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Summer league 2020 Update

By Vic Pratt on 17th July 2020 in Newsletter, Special Events

Unfortunately and after quite a lot of soul searching regrettably the Committee have decided that like the league all of our planned competitions will be also cancelled for 2020. The reasons for this are quite simple,the Covid virus is despite all of our hopes clearly still with us.Despite the easing of the lockdown several of our pubs and clubs have still to reopen and of those that have it will difficult to maintain the guidelines particularly social distancing. there is also a genuine reluctance of many individuals to return to normality particularly time spent in pubs.That is not surprising as many of our players are classified simply because of their age and known health conditions in the vulnerable category.

We have not taken this decision lightly and we did consider several options, but on balance it was felt the right decision was to cancel this years league and competitions entirely. The only exception may possibly be The Founder members trophy where no pre – entry is required you just turn up and play at a single suitable location.We will look at the possibility of holding that perhaps on a Sunday in the latter part of August and will let you know.

Competition entry fees already paid will either held over,donated to an NHS charity or repaid to the entrants.Please could secretaries/Captains let The Treasurer know your preference by the end of July who will be arranging repayments including to those teams who have already asked for their entry fees to be repaid.Please also indicate to whom cheques should be made payable to as we have no record of who made payments back in February !

On a slightly brighter note we know that a few teams have or are arranging friendlies which is great and we are sure your venue is also delighted.In doing so can we please ask you to follow all the relevant guidelines relating to social distancing,sanitizing hands, equipment (dolls and sticks) regularly,ensuring track and trace is in place at the venues.You might also want to consider using a lazy doll, picking up your own sticks and giving food a miss !

Sod’s law that much of the summer so far has been really good weatherwise and cruelly it seems especially so on Wednesdays !!

Stay Safe,take care and lets look forward to all getting back playing together again safely in 2021

Your 2020 Abingdon Aunt Sally Committee

Summer League 2020

By Vic Pratt on 24th May 2020 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Abingdon & District Aunt Sally Season 2020

It is looking increasingly unlikely well, actually impossible, in the current and ongoing pandemic crisis that we are going to be in a position to stage our Aunt Sally season this year, our 61^st as an Association and the first time that the league will not be contested. Our thoughts earlier in the lockdown were that we might be able to resume playing in July and at least play half of our planned fixtures, but with the continuing extension of the lockdown and, in particular, the restrictions affecting both social gatherings and the opening of pubs and clubs we now have to be realistic and cancel the 2020 season. Hopefully we will come back as strong as an Association and with renewed enthusiasm for our game in 2021!

That leaves us with a dilemma as we have already collected entry and registration fees for 2020 and these were banked in the Association’s account back in February.

As a Committee we have agreed to give all teams a say on what we do with the monies collected and we have come up with 3 options.

We can arrange re-imbursement to each team of the monies paid by them. This would have to be in the form of a cheque.
We can waive 2021 league entry and registration fees for all teams next year and possibly reduce the 2022 fees by 50% £20 per team of 14 players to encourage teams back playing when life returns to something like normality.
We can make a donation of all of the fees collected to the NHS Oxford Charities in recognition of all of the efforts, stresses and commitment those working in the NHS have, and are still going through.

We are asking each team to have one vote each on their preference via their nominated Captain or Secretary and will abide with the majority decision from the 60 teams who entered the league this season.

Each of these options are not ideal, the first depends on getting the fees back to the right people. It could be an individual, the pub/club landlord or steward, or everyone registered with that team. We have no way of knowing who actually parted with the money!

The second assumes all teams who entered this year will be up and running again in 2021 to take advantage of the no registration fee.

The third option is the easiest to administer, but may not be a majority choice as it only goes to one source.

We do want your views. We should have 60 votes to register and we do ask that you don’t just make the decision yourself ask your teammates and your landlord/steward if you possibly can, but please reply either to me or to Vic Pratt ideally by no later than May 31s, preferably by e mail. Our e mail addresses are roger.nichols@hotmail.com c.v.pratt1@btinternet.com

In the event that the restrictions ease and pubs and clubs re-open at some stage before our normal end of season (mid September) we encourage teams to start playing again via inter team competitions or friendlies and should it be possible we will even try to arrange some of our team and individual Competitions perhaps over a couple of weekends late in the Summer.

Remember as well as we want to be playing again our pubs and clubs even more will need our support and our money!

