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Match Results

P/A – Abingdon United A 6 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 0; Legs (24-19, 20-17, 16-15)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 0 – Abingdon Conservative Club 6; Legs (15-21, 13-25, 11-15)

P/A – Plum Pudding 4 – Croft Nomads 2; Legs (18-15, 22-21, 24-25)

P/A – College Oak A 2 – Red Lion Drayton A 4; Legs (21-17, 17-19, 15-25)

P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 0 – Steventon Sports SC A 6; Legs (19-21, 18-27, 18-23)

B – Abingdon RBL 6 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 0; Legs (18-12, 16-7, 14-12)

B – Fleur De Lys B 2 – The Plough W.Hanney 4; Legs (6-11, 11-13, 13-11)

B – The Croft Bar 2 – Abingdon Utd C 4; Legs (15-11, 11-21, 10-12)

B – The Vine 4 – The Fox Denchworth 2; Legs (17-12, 12-8, 12-14)

B – WADS Bar A 5 – Royal Oak Didcot 1; Legs (15-8, 13-8, 11-11)

C – The Bell Grove B 4 – Fleur De Lys A 2; Legs (16-14, 16-15, 11-12)

C – The Earl of Abingdon B 4 – Waggon and Horses 2; Legs (12-10, 10-11, 19-13)

C – The Plough Long Wittenham 1 – Grove RFC 5; Legs (11-14, 11-16, 13-13)

D – Long Wittenham AC 2 – The Earl of Abingdon A 4; Legs (9-11, 9-12, 12-11)

D – North Star 2 – The Bell Grove A 4; Legs (14-20, 8-5, 10-12)

D – Prince of Wales Shippon 1 – The Fox Boars Hill 5; Legs (11-11, 9-15, 7-16)

D – Steventon Sports SC B 5 – The College Oak B 1; Legs (8-8, 9-5, 11-3)

D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 6 – WADS Bar B 0; Legs (13-9, 17-12, 12-11)

E – Eight Bells Eaton 3 – Challow and Childrey CC 3; Legs (17-13, 14-16, 15-15)

E – Red Lion Drayton B 5 – Berinsfield SC B 1; Legs (11-9, 10-6, 7-7)

E – The Lamb Wantage B 4 – Hanney RBL 2; Legs (11-7, 11-8, 9-15)

F – Harwellian A 4 – The Lamb Wantage A 2; Legs (11-7, 9-3, 8-10)

F – Queens Arms Didcot 6 – The White Hart Harwell A 0; Legs (13-6, 13-10, 12-9)

F – The Crown Marcham B 4 – Marcham Centre B 2; Legs (7-10, 11-5, 12-5)

F – The George Sutton Courtenay 4 – The Brewery Tap 2; Legs (10-9, 9-15, 12-8)

G – The Black Swan 0 – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 6; Legs (5-10, 5-8, 6-10)

G – The Red Lion Northmoor 6 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0; Legs (6-4, 9-4, 9-7)

G – The White Hart Harwell B 6 – Oxford RFC 0; Legs (11-10, 10-8, 20-9)

Blobbers

Aaron Williams (The Black Swan), Chris Buxton (Long Wittenham AC), Mark Pembroke (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC), Michael Barry (Harwellian A), Nick Blacow (The George Sutton Courtenay), Nick Monger (Steventon Sports SC B), Nick Pearce (The Brewery Tap), Pete Hogan (C) (The Lamb Wantage A), Rob King (Oxford RFC), Robin Cole (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Ron Albertsha (The Crown Marcham B).

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

Fivers

Andy Morton 3-5-3 (Abingdon United A) – Week 15

Colin Brind (S) 4-5-3 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 15

Darrall Kitchen 1-2-5 (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC) – Week 15

David Dix 5-4-2 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 15

David Mott 5-3-4 (Abingdon United A) – Week 15

Jeremy Brandish 2-1-5 (The Vine) – Week 15

John Pownceby 5-2-0 (The Vine) – Week 15

Kevin Regan (C) 1-2-5 (Red Lion Drayton A) – Week 15

Mick Brown (C) 3-2-5 (The Earl of Abingdon A) – Week 15

Paul Burton 3-5-0 (Challow and Childrey CC) – Week 15

Richard Berry 1-2-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 15

Scott Humphries 1-5-4 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 15

Shaun Hamilton (C&S) 0-2-5 (Hanney RBL) – Week 15

Simon Winterbourne 2-1-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 15

In the abscence of Roger’s weekly review here’s a list of all the sixers so far this season.

Still a few games to go to get your name ‘in lights’ on here!

Nice to see some different names in this list which just goes to show it can all come together at some point to get a max! 

Season Sixers

Alan Bell 2-1-6 (Croft Nomads) - Week 3
Barry Townsend 4-6-4 (Croft Nomads) - Week 14
Chris Jenkins 2-6-2 (Croft Nomads) - Week 2
Colin Brind (S) 2-6-3 (Steventon Sports SC A) - Week 14
Dan Hamilton 3-4-6 (The Vine) - Week 14
David Dix 6-2-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 7
David Dix 5-5-6 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 8
David Dix 3-6-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 9
David Dix 3-6-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 10
David Dix 5-6-4 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 12
David Mott 4-6-4 (Abingdon United A) - Week 10
Dean Bowler 3-4-6 (Red Lion Drayton A) - Week 2
Dean Bowler 3-6-2 (Red Lion Drayton A) - Week 3
Dean Bowler 6-2-4 (Red Lion Drayton A) - Week 8
Dean Cheshire 6-2-3 (Queens Arms Didcot) - Week 3
Gary Kaveaney 6-3-3 (The Old Anchor) - Week 12
Ian Brook (S) 2-4-6 (Croft Nomads) - Week 7
Jason Bowler 4-1-6 (Abingdon United A) - Week 13
Malcolm Jones 6-0-2 (Berinsfield SC A) - Week 4
Mick Neal 3-0-6 (The Earl of Abingdon A) - Week 8
Mick Neal 1-6-0 (The Earl of Abingdon A) - Week 14
Paul Ealey (S) 6-2-1 (Abingdon RBL) - Week 4
Phil Adams 4-1-6 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 11
Phil Soden (C&S) 2-2-6 (College Oak A) - Week 12
Richard Jones 2-6-0 (Berinsfield SC A) - Week 11
Tom Lach 6-4-2 (Abingdon Conservative Club) - Week 8
Trevor Harrhy 0-6-0 (Abingdon Utd C) - Week 9

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.