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2024 Competition Sunday Results

Competition Sunday this year at Abingdon United FC was a hot one and kicked off with registration at 1pm and draws following. Played in the order below the Competitions were:-

Captains – 8 entrants

Secretaries – 8 entrants

Pairs – 12 entrants

Singles – 24 entrants

At the AGM we adopted the ‘Winter’ rules on Competitions so best of 3 legs and if drawn over those 3 then 3 sticks/1 stick/6 sticks with the same order after tossing for 3 sticks. 

Final singles games (some hard fought) ended around 6.30pm.

Teams taking part were The Bell @Grove, Croft Nomads, Abingdon Utd@Con Club, Abingdon Con Club, Berinsfield SSC, The Plum Pudding, Abingdon Utd C.

Those still standing at the end ….

Captains Finalists – D.Sapey & S.Fernback

Secretaries Finalists – B.Duff & G.Lee

Pairs Semi-Finalists  – K.Fisher & P.Adams,    B.Duff & P.Barrett,    S.Enock & I.Brook,    P.Leach & D.Bradshaw

Singles Semi-Finalists – P.Stone, B.Duff, L.Clapton, G.Lee

Captains and Secretaries to be played on Finals Night.

Pairs and Singles Semis/Final on Presentation Night. 

Many thanks for Roger Nichols for collating the entries, Claire Foster, Roy Taylor and Alan Foster for draws, recording and scoring. Also to Brian Clapton (and team) for getting the pitch sorted and the bar staff, without which it would definitely been too dry. To those who did their share of sticking up/calling in what became a free sauna in the shed – thank you!

NOTE from Roger….

I would just like to add my thanks to all who turned up and played Sunday for the Pairs, Singles, Captains and Secretaries Competitions and congratulate all the successful semi finalists in both the Pairs and Singles who will contest the remainder of their competitions on Presentation Night. Congratulations also the the finalists in both the Captains and Secretaries Competitions who will meet on Finals Night at Abingdon United on September 18th.

After a lot of soul searching over the future of the Competitions, and when to hold them,  together with lots of chasing to make sure we had  sufficient entries, which in one or two cases needed individuals to be gently persuaded we have been able to maintain our long held tradition of staging these Summer league competitions and that’s great for our game.

I do need to apologise to a couple of players, Mick Greenaway of Berinsfield  and Dave Taylor from The Bell Grove who due to a bit of confusion on my part were initially omitted from the Singles competition. Luckily we were able to accomodate Mick  thanks to Roy Taylor giving up his place in the draw, but Dave missed out altogether and for that I sincerely apologise Dave.

The confusion was caused by changes caused by both no shows of entrants on the day and late entries which we accepted on the day to boost the number of entries for each of the Comps and a bit of incompetence on my part!

It was a long  and a hot afternoon with some excellent throwing and quite a few surprises. No 6’s on the day, but a few 5’s and lots of dolls spread around all of the entrants. So well done to all and I should give a special mention to Steve Fernback secretary of the Bystander B previously (and soon to be again) The Fox Boars Hill team in Section E on reaching the final of the Secretaries comp.

Thanks to everyone for their entry, their patience and for their commitment which enabled us to stage 5 of our traditional 8 Summer Competitions. We now need to move on in the next few weeks to see if we can stage the remaining 3 Competitions involving teams of 3’s, 4’s and 5’s so you can all expect some reminders, some cajoling and hopefully that will ensure that we reach our minimum number of entries to enable these to be held before the end of the season!

Finally, it was great to see our President and playing legend John Simmons with us for most of the afternoon, it’s always a pleasure to see and talk to John and to appreciate what a great attribute he, and his father before him have been to our game.


Scoreboard photos below – sorry I was too slow to get the Secretaries scores (or Roger was too keen to get the Pairs going!). 

Click for full screen view – draws in the left column, results in the right. 

Captains & Secretaries

Draw for Captns & Secs on same sheet above

Sorry no scores for Secretaries. 

