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Competitions: Pairs Results – Complete

By on 7th August 2016 in Competition News, Newsletter

With the Wednesday’s thunderstorms the Pairs Knockout competitions were already one venue down with the Tandem limping out without any lighting due to the storms that took out some of Kennington. The Tandem venue will be was replayed in August (after other competitions).

2016 Pairs rerun Tandem

Tandem Pairs play sheet

 

Geoff Lee ran the rescheduled Pairs at the Tandem on 4th August.

M Manion & J Pounceby from the Vine in Cumnor (section B) won through to the finals night, they both played outstandingly with Manion not scoring less than 3 dolls every visit.
They played D Butler & B Adams in the final game who gave them a good run for their money but came up against 2 worthy opponents who thoroughly deserved the victory.

Semi-finals will be played on Finals Night on Wednesday 14th Sept at Abingdon United FC.

Winners of the venues are as follows and pictures etc below.

Venue Semi-Finalists
Tandem M Manion/J Pounceby (The Vine)
Steventon Sports John Simmons/Mick Phillips (Spread Eagle)
Abingdon Con.Club Dave Hudson/Graham Brown (Spread Eagle)
Berinsfield SC Ian Brook/Barry Stowell (Spread Eagle B)

 

(click on photos to enlarge)

A soggy night at Berinsfield didn’t deter Ian Brook from scoring 4’s in the rain.2016 Pairs Berinsfield - a Wet One

2016 Pairs Berinsfield Scoreboard2016 Pairs Berinsfield games

 

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Summer 2016 – @Week 14 – the Dirty Dozens and the Unlucky for Some!

By on 7th August 2016 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

To encourage you all to ‘go for gold’ now the Olympics is on here are the “Silver” and “Bronze” medalists of Aunt Sally!

Total Dirty Dozens
12 A Bell 5-4-3 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 1
12 A Gregory 4-5-3 (Abingdon RBL A) – Week 2
12 A Gregory 5-3-4 (Abingdon RBL A) – Week 10
12 B Duff 4-3-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 11
12 B Reidy 5-4-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 11
12 B Stowell 4-6-2 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 8
12 B Stowell 5-4-3 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 9
12 C Brind 4-5-3 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 13
12 C Brind 4-5-3 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 14
12 C Cherrill 4-3-5 (Fox Denchworth A) – Week 7
12 C East 4-4-4 (Plough East Hendred) – Week 14
12 D Bowler 4-5-3 (Red Lion A) – Week 1
12 D Butler 5-4-3 (Tandem) – Week 6
12 D Cross 2-5-5 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 2
12 D Harris 4-4-4 (Abingdon RBL A) – Week 11
12 D Hudson 4-6-2 (Spread Eagle) – Week 4
12 D J Mulford 5-3-4 (Plough East Hendred) – Week 10
12 D Mott 4-4-4 (Spread Eagle) – Week 5
12 D Mott 5-3-4 (Spread Eagle) – Week 4
12 D Taylor 1-5-6 (Abingdon RBL A) – Week 11
12 G Lee 5-4-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 7
12 J Knight 3-4-5 (College Oak A) – Week 1
12 J Simmons 2-5-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 10
12 J Simmons 3-4-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 12
12 J Simmons 4-4-4 (Spread Eagle) – Week 6
12 J Simmons 4-6-2 (Spread Eagle) – Week 7
12 J Simmons 5-4-3 (Spread Eagle) – Week 13
12 K Fisher 3-4-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 13
12 K Fisher 5-6-1 (Plum Pudding) – Week 2
12 K Fisher 6-2-4 (Plum Pudding) – Week 6
12 L Clapton 4-4-4 (Abingdon United B) – Week 3
12 M Phillips 2-4-6 (Spread Eagle) – Week 2
12 M Phillips 3-4-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
12 M Phillips 4-3-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 11
12 M Samways 3-3-6 (Hart Harwell A) – Week 6
12 N Forster 4-4-4 (Waggon and Horses A) – Week 11
12 N Weston 3-5-4 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 10
12 N Weston 3-5-4 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 4
12 N Weston 3-6-3 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 2
12 N Weston 4-4-4 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 7
12 N Weston 5-4-3 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 13
12 P Barrett 3-4-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 1
12 P Barrett 5-4-3 (Abingdon United B) – Week 6
12 P Longford 3-4-5 (Tandem) – Week 10
12 P Wright 3-4-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 6
12 R Bunce 1-5-6 (Chequers Charney) – Week 8
12 R Taylor 4-4-4 (Abingdon RBL A) – Week 4
12 S Humphries 3-4-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
12 S Humphries 4-3-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 7
12 S Klingberg 4-3-5 (The Vine A) – Week 6
12 S Wilson 2-6-4 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 10
12 S Wilson 4-4-4 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 11
12 T Lawlor 6-3-3 (Abingdon Con Club) – Week 13

