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Match Results

P/A – College Oak A 5 – Plum Pudding 1; Legs (19-18, 23-20, 20-20)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton A 4 – Abingdon United A 2; Legs (23-14, 17-20, 25-18)

P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 2 – Berinsfield SC A 4; Legs (20-25, 22-16, 16-19)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 6 – Croft Nomads 0; Legs (24-20, 23-21, 21-20)

P/A – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4 – Abingdon Conservative Club 2; Legs (12-23, 22-17, 20-16)

B – Abingdon Utd C 0 – WADS Bar A 6; Legs (12-17, 14-16, 11-13)

B – Fleur De Lys B 3 – The Vine 3; Legs (12-7, 10-11, 12-12)

B – Royal Oak Didcot 6 – The Fox Denchworth 0; Legs (18-11, 15-11, 9-6)

B – The Croft Bar 4 – Abingdon RBL 2; Legs (17-12, 10-11, 9-7)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 4 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2; Legs (16-14, 11-16, 16-13)

C – Grove RFC 6 – Fleur De Lys A 0; Legs (15-11, 13-8, 14-11)

C – Harwellian B 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2; Legs (17-13, 13-13, 14-14)

C – Marcham Centre A 0 – The Earl of Abingdon B 6; Legs (10-18, 12-15, 9-13)

C – The Boundary House 4 – Waggon and Horses 2; Legs (9-11, 14-11, 11-10)

D – Long Wittenham AC 2 – Prince of Wales Shippon 4; Legs (9-12, 7-9, 9-8)

D – The Bell Grove A 1 – The Fox Boars Hill 5; Legs (14-19, 10-10, 11-19)

D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 4 – Steventon Sports SC B 2; Legs (11-6, 8-14, 13-6)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 4 – The College Oak B 2; Legs (15-7, 9-11, 12-6)

D – WADS Bar B 6 – North Star 0; Legs (20-11, 15-11, 14-8)

E – Berinsfield SC B 2 – Hanney RBL 4; Legs (7-8, 11-12, 10-9)

E – The Crown Marcham A 2 – Challow and Childrey CC 4; Legs (19-13, 8-14, 13-14)

E – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 0 – Red Lion Drayton B 6; Legs (10-14, 3-7, 8-12)

F – Queens Arms Didcot 0 – The Crown Marcham B 6; Legs (7-15, 3-8, 5-10)

F – RAL SC 5 – Marcham Centre B 1; Legs (5-2, 5-4, 9-9)

F – The Lamb Wantage A 2 – The Brewery Tap 4; Legs (8-11, 10-7, 7-10)

F – The White Hart Harwell A 1 – Harwellian A 5; Legs (7-7, 7-11, 8-9)

G – Oxford RFC 4 – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 2; Legs (10-9, 13-15, 14-8)

G – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 0 – The Red Lion Northmoor 6; Legs (6-7, 3-6, 1-6)

G – The Old Anchor 6 – The White Hart Harwell B 0; Legs (7-4, 11-4, 13-10)

G – The Plough Appleton 6 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 0; Legs (6-2, 10-5, 6-3)

Blobbers

Andrew Salmon (The Plough Appleton), Angela Barry (Harwellian A), Brian Edwards (The Lamb Wantage A), Caroline Shah (RAL SC), Charlotte Newbold (Steventon Sports SC B), Cody Wiley (Prince of Wales Shippon), Connor O’Neill (The Midget @Roaring Raindrop), Darren Sargison (Fleur De Lys A), David Carroll (RAL SC), Derek Jennings (Long Wittenham AC), Hannah Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Ian Crayford LL (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Jeff Slater (Queens Arms Didcot), Jess Arthur (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Ken Tombs (Marcham Centre B), Lauren Collett (The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon), Lee Mercer-Rolls (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Michael Appleby (Queens Arms Didcot), Michael Crook (Abingdon RBL), Michelle McQueen (RAL SC), Nick Biggs (Abingdon United A), Pam Banfield Coombs (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Paul Matthews (Marcham Centre A), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Raj Ram (The Red Lion Northmoor), Steve Winfield (The White Hart Harwell B), Tom Steele (The Old Anchor).

