In this week’s week 5 post I inadvertently transferred Russell Flower from the Fleur de Lys to the Earl of Abingdon despite me knowing that transfers are not allowed! Apologies Russell I should know that you actually do play for the Fleur and if I didn’t I am sure my friends who frequent the Fleur would be quick to tell me!!
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Summer 2026 Week 5 Results
Match Results
P/A – Abingdon United A 4 – Croft Nomads 2; Legs (15-20, 18-16, 21-20)
P/A – Berinsfield SC A 5 – Steventon Sports SC A 1; Legs (24-22, 20-18, 20-20)
P/A – Plum Pudding 0 – Abingdon Conservative Club 6; Legs (21-22, 13-16, 19-24)
P/A – College Oak A 2 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4; Legs (16-15, 18-20, 17-19)
P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 1 – Red Lion Drayton A 5; Legs (18-21, 19-22, 19-19)
B – Abingdon RBL 4 – The Fox Denchworth 2; Legs (14-11, 7-11, 16-12)
B – The Croft Bar 2 – Royal Oak Didcot 4; Legs (11-12, 7-17, 12-10)
B – The Vine 6 – The Plough W.Hanney 0; Legs (11-9, 23-13, 18-11)
B – WADS Bar A 4 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2; Legs (9-9, 10-10, 14-13)
C – Marcham Centre A 2 – Grove RFC 4; Legs (15-12, 13-15, 12-13)
C – The Bell Grove B 2 – The Boundary House 4; Legs (11-13, 12-15, 13-9)
C – The Earl of Abingdon B 3 – Fleur De Lys A 3; Legs (13-12, 8-16, 13-13)
C – The Plough Long Wittenham 2 – Waggon and Horses 4; Legs (12-7, 12-13, 8-11)
D – Long Wittenham AC 6 – WADS Bar B 0; Legs (15-13, 12-4, 10-8)
D – North Star 4 – The College Oak B 2; Legs (10-9, 10-9, 4-14)
D – Prince of Wales Shippon 0 – The Earl of Abingdon A 6; Legs (10-15, 7-9, 8-10)
D – Steventon Sports SC B 0 – The Fox Boars Hill 6; Legs (5-12, 5-14, 10-13)
D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 0 – The Bell Grove A 6; Legs (8-12, 11-16, 15-17)
E – Eight Bells Eaton 0 – Hanney RBL 6; Legs (10-15, 9-10, 14-18)
E – Red Lion Drayton B 3 – Challow and Childrey CC 3; Legs (6-6, 8-10, 10-6)
E – The Lamb Wantage B 0 – The Crown Marcham A 6; Legs (9-10, 10-11, 9-12)
F – Harwellian A 4 – Marcham Centre B 2; Legs (8-8, 5-5, 12-5)
F – Queens Arms Didcot 4 – The Lamb Wantage A 2; Legs (11-10, 7-10, 16-10)
F – The Crown Marcham B 0 – The Brewery Tap 6; Legs (10-12, 11-12, 14-15)
F – The George Sutton Courtenay 6 – RAL SC 0; Legs (9-7, 10-7, 14-10)
G – The Black Swan 2 – The Plough Appleton 4; Legs (9-4, 3-8, 3-6)
G – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 1 – Oxford RFC 5; Legs (6-6, 1-8, 5-9)
G – The Red Lion Northmoor 2 – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 4; Legs (10-11, 6-8, 10-7)
G – The White Hart Harwell B 4 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 2; Legs (7-5, 5-6, 13-6)
Blobbers
Andrew Salmon (The Plough Appleton), Andy Latimer (North Star), Anna Antell (The Plough Appleton), Brian Murphy (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Caroline Baker (Red Lion Drayton B), Charlie Guinan (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Christopher Shephard (The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon), Cody Wiley (Prince of Wales Shippon), Dawn Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Elly Reizner (S) (Harwellian A), Ian Crayford LL (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Jane Hedges (The Red Lion Northmoor), Justin New (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Lee Mercer-Rolls (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Mick Wright (Marcham Centre B), Molly Price (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Paddy Cleary (The Bell Grove B), Pri Shah (RAL SC), Richard Dunsden (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Richard Moran (Marcham Centre B), Rick Bailey (The Bear and Ragged Staff), Russell Pugh (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Stephen Fowler (RAL SC), Steve Salter (The Lamb Wantage A), Terry Doughty (Harwellian A).
Once again no sixers this week so here are the best of the rest.
Fivers
David Dix 5-5-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 5
Matt Davies 5-0-2 (WADS Bar B) – Week 5
Paul Barrett 3-4-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 5
Paul Brennan 5-3-1 (Hanney RBL) – Week 5
Richard Jones 5-4-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 5
Week 5 Highlights, lowlights and Competition Last shout out!
Well, the inevitable happened last week, Dave Dix hit 14 dolls for Abingdon Conservative Club as they recorded their second successive 6-0 win over Plum Pudding whose defeat continued their disappointing start to the season. Paul Barrett also continued his good form with another 12 doll haul! Paul has now hit 5, 5 doll legs in his last 4 games. Surely a maximum will soon happen!
Dave shared his best of the season with Richard Jones who also hit 14 dolls as Berinsfield SC A continued their excellent start to the season with a fifth consecutive victory as they beat the previously unbeaten Steventon Sports A 5-1.
Abingdon United A secured their first win of the season as they overcame Croft Nomads 4-2, Jason Bowler top scoring for United with 9 dolls. Ian Brook led the fight for the Nomads with 10 dolls.
