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Summer 2024 Week 5 Results

By on 10th June 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Bystander A 3 – Steventon Sports SC A 3;-Legs (25-25, 22-26, 26-22)

P/A – Croft Nomads 6 – Berinsfield SC A 0;-Legs (23-15, 22-20, 26-22)

P/A – Plum Pudding 3 – Red Lion Drayton 3;-Legs (23-23, 17-28, 24-21)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 4 – College Oak A 2;-Legs (22-20, 21-18, 20-21)

B – Abingdon RBL 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2;-Legs (11-4, 12-10, 8-9)

B – Abingdon United C 3 – Harwellian B 3;-Legs (16-16, 13-13, 16-16)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 5 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 1;-Legs (11-8, 10-10, 14-12)

B – The Fox Denchworth 3 – The Bell A Grove 3;-Legs (13-13, 12-15, 15-13)

B – The Grapes B 2 – The Croft Bar 4;-Legs (17-10, 7-9, 11-14)

C – Boundary House 5 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 1;-Legs (17-10, 12-12, 13-11)

C – The Bell B Grove 4 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2;-Legs (7-11, 18-14, 15-12)

C – The Oak Didcot 1 – Abingdon Con Club 5;-Legs (9-9, 11-14, 10-16)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 4 – The Grapes A 2;-Legs (14-15, 14-12, 10-8)

D – Berinsfield SC B 2 – The Chequers Charney 4;-Legs (10-7, 8-11, 11-16)

D – College Oak B 2 – The Midget 4;-Legs (8-13, 12-14, 9-8)

D – Harwellian A 4 – The Plough Hanney 2;-Legs (10-16, 15-12, 11-9)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 2 – Brewery Tap 4;-Legs (3-9, 11-10, 10-11)

D – The Queens Arms 2 – Red Lion B Drayton 4;-Legs (9-7, 9-11, 12-16)

E – Bystander B 4 – RAL SC 2;-Legs (10-9, 5-4, 7-8)

E – Hanney RBL 4 – The Lamb B Wantage 2;-Legs (10-14, 11-7, 14-4)

E – North Star A Steventon 2 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4;-Legs (9-8, 8-14, 7-13)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 6 – Marcham Centre A 0;-Legs (9-7, 9-7, 10-6)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 0 – FORFEIT

F – Marcham Centre B 2 – WADS Bar 4;-Legs (8-16, 7-16, 16-13)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 4 – Bystander C 2;-Legs (12-7, 9-16, 10-9)

F – The Plough Appleton 2 – North Star B Steventon 4;-Legs (8-9, 9-10, 4-3)

Blobbers

Andrew Shallis (The Plough Long Wittenham), David Mills (Brewery Tap), Elly Reiszner (Harwellian A), Ken Tombs (Marcham Centre B), Liz Dowthwaite (The Plough Appleton), Mike Prime (Brewery Tap), Nick Howe (The Lamb B Wantage), Pamela Edwards (Stanford in the Vale FC), Paul Absolon (Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne), Richard Brown (Red Lion B Drayton), Sandra Buchanan (The Lamb A Wantage), Sean Paul (North Star B Steventon), Steven Firn (North Star A Steventon), Tom Turner (Bystander B).

Sixers

Once again no sixers this week so here are the best of the rest.

Fivers

Alan Bell 4-5-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 5

Barry Townsend 5-2-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 5

Dan Foulks 5-4-1 (WADS Bar) – Week 5

Dave Hudson 5-2-2 (Bystander A) – Week 5

David Harris 2-5-2 (The Prince of Wales Shippon) – Week 5

Ed Wilkinson 5-2-2 (The Plough Hanney) – Week 5

Ian Brook 2-4-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 5

Joe Moxon 5-0-2 (RAL SC) – Week 5

Lee Brown 5-1-2 (The Grapes B) – Week 5

Liam Brooks 1-5-3 (The Bell B Grove) – Week 5

Robert Baker 4-5-0 (North Star B Steventon) – Week 5

Roly Bunce 2-4-5 (The Chequers Charney) – Week 5

Terry Downes 1-3-5 (Plum Pudding) – Week 5

 

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Summer 2024 Week 4 Results

By on 2nd June 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 1 – Croft Nomads 5;  Legs (20-26, 24-24, 20-24),

P/A – College Oak A 2 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 4;  Legs (20-21, 23-26, 23-19),

P/A – Plum Pudding 6 – The Vine Cumnor 0;  Legs (23-17, 23-21, 23-20),

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 6 – Berinsfield SC A 0;  Legs (30-16, 26-22, 22-21),

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 4 – Abingdon RBL 2;  Legs (15-12, 13-17, 14-13),

B – Harwellian B 1 – Stanford in the Vale FC 5;  Legs (12-12, 15-16, 13-17),

B – The Bell A Grove 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2;  Legs (17-11, 17-19, 17-15),

B – The Croft Bar 4 – Abingdon United C 2;  Legs (11-17, 15-14, 14-12),

B – The Fox Denchworth 2 – The Grapes B 4;  Legs (6-15, 11-12, 10-9),

C – Abingdon Con Club 4 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 2;  Legs (8-7, 13-11, 6-8),