Pairs
Singles

 

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Summer 2024 Week 13 Results

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 1 – College Oak A 5; Legs (27-27, 23-24, 23-28)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 2 – Red Lion Drayton 4; Legs (17-18, 19-22, 21-18)

P/A – Croft Nomads 4 – Steventon Sports SC A 2; Legs (32-23, 23-22, 18-20)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 2 – Plum Pudding 4; Legs (21-25, 20-17, 18-23)

B – Abingdon RBL 2 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 4; Legs (12-10, 11-12, 12-13)

B – Abingdon United C 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (17-12, 14-9, 13-15)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 5 – Harwellian B 1; Legs (13-8, 13-13, 17-12)

B – The Grapes B 2 – The Fox Denchworth 4; Legs (10-14, 9-13, 14-13)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 1 – The Bell A Grove 5; Legs (14-14, 14-15, 15-17)

C – Boundary House 2 – The Grapes A 4; Legs (11-12, 15-16, 12-8)

C – The Bell B Grove 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (17-12, 16-10, 7-13)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 3 – Abingdon Con Club 3; Legs (11-11, 9-13, 15-13)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 0 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 6; Legs (8-16, 14-18, 11-20)

D – College Oak B 4 – The Plough Hanney 2; Legs (10-11, 17-8, 9-7)

D – Harwellian A 2 – The Queens Arms 4; Legs (15-14, 9-12, 9-10)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 0 – Brewery Tap 6; Legs (8-10, 8-10, 6-8)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 2 – Berinsfield SC B 4; Legs (12-14, 8-9, 9-7)

D – The Midget 6 – The Chequers Charney 0; Legs (10-8, 12-10, 11-7)

E – Hanney RBL 0 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6; Legs (10-13, 8-12, 4-7)

E – North Star A Steventon 5 – Marcham Centre A 1; Legs (10-10, 15-8, 13-9)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 2 – Bystander B 4; Legs (10-12, 8-9, 7-5)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (8-4, 9-3, 7-5)

F – Grove RFC 5 – Bystander C 1; Legs (6-6, 9-7, 7-3)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 4 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 2; Legs (11-10, 16-10, 8-10)

F – WADS Bar 5 – North Star B Steventon 1; Legs (9-8, 15-8, 10-10)

Blobbers

Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Ajnna Antell (The Plough Appleton), Barry Sutton (Hanney RBL), Chloe O’Keefe (Bystander C), Edward Houlihan (Boundary House), Gareth Cox (Red Lion B Drayton), Jack Checketts (Stanford in the Vale FC), Jan Bargus (Grove RFC), Jess Bailey (North Star B Steventon), Mckenzie Godfrey (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Olivia Cooper (Bystander C), Paul Hackwood (Steventon Sports SC B), Tom Ricketts (Marcham Centre A), Tom Turner (Bystander B).

Sixers

Edmund Jeffries (Abingdon United C), Ian Brook (Croft Nomads).

Fivers

Barry Townsend 4-5-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 13

Dave Collett 3-2-5 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 13

Gary Bolton 1-5-2 (Sutton Courtenay FC) – Week 13

Kevin Regan 0-5-1 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 13

Lee Brown 2-5-4 (The Grapes B) – Week 13

Leigh Clapton 5-2-0 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Mark McCracken 3-3-5 (The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor) – Week 13

Mick James 5-3-1 (Abingdon United C) – Week 13

Phil Adams 5-4-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Phil Soden 4-5-3 (College Oak A) – Week 13

Scott Humphries 4-5-2 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Steve Lambert 3-5-3 (The Fox Denchworth) – Week 13

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Summer 2024 Week 12 Results

Match Results

P/A – College Oak A 4 – Berinsfield SC A 2; Legs (21-24, 25-19, 22-20)

P/A – Plum Pudding 4 – Croft Nomads 2; Legs (20-23, 24-22, 26-24)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 4 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 2; Legs (24-22, 27-23, 20-23)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 0 – Bystander A 6; Legs (16-22, 21-29, 23-25)

B – Harwellian B 3 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 3; Legs (13-7, 16-16, 9-11)

B – The Bell A Grove 2 – Abingdon United C 4; Legs (9-14, 15-13, 10-12)

B – The Croft Bar 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2; Legs (18-11, 11-14, 13-12)

B – The Fox Denchworth 6 – Abingdon RBL 0; Legs (14-12, 13-11, 12-6)

B – The Grapes B 3 – Stanford in the Vale FC 3; Legs (13-17, 14-14, 12-9)

C – Abingdon Con Club 4 – The Bell B Grove 2; Legs (9-13, 12-10, 19-13)

C – Eight Bells Eaton 4 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 2; Legs (16-10, 16-14, 10-15)

C – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2 – The Grapes A 4; Legs (10-11, 12-14, 15-10)