Darren Bennett with 10 dolls and Martyn Bolton with 9 helped The Wheatsheaf to a 4-2 win at The College Oak and The Red Lion were also winners at Stanford FC 5-1 being the scoreline with Scott Tabor and Ian Rogers leading the way with 9 dolls apiece for the Lion. The B section saw Abingdon RBL land their first win of the season 4-2 against The Fox, Denchworth whilst the WADS Bar were 6-0 winners against The Bear & Ragged Staff. but with 23 points still trail the Vine by 1 point as they overcame The Plough, West Hanney 4-2 with a 10 doll contribution from Matt Dingle aided and abetted by 9 dolls each for Jerry Brandish and Steve Peedell and 8 dolls for Ethan Taylor making his first appearance for the Vine. The Croft Bar suffered a 4-2 defeat at the hands of the Royal Oak whose Steve Jones top scored with 10 dolls.
A first appearance of the season for skipper Brian Bosley with 8 dolls was not enough to get Marcham Centre A to stop Grove RFC landing their 5th win on the bounce as they continue to lead the C section. There were a share of the points between The Earl of Abingdon B and The Fleur de Lys A where 9 dolls was the order of the night. Russell Flower for the Earl and Darren Sargison and Danny Towlerton all falling just one doll short of making double figures.
The D section saw The Fox Boars Hill land their 5th win on the bounce at Steventon Sports with a maximum 6 points. The Earl of Abingdon were also 6-0 victors against The Prince of Wales despite 8 dolls scored by skipper Dave Harris for the Feathers. Craig Hillier for the Earl also hit 8. Debutant Matt Davies hit a first leg 5 dolls but it was not enough to secure a leg for the WADS Bar B as they also suffered a 6-0 loss against Long Wittenham AC for whom Michael Rainbow led the way with 9 dolls and it was a welcome 6-0 win for The Bell A in the same section for whom Steve Browning scored 11 dolls and Martin Bland added 9 more.
The E section also saw two 6-0 wins, as Hanney RBL carried on their successful start to the season at the Eight Bells and The Crown Marcham A turned over the Lamb B by the same score. Red Lion B and Challow & Childrey CC shared the points. In the F section Brewery Tap continue to lead the way and there were also wins for The George, Harwellian A and the Queens Arms.
Newcomers in the G section Oxford RFC had a 5-1 win, The Seven Stars were 4-2 winners at the Red Lion and the White Hart B side were also winners on the night.
Overall last week there were some good scores (maybe the warmer weather helped!) with 24 dolls being the best legs of the night, a 23 leg from the Vine in Section B and leg scores 0f 16, 17 and 18 being recorded across the B, C, D and E sections. On the night there were no sixes, lots of individaul 5’s and there were 23 “blobbers” who failed to score on the night, but not for the lack of trying!
Just a reminder about the Competitions for singles, pairs, Captains and Secretaries which officially closed yesterday. As I write this we have only received entries from 4 teams! As both Paul and I haven’t been around for a few days I think we have to extend the date until this coming weekend, but not beyond then. At the moment we do not have enough entries for any of the planned competitions so if that doesn’t change significantly this week there will be no competitions held on the planned date (28th June) and personally I think that will be tragic for a league that has 66 teams and over 600 active registered players!!!
One final note regarding fixtures on June 17th when England play Croatia in the FIFA World Cup, with a 9pm GMT kick off time. We recognise that some teams will want to change their games scheduled for that night so in the next few days the committee will issue some guidance and options for fixtures scheduled to take place on that night. The guidance and outcome will need to be mutually agreed between the competing sides and based on being reasonable.
Week 5 and for the first time this season just a reminder don’t forget your sun screen and hats!
Well for the first 4 weeks of the season it has all been about how cold it is and where’s your coat, but tonight it’s probably going to be complaints about how hot is is and we need to go inside to cool down!
As with many of our players and scores our it’s often the talk about inconsistency and the weather is certainly matching that so far this summer! The only thing lacking so far is rain, but I am sure that won’t be long coming and it will be the gardeners wishing for it, but hopefully not on a Wednesday anytime soon!
Some interesting fixtures tonight the pick of which are Berinsfield SC A entertaining Steventon Sports SC A in a battle of the leaders of the Premier and the A section. In the B section The Vine host leaders WADS Bar A and in the D section there’s a local derby between The Black Horse A and The Bell Grove, a less local derby in G section when the Seven Stars travel from Marsh Baldon to The Red Lion Northmoor. (I understand The Red Lion provides very reasonable overnight accomodation should you require it after probably your longest trip of the season!). Finally again in the G section Horse & Jockey Stanford host section leaders Oxford RFC many of whom played for the Horse & Jockey last summer!
Enjoy your evening.
Another Aunt Sally Legend lost, Week 4 round up and Competition Reminder
Again with apologies for the late post again! I will try to do better after tonight’s fixtures!
Firstly though I want to start by sharing some very sad news. Tony Ward one of the top Aunt Sally players in both our Winter and Summer Leagues over many years passed away last week. Many will know that Tony had battled against illness for several years and that illness had caused his retirement from our game in recent years. Our thoughts and sympathy go out to Doreen and all of Tony’s family and friends from all of the Aunt Sally community. Tony’s funeral will be held at the South Oxfordshire Crematorium at 1pm on Friday 19th June and will be followed by a gathering at Abingdon British Legion, just one of the venues that Tony played his Aunt Sally so successfully at.
