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Week 8 Review

By Roger Nichols on 24th June 2026 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Tonight we complete the first half of the 2026 Summer Season, time flies and we started the season with cold and windy conditions and 9 weeks on we face playing in record breaking temperatures, possibly the highest June temperatures ever in the UK. It only goes to show the weather is as unpredictable as many of our own Aunt Sally form!!

I want to start this weeks update unusually from the Committee for with a big thank you despite the attraction of England’s opening World Cup tie last week 28 of the 30 planned week 8 fixtures took place and that was due to the co-operation of all teams who re-arranged match nights, start times and adjusted formats (excluded the beer leg in some cases). So well done to all.

Secondly, I just want to remind everyone that this coming Sunday the Singles, Pairs, Captains and Secretaries Competitions will take place at Abingdon United FC with play starting from, 12.45, and registration from 12.15 for all entries. Overall entries are down on previous years so if anyone wishes to make a very late entry we will be prepared to consider any late entries until 6pm on Friday of this week, simply because we want these competitions to be both popular and competitive. Play will be held on 2 pitches and food will be provided free of charge during the afternoon and all being well we expect to complete the competitions down to semi final (Pairs and Singles) and final (Captains and Secretaries) by 5pm. We have amalgamated the Captains and Secretaries into a combined competition this year as we did not have the required number of entrants to stage 2 separate comps.

I should also mention that Tony Ward one of the stalwarts of our game for many years, Summer and Winter was given a good send off last Friday and his funeral included many memories of his Aunt Sally career and reminded us of just how good and successful a player he was for so many years. I was a little surprised that more of his former teammates across several teams that Tony played for or against were not in attendance. So Doreen’s wish, Tony’s wife, that the celebration of his life would be commemorated with a game of Aunt Sally really didn’t happen despite the efforts of our Chairman! (Chairman: we, Tom Lach and I, did get them throwing some sticks though and they got to appreciate Tony’s skill!)

Well back to last week and pride of place, not surprisingly, goes to Dave Dix whose 16 dolls for Abingdon Con Club was not only the highest individual total of 2026, it also contributed to Abingdon Con Club’s sixth consecutive victory and taking them 2 points clear at the top of the Premier. Dave’s haul also established his doll average at over 4 dolls, a remarkable 82% strike rate and regrettably for the rest of us, entirely consistent and predictable from Dave!

Tom Lach also weighed in with a first leg maximum for the Con Club as the Con Club overcame The College Oak 4-2 with a first leg of 27 dolls their best of the season. The Oak’s excellent 25 dolls in the second leg helped them salvage a leg. Other results saw Steventon Sports SC A 6-0 winners in the A section, Berinsfield with both Stuart Wilson and Richard Jones leading the way with 10 dolls each enjoyed a 5-1 win at Abingdon United to remain in second spot in the Premier whilst Croft Nomads inconsistency this season was seized upon by Stanford FC who returned to the Vale 5-1 victors. Steventon Sports were clear winners in the top of the A section tussle with second placed Red Lion. The Sports won 6-0 with 3 winning legs totaling 70 dolls 11, of those courtesy of Derek Fletcher a season best for “Rod” b. Dean Bowler was “sixer” on the night for the Lion.

Plum Pudding were another side to record a welcome win and recorded their highest leg score (26) when winning 4-2 against The Wheatsheaf.

I mentioned earlier the very good individual performances last week and Terry Downes, the most consistent performer for the Plum was one , Terry along with Bob Glen for Stanford, John Mackay WADS B, Dean Costar, Earl of Abingdon A and Andy Hallett all registered 5 doll legs for their sides. Matt Rushton playing for the Fleur didn’t register a 5 doll leg, but hit 10 dolls for his side. lastly two more special mentions, Micky Neal playing for the Earl Of Abingdon was the forth player to hit a maximum last week and finally congratulations to Ben Green playing for The Seven Bells in section G. With 4 players scoring maximum legs and 5 others scoring legs of 5 dolls and several others reaching double figures over their 3 legs it does, at last seem like the league is belatedly “waking up” to Summer 2o26!

In the other sections the B section saw wins for Abingdon RBL, The Bear & Ragged Staff, The Croft Bar, The Vine (another with a top scoring leg of 23 dolls) whilst The Plough West Hanney and The WADS Bar shared the points

The C section saw the Grove RFC defeat the Earl B 4-2 with both sides hitting 17 in separate legs, The Boundary House were too strong for Harwellian B winning 6-0, The Fleur de Lys won 4-2 against Marcham Centre A and again some good leg scores in this game with an 18 for the Fleur and a 21 doll leg scored by Marcham. The other game in this section saw The Bell B come out on top against The Plough, Long Wittenham.

In the D section the re-opening of the North Star welcomed Aunt Sally back after a long wait and the home team enjoyed their return, but were held to a 3-3 share of the points, Elsewhere in Steventon the Sports B side defeated The Bell A 4-2 and it was the same scoreline for Long Wittenham AC winners against College Oak B. The Fox, Boars Hill continue to set the pace in this section remaining unbeaten, but they were held to a share of the points by The Black Horse, Hanney.

The E section saw some close encounters with The Ladygrove returning as 4-2 winners from their trip to Hanney RBL and The George and The Crown Marcham A were also 4-2 winners, The Red Lion B and The Lamb B drew 3-3 in a low scoring encounter whilst the Eight Bells Eaton saw off Berinsfield SC B 6-0.

The G section is probably the most unpredictable section of all with so many new sides and players taking part. Oxford RFC, The Old Anchor and The Seven Stars all seem to be enjoying their season so far with the first two winning 5-1 last week and The Seven Stars scoring a maximum 6 points and The White Hart B another side new to the league this year were also winners on the night.

Worth mentioning that we have a player from the G section in the Top 20 doll average list, well done

The league tables are beginning to take shape despite one or two of the league leaders being pegged back last week and next week we will have a fuller review of the season as we will have reached the halfway stage and also, unbelievably, the point of the year when the nights start to draw in!!