C – The Oak Didcot 4 – Boundary House 2; Legs (14-7, 12-7, 9-12)

D – Berinsfield SC B 6 – College Oak B 0; Legs (9-6, 17-8, 7-6)

D – Brewery Tap 0 – The Midget 6; Legs (7-13, 8-11, 8-11)

D – The Chequers Charney 3 – Red Lion B Drayton 3; Legs (14-8, 12-12, 10-11)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 5 – Harwellian A 1; Legs (10-8, 13-13, 15-9)

D – The Queens Arms 6 – The Plough Hanney 0; Legs (13-7, 14-11, 14-8)

E – RAL SC 0 – North Star A Steventon 6; Legs (7-11, 8-14, 12-13)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 6 – Hanney RBL 0; Legs (16-4, 7-6, 11-10)

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6 – The Lamb B Wantage 0; Legs (17-10, 11-10, 17-5)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – Grove RFC 0; Legs (12-6, 10-4, 8-6)

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 4 – WADS Bar 2; Legs (11-7, 9-10, 8-7)

F – North Star B Steventon 5 – Sutton Courtenay FC 1; Legs (9-4, 10-6, 4-4)

F – The Plough Appleton 0 – Marcham Centre B 6; Legs (4-11, 5-9, 5-8)

Blobbers

Adam Challener (The Plough Long Wittenham), Alison Connolly (Grove RFC), Chris Dennis (Sutton Courtenay FC), Ciaron Hamlet (The Lamb B Wantage), Debbie Case (Grove RFC), Dylan Thomas (WADS Bar), Gary Smith (Hanney RBL), Jack Wrigglesworth (The Bell B Grove), Jan Bargus (Grove RFC), Liam Stapleton (Hanney RBL), Mark Jones (Brewery Tap), Nic Faulkner (College Oak B), Peter Packham (The Plough Hanney), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Shauna Simpson (WADS Bar), Wayne Budziszewski (Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne).

Sixers

Leigh Clapton (Abingdon Utd@ConClub), Paul Leach (Plum Pudding).

Fivers

Alan Bell 4-4-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 12

Alex Chamberlain 4-4-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Dave Hudson 2-5-3 (Bystander A) – Week 12

David Dix 5-4-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 12

Jamie Smith 2-2-5 (College Oak A) – Week 12

Jono Warrell 2-5-1 (Abingdon United C) – Week 12

Keith McConnell 1-3-5 (The Wheatsheaf Didcot) – Week 12

Mandy Whiting 2-1-5 (North Star A Steventon) – Week 12

Mark Newman 2-3-5 (The Prince of Wales Shippon) – Week 12

Phil Adams 3-3-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 12

Richard Jones 5-3-1 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

 

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Summer 2024 Week 11 Results

Match Results

 

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 4 – The Vine Cumnor 2; Legs (19-21, 23-22, 27-26)

P/A – Bystander A 4 – Plum Pudding 2; Legs (24-28, 35-23, 26-18)

P/A – Croft Nomads 6 – College Oak A 0; Legs (27-23, 21-20, 21-17)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 1 – Red Lion Drayton 5; Legs (15-27, 25-25, 18-30)

B – Abingdon RBL 6 – The Croft Bar 0; Legs (10-9, 11-10, 10-8)

B – Abingdon United C 4 – The Grapes B 2; Legs (16-14, 13-20, 16-13)

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 0 – The Bell A Grove 6; Legs (15-17, 9-13, 8-11)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 6 – The Fox Denchworth 0; Legs (15-9, 15-10, 18-11)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 6 – Harwellian B 0; Legs (15-12, 13-10, 17-14)

C – Boundary House 6 – Eight Bells Eaton 0; Legs (11-9, 18-13, 10-7)

C – The Grapes A 1 – Abingdon Con Club 5; Legs (8-18, 13-13, 5-16)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 3 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 3; Legs (12-7, 9-9, 5-16)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 2 – The Oak Didcot 4; Legs (10-6, 9-18, 10-11)

D – College Oak B 2 – Brewery Tap 4; Legs (11-9, 12-15, 7-9)

D – Harwellian A 5 – Berinsfield SC B 1; Legs (15-7, 11-10, 11-11)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 4 – The Lamb A Wantage 2; Legs (6-10, 16-10, 14-11)

D – The Midget 6 – The Queens Arms 0; Legs (14-6, 15-10, 11-9)