Stay safe!

Winter League special bulletin

By Vic Pratt on 8th May 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

Sadly we were unable to complete the 2019-20 season but I’m hoping to at some point in the not to distant future and hopefully we can all get through this difficult time to do so. Having had quite some time on my hands I’ve decided to come up with some stats to cover the 12 full seasons I have taken charge and kept records for. These stats are from 2007-08 season til 2018-19 season. If lockdown goes on for much longer I may well add to it and if anyone actually reads it you are as sad as I am. Until we meet up again , stay safe .

Total number of players involved	180
Total amount of games played	1,010
Amount of doll’s scored	78,920
Total number of 6’s recorded	309
Total number of blobs recorded	2,421
Most doll’s in total	B.Parker 2,203
Most doll’s in ‘A’ Section season	D.Dix 222 2014-15
Most doll’s in ‘B’ Section season	P.Barrett 177 2012-13
Most 6’s in total	B.Parker 32
Most 6’s in season by an individual	7 D.Dix P.Adams
Most 6’s in season by a team	12 Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 2017-18 2018-19
Most blobs in season by an individual	22 M.Ashmall 2011-12
Most blobs in a season by a team	52 Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 2017-18
Most appearances	217 S.Martin
Most consecutive games	157 S.Martin
People who have recorded the dreaded XXX	R.Holmes (3) V.Smith (2) J.Carter (2) M.Putt T.Lach
	A.White P.Stone M.Ashmall F.Tracey N.Green R.Burkett

If you have actually read down this far I hope you enjoyed it and in no way did I intend to embarrass anyone, you know I wouldn’t do that lol

Regards

Tosh

Winter League 2020 week 16 results

By Vic Pratt on 10th March 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	16	12	1	3	786	715	64	16.37
2	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	16	7	2	7	739	711	54	15.39
3	Croft Nomads	16	9	2	5	753	731	52	15.68
4	The Heathens	16	9	0	7	709	677	52	14.77
5	Penlon	16	5	2	9	699	728	45	14.56

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	16	8	2	6	738	709	56	15.37
2	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	16	8	2	6	724	740	50	15.08
3	The Vine	16	7	3	6	724	729	48	15.08
4	Ab. Con. Club	16	5	0	11	662	722	34	13.79
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	16	1	2	13	597	698	25	12.43

Game reports.

A game between the 2^nd and 3^rd placed teams in the ‘B’ section saw Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat The Vine 4-2 with leg scores of 16-17, 16-12, 14-13. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin & J.Lesiawowski 9 each and J.Ellaway 6. In reply for The Vine J.Pownceby 8 and D.Hamilton 7.

Ab. Legion came from behind to beat Spread Eagle 4-2 with leg scores of 15-17, 19-18, 17-14. For The Legion C.Brind 11, P.Ealey 10, S.Champ 8, N.Baldwin 7 and D.Sapey 6. For The Spread J.Bowler and P.Soden 10 each and D.Mott 8.

The Heathens highest total of the season ensured a 3^rd 6-0 win in the last 4 games. Their opponents were Croft Nomads and the leg scores were 18-13, 19-18, 19-16. For The Heathens B.Townsend included a 6 in his 14, P.Adams 12, A.Woolloff hit his first double figures of the season (11), P.Longford 10 and T.Downes 9. In reply for The Croft L.Clapton hit his highest score (13), B.Stowell 9, I.Brook 7, S.Enock and N.Weston 6 each.

Penlons’ highest total of the season (57) saw them beat Ab. Con. Club 6-0. G.Lees’ 14 dolls was his highest total so far, P.Wright 12, D.Bellcourt and I.Morrison 9 each. T.Phipps managed 1 in the 3^rd leg to avoid the dreaded XXX. For Con. Club ‘The Barrett Boys’ 10 each and B.Clapton 8. D.Coles and D.Todd a.k.a. The Chuckle Brothers each scored 1 doll. CC didn’t lose a game 6-0 in their first 10 games but have lost 5 of their last 6 by that score.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 16-15, 15-13, 16-12. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 12, B.Parker 11, D.Davies and K.Fisher 9 each and B.Duff 6. In reply for Utd. ‘C’ Jono Warrell 7, C.Keeley, M.Ashmall and M.James 6 each.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. After tonights resuls its looking tight for the runners up spot in ‘A’ section with some interesting fixtures with just 2 games to go.