Don’t forget Sunday at Abingdon United and it’s still not too late to enter! Friday evening is your final, final cut off for any “stragglers”

Summer 2026 Week 8 Top 20 Players per Section

By Paul Stone on 22nd June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Top 20 Players by Section
section	ranking	player_name	team_name	average	games_played
Prem	1	David Dix	Abingdon Conservative Club	4.14	7
A	2	Dean Bowler	Red Lion Drayton A	3.33	6
Prem	3	Paul Barrett	Abingdon Conservative Club	3.29	8
Prem	4	Richard Jones	Berinsfield SC A	3.25	8
A	5	Colin Brind (S)	Steventon Sports SC A	3.24	7
A	6	Robert Glen	Stanford-in-the-Vale FC	2.9	7
Prem	7	Stuart Wilson	Berinsfield SC A	2.89	6
Prem	8	Alan Bell	Croft Nomads	2.83	8
Prem	9	Barry Townsend	Croft Nomads	2.76	7
Prem	10	Steven Martin (C)	Abingdon United A	2.76	7
Prem	11	Chris Jenkins	Croft Nomads	2.75	8
Prem	12	Phil Adams	Abingdon Conservative Club	2.75	4
Prem	13	Jack Hawkins	Berinsfield SC A	2.72	6
Prem	14	Ian Brook (S)	Croft Nomads	2.71	8
Prem	15	Terry Downes	Plum Pudding	2.71	8
A	16	Scott Humphries	Steventon Sports SC A	2.67	7
A	17	Derek Fletcher	Steventon Sports SC A	2.63	8
Prem	18	Jason Bowler	Abingdon United A	2.62	7
Prem	19	Steve Enock (C)	Croft Nomads	2.58	8
Prem	20	David Mott	Abingdon United A	2.56	6
B	1	Jeremy Brandish	The Vine	2.61	6
B	2	Derrick Brown	WADS Bar A	2.6	5
B	3	Dan Hamilton	The Vine	2.54	8
B	4	Paul Ealey (S)	Abingdon RBL	2.5	8
B	5	Matt Dingle	The Vine	2.44	3
B	6	Stephen J Fisher	Royal Oak Didcot	2.33	4
B	7	John Pownceby	The Vine	2.29	7
B	8	Russell Flower	Fleur De Lys B	2.24	7
B	9	Paul Topping	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.22	3
B	10	Darryl Justice	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.21	8
B	11	Nick Ridge	The Croft Bar	2.2	5
B	12	Joe Hamilton	The Vine	2.17	6
B	13	Kevin Sanders (C&S)	The Plough W.Hanney	2.08	8
B	14	Stephen Lambert	The Fox Denchworth	2.04	8
B	15	Ethan Taylor	The Vine	2	7
B	16	Jono Warrell	Abingdon Utd C	2	7
B	17	Mark Brind	The Plough W.Hanney	2	7
B	18	Richard Wilsden	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2	7
B	19	Dan Foulks (C)	WADS Bar A	2	6
B	20	David Bartlett (C)	Fleur De Lys B	2	6
C	1	Liam Brooks	The Bell Grove B	2.48	7
C	2	Andrew Stoter	Grove RFC	2.38	7
C	3	Andrew Wilson	The Plough Long Wittenham	2.33	7
C	4	Dave Collett	The Plough Long Wittenham	2.33	6
C	5	Keith Ricketts	Marcham Centre A	2.33	1
C	6	John Corcoran	Fleur De Lys A	2.22	3
C	7	Andrew Luker (C)	Grove RFC	2.19	7
C	8	Tom Ricketts	Marcham Centre A	2.19	7
C	9	Danny Towlerton	Fleur De Lys A	2.17	6
C	10	Brian Boseley (C)	Marcham Centre A	2.17	4
C	11	Gary Daluz Veira	Harwellian B	2.17	4
C	12	Matthew Cook	The Boundary House	2.14	7
C	13	Jack Rhodes	Marcham Centre A	2.13	5
C	14	Mike Phipps	Waggon and Horses	2.11	6
C	15	Simon Skelly	Fleur De Lys A	2.11	6
C	16	Clive Brooks	The Bell Grove B	2.07	5
C	17	Dennis Smith	Waggon and Horses	2.07	5
C	18	Steve Soden	The Earl of Abingdon B	2	7
C	19	Darren Sargison	Fleur De Lys A	2	6
C	20	Dave Kidd	Waggon and Horses	2	5
D	1	Steve Browning	The Bell Grove A	3	5
D	2	Rory Mangan	The Fox Boars Hill	2.53	5
D	3	Matt Davies	WADS Bar B	2.33	1
D	4	Dave Harris (C)	Prince of Wales Shippon	2.28	6
D	5	Declan O’Neill	The Earl of Abingdon A	2.22	3
D	6	Dan Essen	The Fox Boars Hill	2.19	7
D	7	Steve Fernback (C&S)	The Fox Boars Hill	2.19	7
D	8	Tom Swinney	The Bell Grove A	2.14	7
D	9	Derek Newman	WADS Bar B	2.04	8
D	10	Ian Matten	The Fox Boars Hill	2	7
D	11	Michael Rainbow	Long Wittenham AC	2	5
D	12	Shaun Dominic	Prince of Wales Shippon	2	5
D	13	Mark Newman (S)	Prince of Wales Shippon	2	3
D	14	John Mackay (C&S)	WADS Bar B	1.96	8
D	15	Mick Brown (C)	The Earl of Abingdon A	1.95	7
D	16	Rick Selby	The College Oak B	1.95	7
D	17	Jimmy Lister	North Star	1.9	7
D	18	Kieran Murphy (C)	Long Wittenham AC	1.9	7
D	19	Steve Weeks	The Bell Grove A	1.88	8
D	20	Craig Rodgers	The Earl of Abingdon A	1.86	7
E	1	Jerry Salmon	Eight Bells Eaton	2.22	6
E	2	Tyrone McGill (C)	The Ladygrove	2.22	3
E	3	Andrew Farrant	Eight Bells Eaton	2.17	4
E	4	John Gould (C&S)	Red Lion Drayton B	2	6
E	5	Paul Taylor	Eight Bells Eaton	2	5
E	6	Jason Greenaway	Berinsfield SC B	2	3
E	7	Pete Fryett (C)	The Midget @Roaring Raindrop	1.89	6
E	8	Spencer Walton	Berinsfield SC B	1.89	6
E	9	Nick Hill	The Crown Marcham A	1.87	5
E	10	Kai Dean	The Lamb Wantage B	1.83	4
E	11	Paul Smith	Eight Bells Eaton	1.83	4
E	12	Gareth Thomas (C)	Berinsfield SC B	1.83	2
E	13	Paul Alder	The Crown Marcham A	1.8	5
E	14	Richard Carter	The Midget @Roaring Raindrop	1.8	5
E	15	Shaun Hamilton (C&S)	Hanney RBL	1.75	4
E	16	Richard Farmer (C)	Challow and Childrey CC	1.71	7
E	17	Robert Bartholomew	The Lamb Wantage B	1.71	7
E	18	John Talbot	Red Lion Drayton B	1.67	6
E	19	Barry Sutton	Hanney RBL	1.67	5
E	20	Darren Saunders	The Ladygrove	1.67	4
F	1	Dean Cheshire	Queens Arms Didcot	2.42	4
F	2	Matthew Heritage	The Brewery Tap	2.33	3
F	3	Ian Cooksley	Harwellian A	2.19	7
F	4	Kenny Moore	The Brewery Tap	2.17	2
F	5	Ben Newman	The George Sutton Courtenay	2.06	6
F	6	Nathan Hamilton	The George Sutton Courtenay	2	6
F	7	Jonathan Hutt	The Brewery Tap	1.93	5
F	8	Sam Coughlan	The Crown Marcham B	1.93	5
F	9	Woody Reizner (C)	Harwellian A	1.89	6
F	10	Doreen Richens	The Lamb Wantage A	1.78	3
F	11	Keith Smith	The George Sutton Courtenay	1.75	4
F	12	Colin Scrivens	The Lamb Wantage A	1.67	8
F	13	Ashley Jerome	Harwellian A	1.67	6
F	14	Joe Moxon (C)	RAL SC	1.67	6
F	15	Nick Moore	RAL SC	1.67	4
F	16	Nick Pearce	The Brewery Tap	1.67	2
F	17	Ian Northover	The Brewery Tap	1.67	1
F	18	Denzil Uffington	The Lamb Wantage A	1.6	5
F	19	Ian Kelly	The George Sutton Courtenay	1.57	7
F	20	Paul Tredea	The White Hart Harwell A	1.57	7
G	1	Ben Green	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	2.62	7
G	2	Adey Green	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	2.33	3
G	3	Max Wheatley	Oxford RFC	1.95	7
G	4	Peter Brooke	The White Hart Harwell B	1.92	4
G	5	Steve Knight	The White Hart Harwell B	1.89	3
G	6	Gary Kaveaney	The Old Anchor	1.83	4
G	7	Craig Watts	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.8	5
G	8	Patrick Sear	The Plough Appleton	1.78	3
G	9	Dale Oram	The Old Anchor	1.71	7
G	10	David Frankum	The Old Anchor	1.71	7
G	11	Andy Rainer	The Red Lion Northmoor	1.67	7
G	12	Jon Steele (C)	The Old Anchor	1.67	7
G	13	Paul Parlett	The White Hart Harwell B	1.67	2
G	14	Jim Barker	The White Hart Harwell B	1.56	6
G	15	Sean Farrington	The White Hart Harwell B	1.56	3
G	16	Tony Shayler	The Red Lion Northmoor	1.56	3
G	17	Matthew Jelley (C)	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.52	7
G	18	Gareth Wyatt	Oxford RFC	1.48	7
G	19	Adam Sandford	The Black Swan	1.47	5
G	20	Julian Morgan-Barrett	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.44	6