Tony was a serial winner both as an individual and as a team member. Tony played for many teams in both our seasonal leagues including the Saxton Arms and Football Club, Abingdon Legion, Penlon, Heineken and Abingdon United. It was with the Legion that he featured in the highest single leg score in 1974 contributing 5 dolls in a 37 leg total when Abingdon Legion had 2 players who each hit maximums 3 others, who like Tony hit 5, one player with 5 and surprisingly one who managed only 1 doll. In that line up that night for the Legion were current players Dave Dix and Paul Leach and that was over 50 years ago!
Tony won the Singles title at least twice firstly whilst playing for the Saxton and also for Abingdon United and many, many other team awards for all the teams he represented.
Now, to last week’s results. In the Premier section there was a welcome return to winning ways for Abingdon Conservative Club even without the missing Dave Dix and Phil Adams. They still managed a 6-0 victory at their old stamping ground Abingdon United. Despite the margin of the win the doll difference on the night was only 7 dolls! Rolling back the years for the Con Club Brian Clapton hit 10 dolls and Paul Barrett for the 3rd successive week hit double figures. For United it was Dave Hudson leading the reply with 9 dolls.
In the Prem/A section the clash between the 2 previously unbeaten sides was another close encounter which resulted in a 4-2 win for Berinsfield SC A courtesy of a 1 doll winning 3rd leg at the Red Lion which puts the Berinsfield boys very well placed as leaders of the Premier section. Malcolm Jones recorded a maximum for the visitors and promptly followed it with a blob in the next leg!
Croft Nomads enjoyed a very sociable evening at the Wheatsheaf Didcot, helped by a 6-0 victory with double figure contributions from Steve Enock and Barry Townsend with 11 dolls each well supported by Alan Bell and Chris Jenkins both weighing in with 10 dolls
In the A section Stanford FC continued their strong start to the season winning their game at the College Oak 4-2. Steventon Sports A strengthened their position at the top of the A section beating the Plum Pudding, Scott Humphries and Derek Fletcher top scoring for the Sports with 9 dolls apiece and Terry Downes matched that score for the Plum.
In the B section it is WADS Bar heading the table with a 4th consecutive win 4-2 against The Fox Denchworth but on the night The Fox may have felt a little disappointed as they actually scored 42 dolls against the 40 scored by the winners! Derrick Brown scored 11 dolls for WAD’s. It was a similar close encounter at the Croft Bar whose 4-2 victory over the Fleur de Lys B side only featuring 66 dolls in total across the 3 legs.
A 4-2 victory was also secured by The Plough West Hanney against Abingdon RBL for whom Paul Ealey hit a maximum, only the second one of the night throughout the league, but the home side with a strong contribution from Mark Wheeler came out with the win with only a 1 doll advantage overall and ironically that was in the leg which saw Paul hit his maximum!!
The C section saw wins for Grove RFC, Harwellian B who included an equal top scoring 11 dolls on the night from Gary Daluz Veira and The Earl Of Abingdon A, In the D section had wins for The Bell A, Earl of Abingdon B to complete a winning double for the Earl sides and The Fox, Boars Hill for whom Rory Mangan top scored with 10 dolls against the soon to be “home again” North Star. We should mention our thanks to The Plough who have kindly “hosted” the Star whilst renovations have taken place. The pub should re-open next week!
The E section saw Challow & Childrey outscored by 1 doll on the night by Berinsfield SC B, but were still able to emerge winners on the night. Eight Bells Eaton had a very welcome 6-0 win when they visited The Crown and in the section it was a 4-2 win for current leaders The Brewery Tap and The Lamb A.
The G section which is made up almost entirely of new teams this season saw The Old Anchor claim local bragging rights when they defeated near neighbours The Black Swan and fellow newcomers The Seven Stars were 4-2 victors against The White Hart B.
The G section also included something last week that is/maybe/probably is a record that is a first in all of the history. There are 6 of the 7 sections led by teams who have won all their games played so far. Interestingly 2 of the teams are Rugby Clubs, 4 are predominately social clubs and only 2 are traditional “hostelries”, that together with our 3 football club based teams is confirmation that Aunt Sally is a game for everyone. This maybe/probably is representative of our licensed premises in these times, but it is good for our game that Aunt Sally is still able to be played in so many places.
An apology from me to anyone whose individual total scores I have missed in recent weeks (including this one) which I know includes Steve Fernback of the Fox Boars Hill, Dean Bowler of the Red Lion and I am sure several more. Not deliberate I promise!!
And now for a couple of reminders:-
Firstly, Competition entries for the Singles, Pairs, Captains and Secretaries (all open to all registered players from any section) need to be with us by next week with a closing date of May 31st (all competitions need a minimum entry of 8 and entry is just £1 per person) and will be played at Abingdon United on Sunday 28th June.
Secondly, already a number of fixtures have been postponed for sound reasons and these need to be re-arranged. Would the Captains/Secretaries please confirm the new dates as soon as possible to me please because the re-arranged games will need to be entered by the Committee in the week when they should have originally been played. Any fixtures not mutually arranged or played by the end of June may see the points to awarded against the side who originally requested the re-arrangement.
Thirdly, On Wednesday 17th June England are in World Cup action and will almost affect out fixtures that night with, hopefully, most it not all players, wanting to watch the game live. We will within the next week issue some guidance as to what the options (again they need to be mutually agreed) for fulfilling the fixtures scheduled that night.