D – The Plough Hanney 2 – The Chequers Charney 4; Legs (6-8, 9-8, 4-13)

E – Hanney RBL 4 – Bystander B 2; Legs (10-11, 15-8, 8-6)

E – North Star A Steventon 3 – Steventon Sports SC B 3; Legs (11-11, 7-16, 11-9)

E – The Lamb B Wantage 6 – RAL SC 0; Legs (8-5, 13-12, 13-4)

F – Grove RFC 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (4-3, 7-5, 8-7)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 2 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 4; Legs (10-12, 10-13, 11-9)

F – WADS Bar 6 – Bystander C 0; Legs (13-9, 14-10, 14-11)

Blobbers

Bryan Pert (The Fox Denchworth), Ed Wilkinson (The Plough Hanney), Liz Dowthwaite (The Plough Appleton), Nell Ahier (Harwellian B), Richard Bunce (The Chequers Charney), Robbie Cook (Grove RFC), Roger Davidson (Bystander B), Sylvia Lelowittis (RAL SC).

Sixers

Chris Judkins (Hanney RBL), David Dix (Abingdon Utd@ConClub), Phil Adams (Abingdon Utd@ConClub).

Fivers

Alan Bell 5-2-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 11

Andrew Morton 3-5-3 (Bystander A) – Week 11

Dave Collett 5-3-4 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 11

David Mott 5-4-4 (Bystander A) – Week 11

Gareth Brown 5-4-3 (WADS Bar) – Week 11

Gary Daluzvieira 0-1-5 (Harwellian B) – Week 11

Ian Northover 2-5-3 (Brewery Tap) – Week 11

Leigh Clapton 2-3-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 11

Marshall Muldoon 1-1-5 (Harwellian A) – Week 11

Phil Adams 3-5-6 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 11

Richard Berry 5-2-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 11

Steve Dingle 2-5-1 (The Plough Hanney) – Week 11

Steve Martin 2-5-4 (Bystander A) – Week 11

 

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Summer 2024 Week 9 Results

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 5 – Plum Pudding 1; Legs (20-15, 22-22, 24-20)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 0 – Steventon Sports SC A 6; Legs (23-31, 23-32, 16-22)

P/A – Bystander A 6 – College Oak A 0; Legs (24-23, 26-20, 21-17)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 2 – Red Lion Drayton 4; Legs (23-16, 17-21, 20-22)

B – Abingdon RBL 0 – Harwellian B 6; Legs (7-11, 7-14, 12-14)

B – Abingdon United C 5 – The Fox Denchworth 1; Legs (15-15, 14-11, 14-11)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (9-5, 10-12, 12-6)

B – The Grapes B 6 – The Bell A Grove 0; Legs (14-10, 19-8, 17-6)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 3 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 3; Legs (7-12, 9-9, 14-7)

C – Boundary House 6 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 0; Legs (17-12, 17-12, 14-8)

C – The Bell B Grove 2 – The Oak Didcot 4; Legs (15-10, 13-14, 14-18)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 5 – The Grapes A 1; Legs (13-12, 13-11, 13-13)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (7-12, 16-12, 15-13)

D – College Oak B 6 – The Queens Arms 0; Legs (11-6, 13-11, 11-10)

D – Harwellian A 4 – Brewery Tap 2; Legs (15-9, 7-13, 11-6)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 4 – Berinsfield SC B 2; Legs (5-7, 14-9, 10-4)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 5 – The Chequers Charney 1; Legs (10-10, 14-8, 12-10)

D – The Midget 4 – The Plough Hanney 2; Legs (7-8, 12-11, 10-4)

E – Hanney RBL 2 – Marcham Centre A 4; Legs (9-8, 8-9, 4-14)

E – Horse & Jockey A 0 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6; Legs (4-8, 2-9, 6-9)

E – North Star A Steventon 6 – Bystander B 0; Legs (13-9, 17-9, 13-5)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 0 – RAL SC 6; Legs (5-7, 10-12, 10-13)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 5 – North Star B Steventon 1; Legs (9-9, 12-5, 9-8)

F – Grove RFC 5 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 1; Legs (6-4, 7-7, 8-6)

F – Marcham Centre B 4 – Bystander C 2; Legs (10-3, 8-11, 12-7)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (14-6, 12-9, 13-9)

