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Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 0 – Plum Pudding 6; Legs (20-23, 20-23, 20-23)

P/A – Croft Nomads 6 – Abingdon United A 0; Legs (19-13, 21-17, 21-20)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton A 6 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 0; Legs (22-17, 19-16, 22-20)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 5 – Berinsfield SC A 1; Legs (17-16, 22-14, 24-24)

P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2 – College Oak A 4; Legs (18-14, 18-23, 18-21)

B – Abingdon Utd C 6 – Fleur De Lys B 0; Legs (11-8, 13-11, 11-10)

B – Royal Oak Didcot 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (21-8, 19-10, 9-12)

B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 1 – WADS Bar A 5; Legs (9-13, 12-13, 11-11)

B – The Fox Denchworth 0 – Abingdon RBL 6; Legs (12-15, 14-16, 10-19)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 0 – The Vine 6; Legs (9-16, 9-19, 14-15)

C – Fleur De Lys A 4 – The Earl of Abingdon B 2; Legs (9-14, 14-9, 11-10)

C – Grove RFC 6 – Marcham Centre A 0; Legs (19-10, 13-9, 16-12)

C – The Boundary House 4 – The Bell Grove B 2; Legs (10-7, 5-10, 16-15)

C – Waggon and Horses 2 – The Plough Long Wittenham 4; Legs (10-12, 14-15, 18-11)

D – The Bell Grove A 4 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 2; Legs (8-6, 9-13, 16-8)

D – The College Oak B 3 – North Star 3; Legs (5-9, 9-9, 13-11)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 3 – Prince of Wales Shippon 3; Legs (12-12, 15-13, 9-15)

D – The Fox Boars Hill 4 – Steventon Sports SC B 2; Legs (17-6, 8-9, 12-7)

D – WADS Bar B 6 – Long Wittenham AC 0; Legs (15-12, 15-7, 20-9)

E – Berinsfield SC B 4 – The Ladygrove 2; Legs (10-8, 11-10, 10-12)

E – Challow and Childrey CC 2 – Red Lion Drayton B 4; Legs (15-16, 11-19, 8-7)

E – Hanney RBL 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (12-13, 13-12, 16-15)

E – The Crown Marcham A 3 – The Lamb Wantage B 3; Legs (9-10, 12-9, 12-12)

F – Marcham Centre B 0 – Harwellian A 6; Legs (6-12, 8-9, 5-14)

F – RAL SC 4 – The George Sutton Courtenay 2; Legs (13-7, 12-10, 9-12)

F – The Brewery Tap 6 – The Crown Marcham B 0; Legs (14-10, 13-8, 11-10)

G – Oxford RFC 6 – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 0; Legs (14-4, 9-5, 7-5)

G – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0 – The White Hart Harwell B 6; Legs (5-12, 7-12, 3-10)

G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 4 – The Red Lion Northmoor 2; Legs (6-7, 9-6, 16-7)

Blobbers

Alanah Watson-Harrison (The Lamb Wantage B), Andy Latimer (North Star), Chris Buxton (Long Wittenham AC), Chris Smith (The Brewery Tap), David Chapman (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Dawn Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Hannah Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), M Claridge (The Black Horse E.Hanney A), Raj Ram (The Red Lion Northmoor), Richard Clarkson (Long Wittenham AC).

Sixers

Barry Townsend (Croft Nomads), Colin Brind (S) (Steventon Sports SC A), Dan Hamilton (The Vine), Mick Neal (The Earl of Abingdon A).

Fivers

Ben Newman 2-1-5 (The George Sutton Courtenay) – Week 14

Charlie Guinan 5-2-1 (The Wheatsheaf Didcot) – Week 14

Dan Essen 5-0-3 (The Fox Boars Hill) – Week 14

Darren Mace 5-2-1 (Red Lion Drayton B) – Week 14

David Dix 5-4-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 14

Gareth Brown 5-3-1 (WADS Bar A) – Week 14

Pat Wiltshire 5-0-1 (Grove RFC) – Week 14

Paul Barrett 3-5-3 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 14

Paul Ealey (S) 3-5-5 (Abingdon RBL) – Week 14

Paul Leach 5-4-3 (Plum Pudding) – Week 14

Stuart Wilson 3-1-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 14

Trevor Hetherington 0-0-5 (The Bell Grove A) – Week 14

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon United A 2 – Abingdon Conservative Club 4; Legs (24-19, 18-23, 24-25)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 2 – Red Lion Drayton A 4; Legs (18-27, 19-25, 24-19)