Sixers

Chris Jenkins (Croft Nomads), Dean Bowler (Red Lion Drayton A).

Fivers

Derek Fletcher 5-2-0 (Steventon Sports SC A)

John Mackay (C&S) 5-3-2 (WADS Bar B)

Marshall Muldoon 5-0-2 (Harwellian B)

Paul Barrett 5-5-3 (Abingdon Conservative Club)

Phil Soden (C&S) 5-5-2 (College Oak A)

Steve Soden 5-4-1 (The Earl of Abingdon B)

Steven Martin (C) 1-4-5 (Abingdon United A)

Another chilly night last Wednesday welcomed the the 60 teams for week 2 of the “summer” season. Despite that the first sixers of the season were recorded, first up was “birthday Boy” Chris Jenkins whose second leg 6 against Steventon Sports SC A and his overall score of 10 dolls, a total shared by his teammate Ian Brook was not enough to secure any points for Croft Nomads  who were defeated by an all round collective performance by the home side with captain Grahame Brind and Roy Everill sharing 9 dolls apiece leading the home side to their second successive win.

Also hitting 6 dolls in his third leg was Dean Bowler for the Red Lion A, Dean was the league’s top scorer on the night with 13 dolls as his team also secured their second successive win beating Abingdon United A 4-2 to share top spot in the A section with their neighbours from “down the road”.

There was some good scoring elsewhere and a welcome return to more familiar territory (double figures) ) for Dave Dix with 11 dolls, Paul  Barrett outscored Dave on the night though with his  12 dolls, but their contribution alongside Leigh Clapton’s 11 dolls was not enough to stop last year’s Premier section Con Club falling to a second successive defeat at the Wheatsheaf. Hurry back Phil Adams I think they are saying and that can’t be soon enough for their much changed 2026 side! Despite losing 4-2 the ConClub did outscore the Wheatsheaf 56 – 54 over the 3 legs even with the newly promoted side’s  5 leg handicap advantage! In fact the game between the College Oak and Plum Pudding was only decided by a total of 4 dolls over the 3 legs, and  Steventon Sports 6-0 win against the Croft was also a closer encounter than the scoreline suggests with only 7 dolls separating the sides.  It does show that the handicap system does provide a basis for matches to be properly competitive and it expects us to score to our average over the season!

There were several double figure individual scores last week Berinsfield SC A maintained their impressive start to the season with an away win at Stanford in the Vale FC with 3 players for the visitors, Stuart Wilson, Richard Jones and Jack Hawkins all contributing 11 dolls apiece. The Soden’s father and son Phil playing for the College Oak A and son Steve playing in the B section for the Earl of Abingdon both hit double figures Phil with 12 dolls in a 5-1 victory against the Plum Pudding and Steve with 10 in the Earl’s,  Paul Longford  10 doll contribution for the Plum Pudding. Nick Hill also scored 10 dolls for The Crown Marcham  

Lots of other mentions this week from the other sections WADS  B hit 49 dolls in their 6-0 defeat of the North Star in the D section, a section where The Fox, Boars Hill hit 2 legs of 19 doll  in their win over The Bell A and in the E section The Crown Marcham also hit a 19 doll leg, but still went down 4-2 at home to Challow & Childrey CC. On the downside last week of the total legs played almost half of those resulted in single figure scores!

We also unfortunately had our first postponement due to one side being unable to raise a side so don’t forget you can still register additional players if you need to strengthen your side. We appreciate that some people agree to sign, but their enthusiasm sometimes falters so it’s OK to add more to try to ensure you have 8 players every week.

17 unbeaten sides across the sections some of whom have only played 1 game, but surprisingly only 2 of our 66 sides have still to register their first points of the season.

So onto week 3 and be prepared because the weather forecast is still not promising much in the way of sunshine or warmth on Wednesday!