Summer 2026 Week 4 Results
Match Results
P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 6 – Abingdon United A 0; Legs (16-15, 17-15, 21-17)
P/A – College Oak A 2 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 4; Legs (17-19, 18-20, 19-17)
P/A – Red Lion Drayton A 2 – Berinsfield SC A 4; Legs (18-24, 20-18, 18-19)
P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 6 – Plum Pudding 0; Legs (23-19, 19-16, 20-19)
P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 0 – Croft Nomads 6; Legs (14-18, 16-25, 16-24)
B – Abingdon Utd C 1 – The Vine 5; Legs (10-15, 14-17, 11-11)
B – Royal Oak Didcot 0 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 6; Legs (7-13, 8-11, 13-15)
B – The Croft Bar 4 – Fleur De Lys B 2; Legs (14-12, 11-10, 9-10)
B – The Fox Denchworth 2 – WADS Bar A 4; Legs (8-9, 19-18, 13-15)
B – The Plough W.Hanney 4 – Abingdon RBL 2; Legs (15-14, 16-16, 12-12)
C – Fleur De Lys A 3 – The Plough Long Wittenham 3; Legs (13-16, 11-11, 15-12)
C – Grove RFC 4 – Waggon and Horses 2; Legs (10-11, 14-8, 18-11)
C – Harwellian B 6 – The Bell Grove B 0; Legs (16-9, 12-8, 15-14)
C – The Boundary House 0 – The Earl of Abingdon B 6; Legs (10-15, 14-15, 14-17)
D – The Bell Grove A 5 – The College Oak B 1; Legs (9-9, 13-8, 15-7)
D – The Earl of Abingdon A 5 – Steventon Sports SC B 1; Legs (13-6, 15-6, 10-10)
D – The Fox Boars Hill 6 – North Star 0; Legs (12-6, 18-7, 18-13)
D – WADS Bar B 3 – Prince of Wales Shippon 3; Legs (12-14, 9-9, 13-7)
E – Berinsfield SC B 2 – Challow and Childrey CC 4; Legs (10-11, 11-12, 12-9)
E – Hanney RBL 6 – Red Lion Drayton B 0; Legs (16-13, 11-8, 12-10)
E – The Crown Marcham A 0 – Eight Bells Eaton 6; Legs (7-17, 7-14, 11-14)
E – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 3 – The Lamb Wantage B 3; Legs (10-10, 10-15, 13-6)
F – RAL SC 2 – The Crown Marcham B 4; Legs (11-8, 7-8, 5-11)
F – The Brewery Tap 4 – Harwellian A 2; Legs (7-8, 12-9, 14-10)
F – The Lamb Wantage A 4 – Marcham Centre B 2; Legs (11-12, 13-6, 17-11)
F – The White Hart Harwell A 1 – The George Sutton Courtenay 5; Legs (7-11, 8-11, 5-5)
G – Oxford RFC 5 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 1; Legs (9-0, 5-5, 13-1)
G – The Old Anchor 4 – The Black Swan 2; Legs (6-8, 12-6, 11-9)
G – The Plough Appleton 2 – The Red Lion Northmoor 4; Legs (10-10, 6-13, 8-8)
G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 4 – The White Hart Harwell B 2; Legs (13-5, 10-12, 12-7)
Blobbers
Aiden Kent (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Angela Barry (Harwellian A), Ben Norton (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Caroline Shah (RAL SC), Chris Sheldon (The Old Anchor), Darren Webb (Prince of Wales Shippon), Dave Given (The Crown Marcham A), James Harvey (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Jess Hollis (L) (The Old Anchor), John Simmons (Abingdon United A), Jon Simons (The White Hart Harwell A), Justin New (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Marion Belcher (Marcham Centre B), Mark Pembroke (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC), Martin Day (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC), Michelle Walton (Steventon Sports SC B), Mike Russell (Red Lion Drayton B), Nick Faulkner (The College Oak B), Ricky Dodsworth (The Crown Marcham A), Ryan Frost (The Plough Appleton), Steve Winfield (The White Hart Harwell B), Stuart Brown (The Crown Marcham B).
Sixers
Malcolm Jones (Berinsfield SC A), Paul Ealey (S) (Abingdon RBL).
Fivers
Alan Bell 2-3-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 4
Brian Clapton 2-5-3 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 4
Dave Hudson 5-3-1 (Abingdon United A) – Week 4
Derrick Brown 3-5-3 (WADS Bar A) – Week 4
Glenn Woolley 2-5-2 (Red Lion Drayton A) – Week 4
Ian Rogers (S) 5-2-2 (Red Lion Drayton A) – Week 4
Jon Steele (C) 1-5-2 (The Old Anchor) – Week 4
Mark Wheeler 5-1-3 (The Plough W.Hanney) – Week 4
Paul Barrett 2-3-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 4
Scott Humphries 2-5-2 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 4
Week 4 action
A warmer night in prospect for tonight’s fixtures with some interesting contests scheduled. A number of teams are looking to maintain their winning starts to the season and the leaders of the A section The Red Lion A entertain the leaders of the Premier, Berinsfield SC A. Both sides have won all 3 of their opening fixtures with the Lion defeating both last year’s Premier winners and runners up, with Dean Bowler in fine early season form with 2 maximums to his name already and a 3 doll team handicap advantage for the home side this should be a close encounter. There’s also a contest between 2 unbeaten sides in the E section featuring the Red Lion B side although with bye already and a deferred tie they are only defending a 1 game winning start when they travel to Hanney RBL who have got off to a 3 game winning start to their season.
The F section also has the unbeaten newcomers Oxford RFC hosting another 2026 newcomer, The Black Horse B as the Rugby Club look to build on their 3 game winning start.
A few local derbies in store later, in the Premier it’s Abingdon Con Club strengthened last week by the return of Phil Adams entertain Abingdon United A. In the D section league leaders The Prince of Wales make the short trip from Shippon to Wootton where they will face WAD’s Bar B. The G section sees another Abingdon walking distance derby with The Old Anchor making their way to The Black Swan.