Summer 2026 Week 8 Results

By Paul Stone on 22nd June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 4 – College Oak A 2; Legs (27-14, 18-25, 19-14)

P/A – Abingdon United A 1 – Berinsfield SC A 5; Legs (19-19, 17-22, 20-23)

P/A – Croft Nomads 1 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 5; Legs (18-18, 16-19, 15-20)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 6 – Red Lion Drayton A 0; Legs (20-19, 24-16, 26-23)

P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2 – Plum Pudding 4; Legs (15-19, 15-26, 20-17)

B – Royal Oak Didcot 1 – Abingdon RBL 5; Legs (11-11, 12-13, 11-14)

B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 4 – Fleur De Lys B 2; Legs (8-11, 16-12, 16-15)

B – The Fox Denchworth 0 – The Croft Bar 6; Legs (10-17, 12-15, 6-14)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 3 – Abingdon Utd C 3; Legs (13-17, 13-13, 17-14)

B – WADS Bar A 4 – The Vine 2; Legs (10-20, 15-14, 23-11)

C – Fleur De Lys A 4 – Marcham Centre A 2; Legs (11-16, 18-14, 21-15)

C – Grove RFC 4 – The Earl of Abingdon B 2; Legs (14-7, 17-15, 13-17)

C – The Boundary House 6 – Harwellian B 0; Legs (12-7, 11-6, 13-11)

C – The Plough Long Wittenham 1 – The Bell Grove B 5; Legs (10-10, 14-16, 9-12)

D – North Star 3 – Prince of Wales Shippon 3; Legs (9-10, 15-11, 11-11)

D – The Bell Grove A 2 – Steventon Sports SC B 4; Legs (9-12, 13-8, 8-11)

D – The College Oak B 2 – Long Wittenham AC 4; Legs (4-15, 8-10, 11-8)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 6 – WADS Bar B 0; Legs (13-9, 14-12, 17-9)

D – The Fox Boars Hill 3 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 3; Legs (6-10, 10-10, 15-6)

E – Berinsfield SC B 0 – Eight Bells Eaton 6; Legs (5-13, 6-13, 8-9)

E – Hanney RBL 2 – The Ladygrove 4; Legs (10-8, 10-13, 12-13)

E – Red Lion Drayton B 3 – The Lamb Wantage B 3; Legs (10-11, 11-10, 7-7)

F – Harwellian A 2 – The George Sutton Courtenay 4; Legs (8-11, 11-9, 6-15)

F – RAL SC 0 – The White Hart Harwell A 6; Legs (6-10, 6-15, 7-8)