P/A – Croft Nomads 5 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 1; Legs (20-20, 23-17, 23-20)

P/A – Plum Pudding 0 – Steventon Sports SC A 6; Legs (19-26, 21-22, 20-22)

P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 6 – College Oak A 0; Legs (18-16, 18-16, 21-18)

B – Abingdon RBL 3 – The Plough W.Hanney 3; Legs (11-11, 18-11, 8-12)

B – Fleur De Lys B 2 – The Croft Bar 4; Legs (13-9, 9-10, 8-13)

B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2 – Royal Oak Didcot 4; Legs (13-6, 13-14, 11-13)

B – The Vine 4 – Abingdon Utd C 2; Legs (15-10, 19-12, 15-16)

B – WADS Bar A 4 – The Fox Denchworth 2; Legs (15-6, 13-19, 16-7)

C – The Bell Grove B 2 – Harwellian B 4; Legs (12-14, 18-8, 7-12)

C – The Earl of Abingdon B 5 – The Boundary House 1; Legs (8-6, 10-10, 14-8)

C – The Plough Long Wittenham 5 – Fleur De Lys A 1; Legs (14-9, 10-10, 12-7)

C – Waggon and Horses 2 – Grove RFC 4; Legs (16-18, 19-15, 13-15)

D – Long Wittenham AC 4 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 2; Legs (5-10, 9-8, 17-14)

D – North Star 0 – The Fox Boars Hill 6; Legs (8-18, 13-15, 16-19)

D – Prince of Wales Shippon 2 – WADS Bar B 4; Legs (10-11, 13-10, 9-11)

D – Steventon Sports SC B 0 – The Earl of Abingdon A 6; Legs (11-13, 8-19, 11-16)

D – The College Oak B 2 – The Bell Grove A 4; Legs (9-14, 10-8, 8-14)

E – Challow and Childrey CC 6 – Berinsfield SC B 0; Legs (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

E – Eight Bells Eaton 6 – The Crown Marcham A 0; Legs (13-11, 16-13, 11-10)

E – Red Lion Drayton B 2 – Hanney RBL 4; Legs (11-9, 7-10, 10-13)

E – The Lamb Wantage B 6 – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 0; Legs (0-0, 0-0, 0-0)

F – Harwellian A 0 – The Brewery Tap 6; Legs (9-14, 10-14, 13-14)

F – Marcham Centre B 4 – The Lamb Wantage A 2; Legs (6-10, 10-5, 10-8)

F – The Crown Marcham B 3 – RAL SC 3; Legs (12-13, 17-10, 10-10)

F – The George Sutton Courtenay 3 – The White Hart Harwell A 3; Legs (10-10, 8-6, 7-13)

G – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0 – Oxford RFC 6; Legs (3-9, 6-9, 9-12)

G – The Black Swan 3 – The Old Anchor 3; Legs (8-10, 11-11, 12-10)

G – The White Hart Harwell B 4 – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 2; Legs (13-6, 5-14, 12-10)

Blobbers

Caroline Baker (Red Lion Drayton B), Gary Hudson (The College Oak B), George Horton (The Bell Grove B), Justin New (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Liam Priest (C) (Oxford RFC), Mark Strickland (Fleur De Lys B), Matt Foulks (WADS Bar A), Pete Hogan (C) (The Lamb Wantage A), Robin Cole (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Roy Taylor (The Vine), Sean Farrington (The White Hart Harwell B), Stephen Fowler (RAL SC), Tony Wheeler (College Oak A), Zak Farrell (Hanney RBL).

Sixers

Jason Bowler (Abingdon United A).