Match Results

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 5 – Plum Pudding 1; Legs (26-26, 26-23, 25-18)

P/A – College Oak A 2 – Croft Nomads 4; Legs (15-17, 21-18, 15-18)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton A 6 – Abingdon Conservative Club 0; Legs (24-11, 20-14, 21-15)

P/A – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 6 – Abingdon United A 0; Legs (17-13, 20-18, 23-14)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 4 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2; Legs (18-19, 22-18, 22-16)

B – Abingdon Utd C 3 – The Fox Denchworth 3; Legs (11-11, 11-21, 20-10)

B – Fleur De Lys B 1 – WADS Bar A 5; Legs (6-19, 12-12, 6-15)

B – The Croft Bar 2 – The Bear and Ragged Staff 4; Legs (11-14, 11-8, 7-10)

B – The Plough W.Hanney 5 – Royal Oak Didcot 1; Legs (15-14, 13-13, 13-12)

B – The Vine 4 – Abingdon RBL 2; Legs (11-12, 15-11, 13-10)

C – Harwellian B 0 – Fleur De Lys A 6; Legs (5-16, 10-11, 7-11)

C – Marcham Centre A 0 – Waggon and Horses 6; Legs (11-13, 12-15, 10-17)

C – The Bell Grove B 3 – The Earl of Abingdon B 3; Legs (13-14, 18-7, 11-11)

C – The Boundary House 4 – Grove RFC 2; Legs (9-9, 10-10, 16-14)

D – Long Wittenham AC 6 – North Star 0; Legs (12-4, 12-9, 10-7)

D – Prince of Wales Shippon 6 – Steventon Sports SC B 0; Legs (8-6, 10-9, 10-5)

D – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 4 – The College Oak B 2; Legs (9-11, 11-9, 10-8)

D – The Earl of Abingdon A 2 – The Bell Grove A 4; Legs (7-15, 8-14, 15-11)

D – WADS Bar B 2 – The Fox Boars Hill 4; Legs (12-9, 11-15, 12-15)

E – The Crown Marcham A 6 – Berinsfield SC B 0; Legs (9-7, 10-8, 10-5)

E – The Ladygrove 2 – Challow and Childrey CC 4; Legs (8-11, 10-12, 11-10)

E – The Lamb Wantage B 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (9-13, 14-12, 11-7)

E – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 2 – Hanney RBL 4; Legs (8-14, 12-8, 7-11)

F – Queens Arms Didcot 3 – Marcham Centre B 3; Legs (9-10, 10-8, 7-7)

F – RAL SC 0 – The Lamb Wantage A 6; Legs (4-5, 4-8, 5-6)

F – The George Sutton Courtenay 3 – The Crown Marcham B 3; Legs (10-9, 9-9, 12-18)

F – The White Hart Harwell A 0 – The Brewery Tap 6; Legs (5-11, 6-8, 6-10)

G – The Black Swan 6 – The Red Lion Northmoor 0; Legs (6-4, 9-6, 8-7)

G – The Horse and Jockey Stanford 1 – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 5; Legs (3-6, 6-6, 2-4)

G – The Old Anchor 3 – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 3; Legs (10-10, 15-10, 9-11)

G – The Plough Appleton 0 – Oxford RFC 6; Legs (5-11, 7-9, 4-14)

Blobbers

Alan Webb (Abingdon Utd C), Andrew Day (The White Hart Harwell A), Andy Speight (The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon), Antoni Swiergon (The Red Lion Northmoor), Caroline Pask (The Black Swan), Connor Slade (North Star), Danny Cannon (The Black Swan), Darren Pannell (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), David Davies (Abingdon Conservative Club), Ed Hoolihan (The Boundary House), George Pottinger (Marcham Centre A), Gill Ebberson (RAL SC), Greg Dunstan (The Vine), J Penn (The Ladygrove), Jenny Lister (Prince of Wales Shippon), John Walton (Berinsfield SC B), Juliet Carter (The Plough Appleton), Kimberley Embling (The Horse and Jockey Stanford), Lee Constable (RAL SC), Liz Dowthwaite (The Plough Appleton), Matthew Prickett (The Red Lion Northmoor), Nick Monger (Steventon Sports SC B), Peter Phiillips (The Lamb Wantage A), Richard Moran (Marcham Centre B), Robin Cole (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), Stephen Fowler (RAL SC), Tim Dalby (The George Sutton Courtenay), Tom Glanville (The Brewery Tap), Tony Blissett (The White Hart Harwell A).