F – The Lamb Wantage A 2 – The Crown Marcham B 4; Legs (4-10, 9-9, 6-6)

G – Oxford RFC 5 – The Red Lion Northmoor 1; Legs (9-3, 9-9, 8-5)

G – The Plough Appleton 1 – The Old Anchor 5; Legs (7-8, 9-9, 5-9)

G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 6 – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 0; Legs (17-5, 11-9, 13-3)

G – The White Hart Harwell B 4 – The Black Swan 2; Legs (11-9, 10-9, 9-10)

Blobbers

Adam Challenger (The Plough Long Wittenham), Adrian Carey (The Plough Appleton), Alanah Watson-Harrison (The Lamb Wantage B), Ant Preston (WADS Bar B), Caroline Baker (Red Lion Drayton B), David Baker (Harwellian B), Hannah Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Jenny Lister (Prince of Wales Shippon), Joe Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton), John Colgrave (North Star), Nick Blacow (The George Sutton Courtenay), Pete Hogan (C) (The Lamb Wantage A), Raj Ram (The Red Lion Northmoor), Richard Clarkson (Long Wittenham AC), Sean Smith (Oxford RFC), Sid Smith (Berinsfield SC B), Simon Hedges (The Red Lion Northmoor), Tess Beasant (The Black Horse E.Hanney A), Trevor Pannell (S) (The Horse and Jockey Stanford).

Sixers

David Dix (Abingdon Conservative Club), Dean Bowler (Red Lion Drayton A), Mick Neal (The Earl of Abingdon A), Tom Lach (Abingdon Conservative Club).

Fivers

Andy Hallett (C) 5-2-2 (The Croft Bar) – Week 8

Ben Green 5-3-4 (The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon) – Week 8

David Dix 5-5-6 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 8

Dean Costar 1-5-3 (The Earl of Abingdon B) – Week 8

Derek Fletcher 3-3-5 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 8

John Mackay (C&S) 1-3-5 (WADS Bar B) – Week 8

Matthew Rushton 2-3-5 (Fleur De Lys B) – Week 8

Richard Jones 2-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 8

Robert Glen 1-2-5 (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC) – Week 8

Stuart Wilson 3-2-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 8

Terry Downes 2-5-2 (Plum Pudding) – Week 8

Week 7 review

By Roger Nichols on 15th June 2026 in Newsletter

An interesting week’s Aunt Sally brought a few surprise results and now, more than a third of the way through the league season the sections are starting to take shape. To date there are clear leaders in every section with The Fox, Boars Hill in section D having achieved the most points to date with 35 from a possible 42.

Before I lead us into a review of last week’s game I would just like to put out a few reminders. Firstly it is the late Tony Ward’s funera this coming with a service at South Oxfordshire Crematorium at 1pm on Friday followed with a gathering of friends and family at the Abingdon RBL club where it is suggested that an impromptu game of Aunt Sally may take place.

The second reminder is that this week amany games have been re-arranged to enable the much anticipated England v Croatia can be watched by all. Many matches have been re-arranged for an alternative night this week, some teams have arranged early start times and some matches have been postponed to a later date (remember that these postponed need to be completed as soon as possible, with the date mutually agreed between the teams and played, ideally by the end of this month). For games NOT played this week the match cards will not be able to be entered online so a copy (photo) will need to be sent to me to enter as the week number will be incorrect and compromise the online scoring system.

My thir reminder is that the Competitions for the Singles, Pairs, Captains and Secretaries will take place at Abingdon United a week next Sunday (28th) at Abingdon United FC. Entry levels are, disappointingly down on last year for each of the competitions. We can and will continueto accept entries until this weekend, but NO LATER. Tjhe only reason for extending the date is simply we want all of the competitions to be both as well supported as possible and as competitive as has been the case in recent years which have produced more than a few big surprises.

My final reminder is that games that have been postponed already this season with the teams agreeing to re-arrange. These games do need to be re-arranged on a mutually agreed date and that date confirmed otherwise the original defaulting side will, unfortunately lose the points as the original postponement was down to them. Whatever the re-arrangement needs to be as early as possible and within the scheduled 18 week season.

Well that’s enough reminders it’s time to turn our attention back to last week! In the Premier section Abingdon Con Club recorded, after a poor start to the season, their third successive victory beating The Wheatsheaf 6-0. It is the first time that Dave Dix and Phil Adams have both been in the line up for the Con Club and it was Dixey who led the way, including another maximum in his 12 doll haul, Phil back from his most recent surgery contributed 11 dolls of his own. The reigning 2025 champions are now 3 points clear at the top of the Premier.

Berinsfield whose season started with 5 successive wins suffered their second successive defeat going down 4-2 to Croft Nomads who, themselves recovered from 2 successive losses. For the Nomads Ian Brook was the second maximum scorer of the week hitting a leg maximum and 12 dolls overall. Alan Bell weighed in with 10 dolls and both Chris Jenkins and Barry Townsend hit 5’s for the Croft. Jack Hawkins was best for the home side with 9 dolls and Richard Jones also had a 5 doll first leg

Elsewhere in the Premier/A section Steventon Sports leading the A section were surprising losers to The College Oak despite Colin Brind hitting 14 dolls the highest score of the night, Plum Pudding and Abingdon United shared the points at Milton Jason Bowler with 10 dolls for United and with a season’s best of 9 dolls, Dave Bradshaw for the Plum top scored on the night.

In the B section the points were shared between The Vine and near neighbours The Bear & Ragged Staff. John Pownceby afor the Vine and Richard Wilsdon for teh Bear both landed 10 dolls apiece. Abingdon RBL were 4-2 victors over the WADS Bar A and the Fleur de Lys were too strong on the night with a 6-0 result against The Fox who returned to Denchworth with their tails between their legs.

The Croft Bar had a good 5-1 return over visitors The Plough Wittenham with Nick Ridge and Kevin Luck top scoring for the home side.

What was particularly noticeable in the B section last weekwas that other than the Cumnor derby overall individual and team scoring in this section appeared to be significantly lower than normal.