Fivers

Adam Connolly 5-5-3 (Grove RFC) – Week 13

Bert Newman 3-3-5 (Abingdon United A) – Week 13

David Dix 3-5-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 13

David Mott 5-1-2 (Abingdon United A) – Week 13

Jack Hawkins 2-2-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 13

Kevin Billington 5-3-1 (Red Lion Drayton A) – Week 13

Martin Robinson 3-3-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 13

Nick Baldwin 5-1-1 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 13

Phil Adams 3-5-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 13

Terry Downes 3-3-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 13

Tony Beechers 2-5-2 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 13

Tony Blissett 1-0-5 (The White Hart Harwell A) – Week 13

Well, week 13th has come and gone and the most surprising things about the 2026 Summer season is that time flies and the sun keeps shining!

Last week Premier Division leaders Berinsfield SC A were undone by Red Lion A losing 4-2 despite 11 dolls from Stuart Wilson, for the Lion Dean Bowler matched that and he was well supported by 3 of his team mates who all added 9 dolls each to secure 4 points for the visitors. The A section is still dominated though by Steventon Sports who “whitewashed” the Plum Pudding 6-0 to strengthen their advantage over the Lion who remain their nearest rivals, but a 7 point gap may be difficult to close with just 6 matches remaining (5+England postponement). Terry Downes was once again top man for the Plum with another 11 dolls, but it was the consistency scoring of the Steventon team that secured the win with Colin Brind’s 10 dolls and all of the rest of the team adding between 6 and 9 dolls each.

Abingdon Con Club closed the gap at the top to just 1 point as they were 4-2 winners against Abingdon United A. The Con Club were ably led by skipper Dave Dix with another 13 dolls, a total equalled by Phil Adams, and Paul Barrett chipped in with 11. For United Bertie Newman “rolled back the years” with 11 dolls and Jason Bowler also contributed 11 including a third leg maximum. 

Other player to hit their first double total of the season were Martin Robinson and Dave Butler for Croft Nomads who beat the Wheatsheaf 5-1. Martyn Bolton top scored for the Didcot side with 10 dolls and Ollie Saunders secured their point in the first leg, needing 5 to take the leg he just fell short with the last stick, but his 4 was enough for the point.

In the B section 4-2 wins for both The Vine and the WADS Bar maintained the tight position at the top of the table as the two sides are separated by just 1 point with the WADS leading, but with the Vine having a much superior doll count should it come to level points at the season end. 4-2 was a popular score in this section last week with 4 of the 5 matches ending in that score line with wins for The Croft Bar and The Royal Oak by that margin whilst Abingdon RBL and The Plough shared 3 points apiece. Top scorer on the night was Matt Dingle for The Vine with 11 dolls and remarkably of the 30 legs played, with 80 players in action and 240 sticks thrown there were only 9 scores of 4 dolls recorded!

The C section is led still by Grove RFC, but again only 1 point keeps them ahead of the Earl of Abingdon B. The D section saw The Fox and the Earl of Abingdon A both record 6-0 wins and retain their leadership and second spot positions whilst the other 3 matches ended 4-2 with wins for WADS B, Long Wittenham AC and The Bell A.

Hanney RBL retain top spot in the E section winning 4-2 against the Red Lion B. There were a couple of walkovers in this section last week disappointingly giving the Lamb B and Challow & Childrey CC 6-0 results, but I am sure they would rather have had the games played!

The F section produced some good individual performances, including a leg with 5 dolls for Tony Blissett for the White Hart A as they shared the spoils with The George. 9 dolls for stalwart Joe Moxon in the RAL’s as they also drew 3-3 with The Crown B for whom Jamie Butcher hit 8 dolls and best of the night was Jonathan Hutt’s 11 dolls for the Brewery Tap’s 6-0 win over Harwellian A for whom Ian Cooksley recorded a very credible 9 dolls. Marcham Centre B were 4-2 winners against the Lamb A in this section which is led by the Brewery Tap with an impressive 10 point advantage.

Finally the G section where the Seven Stars suffered only their second defeat of the season going down 4-2 to section leaders Oxford RFC who brought to an end the Seven Stars run of 5 straight 6-0 victories these 2 sides are just 2 points apart at the top of the section. In a local derby The Black Swan and The Old Anchor shared the honours with 3 points apiece. Gary Kaveaney followed up his 6 last week with another 9 doll haul for the Anchor. The Red Lion at Northmoor were 6-0 winners against The Plough Appleton and a special mention for the White Hart B whose 4-2 result over the Black Horse was their 6th successive win!