Winter League 2020 week 15 results

By Vic Pratt on 10th March 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	15	11	1	3	735	666	60	16.33
2	Croft Nomads	15	9	2	5	706	675	52	15.68
3	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	15	6	2	7	692	671	48	15.37
4	The Heathens	15	8	0	7	653	630	46	14.51
5	Penlon	15	4	2	9	642	686	39	14.26

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	15	8	2	5	689	658	54	15.31
2	The Vine	15	7	3	5	682	683	46	15.15
3	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	15	7	2	6	678	698	46	15.06
4	Ab. Con. Club	15	5	0	10	620	665	34	13.77
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	15	1	2	12	557	651	25	12.37

Game reports.

Spread Eagle inflicted the first 6-0 defeat of the season on Ab. Utd. ‘A’. The leg scores were 15-12, 17-15, 18-17. For The Spread M.Beachey & D.Mott 10 each, P.Soden 8 and J.Bowler 7. In reply for Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 13, B.Parker 10 and with Barry needing 5 to draw the 3^rd leg just failed with his last stick to do so. D.Davies and K.Fisher weighed in 9 each.

Ab. Legion beat Penlon 4-2 to extend their lead at the top. The leg scores were 20-16, 19-22, 16-12. For The Legion S.Champ included a 6 in his 12, D.Sapey and C.Brind 11 each and P.Ealey 8. For Penlon G.Lee 11, P.Wright 9 and I.Morrison 8.

Croft Nomads beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 4-2 with leg scores of 12-10, 14-15, 16-13. For The Croft S.Enock 10, L.Clapton8, B.Stowell 7 and N.Weston 6. In reply for Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell 9 and M.James 6. W. Van Galen hit a 3 in the 2^nd leg which I think he was quite pleased with.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat The Heathens 4-2 with leg scores of 14-11, 13-16, 16-15. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 10, D.Harris 8 and J.Ellaway 6. For The Heathens B.Townsend & P.Adams 11 each, D.Holmes 9 and D.Butler 7 .

The Vine beat Ab. Con. Club 6-0 leaving CC with just 1 point from the last 4 games. The leg scores were 17-15, 15-13, 13-12. For The Vine M.Dingle 9, D.Hamilton 8, J.Pownceby 7 and R.Harrison 6. In reply for Con. Club T.Barrett 9, B.Clapton 8 and P.Barrett 6. D.Todd actually hit the ceiling more times than he hit the doll, which was twice.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. The timing for next weeks pairs is on the notice board as I forgot to note them on the sheets I’d handed out

Winter league 2020 week 14 results

By Vic Pratt on 18th February 2020 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	14	10	1	3	680	616	56	16.19
2	Croft Nomads	14	8	2	4	664	637	48	15.80
3	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	14	7	2	6	648	621	44	15.42
4	The Heathens	14	8	0	6	611	587	44	14.54
5	Penlon	14	4	2	8	592	631	37	14.09

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	14	7	2	5	639	614	48	15.21
2	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	14	6	2	6	635	656	42	15.11
3	The Vine	14	6	3	5	637	643	40	15.16
4	Ab. Con. Club	14	5	0	9	580	620	34	13.80
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	14	1	2	11	519	609	23	12.35

Game reports.

Ab. Legion beat The Vine 6-0 with leg scores of 20-15, 18-17, 15-14. For The Legion S.Champ 11, C.Brind 10, S.Wilson 9, P.Ealey & N.Baldwin 7 each. For The Vine S.Peedell & J.Pownceby 9 each and J.Hamilton 8.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Con. Club 5-1 with leg scores of 16-16, 12-11, 13-11. For Utd. ‘B’ K.Empson & J.Lesiakowski 8 each and S.Martin 7, with Dave ‘Blobber’ Harris managing 2 of them. In reply for CC T.Barrett 10 and P.Barrett 9. Damian Todd (no relation to Sweeney) managed the dreaded X X X for the 2^nd time this season. Keep at it mate.

The Heathens beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 15-13, 17-14, 16-14. For The Heathens B.Townsend included a 6 in his 13 (his highest), P.Adams 12, T.Downes included a 6 in his 10 and P.Longford 8. For Utd. ‘C’ Jono Warrell 9 and M.James 7.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ dropped points for the 3^rd game in a row to loose more ground on the leaders. The score was 4-2 and the leg scores were 17-15, 15-17, 19-14. For Utd. ‘A’ K.Fisher and B.Parker 13 each with Ken improving on his previous highest the week before. D.Dix 12 and D.Davies 10. For Penlon P.Wright and D.Bellcourt 9 each and I.Morrison 7.