Blobbers

Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Alan Wilkinson (The Plough Hanney), Andy Latimer (North Star B Steventon), Billy O’Connell (Bystander C), Carey Lewis (Harwellian B), Charlotte Newbold (Steventon Sports SC B), David Carroll (RAL SC), Greg Coombs (Horse & Jockey A), Ian Bargus (The Croft Bar), Ian Crayford (The Chequers Charney), Joe Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton), John Walton (Berinsfield SC B), Jorge Eversion (Grove RFC), Kay Johnson (Brewery Tap), Keith Connolly (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Keith McConnell (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Lee Hutton (Marcham Centre A), Mark Jones (Brewery Tap), Mark Sheldon (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Martin Danby (North Star B Steventon), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Scott Gardner (Horse & Jockey A), Stevie Hedges (The Queens Arms).

Sixers

Nick Moore (RAL SC).

Fivers

Alex Chamberlain 4-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 9

Arran Gray 1-5-3 (The Oak Didcot) – Week 9

David Dix 5-3-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

John Gould 0-5-1 (Red Lion B Drayton) – Week 9

Leigh Clapton 3-5-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

Liam Brooks 5-3-2 (The Bell B Grove) – Week 9

Liam Priest 0-5-1 (The Queens Arms) – Week 9

Mick Brown 1-5-1 (The Grapes B) – Week 9

Phil Adams 3-5-3 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

Rick Fletcher 5-5-1 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 9

 

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Singles World Championship 2024

The intrepid 8 from AASL

 

Glasses at the ready! Half pint souvenir glasses complete with beer vouchers.

 

 

 

 

Someone thought we ought to enter into the World Open Singles Aunt Sally Championship which is held each year at the Charlbury Beer Festival held at the Cricket Club. 

So Paul Barrett organised our entrance, registration for the Aunt Sally and a mini-bus to get us there and, more importantly, back.  We started off with breakfast at the Beans and Blends cafe at Peachcroft at 9.30 and the bus came for us at 11am getting us to the Charlbury Cricket Club just before opening at noon. This early entry allowed us to bag some of the covered seating next to the no.1 pitch, which was nice, as the draw for the matches would take place at 1pm.

This festival is in its 26th year and the Singles competition has been going since 2011 so this was the 12th year (due to covid omissions). Of course we were following in the footsteps of the greats of Barry Parker (2016) and Phil Adams (2019) as champions from the Abingdon league and other league winners like Trevor Dyer, Steve McAteer, Henry Johnson, Roger Goodall, Kevin Powney and latest champion for the last two years Rod Bradford. 

League Players in capitals

Our contestants were Bob Duff, Ian Brook, John Miles, Micky Neal, Paul Barrett, Paul Stone, Steve Enoch & Tom Baldwin. 

With the League players and walk-ins we got to the magic 64 contenders for the challenge.

The draw allocated 32 each side of the ‘board’ – this allowed the organiser (Nick) to split the sides of the board over the two pitches.            

(The league players are in capitals the tryers in lower case)

We were the furthest away from the Beer tent which wasn’t such a bad thing as we still had to be able to see the doll! Beer vouchers were £10 for 4 halves and the bartender just crossed off your sheet.  You can take your own pint glass but the half pint must be used to it fill up.

We were also farthest away from the music tent – one band was ‘giving it all’ in my first game and it made me stop and concentrate! There was a wide variety of performers playing through the day. There must have been 70+ beers available so don’t try testing every one. The free programme listed them all with tasting notes and Cider and Wine drinkers weren’t forgotten.

Anyway back to Aunt Sally and Paul Barrett was first up on pitch 2 drawing Tracey Denton and losing a straight 2 legs (2-1, 3-2). Not a great start and one which he got a ribbing for on the bus home. At this point previous champ Henry Johnson had gone through to be beaten by Semifinalist Alan Goodgame who ended up beating his brother Ian Goodgame to get into the final who’d beat me in the last 32 after one of the lowest scoring tight games! Legs 2-2, 1-1, 2-2 and a 3sticker 1-1 then 1 stick 1-1 then 0-1 in what I thought was back to 6 sticks but it was Oxford rules 1 stick! Never mind – I went out to a solid player on sudden death.

I can tell you its SO much different to a league match when its just you, the sticks and the doll and if you don’t enter competitions you’ll never be able to understand how to control your nerves. 

Steve Enock couldn’t find form but strung it out against Luke Manning with 1 stick killer – legs (0-1, 1-1, 2-1 3 stick 1-1 1 stick 0-1) so another one bit the dust. 