I am going to be on holiday for a few days, but I am sure that our erstwhile Chairman, Paul Stone will keep you all updated until I return on August 8th. If you need any help, additional registrations, scores posted please contact Paul and the best route is Team Support. 

NOTE not all week 12 matches have been played.

Match Results

NOTE only 12 of 30 matches have been played. 

P/A – College Oak A 6 – Abingdon United A 0; Legs (22-13, 19-18, 27-18)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 4 – Abingdon Conservative Club 2; Legs (22-20, 24-21, 19-22)

P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 0 – Berinsfield SC A 6; Legs (20-29, 15-25, 18-23)

B – Royal Oak Didcot 4 – The Vine 2; Legs (13-14, 15-10, 14-12)

B – The Croft Bar 0 – WADS Bar A 6; Legs (10-13, 13-17, 7-14)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 2 – The Fox Denchworth 4; Legs (9-16, 17-15, 16-18)

D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 2 – North Star 4; Legs (5-10, 16-11, 4-5)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 0 – The Fox Boars Hill 6; Legs (13-14, 11-14, 9-15)

E – The Ladygrove 4 – Red Lion Drayton B 2; Legs (7-6, 8-6, 8-10)

F – The Lamb Wantage A 2 – The George Sutton Courtenay 4; Legs (10-9, 5-9, 7-8)

G – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 0 – The White Hart Harwell B 6; Legs (3-6, 8-11, 2-9)

G – The Old Anchor 6 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0; Legs (15-5, 13-5, 12-4)

Blobbers

Caroline Baker (Red Lion Drayton B), Charlie Harrison (WADS Bar A), Hannah Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Jess Arthur (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Jon Steele (C) (The Old Anchor), Liam Crowe (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Mathew Clarke (The Ladygrove), Molly Price (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Roy Loran (Red Lion Drayton B).

Sixers

David Dix (Abingdon Conservative Club), Gary Kaveaney (The Old Anchor), Phil Soden (C&S) (College Oak A).

Fivers

David Dix 5-6-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 12

Kevin Sanders (C&S) 0-2-5 (The Plough W.Hanney) – Week 12

Mark Brind 1-5-3 (The Plough W.Hanney) – Week 12

Martyn Boulton 5-2-1 (The Wheatsheaf Didcot) – Week 12

Richard Jones 2-5-4 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Roger Clarke 1-5-1 (The Black Horse E.Hanney A) – Week 12

Stephen J Fisher 3-2-5 (Royal Oak Didcot) – Week 12

Stuart Wilson 4-5-4 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Tony Beechers 5-2-2 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Well, I did promise a couple of weeks ago to update news from week 11 and also a review of the season at the halfway point and unfortunately I failed on both counts! So apologies, but I guess my posts don’t really create a big readership following so maybe it’s not too bad!!

Here goes then with a recap of week 11 highlights and also of the 12 games that were played last week which means that an awful lot of games have or need to be arranged before the league season closes which now will be officially on September 2nd which coincides with the planned date for the team 3’s and 4’s competitions.

Week 11

Let’s first look back a couple of weeks to the games that were played on July 8th. There were some good collective team performances, lots of double figure totals and, maybe with the continuing good weather, that’s helping the overall dolls count!

Berinsfield SC A had another fine win 4-2 against Stanford in the Vale FC with good contributions of 11 dolls from both Secretary Geoff Lee and Captain Tony Beechers. Richard Jones looked on course to double figures as well, but followed his second leg 6 with a “blob”.

The Plum Pudding also had a welcome 5-1 win at home to the College Oak. Paul Leach with his best of the season 10 dolls, a doll count shared by Terry Downes. Croft Nomads had their best night of the season emerging 4-2 winners over A Section leaders Steventon Sports SC A. Skipper Steve Enock hit his third successive double figure score with an impressive 13 dolls and Chris Jenkins, Barry Townsend and Tosh Woolloff all added 10 apiece as Croft scored 70 dolls on the night for only the second time this season. For Stivie Scott Humphries with 11 and Nick Baldwin with 10 helped the visitors to gain 2 points to maintain their A section leadership.