Croft Nomads drew 3-3 with Spread Eagle with leg scores of 18-12, 13-13, 12-18, probably a fair result given both teams recorded 43 dolls. For The Coft S.Enock 10, L.Clapton 8, A.Bell 7, I.Brook and N.Weston 6 each. For The Spread D.Mott 8, M.Beachey and P.Soden 7 each. Phil had a 1^st leg blob, then in the 2^nd when needing 2 to win and after scoring with his 1^st stick, missed with the next 5. To prove what a ‘funny old game’ this is he clanged off a 6 in the 3^rd leg.

Regards

Tosh

Following are team averages with the handicap stripped out. Ab. Utd. ‘A.’ 15.42. The Heathens 14.54. Croft Nomads 13.80. Ab. Legion 13.19. Spread Eagle 11.21. The Vine 11.16. Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 11.11. Penlon 10.09. Ab. Con. Club 9.80. Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 8.35.

Winter league 2020 week 12 results

By Vic Pratt on 18th February 2020 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Ab. Legion	12	8	1	3	573	526	45	15.91
2	Ab. Utd. ‘A’	12	5	2	5	553	526	42	15.36
3	Croft Nomads	12	7	1	4	569	542	41	15.80
4	Penlon	12	4	2	6	494	528	33	13.72
5	The Heathens	12	6	0	6	514	513	32	14.27

‘B’ Section

	TEAM	P	W	D	L	FOR	AGT	PTS	AVE
1	Spread Eagle	12	6	1	5	547	535	40	15.19
2	Ab. Utd. ‘B’	12	5	2	5	550	564	36	15.27
3	The Vine	12	5	3	4	542	546	36	15.05
4	Ab. Con. Club	12	5	0	7	509	530	33	14.13
5	Ab. Utd. ‘C’	12	1	2	9	442	512	22	12.27

Game reports.

Ab. Legion regained top spot after beating Ab. Con. Club 6-0 with leg scores of 16-14, 16-13, 17-12. For The Legion P.Ealey 11, N.Baldwin 9, C.Brind & S.Wilson 7 each and S.Champ 6 In reply for Con. Club B.Parrett 10 and T.Barrett 7. P.Wiblin fearing the dreaded XXX managed a doll with his 18^th stick but to be fair he did manage to keep most of his sticks on the mat.

An inspired Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat their ‘A’ counterparts 4-2 with leg scores 23-20, 13-15, 19-18. For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 11 (his highest) , J.Ellaway 10, D.Harris 9 and J.Lesiakowski 8. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix and B.Parker both recorded 14 dolls with Barry including a 6 in his, D.Davies and K.Fisher 9 each and B.Duff 7.

The Vine beat Croft Nomads 4-2 with leg scores of 15-17, 16-14, 17-16. For The Vine D.Hamilton included a 6 in his 13, J.Pownceby 7 and S.Peedell 6. For The Croft N.Weston 12, R.Nichols & A.Bell 8 each, B.Stowell 7 and I.Brook recorded a strange 5 1 X.

Spread Eagle ‘buried’ The Heathens 6-0 and P.Sodens’ last stick doll in the 3^rd leg was the final nail in the coffin. The leg scores were 17-13, 18-11, 11-10. For The Spread Sam Kinnaird recorded his highest score to date (8) with him hitting two 4’s only to be followed by a 3^rd leg blob. J.Bowler also hit 8, B.Newman & P.Soden 7 each. For The Heathens P.Adams 13, B.Townsend and P.Longord 6 each.

Ab. Utd. ‘C’ drew 3-3 with Penlon with leg scores of 14-11, 11-16, 16-16. For Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell 9, M.Ashmall and M.James 7 each. ‘The Mad Dutchman’ Wout Vangalen manged another two blobs but probably to be expected if your mentored by Matt lol. In reply for Penlon P.Wright and T.Phipps 7 each with Terry hitting a 3^rd leg 4 to help earn a point. I won’t mention the 1^st leg blob Terry. D.Bellcourt and I.Morrison 6 each.

Regards

Tosh

p.s. We have another Captains Cup game tonight at 7-30 and a ‘possible’ singles game at the end of the night.

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