By comparison, the C section produced some good individual and team scoring. Both Brian Boseley and Andrew Wilson both hit double figures, “Bose” in his side’s Marcham Centre A 4-2 victory over the Boundary House and Andrew in The Plough’s 4-2 defeat by The Earl A for whom skipper Mick Brown top scored with 9.

In the C section Grove RFC were beaten for the first time in this season going down 4-2 at the Harwellian and there were wins in the d section for The Prince of Wales with Dave Harris leading the way with 9 dolls, The Fox, Boars Hill who took their unbeaten start to the season into week 8 with a 4-2 result against Long Wittenham AC. The Bell Grove’s Steve Browning had another good week with 10 dolls helping his side to a 4-2 win against WADS B and in the same section the Earl A defeated the Black Horse A 6-0

Summer 2026 Week 7 – Top 20 Players by Average per Section

By Paul Stone on 15th June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

section	ranking	player_name	team_name	average	games_played
Prem	1	David Dix	Abingdon Conservative Club	3.94	6
Prem	2	Paul Barrett	Abingdon Conservative Club	3.24	7
Prem	3	Richard Jones	Berinsfield SC A	3.24	7
A	4	Colin Brind (S)	Steventon Sports SC A	3.22	6
A	5	Dean Bowler	Red Lion Drayton A	3.20	5
Prem	6	Phil Adams	Abingdon Conservative Club	3.11	3
A	7	Robert Glen	Stanford-in-the-Vale FC	2.94	6
Prem	8	Alan Bell	Croft Nomads	2.90	7
Prem	9	Barry Townsend	Croft Nomads	2.83	6
Prem	10	Jack Hawkins	Berinsfield SC A	2.80	5
Prem	11	Stuart Wilson	Berinsfield SC A	2.80	5
Prem	12	Chris Jenkins	Croft Nomads	2.76	7
Prem	13	Ian Brook (S)	Croft Nomads	2.71	7
Prem	14	Leigh Clapton	Abingdon Conservative Club	2.67	7
Prem	15	Terry Downes	Plum Pudding	2.67	7
Prem	16	Jason Bowler	Abingdon United A	2.67	6
A	17	Scott Humphries	Steventon Sports SC A	2.67	6
Prem	18	Steven Martin (C)	Abingdon United A	2.67	6
Prem	19	Steve Enock (C)	Croft Nomads	2.57	7
Prem	20	David Mott	Abingdon United A	2.53	5
B	1	Matt Dingle	The Vine	3.17	2
B	2	Jeremy Brandish	The Vine	2.60	5
B	3	Derrick Brown	WADS Bar A	2.50	4
B	4	Dan Hamilton	The Vine	2.48	7
B	5	Paul Ealey (S)	Abingdon RBL	2.48	7
B	6	Stephen J Fisher	Royal Oak Didcot	2.33	4
B	7	John Pownceby	The Vine	2.28	6
B	8	Russell Flower	Fleur De Lys B	2.22	6
B	9	Paul Topping	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.22	3
B	10	Darryl Justice	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.19	7
B	11	Richard Wilsden	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.17	6
B	12	Jono Warrell	Abingdon Utd C	2.11	6
B	13	Stephen Lambert	The Fox Denchworth	2.10	7
B	14	Nick Ridge	The Croft Bar	2.08	4
B	15	David Bartlett (C)	Fleur De Lys B	2.07	5
B	16	Joe Hamilton	The Vine	2.07	5
B	17	Ethan Taylor	The Vine	2.06	6
B	18	Kevin Sanders (C&S)	The Plough W.Hanney	2.05	7
B	19	Mark McCracken	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.00	6
B	20	Bob Faulkner	The Bear and Ragged Staff	2.00	2
C	1	Liam Brooks	The Bell Grove B	2.56	6
C	2	Brian Boseley (C)	Marcham Centre A	2.56	3
C	3	Gary Daluz Veira	Harwellian B	2.44	3
C	4	Andrew Wilson	The Plough Long Wittenham	2.33	6
C	5	Keith Ricketts	Marcham Centre A	2.33	1
C	6	Andrew Stoter	Grove RFC	2.28	6
C	7	Dave Collett	The Plough Long Wittenham	2.27	5
C	8	Andrew Luker (C)	Grove RFC	2.22	6
C	9	Tom Ricketts	Marcham Centre A	2.22	6
C	10	John Corcoran	Fleur De Lys A	2.22	3
C	11	Mark O’Neill	Grove RFC	2.11	6
C	12	Mike Phipps	Waggon and Horses	2.11	6
C	13	Clive Brooks	The Bell Grove B	2.08	4
C	14	Jack Rhodes	Marcham Centre A	2.08	4
C	15	Dennis Smith	Waggon and Horses	2.07	5
C	16	Matthew Cook	The Boundary House	2.06	6
C	17	Billy Collett (C)	The Plough Long Wittenham	2.00	6
C	18	Steve Soden	The Earl of Abingdon B	2.00	6
C	19	Danny Towlerton	Fleur De Lys A	2.00	5
C	20	Dave Kidd	Waggon and Horses	2.00	5
D	1	Steve Browning	The Bell Grove A	3.17	4
D	2	Rory Mangan	The Fox Boars Hill	2.53	5
D	3	Steve Fernback (C&S)	The Fox Boars Hill	2.33	6
D	4	Matt Davies	WADS Bar B	2.33	1
D	5	Tom Swinney	The Bell Grove A	2.22	6
D	6	Declan O’Neill	The Earl of Abingdon A	2.22	3
D	7	Dan Essen	The Fox Boars Hill	2.17	6
D	8	Dave Harris (C)	Prince of Wales Shippon	2.13	5
D	9	Mick Brown (C)	The Earl of Abingdon A	2.11	6
D	10	Michael Rainbow	Long Wittenham AC	2.08	4
D	11	Derek Newman	WADS Bar B	2.05	7
D	12	Ian Matten	The Fox Boars Hill	2.00	6
D	13	Shaun Dominic	Prince of Wales Shippon	2.00	5
D	14	Mark Newman (S)	Prince of Wales Shippon	2.00	3
D	15	Rick Selby	The College Oak B	1.95	7
D	16	Scott Hetherington	The Bell Grove A	1.94	6
D	17	Steve Weeks	The Bell Grove A	1.86	7
D	18	Kieran Murphy (C)	Long Wittenham AC	1.83	6
D	19	Wayne Waldron	The Earl of Abingdon A	1.83	6
D	20	Martin Neal	The Earl of Abingdon A	1.83	2
E	1	Jerry Salmon	Eight Bells Eaton	2.33	5
E	2	Andrew Farrant	Eight Bells Eaton	2.22	3
E	3	John Gould (C&S)	Red Lion Drayton B	2.20	5
E	4	Jason Greenaway	Berinsfield SC B	2.00	3
E	5	Paul Smith	Eight Bells Eaton	2.00	3
E	6	Shaun Hamilton (C&S)	Hanney RBL	2.00	3
E	7	Gareth Thomas (C)	Berinsfield SC B	2.00	1
E	8	Paul Taylor	Eight Bells Eaton	1.92	4
E	9	Pete Fryett (C)	The Midget @Roaring Raindrop	1.89	6
E	10	Spencer Walton	Berinsfield SC B	1.89	6
E	11	Nick Hill	The Crown Marcham A	1.87	5
E	12	Robert Bartholomew	The Lamb Wantage B	1.83	6
E	13	Kai Dean	The Lamb Wantage B	1.83	4
E	14	Tyrone McGill (C)	The Ladygrove	1.83	2
E	15	Paul Alder	The Crown Marcham A	1.80	5
E	16	Richard Carter	The Midget @Roaring Raindrop	1.80	5
E	17	John Talbot	Red Lion Drayton B	1.73	5
E	18	Richard Farmer (C)	Challow and Childrey CC	1.71	7
E	19	Barry Sutton	Hanney RBL	1.67	4
E	20	John Thomas (S)	Berinsfield SC B	1.67	4
F	1	Dean Cheshire	Queens Arms Didcot	2.42	4
F	2	Matthew Heritage	The Brewery Tap	2.33	3
F	3	Ben Newman	The George Sutton Courtenay	2.27	5
F	4	Ian Cooksley	Harwellian A	2.22	6
F	5	Kenny Moore	The Brewery Tap	2.17	2
F	6	Woody Reizner (C)	Harwellian A	2.13	5
F	7	Nathan Hamilton	The George Sutton Courtenay	2.00	5
F	8	Jonathan Hutt	The Brewery Tap	1.93	5
F	9	Sam Coughlan	The Crown Marcham B	1.93	5
F	10	Nick Moore	RAL SC	1.89	3
F	11	Joe Moxon (C)	RAL SC	1.87	5
F	12	Denzil Uffington	The Lamb Wantage A	1.83	4
F	13	Ian Kelly	The George Sutton Courtenay	1.78	6
F	14	Doreen Richens	The Lamb Wantage A	1.78	3
F	15	Colin Scrivens	The Lamb Wantage A	1.76	7
F	16	Ashley Jerome	Harwellian A	1.67	6
F	17	Alan Wherry	The White Hart Harwell A	1.67	2
F	18	Nick Pearce	The Brewery Tap	1.67	2
F	19	Ian Northover	The Brewery Tap	1.67	1
F	20	Simon Williams	The Crown Marcham B	1.58	4
G	1	Ben Green	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	2.39	6
G	2	Adey Green	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	2.33	3
G	3	Peter Brooke	The White Hart Harwell B	2.22	3
G	4	Steve Knight	The White Hart Harwell B	2.17	2
G	5	Max Wheatley	Oxford RFC	2.00	6
G	6	Andy Rainer	The Red Lion Northmoor	1.83	6
G	7	David Frankum	The Old Anchor	1.83	6
G	8	Gary Kaveaney	The Old Anchor	1.83	4
G	9	Patrick Sear	The Plough Appleton	1.78	3
G	10	Jon Steele (C)	The Old Anchor	1.72	6
G	11	Dale Oram	The Old Anchor	1.67	6
G	12	Paul Parlett	The White Hart Harwell B	1.67	2
G	13	Craig Watts	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.58	4
G	14	Matthew Jelley (C)	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.56	6
G	15	Tony Shayler	The Red Lion Northmoor	1.56	3
G	16	Jim Barker	The White Hart Harwell B	1.53	5
G	17	Gareth Wyatt	Oxford RFC	1.50	6
G	18	Steve Hardwick	Oxford RFC	1.50	4
G	19	Julian Morgan-Barrett	The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon	1.44	6
G	20	Liam Priest (C)	Oxford RFC	1.43	7