With 27 matches scheduled tonight and the promise of a warmer and drier evening with over 430 of us picking up our sticks let’s look forward to a good evening of Aunt Sally.
Week 3 and another chilly Wednesday
Last week we endured another cold May evening but a good night’s Aunt Sally and for some teams another excellent result. In the A section Steventon Sports SCA and near neighbours The Red Lion are leading the way, both unbeaten after just 3 games and both have wins already over last years Premier Champions and Runners up. Steventon securing a 5-1 victory over Abingdon Con Club who have now suffered 3 successive defeats which is probably their first for many, many years and that despite being strengthened the early return from his recent operation of Phil Adams. For the Con Club Dave Dix returned to record the best total of the night with 13 dolls and teammate Paul Barrett added 12. Phil weighed in with 8 dolls, but their team total of 61 dolls on the night was not enough as Steventon ‘s Colin Brind’s 11 dolls, Doug Bolton’s 10 dolls and a contribution for all of their other team members was enough to earn the 5 points and an overall doll total of 74 on the night. The Red Lion also continued on their winning way with a 4-2 win at the Croft. Dean Bowler including his second maximum of the season as he added 11 dolls to his and the Lion’s excellent start to the season. For the Croft Alan Bell also hit a maximum leg, Martin Robinson top scored with 11 dolls and although Ian Brook weighed in with 10 dolls it was not enough to avoid the Nomads falling to their second defeat in 3 outings.
Berinsfield lead the way in the Premier with 3 successive wins and are already 7 points clear in the section. It’s a bit different in the A section though with only 5 points separating the 5 teams despite 2 of those being unbeaten! In the other sections there was plenty of good scoring and pride of place to Dean Cheshire who was the third player on the night to hit a maximum 6 leg. Lots of double figures recorded Steve Martin and Jumbo Mott for Abingdon Utd A, Rob Glenn’s 11 for Stanford FC, a 10 for Jerry Brandish for the Vine, Russell Flower’s 10 for the Fleur B, Billy Collett hit 10 for The Plough, Long Wittenham and a lot of 5 doll legs were recorded by players across the sections.
Early leaders in the other sections are WADS Bar A in the B section who have 3 straight wins at the top of that section, The Waggon & Horses lead the C section, but no team have a 100% record there, in the D section both unbeaten teams are The Prince of Wales and The Fox, Boars Hill top the table, the E section is led by Hanney RBL and the F and G sections are headed by The Brewery Tap and Oxford RFC. It’s still early days and as well as byes in 4 of the sections a couple of games did not take place last week due to illness and injuries so will probably need to be added to the fixture schedule later.
This Wednesday promises to be warmer so let’s hope the forecasters are right and we can have some more typical warm weather over the next couple of weeks as we close out the month of May!
Just a reminder that entry form for the Singles, Pairs, Captains and Secretaries Competition close at the end of the month. Forms are online and entry is just £1 per person per competition. All of these competitions will take place at Abingdon United FC using 2 throws on the Sunday afternoon of the 28th June with a 12.30 start and the bar will be open throughout.
Just a couple thoughts about the handicap system in the Premier and A section which is based on the previous season individual averages, but only for those players registered for this season including those who may have changed teams. A quick comparison of team averages after just 3 games this year compared to the same 3 weeks last year is quite revealing:
2025 2026
Berinsfield SC A 22 21
Croft Nomads 21 19
Plum Pudding 19 20
Abingdon United A 17 16
Abingdon Con Club 22 16
Steventon Sports A 18 23
The Red Lion 20 22
Stanford Fc 18 20
College Oak 17 18
These include some roundings (up and down) and handicaps, It is not based on top 8 players only on those who have, or did play, the first 3 games of the 2 seasons and it does show with probably only the one exception that the often much maligned handicap works OK, but cannot be perfect because the same players don’t always play nor do their individual scores always be consistent.
In advance I apologise for any errors or inconsistencies in my calculations!! It was just my attempt to illustrate that individual and team form is not always consistent and therefore the handicap can’t always be perfect!!
A final note and thanks to every one for getting your results and team scores in online and on time it’s really helpful.
Summer 2026 Week 3 – Top 20 Players by Average per Section
Thanks to Steve Fernback (Fox Boars Hill) for a suggestion of having a section-based top players (by average) which might encourage some ‘local’ competition, it had nothing to do that it shows him as 2nd in D section of course!
Thanks to the clever use of AI to generate some SQL from our online data here we are. We have 1024 players registered (which is a bit spooky for an IT personto add up to!) and 477 of those have played at least 2 games.
I’ll do this every 3 weeks depending on popularity as it’s not a simple copy/paste with the formatting.
It’s good to see some players getting reasonable scores down the lower sections. Keep at it!