 

Those who were just 1 doll short of featuring in the Over 14s hall of fame.

Total Unlucky 13s
13 B Adams 6-5-2 (Tandem) – Week 13
13 B Moody 4-4-5 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 12
13 B Moody 6-4-3 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 2
13 B Parker 4-4-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 7
13 B Parker 5-3-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 14
13 B Reidy 4-3-6 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 6
13 C Brind 5-4-4 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 8
13 D Butler 4-4-5 (Tandem) – Week 2
13 D Cross 3-4-6 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 10
13 D Davies 3-4-6 (Abingdon United B) – Week 9
13 D Dix 4-5-4 (Abingdon United B) – Week 1
13 D Dix 4-5-4 (Abingdon United B) – Week 10
13 D Dix 4-5-4 (Abingdon United B) – Week 9
13 D Kitchen 3-5-5 (Stanford In the Vale FC) – Week 10
13 G Daluz Vieira 5-4-4 (Plum Pudding B) – Week 8
13 G Lee 4-4-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 3
13 J Simmons 5-3-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 11
13 K Fisher 5-5-3 (Plum Pudding) – Week 1
13 L Clapton 5-4-4 (Abingdon United B) – Week 5
13 L Clapton 5-5-3 (Abingdon United B) – Week 6
13 M Phillips 5-4-4 (Spread Eagle) – Week 6
13 N Weston 4-5-4 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 11
13 N Weston 5-6-2 (Spread Eagle B) – Week 12
13 P Longford 4-6-3 (Tandem) – Week 14
13 P Longford 5-3-5 (Tandem) – Week 4
13 P Song 4-5-4 (Tandem) – Week 12
13 R Glenn 2-5-6 (Stanford In the Vale FC) – Week 4
13 S Champ 4-4-5 (Abingdon RBL) – Week 8
13 T Lach 2-5-6 (Abingdon United B) – Week 11

 

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Summer 2016 – Week 14 Results

By on 7th August 2016 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Competitions: Tandem Pairs reschedule gave The Vine team entry to the Semi-Final – see updated match report online.

That means the competitions are all over and we await Finals Night on 14th September at Abingdon United FC to decide the winners!

THE RESULTS

No change in the Over 14s this week so I’ll post the Dirty Dozens (12s) and the Unlucky For Some’s (13s) separately for your entertainment.

Sixers: D Davies (Abingdon United B), L Clapton (Abingdon United B),P Longford (Tandem),R Flowers (Hart Harwell A).

Blobbers: A Miller (The Plough A West Hanney),J Morton (Waggon and Horses A),J Watters (George and Dragon Upton),K Ryves (Boundary House A),L Chadwick (Boundary House),M Parker (The Brewery Tap B),R Bishop (Old Anchor A),R Brown (Crown Marcham),R Crook (Stanford In the Vale FC),R Jeffreys (Harwell RBL B),S Brownsill (Old Anchor A).

