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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

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

‘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

‘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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Week 16

‘A’ Section

  TEAM

P

W

D L FOR AGT PTS AVE
1 The Fox

16

14

1

1

718

528

80

14.95
2 Spread Eagle

16

13

0

3

729

571

73

15.18
3 Ab. Utd. ‘A’

16

12

1

3

678

552

65

14.12
4 Ab. Con. Club

16

6

1

9

593

619

43

12.35
5 The Heathens

16

7

0

9

586

598

43

12.20

‘B’ Section

  TEAM

P

W D

L

FOR AGT PTS AVE
1 Ab. Legion

16

6

3

7

564

574

52

11.75
2 Old Masters

16

9

0

7

592

577

49

12.33
3 Ab. Utd. ‘B’

16

5

2

9

522

565

39

10.87
4 Penlon

16

3

0

13

438

604

24

  9.12
5 Ab. Utd. ‘C’

16

1

0

15

377

620

12

  7.75

Game reports.

The Heathens beat Ab. Con. Club 4-2 with  leg scores of 19-11, 10-12, 16-14.  For The Heathens P.Soden & A.Woolloff 11 each, D.Holmes 10 & T.Downes had a slightly dodgy 7.  For The Legion C.Brind 11, P.Ealey & D.Sapey 8 each.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ beat Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 5-1 with leg scores of 14-9, 10-9, 13-13.  For Utd. ‘A’ B.Duff 11, L.Clapton 9 & N.Nuttall 7.  In reply for Utd.’B’ S.Martin 12, K.Souch & D.Harris 7 each.

Ab. Con. Club came from behind to beat Penlon 4-2.  The leg scores were 11-13, 19-7, 12-8.  For Con. Club T.Barrett included a 6 in his 13, B.Clapton 10, P.Barrett 9 & M.Haynes 7.  For Penlon T.Lach 8, E.Jeffries & I.Morrison 7 each.  V.Smith had the dreaded X X X.  When I got the match card I thought I was looking at a Littlewoods Pools coupon.

Old Masters inflicted the first defeat of the season on The Fox.  The score was 4-2 and the leg scores were 9-10, 16-14, 13-11.  For OM D.Coles & J.Barguss 9 each & A.Pocock 8.  For The Fox D.Butler 9, B.Parker 8, D.Fletcher & D.Cross 7 each.

Spread Eagle beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 14-9, 19-11, 14-9.  For The Spread G.Brown 13, J.Simmons 12, M.Phillips 9 & J.Bowler 8.  For Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell 8 & Jim Warrell 7.

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