Don’t forget you can find your Total League rankings either by average or dolls on the Scores page to see where you stand in the 1024!
| section | ranking | player_name | team_name | average | games_played |
| A | 1 | Dean Bowler | Red Lion Drayton A | 3.89 | 3 |
| Prem | 2 | Stuart Wilson | Berinsfield SC A | 3.67 | 2 |
| Prem | 3 | David Dix | Abingdon Conservative Club | 3.56 | 3 |
| Prem | 4 | Paul Barrett | Abingdon Conservative Club | 3.56 | 3 |
| Prem | 5 | Richard Jones | Berinsfield SC A | 3.44 | 3 |
| Prem | 6 | David Mott | Abingdon United A | 3.33 | 1 |
| A | 7 | Robert Glen | Stanford-in-the-Vale FC | 3.22 | 3 |
| Prem | 8 | Jack Hawkins | Berinsfield SC A | 3.00 | 3 |
| Prem | 9 | Leigh Clapton | Abingdon Conservative Club | 3.00 | 3 |
| Prem | 10 | Steven Martin (C) | Abingdon United A | 3.00 | 3 |
| A | 11 | Colin Brind (S) | Steventon Sports SC A | 3.00 | 2 |
| Prem | 12 | Chris Jenkins | Croft Nomads | 2.89 | 3 |
| A | 13 | Doug Bolton | Steventon Sports SC A | 2.83 | 2 |
| Prem | 14 | Ian Brook (S) | Croft Nomads | 2.78 | 3 |
| Prem | 15 | Paul Longford | Plum Pudding | 2.67 | 3 |
| A | 16 | Scott Humphries | Steventon Sports SC A | 2.67 | 3 |
| Prem | 17 | Jason Bowler | Abingdon United A | 2.67 | 2 |
| Prem | 18 | Phil Adams | Abingdon Conservative Club | 2.67 | 1 |
| Prem | 19 | Alan Bell | Croft Nomads | 2.56 | 3 |
| Prem | 20 | Barry Townsend | Croft Nomads | 2.56 | 3 |
| B | 1 | Jeremy Brandish | The Vine | 3.33 | 1 |
| B | 2 | David Sapey | Abingdon RBL | 3.00 | 1 |
| B | 3 | Matt Dingle | The Vine | 3.00 | 1 |
| B | 4 | Tom Moore | Royal Oak Didcot | 2.67 | 2 |
| B | 5 | Paul Ealey (S) | Abingdon RBL | 2.56 | 3 |
| B | 6 | Stephen Lambert | The Fox Denchworth | 2.56 | 3 |
| B | 7 | Derrick Brown | WADS Bar A | 2.50 | 2 |
| B | 8 | David Bartlett (C) | Fleur De Lys B | 2.33 | 3 |
| B | 9 | Jono Warrell | Abingdon Utd C | 2.33 | 3 |
| B | 10 | Kevin Sanders (C&S) | The Plough W.Hanney | 2.33 | 3 |
| B | 11 | Mark Brind | The Plough W.Hanney | 2.33 | 3 |
| B | 12 | Stephen J Fisher | Royal Oak Didcot | 2.33 | 3 |
| B | 13 | Richard Wilsden | The Bear and Ragged Staff | 2.33 | 2 |
| B | 14 | Graham White | WADS Bar A | 2.33 | 1 |
| B | 15 | Mark Bennett | The Fox Denchworth | 2.33 | 1 |
| B | 16 | Dan Foulks (C) | WADS Bar A | 2.22 | 3 |
| B | 17 | John Pownceby | The Vine | 2.22 | 3 |
| B | 18 | Dan Tomkins | Abingdon Utd C | 2.17 | 2 |
| B | 19 | Dan Hamilton | The Vine | 2.11 | 3 |
| B | 20 | Russell Flower | Fleur De Lys B | 2.11 | 3 |
| C | 1 | Liam Brooks | The Bell Grove B | 2.83 | 2 |
| C | 2 | Steve Soden | The Earl of Abingdon B | 2.67 | 2 |
| C | 3 | John Corcoran | Fleur De Lys A | 2.67 | 1 |
| C | 4 | Andrew Stoter | Grove RFC | 2.56 | 3 |
| C | 5 | Dave Collett | The Plough Long Wittenham | 2.50 | 2 |
| C | 6 | Dave Kidd | Waggon and Horses | 2.44 | 3 |
| C | 7 | Danny Parry | Grove RFC | 2.33 | 3 |
| C | 8 | Tom Ricketts | Marcham Centre A | 2.33 | 3 |
| C | 9 | Billy Collett (C) | The Plough Long Wittenham | 2.33 | 2 |
| C | 10 | Jack Wrigglesworth | The Bell Grove B | 2.33 | 2 |
| C | 11 | Keith Ricketts | Marcham Centre A | 2.33 | 1 |
| C | 12 | Lewis Price-Cook | The Boundary House | 2.33 | 1 |
| C | 13 | Marshall Muldoon | Harwellian B | 2.33 | 1 |
| C | 14 | Andrew Luker (C) | Grove RFC | 2.17 | 2 |
| C | 15 | Barry Vokins | Fleur De Lys A | 2.17 | 2 |
| C | 16 | Kieran Beesley | Marcham Centre A | 2.11 | 3 |
| C | 17 | Colin Higgs (C&S) | Waggon and Horses | 2.00 | 3 |
| C | 18 | Andrew Wilson | The Plough Long Wittenham | 2.00 | 2 |
| C | 19 | Ash Wheeler | Waggon and Horses | 2.00 | 2 |
| C | 20 | Charlie Corcoran | Fleur De Lys A | 2.00 | 2 |
| D | 1 | Rory Mangan | The Fox Boars Hill | 2.67 | 3 |
| D | 2 | Steve Fernback (C&S) | The Fox Boars Hill | 2.56 | 3 |
| D | 3 | Chris Hoy | The Fox Boars Hill | 2.50 | 2 |
| D | 4 | John Mackay (C&S) | WADS Bar B | 2.33 | 3 |
| D | 5 | Aiden McBeth | Steventon Sports SC B | 2.33 | 1 |
| D | 6 | Shaun Dominic | Prince of Wales Shippon | 2.33 | 1 |
| D | 7 | Jason Major (C) | The College Oak B | 2.22 | 3 |
| D | 8 | Ian Matten | The Fox Boars Hill | 2.17 | 2 |
| D | 9 | Kieran Murphy (C) | Long Wittenham AC | 2.17 | 2 |