Summer 2026 Week 7 Results

By Paul Stone on 15th June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 2 – Croft Nomads 4; Legs (20-17, 20-22, 13-24)

P/A – Plum Pudding 2 – Abingdon United A 4; Legs (17-24, 16-23, 25-15)

P/A – College Oak A 4 – Steventon Sports SC A 2; Legs (16-25, 25-22, 20-17)

P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 0 – Abingdon Conservative Club 6; Legs (16-19, 17-19, 14-19)

B – Abingdon RBL 4 – WADS Bar A 2; Legs (13-11, 17-10, 8-14)

B – Abingdon Utd C 2 – Royal Oak Didcot 4; Legs (8-16, 12-8, 12-14)

B – Fleur De Lys B 6 – The Fox Denchworth 0; Legs (11-8, 11-8, 18-11)

B – The Croft Bar 5 – The Plough W.Hanney 1; Legs (10-10, 15-6, 11-10)

B – The Vine 3 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 3; Legs (21-20, 17-17, 17-18)

C – Harwellian B 0 – Grove RFC 6; Legs (10-16, 13-17, 14-16)

C – Marcham Centre A 4 – The Boundary House 2; Legs (17-13, 9-11, 19-17)

C – The Bell Grove B 3 – Waggon and Horses 3; Legs (12-12, 7-11, 13-11)

C – The Earl of Abingdon B 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2; Legs (14-9, 16-15, 12-15)

D – Long Wittenham AC 1 – The Fox Boars Hill 5; Legs (11-11, 9-13, 9-10)

D – Prince of Wales Shippon 6 – The College Oak B 0; Legs (11-9, 11-9, 15-9)

D – Steventon Sports SC B 4 – North Star 2; Legs (11-6, 9-11, 9-6)

