to make a judgement. Then of course what if the person throwing disagrees with you! Actually forget that,they’re going to aren’t they? Then what, stop the game till they admit it.

So where does this leave us?

I think it’s a little like speeding. Everyone at one point has done it. Maybe you knew you were doing it, possibly even did it deliberately. But maybe you didn’t and it was just a few mph over the limit but you got caught. How annoyed did that make you, I mean you never, ever speed but the one time you did you got caught and fined or you had to attend the speed school.

The point I’m making here is that no matter how whiter than white you are, you will at some point inadvertently foot foul.

About 3 years ago I was accused of doing the same thing. I didn’t do it deliberately and I certainly wasn’t getting more dolls because of it. But I changed my throw because of it and also began keeping an eye on those people thatbelieved it was cheating, I can tell you I saw them foot fault.

My solution then, if there can be one is this.

Can you imagine the bad feelings that would arise as a consequence of a footfault call where there are no defined ways around it

Anyone can make the call and then wait for the shit to hit for the rest of the game.Of one thing you can be certain, the more important the match the greater the tension, the more an issue it will become. The person making the call should first take that into account. Personally if I was captain and the thrower was stepping over and making a good score repeatedly i might speak quietly to the opposing captain.

The rule actually says ‘may be’ declared a no stick. It’s very discretionary but gives everyone the opportunity to air their views.

In the course of writing this post I’ve tried to get a view of what other people think about it, not just my own personal views but more of a consensus. If you are not aggressive or malicious in the way you approach the other captain I believe an agreement can be met where all the views can be accommodated and a satisfactory outcome arrived. If you are not then what is a fun team competition will no longer be that. When all is said and done we are there to have fun.

I hope this goes some way to answering the question of a foot fault, but I know it falls short of a definitive answer because there isn’t one. I would welcome anyone’s take on this.

Anchorman

Week 12 Match Results

By on 23rd July 2012 in Summer League Reports
Prem / A Section: Wootton Legion 2 Fox 4, Abingdon Legion 4 Steventon Sports 2, Berinsfield S.C 4 Tandem 2, Red Lion 1 Abingdon United 5. B Section: Fox 0 Berinsfield S.C 6, Barley Mow 6 Admiral Benbow 0, College Oak 4 North Star 2, Plough 0 Hart of Harwell 6, Abingdon United 6 Red Lion 0. C Section: Abingdon United 3 Plough 3, Waggon & Horses 4 College Oak 2, Steventon Sports 4 White Horse 2, Vine 4 Vine 2, Abingdon Con Club 5 Black Horse 1. D Section: North Star 2 Brewery Tap 4, Crown Didcot 0 Fleur De Lys 6, Eight Bells 4 Chequers Charney 2, Standford F.C 4 Wootton Legion 2. E Section: Boundary House 5 The Midget 1, The Hatchet 6 Eight Bells 0, Wheatsheaf 0 Hartwell Legion 6, Black Horse 4 PLough 2. F Section: Bowyers Arms 2 North Star 4, Hart of Harwell 2 Cross Keys 4, North Star 2 The Bear 4, Plough 4 Didcot Con Club 2, Black Swan 2 Abingdon Arms 4. G Section: Brewery Tap 3 Good Lake Arms 3, Queens Arms 2 Old Anchor 4, Royal Oak 4 Morning Star 2, Spread Eagle 4 Plough 2. H Section: Cross Keys 1 Abingdon Legion 5, Cross Keys 4 Challow Legion 2, Midget 2 Drayton Vets 4, G.W.R.S.A 2 Bear & Ragged Staff 4, Spread Eagle 6 Plough 0.  J Section: Hinds Head 5 Volunteer 1, Steventon Sports 4 Wheatsheaf 2, Peachcroft S.C 4 Rose & Crown 2, Cross Keys 3 Kings Arms 3, Waggon & Horses 0 Red Lion 6.   Sixes: P Broad