| D | 10 | Mark Newman (S) | Prince of Wales Shippon | 2.00 | 3 |
| D | 11 | Rene Laporte | WADS Bar B | 2.00 | 3 |
| D | 12 | Tom Swinney | The Bell Grove A | 2.00 | 3 |
| D | 13 | Wayne Waldron | The Earl of Abingdon A | 2.00 | 3 |
| D | 14 | Ben Tyler | WADS Bar B | 2.00 | 2 |
| D | 15 | Jimmy Lister | North Star | 2.00 | 2 |
| D | 16 | Trevor Hetherington | The Bell Grove A | 2.00 | 2 |
| D | 17 | Dave Harris (C) | Prince of Wales Shippon | 2.00 | 1 |
| D | 18 | Geoff Smith (S) | The College Oak B | 2.00 | 1 |
| D | 19 | James Fernback | The Fox Boars Hill | 2.00 | 1 |
| D | 20 | Rick Selby | The College Oak B | 1.89 | 3 |
| E | 1 | Kai Dean | The Lamb Wantage B | 3.33 | 1 |
| E | 2 | Paul Smith | Eight Bells Eaton | 2.67 | 1 |
| E | 3 | Paul Taylor | Eight Bells Eaton | 2.67 | 1 |
| E | 4 | Nick Hill | The Crown Marcham A | 2.22 | 3 |
| E | 5 | Robert Bartholomew | The Lamb Wantage B | 2.17 | 2 |
| E | 6 | Spencer Walton | Berinsfield SC B | 2.00 | 3 |
| E | 7 | Adam Alder | Challow and Childrey CC | 2.00 | 2 |
| E | 8 | Alec Winton | Red Lion Drayton B | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 9 | Carl Jeffries | The Ladygrove | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 10 | Eddie Purcell | Challow and Childrey CC | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 11 | Gareth Thomas (C) | Berinsfield SC B | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 12 | Jerry Salmon | Eight Bells Eaton | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 13 | John Gould (C&S) | Red Lion Drayton B | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 14 | Tyrone McGill (C) | The Ladygrove | 2.00 | 1 |
| E | 15 | Paul Burton | Challow and Childrey CC | 1.89 | 3 |
| E | 16 | Pete Fryett (C) | The Midget @Roaring Raindrop | 1.89 | 3 |
| E | 17 | Richard Carter | The Midget @Roaring Raindrop | 1.83 | 2 |
| E | 18 | Andy Bowler | Hanney RBL | 1.78 | 3 |
| E | 19 | John Bartoloni | Hanney RBL | 1.67 | 3 |
| E | 20 | Paul Alder | The Crown Marcham A | 1.67 | 2 |
| F | 1 | Dean Cheshire | Queens Arms Didcot | 2.83 | 2 |
| F | 2 | Matthew Heritage | The Brewery Tap | 2.33 | 3 |
| F | 3 | Nathan Hamilton | The George Sutton Courtenay | 2.33 | 1 |
| F | 4 | Ben Newman | The George Sutton Courtenay | 2.17 | 2 |
| F | 5 | Joe Moxon (C) | RAL SC | 2.00 | 3 |
| F | 6 | Ashley Jerome | Harwellian A | 2.00 | 2 |
| F | 7 | Ian Cooksley | Harwellian A | 2.00 | 2 |
| F | 8 | Jamie Butcher (C&S) | The Crown Marcham B | 2.00 | 2 |
| F | 9 | Jonathan Hutt | The Brewery Tap | 2.00 | 2 |
| F | 10 | Keith Smith | The George Sutton Courtenay | 2.00 | 1 |
| F | 11 | Nick Moore | RAL SC | 2.00 | 1 |
| F | 12 | Sam Coughlan | The Crown Marcham B | 1.83 | 2 |
| F | 13 | Stuart Brown | The Crown Marcham B | 1.83 | 2 |
| F | 14 | Doreen Richens | The Lamb Wantage A | 1.78 | 3 |
| F | 15 | Colin Scrivens | The Lamb Wantage A | 1.67 | 3 |
| F | 16 | Louis King | The Brewery Tap | 1.67 | 3 |
| F | 17 | Ian Kelly | The George Sutton Courtenay | 1.67 | 2 |
| F | 18 | Mike Walker | The White Hart Harwell A | 1.67 | 1 |
| F | 19 | Nick Pearce | The Brewery Tap | 1.67 | 1 |
| F | 20 | Woody Reizner (C) | Harwellian A | 1.67 | 1 |
| G | 1 | Adey Green | The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 2.33 | 3 |
| G | 2 | Ben Green | The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 2.22 | 3 |
| G | 3 | Steve Hardwick | Oxford RFC | 2.17 | 2 |
| G | 4 | Max Wheatley | Oxford RFC | 2.00 | 3 |
| G | 5 | Jon Steele (C) | The Old Anchor | 1.89 | 3 |
| G | 6 | Liam Priest (C) | Oxford RFC | 1.78 | 3 |
| G | 7 | David Frankum | The Old Anchor | 1.67 | 3 |
| G | 8 | Gareth Wyatt | Oxford RFC | 1.67 | 3 |
| G | 9 | Gary Kaveaney | The Old Anchor | 1.67 | 2 |
| G | 10 | Paul Parlett | The White Hart Harwell B | 1.67 | 1 |
| G | 11 | Richard Landon | The Black Swan | 1.67 | 1 |
| G | 12 | Steve Bristow | The White Hart Harwell B | 1.67 | 1 |
| G | 13 | Matthew Jelley (C) | The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 1.56 | 3 |
| G | 14 | Andy Rainer | The Red Lion Northmoor | 1.50 | 2 |
| G | 15 | Patrick Sear | The Plough Appleton | 1.50 | 2 |
| G | 16 | Julian Morgan-Barrett | The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 1.33 | 3 |
