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Competitions – Last week’s pairs competition carried on through the rain but missing the Tandem venue (to be played in Aug).

THIS WEEK: Eights Final will be between Spread Eagle and Abingdon United B – to be played on Referendum Night 23rd June at Abingdon Conservative Club

NEXT WEEK : Tom Simmons Trophy (5’s) played at Plum Pudding, Milton and Abingdon RBL. See calendar for details.

THE RESULTS

This week Stuart Wilson (Berinsfield SC A) joins the ‘over 14s’ with a 6-5-3. Well done!

Sixers: J Simmons (Spread Eagle),S Fisher (Royal Oak Didcot),S Wilson (Berinsfield SC A),T Lach (Abingdon United B).

Blobbers: A Binks (Queens Arms Didcot),C Perry (The Brewery Tap B),D Arnott (Old Anchor B),D Avenell (The Plough A West Hanney),M Druce (Abingdon RBL),N Ahier (Harwell RBL B),N Tappin (RAL RecSoc),P Gilbert (George and Dragon Upton),P Parmenter (Brewery Tap A),R North (Abingdon Con Club),V Pearce (Royal Oak Didcot).

Competitions – Eights Final will be between Spread Eagle and Abingdon United B – to be played on Referendum Night 23rd June! 

THIS WEEK: Pairs Competitions this Thursday see calendar for details or check the Competition Fixture List.

NEXT WEEK : Eight’s Final! At Abingdon Conservative Club.

THE RESULTS

Dave Dix (Ab.Utd B) does it for a second week with a 6-5-5 and Brian ‘Laddie’ Moody gets in with a 15! Magnificent!

Sixers: B Moody (Steventon Sports A),B Reidy (Berinsfield SC A),D Dix (Abingdon United B),K Fisher (Plum Pudding),M Rusher (Royal Oak Didcot),M Samways (Hart Harwell A).

Blobbers: A Campbell (Abingdon RBL),C Smith (Old Anchor A),J Nichol (The Plough Long Wittenham),K Parker (The Brewery Tap B),L Clark (Berinsfield SC C),M Belcher (Crown Marcham),M Webb (Boundary House),N Beard (F.M.S.S.C Morning Star),T Fitzgibbon (Chequers Charney).

COMPETITION NEWS:

Founders Knockout competition on Thursday 2nd June saw some tough matches (down to 3 and one stick deciding legs) to put 8 quite hardy players out and Bob Duff (Ab Utd) vs Brian ‘Laddie’ Moody (Steventon Sports) into the Final to be played on Finals Night on Wed 14th September at Abingdon United FC.

THE RESULTS

Dave Dix (Ab.Utd B) joins the top scorers with a 16 this week.

Sixers:   D Dix (Abingdon United B)

Blobbers:   E Campbell (Chequers Charney),F Downing (Old Anchor B),J Bosley (Harwell RBL B),K Souch (Abingdon RBL A),M Hadaway (The Plough Appleton),P Biddle (Wheatsheaf Drayton),R Osborne (Bear & Ragged Staff),S Byrne (Crown Marcham),S Murphy (Queens Arms Didcot),S Woodfall (Black Horse B),T Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton),T Payne (Fleur De Lys).

If you’re playing your Landlord/lady as a stand in player (rule 34) please mark the name ‘LL’ on the card and contact us to get them added BEFORE you submit your online scorecard. Thanks!

To help us keep the league tables together and ensure comprehensive scores are given to the newspapers please ensure you enter your scorecard online by Saturday AND get your paper scorecard posted to arrive by Saturday.

The following teams have failed to do both or either of these in the first three weeks:-

Week 1   Waggon and Horses C v Waggon Horses A

Week 2   Black Horse B V George and Dragon

Week 3   Steventon Sports v Berinsfield SC A, Bowyers Arms v The Grapes, Berinsfield SC C v Black Horse B

Winning Captains or Home Captains in a draw are responsible to ensure the scorecard is entered online and to be received by the Dolly Recorder on Saturday following a match. If captains want to delegate that to a competent member of the team that is no problem – we want the scores online and cards in by Saturday.

PLEASE STOP USING OLD SCORE CARDS with old addresses on – the new cards have the Steventon address – if desperate print your own.

Competitions Start this week on Thursday with the Eights Knockouts

THE RESULTS

Another Spread Eagle top scorer – John Simmons – 4-6-6 puts him in the over 14s! In Sept 2013 he got 6-5-5 and a 5 in the beer leg!

Spread Eagle managed a 34 leg score in their last leg but that doesn’t get them the Highest Leg Score Trophy which stands at 37 by Abingdon RBL in 1992.

Sixers: A Wright (Wheatsheaf Drayton), B Adams (Tandem), J Simmons x2 (Spread Eagle).

Blobbers: D Avenell (The Plough A West Hanney),D Reynolds (Packhorse),F Eara (The Plough A West Hanney),F Moon (Waggon and Horses C),J Walker (Plum Pudding),K Murphy (North Star A),M Druce (Abingdon RBL),P Johnson (The Brewery Tap B),S Brownsill (Old Anchor A),T Doughty (Harwell RBL A).

For those of you who don’t know the Summer League is starting on the 4th May (May the Fourth be with you!) – I know, but you won’t forget it now will you!

We’re putting the finishing touches to the competition and fixture lists and they’ll be going to the printers very soon then we distribute them by hand to the venues.

We have 61 teams registered this year and that means a full Premier/A and F section (10 teams), sections B,C,D, E have one bye and section G is made up of 5 teams twice over so they get plenty of Aunt Sally! We did it this way rather than confuse things with an 11 team fixture with a longer season.

We’ve also got a new sponsor this year in Matthew Tutty Plumbing & Heating so many thanks for supporting us this season Matthew!