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News from the lower sections

By on 25th August 2014 in Summer League Reports

When Abingdon Utd B visited The Spead Eagle B in section B on wed evening it was all to play for, winner would have a decent view of the winning post. After winning the toss Abg Utd B set 18. Spread chased well needing 6 dolls from the last 2  players. S Enoch could only manage a 1 leaving D Cross 6 to win, a brave try but fell 2 short on 4 losing the leg 17-18.

Surprisingly the Spread put Abg Utd back in for the second leg. Abg Utd took full advantage finishing with 21. The Spread folded only scoring 10.

In the third leg Spread again put Abg Utd in a very brave decision. Utd put 16 on the board. Spread fared better this time with 10 dolls with the first four and 12 with the second four to take the leg.

Final result 4-2 to Abg Utd B. TOP dolls for Spread M Bell R Nichols and D Cross all on 8, with Abgs unlikely hero D Jacobs firing his highest score of the season with 9 ably supported by his rear gunner from the North West Dave Harris also on 9.

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More News from the lower sections

By on 15th August 2014 in Summer League Reports

Low down in section F no one wants the wooden spoon so when Cross Keys B visited Brewery Tap A for the return leg all  to play for. No matter about being top team just don’t come bottom, reputations are at stake. In the event the Tap played like men possessed with scores of 17-18-12,  probably would have taken 2 legs off a higher section team.  The keys replied with 7-9-7. Tops for Tap T. Benfield and H.Moore with 8 and R.Timms and K.Moore 7 landlord Matt weighed in with 6.  For the Keys M.Trower and M.Timms 7 and 5 Tap with 6-0 and retain their mantle of kings of Ock Street.

Section B.  Local derby clash in league for Chequers Charney Bassett v the fox Denchworth. In a keenly played match the points don’t reflect the scores in the game. To add to the excitement Steve Taylor one of Chequers players last season now plays for the Fox plus Steve Lamberts dad also plays for the Fox.  The Fox set the first leg with a commendable 19 Chequers folded with a meagre 12. Chequers set the second leg with a very good 17 Fox chased and clanged off 18 with the first 6 players, thankfully because the last two players both blobbed. Going into the third leg the Fox set 17 Chequers chasing going well with 12 from five players only  to leave  anchorman Mills to get 4 to win unfortunately he could only manage a 3 to go down 18-17 and lose the match 6-0 For Chequers S.Burge and R.Podd topped the dolls with 11 each and for the Fox B. Pert and K .Rolls scored 9 while S.Taylor and Cherill scored 8. Steve lambert did outscore his dad but scores were not good enough for a mention

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NEWS FROM THE LOWER SECTIONS

By on 9th August 2014 in Summer League Reports

George and dragon travelled to the Plough Long Whittenham to win 6-0 and go top of the table in section G. setting the first two legs of 10 and 9 the plough gave George and Dragon a chance and with scores of 11 and 16 George and Dragon claimed the game going into the third leg and two vital points to play for.  Plough set the third leg with a 9 George rallied  with an 11. top scores for plough A Sallis with 7 and Georges J Farrimond also with 7.

In section H Black Swan A entertained Harwell RBL A in another top of the table clash. Harwell won 4-2 with only 5 dolls separating the team totals. Simon Saunders top scored for harwell with 8 and  Des De Silva 7 for the Black swan.

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Week 18

By on 3rd April 2014 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

  TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

 AVE
1 The Fox

18

15

1

2

803

603

86

 14.87
2 Spread Eagle

18

14

0

4

810

638

81

 15.00
3 Ab. Utd. ‘A’

18

13

2

3

755

629

72

 13.98
4 Ab. Con. Club

18

7

1

10

668

684

51

 12.37
5 The Heathens

18

8

1

9

657

665

50

 12.16

‘B’ Section

  TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

 AVE
1 Ab. Legion

18

7

3

8

645

657

58

 11.94
2 Old Masters

18

11

0

7

673

654

57

 12.46
3 Ab. Utd. ‘B’

18

6

2

10

583

631

44

 10.79
4 Penlon

18

3

0

15

502

676

28

   9.29
5 Ab. Utd. ‘C’

18

1

0

17

422

692

13

   7.81

Game reports.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 5-1 with leg scores of 7-7, 10-6, 15-10.  For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 11 & A.Gregory 8.  In reply for Utd. ‘C’ the returning R.Pepperell top scored with 7 dolls.  Jon Warrell recorded a ‘Nelson’.  You should know by now what that is.