SectionHome SectionAway Home HomePoints Away AwayPoints
Premier Premier Plum Pudding 2 Spread Eagle 4
Premier A Spread Eagle B 6 Abingdon RBL 0
Premier Premier Steventon Sports A 2 Abingdon United B 4
A A Abingdon RBL A 4 Hart Harwell A 2
A A Berinsfield SC A 0 Tandem 6
B B Abingdon Con Club 3 College Oak A 3
B B Abingdon United C 2 Plum Pudding B 4
B B Chequers Charney 0 Berinsfield SC 6
B B The Vine A 6 Fleur De Lys 0
C C Fox Denchworth B 0 The Grapes 6
C C Red Lion A 2 Fox Denchworth A 4
C C Stanford In the Vale FC 4 Bowyers Arms 2
C C Wheatsheaf Drayton 0 Plough East Hendred 6
D D Bear & Ragged Staff 2 Wheatsheaf Didcot 4
D D Red Lion C 0 Harwell RBL B 6
D D The Bell at Grove 6 Eight Bells Eaton 0
D D The College Oak 6 Saxton Rovers 0
E E Abingdon Arms Wantage 0 Waggon and Horses B 6
E E North Star A 6 Black Horse A 0
E E Queens Arms Didcot 6 Waggon and Horses C 0
E E Spread Eagle D 2 The Plough Long Wittenham 4
E E Waggon and Horses A 3 F.M.S.S.C Morning Star 3
F F Boundary House A 3 Old Anchor A 3
F F Crown Marcham 3 Boundary House 3
F F Old Anchor B 4 The Brewery Tap B 2
F F RAL RecSoc 0 Packhorse 6
G G Black Horse B 0 Berinsfield SC C 6
G G George and Dragon Upton 0 The Plough A West Hanney 6
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Summer 2016 – Week 13 Results

By on 7th August 2016 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

A belated week 13 result post…..

Competitions: Captains and Secretaries comp had great weather – see match report

This week: Replayed Tandem pairs knockout.

THE RESULTS
No change in the Over 14s this week.

Sixers: B Adams (Tandem),B Stowell (Spread Eagle B),H Moore (Brewery Tap A),T Lawlor (Abingdon Con Club).

Blobbers: C Wakefield (Waggon and Horses C),H Legg (Red Lion B),J Kendall (The Plough Appleton),J Samways (Hart Harwell A),J Taylor (Red Lion C),L Julian (Waggon and Horses C),M Hadaway (The Plough Appleton),M Spiller (F.M.S.S.C Morning Star),N Jackson (Spread Eagle D),P Brown (Spread Eagle D),P Gibbs (Harwell RBL A),P Oliver (The Plough Appleton),R Dawson (The Plough Appleton).

 

SectionHome SectionAway Home HomePoints Away AwayPoints
Premier Premier Abingdon United B 5 Plum Pudding 1
Premier Premier Spread Eagle 4 Spread Eagle B 2
Premier A Steventon Sports A 4 Abingdon RBL A 2
A A Abingdon RBL 2 Berinsfield SC A 4
A A Tandem 6 Hart Harwell A 0
B B Berinsfield SC 2 The Vine A 4
B B College Oak A 3 Abingdon United C 3
B B Fleur De Lys 3 Abingdon Con Club 3
B B Plum Pudding B 5 Royal Oak Didcot 1
C C Bowyers Arms 4 Red Lion B 2
C C Fox Denchworth A 4 Stanford In the Vale FC 2
C C Plough East Hendred 2 Fox Denchworth B 4
C C The Grapes 6 Red Lion B 0
D D Eight Bells Eaton 2 Bear & Ragged Staff 4
D D Harwell RBL B 6 The Bell at Grove 0
D D Red Lion C 1 The College Oak 5
D D Wheatsheaf Didcot 6 Harwell RBL A 0
E E Black Horse A 5 Spread Eagle D 1
E E F.M.S.S.C Morning Star 2 North Star A 4
E E The Plough Long Wittenham 2 Abingdon Arms Wantage 4
E E Waggon and Horses A 6 Queens Arms Didcot 0
E E Waggon and Horses B 6 Waggon and Horses C 0
F F Boundary House 0 Brewery Tap A 6
F F Old Anchor B 4 Boundary House A 2
F F Packhorse 6 Crown Marcham 0
F F The Brewery Tap B 4 RAL RecSoc 2
G G The Plough A West Hanney 6 Black Horse B 0
G G The Plough Appleton 0 Berinsfield SC C 6
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Competitions: Pairs Knock Out Reschedule – This Thursday

By on 31st July 2016 in Competition News, Newsletter

The Pairs venue at the Tandem that was postponed due to lack of lighting after the lightning storm on 16th June will take place on Thursday this week.