D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 0 – The Earl of Abingdon A 6; Legs (8-18, 10-12, 10-17)

D – WADS Bar B 2 – The Bell Grove A 4; Legs (11-13, 15-14, 11-16)

E – Eight Bells Eaton 1 – Red Lion Drayton B 5; Legs (12-12, 13-14, 11-12)

E – The Ladygrove 2 – The Crown Marcham A 4; Legs (14-11, 10-11, 10-15)

E – The Lamb Wantage B 3 – Challow and Childrey CC 3; Legs (10-10, 13-13, 10-10)

E – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 4 – Berinsfield SC B 2; Legs (10-12, 12-8, 16-3)

F – The Crown Marcham B 2 – Harwellian A 4; Legs (13-10, 10-16, 9-12)

F – The George Sutton Courtenay 5 – Marcham Centre B 1; Legs (6-6, 10-8, 10-9)

F – The White Hart Harwell A 0 – The Lamb Wantage A 6; Legs (5-8, 12-13, 9-10)

G – The Black Swan 6 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0; Legs (4-1, 10-8, 8-7)

G – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 5 – The Plough Appleton 1; Legs (5-5, 8-6, 9-3)

G – The Old Anchor 4 – Oxford RFC 2; Legs (11-10, 15-6, 10-12)

G – The Red Lion Northmoor 0 – The White Hart Harwell B 6; Legs (8-10, 4-11, 9-11)

Blobbers

Angela Barry (Harwellian A), Clive Filer (Berinsfield SC B), George Walters (Steventon Sports SC B), Joe Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton), Liz Dowthwaite (The Plough Appleton), Mackenzie Godfrey (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC), Max Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Nick Blacow (The George Sutton Courtenay), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Rhys Lewis (The Plough Appleton), Richard Clarkson (Long Wittenham AC), Steve Salter (The Lamb Wantage A), Tez Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton), Toby Merridan (C) (The Red Lion Northmoor).

Sixers

David Dix (Abingdon Conservative Club), Ian Brook (S) (Croft Nomads).

Fivers

Barry Townsend 2-5-2 (Croft Nomads) – Week 7

Chris Jenkins 3-1-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 7

Colin Brind (S) 5-5-4 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 7

Colin Scrivens 2-5-1 (The Lamb Wantage A) – Week 7

Darryl Justice 1-5-2 (The Bear and Ragged Staff) – Week 7

Jack Hawkins 5-3-1 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 7

Jason Bowler 3-5-2 (Abingdon United A) – Week 7

Martin Manion (S) 5-0-2 (The Vine) – Week 7

Mick Brown (C) 5-1-2 (The Earl of Abingdon A) – Week 7

Richard Jones 5-2-2 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 7

Richard Whittaker 2-2-5 (Marcham Centre A) – Week 7

Richard Wilsden 2-5-3 (The Bear and Ragged Staff) – Week 7

Steve Weeks 1-5-2 (The Bell Grove A) – Week 7

Steven Martin (C) 4-5-1 (Abingdon United A) – Week 7

Woody Reizner (C) 2-5-3 (Harwellian A) – Week 7

Summer 2026 Week 6 Results

By Paul Stone on 8th June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 6 – Berinsfield SC A 0; Legs (20-19, 19-15, 18-16)

P/A – Croft Nomads 2 – Plum Pudding 4; Legs (15-22, 18-15, 14-21)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton A 0 – College Oak A 6; Legs (16-17, 19-22, 19-22)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 4 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 2; Legs (17-19, 24-19, 30-21)

P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 3 – Abingdon United A 3; Legs (14-21, 18-17, 19-19)

B – Abingdon Utd C 2 – The Croft Bar 4; Legs (13-10, 8-13, 8-11)

B – Royal Oak Didcot 2 – WADS Bar A 4; Legs (8-12, 12-8, 8-9)

B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2 – Abingdon RBL 4; Legs (15-11, 12-15, 9-11)

B – The Fox Denchworth 1 – The Vine 5; Legs (16-16, 8-16, 11-19)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 4 – Fleur De Lys B 2; Legs (17-14, 11-15, 12-4)

C – Fleur De Lys A 2 – The Bell Grove B 4; Legs (16-8, 11-17, 8-10)

C – Grove RFC 3 – The Plough Long Wittenham 3; Legs (9-12, 10-10, 11-9)

C – Harwellian B 2 – Marcham Centre A 4; Legs (11-14, 10-13, 7-5)

C – Waggon and Horses 2 – The Earl of Abingdon B 4; Legs (12-16, 20-13, 11-12)

D – The Bell Grove A 6 – North Star 0; Legs (11-9, 16-10, 13-7)

D – The College Oak B 6 – Steventon Sports SC B 0; Legs (13-11, 9-8, 16-10)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 4 – Long Wittenham AC 2; Legs (16-9, 12-14, 14-7)

D – The Fox Boars Hill 4 – Prince of Wales Shippon 2; Legs (13-10, 18-13, 11-14)

D – WADS Bar B 4 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 2; Legs (9-8, 12-6, 13-14)

E – Berinsfield SC B 3 – Red Lion Drayton B 3; Legs (13-13, 12-11, 7-11)

E – Challow and Childrey CC 2 – Eight Bells Eaton 4; Legs (6-10, 18-8, 8-9)

E – Hanney RBL 0 – The Lamb Wantage B 6; Legs (7-11, 9-10, 6-10)

E – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 5 – The Ladygrove 1; Legs (11-8, 9-8, 8-8)

F – Marcham Centre B 4 – The Crown Marcham B 2; Legs (9-9, 11-11, 16-6)

F – The Brewery Tap 6 – The George Sutton Courtenay 0; Legs (10-9, 13-9, 7-5)

F – The Lamb Wantage A 3 – Harwellian A 3; Legs (6-6, 9-10, 11-6)

F – The White Hart Harwell A 1 – Queens Arms Didcot 5; Legs (9-9, 11-12, 7-12)

G – Oxford RFC 6 – The White Hart Harwell B 0; Legs (9-7, 12-11, 10-9)

G – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0 – The Red Lion Northmoor 6; Legs (6-7, 5-12, 4-7)

