Today is the final day for competition entries. 

Forms are on the home page and can be submitted by email (or an email saying you want to take part) to support @ abingdonauntsally.com

This year we have free entry for B&C and D&E&F sections in their own pairs competitions AND there’s some prizemoney. So what are you waiting for?

DON’T DELAY as we will NOT be extending the deadline (post AGM feedback) so if we don’t get 8 entries per competition that competition will be cancelled. 

That will be a shame after six decades of good spirited challenge between teams in this, the largest league in Oxfordshire. 

Ring your team mates now and have a go at one or more competitions. Get your entries in!

There’s nothing quite like it!

Paul Stone
Chairman

Fixtures and Pack Distribution

Once again the new season for 2025 is upon us and we are busy distributing the league packs with fixture lists and scorecards.

The packs this year also come with the revised rules (basically reordered/written for clarity) and some guidance notes on game-play especially the ‘beer’ leg so please get yourself briefed on what you should expect!

Teams all online

All the sections are now loaded on the website so it’s time for you to check your names are all spelt correctly. Should you win your section these are the names that will go onto the winning (or runners-up) plaques so please get them corrected! No changes to produced plaques will be accepted at the end of the season.

Go to 2025 Summer League Table  to find where you are in the sections and then click on your team name to get the players detail.

Note where stated captains have a (C) and secretaries have an (S) next to their name. Landlords/ladies are marked with LL. 

Email support @ abingdonauntsally.com to get any changes done.

New Teams/Venues/Lost Logins

WELCOME TO OUR NEW VENUES/TEAMS – All the new venues are now also online ready for scorecard entry but if you’re a new team and haven’t got a login account for scorecard entry please email support @ abingdonauntsally.com to register your email address and team name. Ditto if you’ve forgotten your login or password. Please note an email address can only be registered once on the system so you can’t have two accounts with the same address.

Scorecards in the packs are just for reference so you can enter the scores online. All teams are expected to enter their scores themselves – winning team or in the case of a draw the home team (or away by agreement!). BOTH teams should have a copy of the scorecard (take a photo) so they can check the scores are correct. This has to be done before the next game.

Competitions and Start Date

We kick off this year with the 8’s Handicap Knockout preliminary rounds on the 30th April and League Week 1 on 7th May! Don’t forget inbetween these dates on Saturday 3rd May there’s a singles competition in aid of Sobell House. Highest dolls over 5 legs wins and all money raised for a great cause. It’s also a great introduction to competition play ready for the rest of the season. 

AND don’t forget the separate free entry prize money pairs competitions for the BC sections and the DEF Sections – enter by 15th June along with the regular 5s, 4s, 3s, 2s, and 1s!

Check out the Events Calendar for all the important dates. 

Register for updates

The easiest way to keep in touch is by registering for email updates using the banner at the top of the website. This will automatically tell you of new posts appearing on the website. When we post we also keep our Facebook and X accounts updated too.

Our secretary will also be emailing captains/secretaries directly as necessary through the season with the email addresses you have given on the Registration Form. Hopefully they were legible! I know he’s had some bounces for addresses already so please email support if you need to register for updates and don’t forget your team name because, good as he is, he’s not Mystic Meg!. 

That’s all folks and lets hope for another great Aunt Sally season!

You know it’s good when you hear the wood!

Tuesday last week the committee met to do the draw for the 8s knockout handicap competition.

13 teams entered the fray for the 8s and that means 5 preliminary rounds and then into the quarter finals.

8’s Competition Draw:  Handicaps in (brackets) 2 dolls per section (Prem/A count as 1 section)

Preliminaries: To be played on Wednesday 30th April 
1. Challow & Childrey CC (8)     vs     Abingdon Conservative Club
2. Steventon Sports B (6)     vs     Plum Pudding
3. Croft Nomads     vs     The Bell Grove A (2)
4. The Bell Grove B (2)     vs     Harwellian B
5. Abingdon Utd C (2)     vs     Berinsfield SC A

Round 1 (to be arranged by teams before end June)

1. 1. Abingdon Utd C    vs    Croft Nomads
   2. Steventon Sports A     vs    The Bell Grove B
   3. Plum Pudding     vs     Abingdon RBL
   4. Abingdon Conservative Club    vs     The Plough Hanney

Many thanks to those teams and venues supporting this competition and Good Dolls!

Don’t forget the other competitions including BC and DEF sections’ own Pairs competitions are all there to be signed on for before 15th June. 

…Are now online. 

Wednesday and Thursday last week saw the Finals of the 8’s, 3’s, 4’s, Captains and Secretaries at Abingdon United FC and on Thursday the Founders and Legends competition for the over 50s which again this year was held at Abingdon Conservative Club. Many thanks to both venues for staging these events.

On Wednesday at Abingdon United a collection was made amongst the Aunt Sally community who were there on the night following the tragic loss of a young Abingdon United footballer Jack Badger and thank you to all who contributed generously to raise £150 on the night which will go to a just fund raising money to support the family and in memory of Jack 

Both nights were dry fortunately, if dark and cold and many thanks to all who took part on the two evenings which  apart from the singles and pairs semi finals which will be held on October 4th effectively wrapped up our Summer 2034 season.

Results

8’s Handicap Knockout Cup

Winners  The Bell Grove      Runner-Up   Ab Utd@Con Club

3’s 

Winners Ab Utd A@Con Club Runner-Up A Croft Nomads

4s

Winners Ab Utd A@Con Club   Runner-up Croft Nomads

Secretaries

Winner B.Duff   Runner-Up G.Lee

Captains 

Winner D.Sapey   Runner-up Steve Fernback

Founders & Legends

Winner P. Adams    Runner-Up J.Pownceby

Founders Prelims and matches