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G Section may be only the ‘little guys’* with only 5 teams in the section but they now have a packed fixture list for a 20 week season giving them the chance of more games and a ‘full’ season of games.
The new fixture list is available here.
Secretaries/Captains of the teams please make these known to your players and landlords/ladies/stewards hosts.
*James Bond Diamonds Are Forever
All the teams and player names are now in the online scoring system (thanks James/Paul) so please tell your Secretaries to check the players (and spelling!) and email if corrections are needed. You should also have received your fixture packs including new scorecards with the new Dolly Recorder’s address on (don’t use old scorecards please!) but the fixture list etc is of course available for download and printing from the website.
All team Secretaries should also try to login to ensure they are ready to enter their first winning game! Note the password reset option will only work if your username has a valid email address! Contact us if you have problems as any teams not entering their cards online may be subject to disqualification subject to a Committee decision.
Last but not least………The G Section will have a separate fixture list as there are only 5 teams there. This will be posted online later.
Winter League Finals and Presentation Night took place last night with special guest Basil Collins presenting trophies.
Photos are available here. Videos on YouTube are available here.
On behalf of the players many thanks to Tosh but also to his other helpers in the background that help him with rolls, chairs, tables, pitch, dolls and raffle cards every week to make this Winter league the success it is.
If you’ve ever wondered what the best leg to get a 6 in the answer is of course – any of them !
To back this up here’s a breakdown of the 6’s scored in last Summer’s league.
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!
ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.
‘A’ Section
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | FOR | AGT | PTS | AVE | |
| 1 | Ab. Utd. ‘A’ | 16 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 773 | 513 | 86 | 16.10 |
| 2 | Spread Eagle ‘B’ | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 686 | 556 | 72 | 14.29 |
| 3 | The Heathens | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 639 | 544 | 66 | 13.31 |
| 4 | Spread Eagle ‘A’ | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 523 | 584 | 44 | 10.89 |
| 5 | Old Masters | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 444 | 583 | 28 | 9.25 |
‘B’ Section
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | FOR | AGT | PTS | AVE | |
| 1 | Ab. Legion | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 557 | 539 | 42 | 11.60 |
| 2 | Penlon | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 542 | 570 | 42 | 11.29 |
| 3 | Ab. Utd. ‘B’ | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 537 | 570 | 39 | 11.18 |
| 4 | Ab. Con. Club | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 493 | 598 | 39 | 10.27 |
| 5 | Ab. Utd. ‘C’ | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 406 | 556 | 22 | 8.45 |
Game reports.
Spread Eagle ‘B’ beat Ab. Legion 6-0 to all but ensure runner up spot in the ‘A’ section. The leg scores were 13-11, 14-12, 16-13. For Spread ‘B’ B.Stowell 11, D.Cross 10, N.Weston 9 & L.Clapton 8. In reply for The Legion C.Brind 13, P.Ealey 9 & S.Champ 7. N.Tait started badly and then got worse and managed just 2 doll’s.
Spread Eagle ‘A’ beat Penlon 4-2 with leg scores of 12-10, 11-12, 15-12. For Spread ‘A’ B.Newman 10 (his first double of the season), J.Gapper 9 & J.Bowler 8. For Penlon T.Lach 10, D.Bellcourt 8 & P.Stone 7.
The Heathens beat Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 4-2 but lost ground on Spread ‘B’. The leg scores were 14-9, 12-10, 13-15. For The Heathens D.Holmes 13, B.Adams 9 & D.Butler 8. For Utd. ‘B’ D.Talylor 12, R.Taylor 9 & S.Martin 7.
4 man Old Masters beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 4-2 with leg scores of 6-10, 6-4 yes f…f…four, 10-8. For OM the recovering M.Beachey top scored with 7. Nice to see you back mate. In reply for Utd. ‘C’ D.Warrell managed 6 doll’s.
Ab. Utd. ‘A’ beat Ab. Con. Club 6-0 with leg scores of 10-9, 14-10, 20-9. For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 11, D.Davies 10, B.Duff & B.Parker 8 each & T.Ward 7. For Con. Club B.Clapton & P.Barrett 7 each.
Regards
Tosh
Top sixers :- 3 B.Parker, B.Stowell & D.Dix. Lets see if one of you can win top sixers trophy outright and save us having to try and get three names on it.
p.s. Thanks to Brian and Paul for holding the fort whilst I was away. In Paul we have a ready made replacement for when I pack in or I’m pushing up the daisies – whichever comes first.
ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.