| G | 17 | Reece Phillips | The Old Anchor | 1.33 | 3 |
| G | 18 | Ty Mayall | Oxford RFC | 1.33 | 3 |
| G | 19 | Beth Coate (S) | The Black Swan | 1.33 | 2 |
| G | 20 | Craig Watts | The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 1.33 | 2 |
Summer 2026 Week 3 Results
Match Results
P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 1 – Steventon Sports SC A 5; Legs (21-26, 21-21, 19-27)
P/A – Abingdon United A 2 – College Oak A 4; Legs (18-15, 15-18, 13-17)
P/A – Berinsfield SC A 4 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2; Legs (23-15, 17-14, 10-17)
P/A – Croft Nomads 2 – Red Lion Drayton A 4; Legs (20-22, 15-24, 25-23)
P/A – Plum Pudding 2 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 4; Legs (19-18, 22-23, 16-25)
B – Abingdon RBL 0 – Fleur De Lys B 6; Legs (10-19, 9-13, 8-15)
B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2 – Abingdon Utd C 4; Legs (12-16, 13-12, 11-16)
B – The Fox Denchworth 3 – The Plough W.Hanney 3; Legs (10-11, 15-15, 13-11)
B – The Vine 6 – Royal Oak Didcot 0; Legs (20-14, 19-13, 16-15)
B – WADS Bar A 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (11-8, 13-15, 13-12)
C – Fleur De Lys A 4 – The Boundary House 2; Legs (9-14, 20-13, 10-8)
C – The Bell Grove B 2 – Grove RFC 4; Legs (13-10, 12-21, 15-16)
C – The Plough Long Wittenham 4 – Marcham Centre A 2; Legs (11-6, 12-10, 11-12)
C – Waggon and Horses 6 – Harwellian B 0; Legs (11-10, 18-9, 14-11)
D – North Star 5 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 1; Legs (9-6, 10-10, 12-10)
D – Prince of Wales Shippon 4 – The Bell Grove A 2; Legs (12-10, 15-16, 17-10)
D – Steventon Sports SC B 3 – Long Wittenham AC 3; Legs (13-13, 6-9, 13-10)
D – The College Oak B 2 – WADS Bar B 4; Legs (11-14, 12-13, 15-12)
D – The Fox Boars Hill 5 – The Earl of Abingdon A 1; Legs (17-15, 15-15, 17-13)
E – Challow and Childrey CC 2 – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 4; Legs (6-11, 12-7, 6-13)
E – Hanney RBL 6 – The Crown Marcham A 0; Legs (10-7, 10-9, 13-10)
E – The Lamb Wantage B 4 – Berinsfield SC B 2; Legs (9-8, 11-12, 9-8)
F – Harwellian A 3 – Queens Arms Didcot 3; Legs (10-12, 10-9, 7-7)
F – Marcham Centre B 3 – The White Hart Harwell A 3; Legs (7-5, 6-8, 9-9)
F – The Brewery Tap 6 – RAL SC 0; Legs (11-8, 12-5, 13-7)
F – The George Sutton Courtenay 4 – The Lamb Wantage A 2; Legs (10-7, 5-11, 10-6)
G – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 3 – The Old Anchor 3; Legs (4-7, 7-6, 4-4)
G – The Black Swan 2 – Oxford RFC 4; Legs (3-11, 7-12, 9-7)
G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (10-3, 10-3, 13-6)
Blobbers
Alanah Watson-Harrison (The Lamb Wantage B), Dan Neale (The Lamb Wantage B), David Davies (Fleur De Lys A), Gill Ebberson (RAL SC), James Blackler (Queens Arms Didcot), James Lloyd (The Plough Appleton), Jess Arthur (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), John Ellaway (Abingdon RBL), Keith Buckle (Abingdon RBL), Ken Smith (The Old Anchor), Mackie (Queens Arms Didcot), Nick Faulkner (The College Oak B), Peter Haydon (The Black Horse E.Hanney A), Pri Shah (RAL SC), Stephen Fowler (RAL SC), Tim Jarrett (The Black Swan).
Sixers
Alan Bell (Croft Nomads), Dean Bowler (Red Lion Drayton A), Dean Cheshire (Queens Arms Didcot).
Fivers
Billy Collett (C) 5-3-2 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 3
Colin Brind (S) 3-3-5 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 3
Dan Tomkins 5-1-3 (Abingdon Utd C) – Week 3
David Dix 5-5-3 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 3
Doug Bolton 5-3-2 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 3
John Corcoran 2-5-1 (Fleur De Lys A) – Week 3
Ken Tombs 0-1-5 (Marcham Centre B) – Week 3
Martin Robinson 4-2-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 3
Paul Barrett 4-3-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 3
Rick Selby 2-3-5 (The College Oak B) – Week 3
Robert Chambers 2-5-1 (Plum Pudding) – Week 3
Robert Glen 3-3-5 (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC) – Week 3
Russell Flower 5-1-4 (Fleur De Lys B) – Week 3
Simon Skelly 2-5-2 (Fleur De Lys A) – Week 3
Steven Martin (C) 5-2-3 (Abingdon United A) – Week 3