1^st week and no sixers this week so here are the best of the rest.

Fivers

Andrew Stoter 4-1-5 (Grove RFC) – Week 1

Ash Wheeler 1-5-3 (Waggon and Horses) – Week 1

Dave Kidd 3-3-5 (Waggon and Horses) – Week 1

Jason Bowler 1-1-5 (Abingdon United A) – Week 1

John Webster 1-5-0 (The Fox Denchworth) – Week 1

Martin Rawlings 2-3-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 1

Richard Jones 4-5-2 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 1

Robert Glen 1-3-5 (Stanford-in-the-Vale FC) – Week 1

Terry Downes 5-4-2 (Plum Pudding) – Week 1

Wayne Waldron 2-2-5 (The Earl of Abingdon A) – Week 1

You can now get your own copy of the 2026 Summer League Fixture list on the homepage of the website.

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

We are fast approaching the start of the Summer season of Aunt Sally and we start with the initial 8s rounds next week.

If you’re not in it to win it or playing a friendly next week why not go along to a local venue and watch? But don’t go to Berinsfield as they got the bye!

The week after its the first League games SO….

• Captains – all teams and players are online – make sure all your team names and player names are correct – these will be used for winning plaques/trophies etc. (and we are not going to get it wrong this year).
• Secretaries – make sure you can login with your account details for scorecard entry.
• NEW TEAMS – If you don’t have an account because you are a NEW TEAM email team support to request a new username and password.

PLEASE make sure your passwords are all strong (letters, capitals, numbers and symbols or three unrelated words) because the last thing we want is you or us getting hacked by sloppy cyber hygiene.
Just save them in your browser and make it easy for yourself.
As always, any issues email team support.

Roger is just putting the final typos right on the fixture list and as soon as that’s turned around by our printer we can get an online copy up, all the copies printed and he’ll be stuffing them in the packs to go out to your venues.

While you wait have you considered entering the other competitions we have? Have a chat with your mates and get together for a pair, threes, fours or fives team.
Competition dates and closing dates are on the Events Calendar. Entry forms will be available on the home page soon.

Please bear with us while this final push takes place.

Paul Stone
Chairman

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

The 2026 Summer Season is about to get underway with friendlies already being played must have been the sunshine that got some of you out so early!

The draw for the first round of the Skol Trophy 8’s competition has already been made and will be published with those matches due to be played on Wednesday the 22nd April.

The following week the league season gets underway on Wednesday the 29th. It’s highly probable that the sunshine will have gone and the temperature will be significantly cooler by then! Hopefully though it won’t be raining!!

The Team packs including the fixture list, match cards, teams, locations and other relevant information including email addresses and telephone numbers of Captains and Secretaries will be included in your packs which should be delivered by Friday 17th April to all 66 sides who have entered this year.

A plea from the committee to everyone especially Captains and Secretaries!

Can you check your teams as listed on the website to ensure we have entered everyone who you have registered, their names are right and are spelt correctly. Also any additional players registered after the registration forms were submitted are included,

Remember you can register any additional players throughout the season at no extra cost subject to Committee approval.

Finally, e-mail addresses for Captains and Secretaries are important as that is the only way other than the website we can contact all teams throughout the season. In our first email of the season to all a small  number were unable to be delivered due to the address not being recognised and we have to say some addresses may have been entered incorrectly by me and my excuse would be that may have been because some were barely legible. If, as a Captain or Secretary for your team  you haven’t received an e-mail it might be worth sending a test to roger.nichols@hotmail.com to make sure we have your correct address.

A final finally from your Committee the website belongs to everyone and it is kept up top date throughout the season with results, news, league tables, individual scores and much more so please keep in touch and use it as your information centre. It also has a team support facility where any team can raise, direct with the league any concerns, issues that they experience at any time through the season.

Enjoy your season and a special welcome to all of the new locations, teams and players many of whom are new to our game in what we think is  the  66th year since our formation and co-incidentally has attracted 66 teams.