The following players are registered to play:-

VENUE 1 – TANDEM

1. A.Bell/C.Smith
2. P.Broad/G.Lee
3. C.Mildenhall/M.Mildenhall
4. D.Butler/B.Adams
5. B.Duff/B.Clapton
6. N.Weston/R.Nichols
7. J.Pounceby/M.Manion
8. N.Biggs/J. or P.Longford

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Competitions: Captain’s & Secretary’s

By on 28th July 2016 in Competition News, Newsletter
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A cool but dry evening at Steventon Sports Club

A damp early evening cleared for the Captain’s and Secretary’s knock out competition at Steventon Sports Club.

With only 6 Secretaries and 8 Captains 2 prelim games were battled for the Secretaries.

Nicky Biggs battled through 3 legs and finally won his game against Paul Ealey in a 3 stick decider.

Geoff Lee took his game against Bob Duff to 3 legs to get his place in the next round cracking two 4s in the process. In the following round Nicky Biggs couldn’t get his form back as Geoff Lee won the first leg 4-3 and took a 1 stick decider to secure his place in the Final.

Graham Brown made it look easy as he set 5 in the first leg against Keith Buckle who couldn’t get past a 1 in the second leg to save the game.

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In the Captain’s an after draw mistake by the official gave Dave Sapey a bye to the next round.

Terry Downes took Dave Dix to a 3rd leg with minimal scoring but only scored 1 in the 3rd leg decider which Dave doubled.

Mick Philips got all 4s to win through even with Paul Longford setting a great 5 in the second leg.

Stuart Wilson won over Michael Jarvis when the 4-4 second leg went to 3 sticks (2-2) and 1 stick.

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2016 Scorecard for Captain’s and Secretary’s Knockout

In the Semi-Finals Dave Dix made short work of Dave Sapey’s 1 in the first leg and then setting a 6 – a hard act to follow even for the best – and secured his place in the Captain’s Final.

Stuart Wilson set respectable 3s in the other Semi-Final but Mick Philips got the 4s he needed for his place in the final.

Captain’s Finalists – D.Dix & M.Philips

Secretary’s Finalists –  G.Brown & G. Lee

 

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Summer 2016 – Week 12 Results

By on 27th July 2016 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Competitions: Plum Pudding and Ab RBL got through in the Red Drive 3s – see match report

This week: Captain’s and Secretaries Knock out at Steventon Sports Club on Thursday.

THE RESULTS

New entry in the Over 14s with our previous Secretary Graham Brown (Spread Eagle) doing a 4-5-5!

Sixers: N Weston (Spread Eagle B),R Bunce (Chequers Charney).

Blobbers: E Campbell (Chequers Charney),H Legg (Red Lion B),K Parker (The Brewery Tap B),K Tyrrell (North Star B),M Feates (Red Lion C),P Clarke (Waggon and Horses A),P Golding (The Plough Appleton),R Dawson (The Plough Appleton),T Cload (Harwell RBL B).

Total Over_14s
17 D Dix 6-5-6 (Abingdon United B) – Week 8
17 D Hudson 5-6-6 (Spread Eagle) – Week 2
16 D Dix 6-5-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 6
16 D Dix 6-5-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 5
16 J Simmons 4-6-6 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
15 T Downes 5-5-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 11
15 B Moody 6-5-4 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 6
14 G Brown 4-5-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 12
14 D Bradshaw 5-4-5 (Hart Harwell A) – Week 8
14 S Wilson 6-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 7
14 C Brind 4-5-5 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 4
14 G Brown 4-5-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
14 S Kenny 5-5-4 (Berinsfield SC) – Week 2
14 B Parker 6-5-3 (Abingdon United B) – Week 1

 