G – The Old Anchor 6 – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 0; Legs (8-6, 8-3, 10-9)

G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 6 – The Black Swan 0; Legs (13-10, 11-7, 8-6)

Blobbers

Adam Hopcraft (The Crown Marcham B), Alan Jensen (The Plough Long Wittenham), Chris Judkins (Hanney RBL), Clive Filer (Berinsfield SC B), Dawn Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Gary Smith (Hanney RBL), Graham Jelley (The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon), Justin New (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Ken Smith (The Old Anchor), Lizzie Hines (The Red Lion Northmoor), Matt Hill (Steventon Sports SC B), Michael Barry (Harwellian A), Paul Davies (The Crown Marcham B), Peter Haydon (The Black Horse E.Hanney A), Richard Cook (Harwellian A), Sharon Hayward (C) (The White Hart Harwell A), Terry Doughty (Harwellian A), Tim Dalby (The George Sutton Courtenay).

Once again no sixers this week so here are the best of the rest.

Fivers

Andy Morton 1-3-5 (Abingdon United A) – Week 6

Colin Brind (S) 3-3-5 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 6

Dan Hamilton 3-4-5 (The Vine) – Week 6

David Dix 5-4-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 6

Jimmy Lister 1-5-1 (North Star) – Week 6

Joe Hamilton 2-5-1 (The Vine) – Week 6

Richard Farmer (C) 1-5-3 (Challow and Childrey CC) – Week 6

Terry Downes 3-3-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 6

Week 6 Summary

By Roger Nichols on 8th June 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Last year’s Premier division champions were able to field a full strength side for the first time and narrowed the gap to just 1 point with a 6-0 win against current leaders Berinsfield with skipper Dave Dix leading the way for the Con Club with 13 dolls ably supported by the returning Phil Adams with 9 dolls and Leigh Clapton weighing in with 9 of his own. Stuart Wilson top scoring for Berinsfield also with 9 dolls.

Croft Nomads, for the second successive week were beaten by a side seeking their first win of the season. This time it was the Plum Pudding for whom Terry Downes led the way with 11 dolls ably supported by Simon Winterbourne and Paul Longford. For the Croft Steve Enock, Martin Robinson and Alan Bell all contibuted in vain with 9 dolls each, but the Croft were let down with Tosh Wooloff having an off night and a truly dismal display by yours truly!

In the A section Steventon Sports had a 4-2 victory over Stanford FC Colin Brind leading the way for Stivie with 11 dolls and the College Oak had a welcome and perhaps surprising maximum points haul against the Red Lion, a loss which means that Steventon Sports retain the lead position from the Lion in the section.

The B section saw wins for league leaders The Vine for whom Danny Hamilton scored 12 (a commendable 3-4-5 flush) in their 5-10 win against The Fox, Denchworth and all of the other fixtures in this section ended in 4-2 wins for the Croft Bar, Abingdon RBL, WADS Bar, and The Plough West Hanney.

The C section produced a 3-3 result with league leaders Grove RFC being matched by The Plough, Long Wittenham which means only 1 p0int separates the top 3 teams in this section again in this section tight games resulted in all the other results ending 4-2.

The D section produced the first win of the season for the College Oak B over Steventon Sports B both without a win in their previous games. The Fox B retained top spot with another 6-0 against The Prince of Wales for whom the climb up to Boars Hill obviously proved too arduous!! Declan O Neill led the Earl of Abingdon A to a 4-2 win over Long Wittenham AC and The Bell Grove A enjoyed a 6-0 win against the North Star for whom Jimmy Lister notched a 5 doll leg. For the Bell both Steve Browning and Tom Swinney hit 9 apiece. Richard Farmer also had a 5 doll leg against the Eight Bells, but it was not enough as the Eight Bells returned to Appleton with 4 points and Jerry Salmon top scorer with 8 dolls. Hanney RBL who have had a good start to their season went down to their first loss against The Lamb B.

The F section saw The George fall to their first loss of the season on their travel to league leaders Brewery Tap whose 32 points is the best in the league to date. The G section saw 4 games played and all resulted in convincing 6-o wins for Oxford RFC, The Red Lion, Northmoor, The Seven Stars, Marsh Baldon and The Old Anchor.

Matches scheduled for Week 8 Wednesday June 17th…… England v Croatia

By Roger Nichols on 7th June 2026 in Newsletter

The England v Croatia World cup group match which kicks off at 9pm (GMT0 on the 17th looks to be the only fixture that really affects or league programme in June and we have received several requests to provide guidance on matches scheduled for that evening as many players will want to watch the game and pubs and clubs showing the game are likely to be very busy early in the evening despite the 9pm kick off. So even if you and your team do not necessarily want to watch the game the fact that it is on will be disruptive to playing Aunt Sally and teams also have to travel and are likely to want to watch the game close to home.

So we have agreed the following options for games scheduled for that evening:-

OPTION 1 An agreed early start time to enable the game to be finished by 8.30, this option is OK if teams are able to start by 6.45 or 7pm at latest and may not be feasible for some because of work commitments/travel time

OPTION 2 Games may be postponed and re-arranged earlier or later that week or on another suitable date but not later than July 1st. Re-arranged games can be on any night of the week or potentially at a weekend.

OPTION 3 (not an option preferred by the Committee, but nevertheless acceptable as a last resort) Games can be conceded and the points awarded equally 3-3.

These are the 3 options that will enable the week 8 fixtures to be fulfilled. It will be left to the respective captains to agree as whatever option is preferred BOTH captains need to agree and should discuss with their team members before confirming the arrangement.

Unfortunately there is no straightforward simple solution as our Wednesday league and team competition season takes us through to mid September.

We ask all Captains to be reasonable, both in proposing and agreeing, to one of these options so that games take place although not necessarily in the week they were scheduled. We will deal with any similar problem in July if, as we hope will be needed and that will only be if England qualify for the last 32 and have to play on Wednesday July 1st.

Any games re-arranged and played before June 14th or after June 21st will not be able to be entered online. Match cards will need to be sent to Team Support or to Roger Nichols for entry and once re-arrangements have been agreed can you let us know again, via team support or myself, what those re-arrangements are.

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