The Fox wrapped the league title after a 4-2 win over Ab. Con. Club with leg scores of 15-11, 16-11, 12-13.  For The Fox A.Bell & B.Parker 11 each, S.Enock & D.Cross9 each.  D.Butler recorded a ‘Jon Warrell’.  For Con. Club ‘The Barrett Boys’ each scored 10 and M.Dawson 8.  R.North throwing like Hopalong Cassidy managed just 1 doll.

Ab. Legion beat Spread Eagle 4-2 to put pressure on Old Masters to beat them to top spot in ‘B’ section.  The leg scores were 12-11, 15-10, 11-17.  For The Legion C.Brind 10, P.Ealey & D.Taylor 8 each & D.Sapey 7.  For The Spread J.Simmons 11, J.Bowler 8, S.Kinnaird & G.Brown 7 each.  M.Phillips waited till the last game to record his 1st blob.

Old Masters beat Penlon 4-2, just failing to top the table for the first time this season and win the section.  The leg scores were 12-10, 10-14, 14-10.  For OM A.Pocock 10, M.Hall 9 & J.Lesiakowski 7.  For Penlon T.Lach 11 & T.Phipps 7.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ and The Heathens brought the season to a close with a 3-3 draw.  The leg scores were 17-11, 12-12, 8-12.  For Utd ‘A’ B.Duff 11, N.Nuttall 10 & D.Davies 8 including a last leg blob.  For The Heathens A.Woolloff 9, D.Holmes 8 & P.Soden 7.

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Week 17

By on 23rd March 2014 in Winter League Reports

‘A’ Section

  TEAM

P

 W D L FOR AGT PTS AVE
1 The Fox 17

14

 1 2

760

568

82

 14.90
2 Spread Eagle 17

14

 0 3

772

600

79

 15.13
3 Ab. Utd. ‘A’ 17

13

 1 3

718

594

69

 14.07
4 Ab. Con. Club 17

7

 1 9

633

641

49

 12.41
5 The Heathens 17

8

 0 9

622

628

47

 12.19

‘B’ Section

  TEAM

P

 W D

L

 FOR AGT PTS AVE
1 Ab. Legion 17

6

 3

8

607

619

54

 11.90
2 Old Masters 17

10

 0

7

637

620

53

 12.49
3 Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 17

5

 2

10

551

608

39

 10.80
4 Penlon 17

3

 0

14

468

640

26

   9.17
5 Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 17

1

 0

16

399

660

12

   7.82

Game reports.

Ab. Con. Club beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 14-9, 13-5, 13-8.  For Con. Club B.Clapton top scored with 11 dolls (no this is not a misprint), P.Barrett included a 6 in his 10, T.Barrett 8 & M.Dawson 7.  For Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell top scored with 7.

The Heathens beat Penlon 4-2 with leg scores of 11-8, 16-9, 9-13.  For The Heathens D.Holmes, J.Ellaway & A.Woollof 9 each.  In reply for Penlon T.Lach top scored with 12 dolls.

Old Masters beat Ab.Legion 4-2 with leg scores of 14-17, 17-14, 14-12.  For OM M.Hall & M.Neal each recorded their first double figures of the season with 11 dolls each, J.Barguss 9 & A.Pocock 8.  For The Legion N.Hazell also recorded his first double figures with 10 dolls along with D.Sapey, C.Brind 9, P.Ealey & D.Taylor 7 each.  Legions 43 dolls equalled their highest total of the season.

Utd. ‘A’ inflicted a 2nd successive defeat on the Fox.  The score was 4-2 with leg scores of 14-11, 13-19, 13-12.  For Utd. ‘A’ N.Nuttall 10 (his first double of the season), D.Davies & B.Duff 9 each & K.Fisher 7.  For The Fox B.Parker top scored with 11 dolls and when needing 6  to draw 3rd leg clanged off the first 5 only to miss with his last stick.  A.Bell 10, D.Butler 8 & D.Cross 7.

Spread Eagle at one point in the season trailed The Fox by 12 points but whittled it down to 3 after beating Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 6-0.  The leg scores were 12-11, 16-10, 15-8.  For The Spread J.Bowler included a 6 in his 13, G.Brown 9, J.Simmons 8 (so he is human after all) & M.Phillips 7.  For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin & D.Harris 9 each.  Norma managed just 1 doll.  And Helen, when people were calling out ‘it’s the white thing’ they didn’t mean the b****y ceiling.

p.s.  It’s going to be a very interesting final week of league matches as top of both sections still undecided and also the bottom of the ‘A’ section and as there are no provision in the rules for play offs  position’s will be decided on dolls scored.

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