SectionHome SectionAway Home HomePoints Away AwayPoints
Premier Premier Spread Eagle B 6 Plum Pudding 0
A A Abingdon RBL A 6 Abingdon RBL 0
A Premier Berinsfield SC A 2 Steventon Sports A 4
A Premier Hart Harwell A 2 Abingdon United B 4
A Premier Tandem 1 Spread Eagle 5
B B Abingdon Con Club 4 The Vine A 2
B B Abingdon United C 6 Chequers Charney 0
B B Plum Pudding B 6 Fleur De Lys 0
B B Royal Oak Didcot 4 Berinsfield SC 2
C C Fox Denchworth B 2 Red Lion A 4
C C Red Lion B 4 Fox Denchworth A 2
C C The Grapes 6 Bowyers Arms 0
C C Wheatsheaf Drayton 2 Stanford In the Vale FC 4
D D Bear & Ragged Staff 2 The Bell at Grove 4
D D Harwell RBL A 4 Red Lion C 2
D D Saxton Rovers 6 Harwell RBL B 0
D D The College Oak 3 Wheatsheaf Didcot 3
E E Abingdon Arms Wantage 6 Waggon and Horses A 0
E E Queens Arms Didcot 0 The Plough Long Wittenham 6
E E Spread Eagle D 0 North Star A 6
E E Waggon and Horses B 2 Black Horse A 4
F F Boundary House A 4 Boundary House 2
F F Brewery Tap A 6 Old Anchor B 0
F F Crown Marcham 5 RAL RecSoc 1
F F North Star B 2 Packhorse 4
F F Old Anchor A 2 The Brewery Tap B 4
G G Berinsfield SC C 6 The Plough Appleton 0
 

 

 

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Competitions: Red Drive (3s)

By on 21st July 2016 in Competition News, Newsletter

With the temperature cooling down the 3s competition was the hottest thing at the venues of The Vine and Fox Denchworth on Thursday.

At the Fox four teams competed. Plum Pudding took Ab Utd B(A) two straight legs with Terry Downes hitting 5-4. Spread Eagle B(B) then took out the Tandem with 2 straight legs. Plum Pudding then sealed the deal against Spread B(B) with 9 in each leg Ken Fisher doing 4’s and Terry Downes doing 3’s (and Tosh Woolloff doing 2’s).  Plum Pudding go through to the final.

At The Vine 7 teams turned up, the exception being the side from the Spread Eagle B (A).

Ab RBL did come through and deservedly so. However it was the Ab RBL A of Sapey, Ealey, Champ (Gavaghan) rather than Ab RBL B that were due to be there. In this case  we do need to make allowance for players from teams that really support the competitions so the decision to let them play was made. (We’ve also had no complaints about it either and the Plum are happy to play on).

As for the events that unfolded in the first round the Tandem beat Ab Con Club, Berinsfield A bt Berinsfield B, and Abg RBL shocked Abg Utd to 3 legs. Ab Utd could only set 5 in the deciding leg. The Spread Eagle had the fortune or misfortune to draw a bye. In the last 4 Berinsfield A bt the Tandem and Abg RBL beat the Spread Eagle, again in 3 legs. In the match to make the final Abg RBL defeated Berinsfield A in 2 straight legs. Standing at one leg to Abg RBL and a tied second leg, a set of 6 with 3 sticks by the RBL side took them through.

There were no sixes and no really high leg scores – the Spread’s 12 against Abg RBL was the best. The more favoured sides really struggled on the alley for some reason.

Red Drive (3’s) Final will be on Finals Night between Plum Pudding (Fisher/Downes/Woolloff) and Abingdon RBL A (B) (Sapey/Ealey/Champ)

P.S.  It’ll be my intention to propose full competition rules to be adopted at the AGM in January – they’ll be published for comments beforehand. — Paul Stone Acting Secretary.

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Summer 2016 – Week 11 Results

By on 17th July 2016 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Competitions: Both Abingdon United B teams got through in the Fours this week – see match reports here.

This week: Red Drive 3’s comp at Fox Denchworth and The Vine Cumnor.

THE RESULTS

New entry in the Over 14s with Terry Downes (Plum Pudding) doing a 5-5-5!

Sixers: D Taylor (Abingdon RBL A), T Lach (Abingdon United B).