Abingdon Con Club were 4-2 winners at The Wheatsheaf who, whilst finding their elevation to the top sections tough, are both great hosts and clearly enjoying their Aunt Sally. Phil Adams was a “sixer” so is clearly well on the way back to his best after 2 bouts of surgery already this season. Dave Dix was once again Con Club’s leading scorer with 10 dolls. Ian Rogers top scored for The Red Lion with 10 as they overcame Abingdon United A 4-2 for whom Jason Bowler also top scored with 10.

Other notable individual scores in week 11 games came from Dan Hamilton in The Vine’s 6-0 win against the Fleur de Lys B, Mick Whiskin and Derrick Brown for The Wads Bar A as they beat The Croft Bar all manged 10 dolls each in the B section.

Week 12

Last week only 12 of the 30 matches were played but those 12 games produced some notable performances Phil Soden hit his first maximum of the season of the season for the College Oak as they enjoyed a rare 6 point maximum result against Abingdon United A. Dave Dix following his “disappointing ” 10 dolls the previous week went some way to redeeming himself and restoring his “average” with 15 dolls at Steventon Sports, unfortunately even 15 dolls were not enough to stop the home side edging home 4-2 on the night. Berinsfield maintained their top of the table form winning 6-0 at the Wheatsheaf with Stuart Wilson top scoring with 13 dolls ably assisted by Martin Rawlings and Richard Jones with 11 apiece.

Some individual scores to note as well and one of which may be a “first” when Gary Kaveaney hit a first leg 6 and just missed 13 dolls in the G section helping The Old Anchor to a 6-0 victory over The Black Horse B. Other double digit scores in last weeks limited programme were Colin Brind for Steventon Sports A, the aforementioned Phil Soden for the College Oak A, Stephen J Fisher for the Royal Oak. Last week also saw The Fox, Denchworth enjoy their fiirst win of the season. Also a mention for David Brown of The Plough, John Mackay with 11 dolls each for their sides and for Mr RAL SC Joe Moxon who managed to score 9. These were some of the highspots last week, but The White Hart B and The Ladygrove in section E might point out that their 23 dolls over 3 legs which secured 6 points in the G section for the White Hart B against the Horse & Jockey and, for the Ladygrove their aggregate 26 dolls saw them home 4-2 against The George in the F section were indeed “highspots” at least for them. 

I guess the rest of us, instead of enjoying a leisurely game of Aunt Sally last Wednesday we were sat in front of a TV somewhere getting angrier and more frustrated watching a performance by England which, for the last 30 minutes, looked about as lacking in passion and ability some of our very worst Aunt Sally performances!!

League Overview

So how are the leagues looking with just a third of the season remaining?

In the G section The Seven Stars top the table with The Old Anchor and Oxford RFC level on points as they vie for second place. The Brewery Tap are 7 points clear heading the F section and in the E section it is tight between Challow & Childrey CC and Hanney RBL separated by only 2 points. The Fox, Boars Hill top the D section again pulling clear of The Earl of Abingdon A following their win over The Earl last week.

Grove RFC an The Earl of Abingdon B look to be well clear in the C section, but the B section sees just 1 point separating near neighbours The Vine and WADS Bar A. Steventon Sports SC A continue to “boss” section A with a 6 point advantage over second placed College Oak A wo have climbed above The Red Lion A who still have a game in hand.

Berinsfield are 3 points clear of Abingdon Con Club in the Premiership helped by the 6-0 win last week and with their doll count boosted with a 77 aggregate total from the 3 legs played.

Looking at individual stats (don’t forget though it’s a team game!), Dave Dix, not surprisingly leads the way with 139 dolls at an average of 4.2. Paul Barrett, Richard Jones and Stuart Wilson have all reached 3 figures in terms of dolls scored and average over 3 dolls also with a 3+ average are Colin Brind and Dean Bowler who both play in the A section. This week there are another 10 or more players who, with a good week, will reach 3 figures in terms of dolls scored and some of those will also have the opportunity to take their average beyond 3 for the season.

Top dollers in the other sections are

B Dan Hamilton, The Vine 87

C Andrew Wilson,  The Plough,  66

D John Mackay,  WADS Bar B  70  

E John Gould,  Red Lion 53

F Ian Kelly, The George 51

G Ben Green  The Seven Stars 79