With the luck of the draw Tom Baldwin played Ian Brook in the first round – so we were guaranteed someone in the next 32! However Tom played his socks off with a straight 2 leg win 3-1 and 4-0! I’ll be honest I wouldn’t have put money on that given Ian’s pedigree. Just shows anything can happen in singles. It was just before this game that I got interviewed live on BBC Radio Oxford who were there reporting on all the proceedings with regular ‘updates’ on Aunt Sally. 

John Miles went out to Mark Poulter (1-3, 1-2) who was eventually taken out by Roger Goodall. Micky Neal was also taken out in the first round by Dick Walsh over 3 legs (1-2, 3-3, 1-1). Dick was recounting the Black Prince trophy (Woodstock) which is no longer played due to the pub closing last year. Dick eventually went out to Ian McAteer. 

Meanwhile on Pitch 1 Bob Duff took out Darren Grant (2-1, 1-3, 2-1) and then John Bradshaw again over 3 legs (1-1, 3-0, 2-1) and then into the quarter final after taking out Dave Fry (3-3, 2-1, 1-1).  Unfortunately I didn’t get to see Bob play last year’s champion Rob Bradford as I was queuing for food (for a good 20 mins!) and as you can see I didn’t get a snap of the scores on the board. Suffice to say that Bob did his best and it, as it goes sometimes, was not his best.

World Champion Trophies

Roger Goodall’s winners trophy, sticks and his trademark bottle of talcum powder used on his sticks.

So the final was between Roger Goodall and Alan Goodgame. I did record the event and it’ll be on AuntSallyTV

Roger became the champion once again (previously 2017) so deserved congratulations to him and a big thanks to the organiser Nick and his team and the bricky (Rob Tudge) who stuck up what seemed like most of the time in the sunshine and set out the pitches!

The Abingdon Eight can certainly recommend going if not for the beer and entertainment then for the Aunt Sally, after all anyone of us COULD have been a winner!

Paul Stone
Chairman

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Summer 2024 Week 8 Results

Match Results

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 4 – The Vine Cumnor 2; Legs (23-20, 27-25, 19-23)

P/A – Croft Nomads 2 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 4; Legs (22-21, 20-21, 21-27)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 2 – Plum Pudding 4; Legs (24-21, 22-23, 16-25)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 4 – Bystander A 2; Legs (21-27, 21-15, 25-20)

B – Abingdon RBL 2 – Abingdon United C 4; Legs (14-8, 13-16, 10-12)

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 5 – The Fox Denchworth 1; Legs (9-8, 11-11, 18-6)

B – Harwellian B 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (16-12, 11-12, 12-10)

B – The Bell A Grove 6 – Stanford in the Vale FC 0; Legs (13-10, 17-12, 15-13)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 2 – The Grapes B 4; Legs (11-17, 8-13, 13-10)

C – Abingdon Con Club 2 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 4; Legs (16-17, 16-4, 11-13)

C – Boundary House 2 – The Bell B Grove 4; Legs (10-9, 9-11, 8-10)

C – The Grapes A 2 – The Oak Didcot 4; Legs (14-13, 11-14, 14-15)

D – College Oak B 4 – Red Lion B Drayton 2; Legs (8-9, 15-10, 16-10)

D – The Chequers Charney 2 – Harwellian A 4; Legs (10-12, 11-10, 9-10)

D – The Midget 6 – The Lamb A Wantage 0; Legs (13-11, 16-10, 13-12)

D – The Plough Hanney 3 – Berinsfield SC B 3; Legs (13-9, 8-8, 6-14)

D – The Queens Arms 2 – Brewery Tap 4; Legs (10-8, 13-14, 4-18)

E – Horse & Jockey A 0 – North Star A Steventon 6; Legs (1-12, 5-11, 3-4)

E – RAL SC 2 – Hanney RBL 4; Legs (9-10, 14-5, 10-17)

E – The Lamb B Wantage 4 – Bystander B 2; Legs (8-13, 12-11, 12-7)

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6 – Marcham Centre A 0; Legs (13-11, 17-14, 16-7)

F – Bystander C 3 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 3; Legs (7-7, 6-8, 10-6)

F – Marcham Centre B 0 – Sutton Courtenay FC 6; Legs (5-7, 3-6, 8-9)

F – North Star B Steventon 4 – Grove RFC 2; Legs (9-6, 9-5, 5-7)

