With two pitches and a few preliminaries it took a while to get the games through with a finish around 11pm !
Semi-Finalists are:-
The B Section team Abingdon RBL (Capt D.Sapey) will be playing their games at Abingdon United FC for the rest of the season.
Singles competition venue will also be changed in due course and will be notified nearer the time.
The AGM was opened at 8pm by Chairman James Barguss.
Minutes of the last AGM were accepted as a true record. See https://abingdonauntsally.com/2016-annual-general-meeting/
Team registration showed 13 teams represented.
Abingdon RBL A, Fox Denchworth B, Spread Eagle, Bell Grove, Fox Denchworth A, Old Anchor B, Tandem, Plum Pudding, College Oak, Packhorse, Hart Harwell, Ab Legion B, Ab Utd A.
Registration and Competition Entry forms and our POSTER for your venue (or any other venue you know that COULD play) are now all available online !
You’ll find them at the top of the homepage !
FIVES KNOCKOUT
Preliminary round.
1st round.
Semi-final
We will start this competition on 2nd of November at 7-30 prompt and we should be able to play 6 games that will get us down to the semi-final. The times shown are approximate and everyone should get themselves here in good time. ‘B’ section sides will get 2 dolls per leg when playing ‘A’ section sides. Please pay attention to the time you are on as it may not be in draw order, this is to avoid a team playing 2 games before others have played one. This draw was made by B.Clapton & R.Holmes (wont be asking them again). Good luck to all.
Regards
Tosh
FINALS NIGHT is on THIS Wednesday 14th September at Abingdon United FC. Be there from 7:30 – play order is here. Free entry to see some of the best take the test!
PRESENTATION NIGHT is on Friday 21st October at Abingdon United FC and includes the semi’s and finals of the pairs and singles. Programmes will be £2.50 obtainable after Finals Night (when we know the answers!).
TROPHY winners from last year PLEASE GET THEM BACK to your venues or contact Scott Humphries for collection.
2016 FINALS NIGHT ORDER OF PLAY
AT ABINGDON UNITED FC
14th September 2016
PLAY TO START AT 7.30PM
FIVES
Tandem vs Abingdon United B
CAPTAINS
D.Dix (Ab Utd B) vs M.Philips (Spread Eagle)
FOURS
Ab Utd B (A) – D.Davies/L.Clapton/I.Morrison/B.Parker
vs
Ab Utd B (B) – T.Lach/P.Barrett/B.Duff/T.Ward
RED DRIVE (3s)
Plum Pudding (Fisher/Downes/Woolloff) vs Abingdon RBL A (B) (Sapey/Ealey/Champ)
SECRETARYS
G.Brown (Spread Eagle) vs G. Lee (Berinsfield SC A)
FOUNDER MEMBERS
B.Duff (Ab Utd B) vs B.Moody (Steventon Sports A)
* SINGLES AND DOUBLES WILL BE PLAYED ON PRESENTATION NIGHT. STARTING WITH THE PAIRS SEMI FINAL AND THEN THE SINGLES SEMI FINAL. *
With the Wednesday’s thunderstorms the Pairs Knockout competitions were already one venue down with the Tandem limping out without any lighting due to the storms that took out some of Kennington. The Tandem venue will be was replayed in August (after other competitions).
Tandem Pairs play sheet
Geoff Lee ran the rescheduled Pairs at the Tandem on 4th August.
Semi-finals will be played on Finals Night on Wednesday 14th Sept at Abingdon United FC.
Winners of the venues are as follows and pictures etc below.
| Venue | Semi-Finalists |
| Tandem | M Manion/J Pounceby (The Vine) |
| Steventon Sports | John Simmons/Mick Phillips (Spread Eagle) |
| Abingdon Con.Club | Dave Hudson/Graham Brown (Spread Eagle) |
| Berinsfield SC | Ian Brook/Barry Stowell (Spread Eagle B) |
(click on photos to enlarge)
A soggy night at Berinsfield didn’t deter Ian Brook from scoring 4’s in the rain.
The Pairs venue at the Tandem that was postponed due to lack of lighting after the lightning storm on 16th June will take place on Thursday this week.
The following players are registered to play:-
VENUE 1 – TANDEM
1. A.Bell/C.Smith
2. P.Broad/G.Lee
3. C.Mildenhall/M.Mildenhall
4. D.Butler/B.Adams
5. B.Duff/B.Clapton
6. N.Weston/R.Nichols
7. J.Pounceby/M.Manion
8. N.Biggs/J. or P.Longford
A cool but dry evening at Steventon Sports Club
A damp early evening cleared for the Captain’s and Secretary’s knock out competition at Steventon Sports Club.
With only 6 Secretaries and 8 Captains 2 prelim games were battled for the Secretaries.
Nicky Biggs battled through 3 legs and finally won his game against Paul Ealey in a 3 stick decider.
Geoff Lee took his game against Bob Duff to 3 legs to get his place in the next round cracking two 4s in the process. In the following round Nicky Biggs couldn’t get his form back as Geoff Lee won the first leg 4-3 and took a 1 stick decider to secure his place in the Final.
Graham Brown made it look easy as he set 5 in the first leg against Keith Buckle who couldn’t get past a 1 in the second leg to save the game.
Click to enlarge any photo
In the Captain’s an after draw mistake by the official gave Dave Sapey a bye to the next round.
Terry Downes took Dave Dix to a 3rd leg with minimal scoring but only scored 1 in the 3rd leg decider which Dave doubled.
Mick Philips got all 4s to win through even with Paul Longford setting a great 5 in the second leg.
Stuart Wilson won over Michael Jarvis when the 4-4 second leg went to 3 sticks (2-2) and 1 stick.
2016 Scorecard for Captain’s and Secretary’s Knockout
In the Semi-Finals Dave Dix made short work of Dave Sapey’s 1 in the first leg and then setting a 6 – a hard act to follow even for the best – and secured his place in the Captain’s Final.
Stuart Wilson set respectable 3s in the other Semi-Final but Mick Philips got the 4s he needed for his place in the final.
Captain’s Finalists – D.Dix & M.Philips
Secretary’s Finalists – G.Brown & G. Lee