‘A’ Section
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | FOR | AGT | PTS | AVE | |
| 1 | Ab. Utd. ‘A’ | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 729 | 485 | 80 | 16.20 |
| 2 | Spread Eagle ‘B’ | 15 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 643 | 520 | 66 | 14.29 |
| 3 | The Heathens | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 600 | 510 | 62 | 13.33 |
| 4 | Spread Eagle ‘A’ | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 485 | 550 | 40 | 10.77 |
| 5 | Old Masters | 15 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 422 | 561 | 24 | 9.37 |
‘B’ Section
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | FOR | AGT | PTS | AVE | |
| 1 | Ab. Legion | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 521 | 496 | 42 | 11.58 |
| 2 | Penlon | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 508 | 532 | 40 | 11.29 |
| 3 | Ab. Con. Club | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 465 | 554 | 39 | 10.33 |
| 4 | Ab. Utd. ‘B’ | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 503 | 531 | 37 | 11.18 |
| 5 | Ab. Utd. ‘C’ | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 384 | 534 | 20 | 8.53 |
Game reports.
Penlon beat Ab.Con.Club 5-1 for their 4th win of the season with legs of 13-13 12-11 14-9. For Ab.Con.Club T.Barrett topped with 9 B.Clapton & P.Barrett 7. For Penlon T.Lach & P.Stone 9, I.Morrison 8 and E.Jefferies 7. Mick Haynes joined the ‘Ceiling Clouter Club’ this week – I think he needs the repair work!
Spread Eagle A beat a valiant Ab.Utd C 6-0 with legs 10-9 13-6 11-7. For Ab.Utd C no-one 7-upped but Jim and Tony managed 6 each but I won’t mention them as they can try harder even though we know they’re only here for the beer! For Spread Eagle A J.Bowler 10, A.Humphries & S.Kinnaid 7.
Ab.Utd A secured their 13th win beating The Heathens 6-0 with legs 15-10 15-13 16-11. For The Heathens (Tosh might have helped) D.Butler topped with 10, D.Holmes 8 and A.Bell 7. For Ab.Utd A D.Dix 11, D.Davies & B.Parker 10, B.Duff 9.
Spread Eagle B beat Ab.Utd B 6-0 with legs 17-7 16-12 15-11. For Ab.Utd B S.Martin and Captain D.Harris topped with 8 (one more Ken and you’d have been mentioned). For the Spread Eagle B, like the dwarves they were all 7-up with N.Weston putting 2×5’s in his 13, B.Stowell & L.Clapton 10, R.Nichols 8 and S.Enoch 7.
A four-man Old Masters managed to snatch 2 points off Ab.Legion when Captain and Anchor D.Sapey succumbed to the pressure of a 3 to win (getting X) in the last leg to only give his team a 4-2 win. Leg scores were 10-4 11-8 and 6-8. For Old Master J.Lesiakowski topped with 8. For Ab.Legion P.Ealey 8 and B.Lacey 7. (Thanks OM – that gives us Penlon lads a chance!)
Regards
Paul
P.S. Don’t forget Tosh is back this week so be on your best behaviour.
Previously In The Winter League…..
As you know we played the Week 9 Old Masters vs The Heathens match while Tosh was on holiday to catch up with the game that was postponed.
The Heathens beat Old Masters 6-0 with leg scores of 14-10 13-12 18-15. For Old Masters M ‘new heart’ Beachey top scored with 10 and A.Pocock, S.Skelly and J.Lesiakowski 7 each which were nice scores for them but not enough. For The Heathens D.Holmes 3x4s for 12, D.Butler & B.Adams 10 and A.Bell 8. Maybe they didn’t need Tosh after all…..
| TEAM | P | W | D | L | FOR | AGT | PTS | AVE | |
| 1 | Ab. Utd. ‘A’ | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 683 | 451 | 74 | 16.26 |
| 2 | The Heathens | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 566 | 464 | 62 | 13.47 |
| 3 | Spread Eagle ‘B’ | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 595 | 490 | 60 | 14.16 |
| 4 | Spread Eagle ‘A’ | 14 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 451 | 528 | 34 | 10.73 |
| 5 | Old Masters | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 407 | 534 | 22 | 9.69 |
With this match done the tables are all square (that’s a geometry pun as we all know they are actually rectangular).
Singles Competition
We also played the last few rounds of the Singles competition and the players through to the Semi-Finals are:-
D.Butler, B.Parker, S.Martin and N.Weston
I think we’d all agree that the best match was the quarter final between D.Dix and B.Parker (the rest were, quite honestly, a bit hit and miss – but that’s what singles is all about – the taking part).
In previous games of the night they were both doing enough to get through 3s and 4s so we all knew the anti would have to be upped in this match. Barry set with a glorious 1 which Dave doubled – so much for the ‘practice’ leg!
Barry then set a 5 which Dave uncharacteristically only got 4 in reply missing his last two sticks. Dave then set with a 5 and we thought it might be all over. The pressure was on the Iceman to deliver a full house for a place in the semi final. Well the room fell silent as he threw 5 sticks winning 5 dolls and erupted as he cracked the 6th doll off. Well done to both players for some excellent sticks.
The semi-final draw will be made on Finals Night.