Total Over_14s
17 D Dix 6-5-6 (Abingdon United B) – Week 8
17 D Hudson 5-6-6 (Spread Eagle) – Week 2
16 D Dix 6-5-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 6
16 D Dix 6-5-5 (Abingdon United B) – Week 5
16 J Simmons 4-6-6 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
15 T Downes 5-5-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 11
15 B Moody 6-5-4 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 6
14 D Bradshaw 5-4-5 (Hart Harwell A) – Week 8
14 S Wilson 6-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 7
14 C Brind 4-5-5 (Steventon Sports A) – Week 4
14 G Brown 4-5-5 (Spread Eagle) – Week 3
14 S Kenny 5-5-4 (Berinsfield SC) – Week 2
14 B Parker 6-5-3 (Abingdon United B) – Week 1

Blobbers: D Byrne (George and Dragon Upton),F Downing (Old Anchor B),K Tyrrell (North Star B),M Owen (The College Oak),M Webb (Boundary House),P Gilbert (George and Dragon Upton),P Johnson (The Brewery Tap B),R Jeffreys (Harwell RBL B),T Barrett (North Star A).

SectionHome SectionAway Home HomePoints Away AwayPoints
Premier A Abingdon United B 4 Berinsfield SC A 2
Premier A Plum Pudding 2 Abingdon RBL A 4
Premier Premier Steventon Sports A 5 Spread Eagle B 1
A A Abingdon RBL 4 Tandem 2
B B Berinsfield SC 4 Abingdon United C 2
B B Chequers Charney 0 Abingdon Con Club 6
B B College Oak A 4 Plum Pudding B 2
B B Fleur De Lys 3 Royal Oak Didcot 3
C C Fox Denchworth A 4 Fox Denchworth B 2
C C Plough East Hendred 4 The Grapes 2
C C Red Lion A 4 Wheatsheaf Drayton 2
D D Eight Bells Eaton 0 Saxton Rovers 6
D D Harwell RBL A 4 Harwell RBL B 2
D D The Bell at Grove 6 The College Oak 0
E E Black Horse A 6 Waggon and Horses C 0
E E F.M.S.S.C Morning Star 2 Abingdon Arms Wantage 4
E E North Star A 1 Queens Arms Didcot 5
E E The Plough Long Wittenham 4 Waggon and Horses B 2
E E Waggon and Horses A 4 Spread Eagle D 2
F F Boundary House 2 North Star B 4
F F Old Anchor B 0 Crown Marcham 6
F F Packhorse 4 Old Anchor A 2
F F RAL RecSoc 3 Boundary House A 3
F F The Brewery Tap B 2 North Star B 4
G G The Plough Appleton 4 George and Dragon Upton 2
 

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Competitions: Fours (updated)

By on 15th July 2016 in Competition News, Newsletter

A great summer evenings with teams turning out at both the Spread Eagle and Abingdon United FC for the Fours Knockout Competition.

At United the prelim saw Ab Utd B(A)  take  Spread Eagle B in a straight 2 legs with Bob Duff scoring the only 6 of the night. They then went on to defeat Berinsfield.  Steventon Sports defeated Plum Pudding to meet United in the semi.
In the Semi Final Utd started a strong first leg with 13 including two 5s from the tailenders which Steventon couldn’t match but then Steventon went on to take the second leg as United slowed to single figures. Utd then set 11 which was giving Steventon a chance with ‘just’ a 3 per person to win. Unfortunately a good 3 start was downed with a blob putting severe pressure on the lower half of the team that left anchor Derek Fletcher with a big ask of a 5 to draw which failed with the first two sticks.

At the Spread Eagle venue Abg RBL A eased pass Berinsfield A in the first preliminary.

Spread Eagle A took on Abg Utd B (A) in the other prelim. At a leg apiece, the Spread set 16 only for Abg Utd to come out victors with 17 and a stick to spare, the best leg of the night..

In the semi finals the Tandem beat the Spread Eagle B (B) and Abg Utd B (A) beat the Abg RBL A.

In the final the Tandem set in both legs, but leg sets of 6 and then 10 weren’t enough to test Utd, with Barry Parker not having to throw a stick in anger on the anchor.

The final will be between both Abingdon Utd B teams!

Their line up (now fixed as they’ve played will be):-

Ab Utd B (A)  – D.Davies/L.Clapton/I.Morrison/B.Parker

Ab Utd B (B)  – T.Lach/P.Barrett/B.Duff/T.Ward

2016 Fours PBarrett

Paul Barrett gets Abingdon United B ahead in the Fours Semi-Final

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