F – WADS Bar 4 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 2; Legs (12-12, 13-9, 12-12)

Blobbers

Ashley Wheeler (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor), Ben Newman (Bystander C), Bob Humphreys (The Plough Long Wittenham), Chris Hoy (Bystander B), Chris Wilding (North Star B Steventon), Duncan Nicholls (Grove RFC), Edward Houlihan (Boundary House), Enya Mayall (Horse & Jockey A), Harvey Dundson (North Star B Steventon), James Smith (The Plough Hanney), Keith Brown (The Plough Long Wittenham), Liam Stapleton (Hanney RBL), Robbie Cook (Grove RFC), Scott Gardner (Horse & Jockey A), Viv Albin (Bystander B).

Sixers

David Dix (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) & Simon Winterbourne (Plum Pudding).

Fivers

Colin Brind 5-3-2 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 8

David Dix 5-3-6 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 8

David Mott 5-1-3 (Bystander A) – Week 8

Dean Bowler 5-1-2 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 8

Glenn Woolley 1-1-5 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 8

Mike Phipps 5-1-3 (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor) – Week 8

Phil Adams 3-5-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 8

Scott Humphries 2-2-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 8

Steve Martin 5-2-3 (Bystander A) – Week 8

Steve Peedell 2-5-3 (The Vine Cumnor) – Week 8

Stuart Wilson 2-5-2 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 8

 

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Summer 2024 Week 7 Results

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 4 – Berinsfield SC A 2; Legs (30-19, 31-17, 20-21)

P/A – Bystander A 5 – Croft Nomads 1; Legs (29-19, 25-25, 24-16)

P/A – College Oak A 2 – Red Lion Drayton 4; Legs (20-22, 25-23, 20-23)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 2 – Steventon Sports SC A 4; Legs (23-21, 25-29, 17-20)

B – Abingdon United C 1 – The Plough Long Wittenham 5; Legs (10-11, 13-18, 9-9)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 0 – Abingdon RBL 6; Legs (10-15, 12-15, 14-15)

B – The Croft Bar 4 – The Bell A Grove 2; Legs (13-10, 15-13, 9-14)

B – The Fox Denchworth 0 – Harwellian B 6; Legs (12-15, 15-17, 13-14)

B – The Grapes B 4 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 2; Legs (12-13, 20-11, 18-14)

C – Eight Bells Eaton 0 – Abingdon Con Club 6; Legs (12-19, 9-17, 13-19)

C – The Bell B Grove 6 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 0; Legs (15-10, 10-9, 14-9)

C – The Oak Didcot 4 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2; Legs (11-13, 13-7, 13-5)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 0 – Boundary House 6; Legs (11-12, 13-16, 6-14)

D – Brewery Tap 5 – The Chequers Charney 1; Legs (12-9, 15-15, 13-9)

D – Harwellian A 6 – College Oak B 0; Legs (13-11, 10-7, 12-11)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 1 – The Midget 5; Legs (8-12, 10-10, 8-10)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 3 – The Plough Hanney 3; Legs (11-8, 9-9, 9-11)

E – Bystander B 2 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4; Legs (10-11, 14-15, 12-10)

E – Hanney RBL 6 – Horse & Jockey A 0; Legs (11-3, 8-4, 12-4)

E – Marcham Centre A 4 – RAL SC 2; Legs (6-7, 8-7, 15-10)

F – Grove RFC 2 – Marcham Centre B 4; Legs (8-10, 7-8, 11-8)

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 5 – North Star B Steventon 1; Legs (4-4, 11-9, 8-7)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 0 – WADS Bar 6; Legs (6-15, 10-15, 6-10)

F – The Plough Appleton 2 – Bystander C 4; Legs (4-4, 7-9, 7-7)

Blobbers

Andy Latimer (North Star B Steventon), Caroline Baker (Red Lion B Drayton), Chris Dennis (Sutton Courtenay FC), Chris Roberts (The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor), David Stallard (Horse & Jockey A), Derek Edwards (The Bell A Grove), Enya Mayall (Horse & Jockey A), Greg Coombs (Horse & Jockey A), Jack Checketts (Stanford in the Vale FC), Jess Bailey (North Star B Steventon), Marie Haynes (The Plough Hanney), Michael Littlechild (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Peter Kilby (The Fox Denchworth), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Sylvia Lelowittis (RAL SC), Zach Tyler (Bystander C).

Sixers

Andrew Morton (Bystander A), David Dix (2) (Abingdon Utd@ConClub).

Fivers

Alan Bell 3-5-2 (Croft Nomads) – Week 7

Cameron King 4-5-3 (Brewery Tap) – Week 7

Jason Bowler 5-2-1 (Bystander A) – Week 7

Leigh Clapton 5-5-1 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 7

Mick Christopher 1-1-5 (The Grapes B) – Week 7

Paul Barrett 4-5-3 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 7

Rick Fletcher 5-4-3 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 7

Stephen J Fisher 3-5-3 (The Oak Didcot) – Week 7

 

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Summer 2024 Week 6 Results

Match Results

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 3 – Bystander A 3; Legs (28-20, 22-23, 23-23)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 0 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 6; Legs (11-22, 19-21, 24-25)

P/A – College Oak A 4 – Plum Pudding 2; Legs (20-19, 22-23, 25-22)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 1 – Croft Nomads 5; Legs (20-24, 23-24, 28-28)

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 0 – Abingdon United C 6; Legs (18-19, 15-18, 13-14)

B – Harwellian B 1 – The Grapes B 5; Legs (16-16, 16-19, 10-12)

B – The Bell A Grove 3 – Abingdon RBL 3; Legs (20-16, 5-9, 11-11)

B – The Croft Bar 4 – The Fox Denchworth 2; Legs (15-5, 10-11, 14-10)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 0 – Stanford in the Vale FC 6; Legs (10-15, 11-13, 11-14)

C – Abingdon Con Club 6 – Boundary House 0; Legs (11-9, 14-12, 12-9)

C – Eight Bells Eaton 3 – The Oak Didcot 3; Legs (9-18, 9-6, 14-14)

C – The Grapes A 3 – The Bell B Grove 3; Legs (13-8, 9-20, 12-12)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 6 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 0; Legs (11-9, 13-10, 11-6)

D – Brewery Tap 2 – Berinsfield SC B 4; Legs (6-10, 6-12, 10-5)

D – The Chequers Charney 2 – College Oak B 4; Legs (9-6, 10-14, 7-8)

D – The Midget 2 – Harwellian A 4; Legs (7-12, 11-16, 14-12)

D – The Plough Hanney 3 – Red Lion B Drayton 3; Legs (16-13, 9-13, 12-12)

D – The Queens Arms 6 – The Lamb A Wantage 0; Legs (12-11, 14-4, 10-8)

E – Marcham Centre A 4 – Bystander B 2; Legs (12-10, 9-10, 10-8)

E – The Lamb B Wantage 2 – North Star A Steventon 4; Legs (7-13, 8-13, 10-9)

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4 – Steventon Sports SC B 2; Legs (9-12, 15-12, 16-10)

F – Bystander C 1 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 5; Legs (4-13, 10-10, 13-15)

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 5 – The Plough Appleton 1; Legs (9-5, 9-5, 6-6)

F – North Star B Steventon 0 – Marcham Centre B 6; Legs (6-13, 7-12, 5-8)

F – WADS Bar 6 – Grove RFC 0; Legs (17-12, 9-5, 9-6)

Blobbers

Anthony Humphreys (Boundary House), -Bert Newman (Bystander A), -Charlie Harrison (WADS Bar), -Colin Fox (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor), -Hayden Wells (The Oak Didcot), -Lynne Mainstone (North Star B Steventon), -Mark Sheldon (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), -Peter Kilby (The Fox Denchworth), -Richard Pike (The Lamb A Wantage), -Russell Stock (The Fox Denchworth), -Sarah Stacey (The Plough Appleton), -Sean Paul (North Star B Steventon), -Tom Doman (The Chequers Charney).

Sixers

Barry Townsend (Croft Nomads) & Leigh Clapton (Abingdon Utd@ConClub).

Fivers

Alec Chamberlain 5-3-4 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 6

Derek Fletcher 2-3-5 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 6

Nick Baldwin 5-1-2 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 6

Phil Adams 5-4-3 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 6

Richard Berry 3-5-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 6

Richard Jones 5-2-1 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 6

Scott Humphries 2-2-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 6

Stephen J Fisher 5-2-3 (The Oak Didcot) – Week 6

Steve Enock 3-1-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 6

Trevor Harrhy 4-2-5 (Abingdon United C) – Week 6

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