C – Eight Bells Eaton 6 – The Bell B Grove 0;  Legs (16-11, 12-10, 16-13),

C – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 5 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 1;  Legs (13-13, 14-12, 12-9),

C – The Grapes A 3 – Boundary House 3;  Legs (11-11, 9-16, 19-11),

D – Berinsfield SC B 4 – The Lamb A Wantage 2;  Legs (13-10, 16-10, 8-10),

D – Brewery Tap 2 – Red Lion B Drayton 4;  Legs (11-10, 11-14, 9-15),

D – The Chequers Charney 6 – The Midget 0;  Legs (14-13, 15-11, 9-7),

D – The Plough Hanney 3 – College Oak B 3;  Legs (9-9, 16-14, 10-12),

D – The Queens Arms 2 – Harwellian A 4;  Legs (9-12, 7-9, 8-7),

E – Bystander B 2 – Steventon Sports SC B 4;  Legs (11-13, 9-8, 12-13),

E – Marcham Centre A 2 – North Star A Steventon 4;  Legs (12-8, 6-14, 7-11),

E – The Lamb B Wantage 6 – Horse & Jockey A 0;  Legs (12-7, 13-3, 12-4),

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 4 – Hanney RBL 2;  Legs (15-13, 10-6, 12-13),

F – Bystander C 4 – Grove RFC 2;  Legs (12-7, 9-7, 6-11),

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 3 – Sutton Courtenay FC 3;  Legs (10-10, 6-2, 5-10),

F – North Star B Steventon 1 – WADS Bar 5;  Legs (11-11, 9-13, 10-13),

F – The Plough Appleton 0 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6;  Legs (3-9, 8-10, 5-14).

Blobbers

A Fletcher (Hanney RBL), , Abigail Ray (Horse & Jockey A), , Adam Binks (The Queens Arms), , Brad Davis (Horse & Jockey A), , Chloe O’Keefe (Bystander C), , John Colgrave (North Star B Steventon), , Jorge Eversion (Grove RFC), , Keith Smith (Sutton Courtenay FC), , Lynne Mainstone (North Star B Steventon), , Max Wheatley (The Queens Arms), , Nigel Hibberd (Abingdon Con Club), , Rhys Lewis (The Plough Appleton), , Richard Whittaker (Marcham Centre A), , Shaun Dominic (The Prince of Wales Shippon), , Spencer Walton (Berinsfield SC B), , Steven Pottenger (Marcham Centre A).

Sixers

Like buses you wait 3 weeks then 3 come at once!

David Dix (Abingdon Utd@ConClub), Rick Fletcher (Steventon Sports SC A), Stuart Wilson (Berinsfield SC A).

Fivers

Alan Bell 5-3-2 (Croft Nomads) – Week 4

Billy Collett 5-2-3 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 4

Darren Bennett 5-3-4 (The Wheatsheaf Didcot) – Week 4

David Butler 2-2-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 4

David Sapey 4-5-3 (Abingdon RBL) – Week 4

Derek Fletcher 5-2-1 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 4

John Thomas 1-5-1 (Berinsfield SC B) – Week 4

Matt Dingle 1-3-5 (The Vine Cumnor) – Week 4

Mick Brown 5-3-1 (The Grapes B) – Week 4

Phil Adams 5-5-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 4

Phil Johnson 5-3-1 (Brewery Tap) – Week 4

Rob Bartholomew 0-5-3 (The Lamb B Wantage) – Week 4

Scott Tabor 5-2-3 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 4

Steve Enock 2-3-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 4

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Important Competition News

By on 21st May 2024 in Committee Meetings, Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

At a meeting of the Committee on Monday 20th May  a number of important decisions were agreed which affect our 2024 Competitions. These affect all entrants already received and those which teams or individuals were about to make about entering. 

Despite extending the closing date until yesterday we are still well down on the entries particularly for the team events which were scheduled to take place on Sunday June 9th. With only 2 confirmed entries for the team 5’s, 3 entries for the Team 4’s and 5 entries for the Red Drive 3’s competition the Committee decided to postpone the Sunday June 9th competitions until later in the Summer. We really can’t justify staging competitions where the number of entries do not make the Competitions meaningful.

We decided to extend the entry date with a new closing date of Sunday June 16th (Father’s Day) for all Competitions and subject to the number of entries received by that date we hope that we can re-arrange a suitable date and venue to hold these team competitions which have been held annually for over 50 years!!

Entries for all Competitions will remain open until this mid June date and we already have a better level of entry for both the pairs and singles competitions which, together with the Captains and Secretaries Competitions will take place in early August as planned. All Competitions will, as agreed, at the AGM, earlier in the year still be held on Sundays.

The Committee also discussed the planned competitions exclusively for teams in Section B and below for which no entries have yet been received. Again we are keen to hold at least pairs and singles competitions for players in Sections B, C, D , E and F to encourage as many people as possible playing Competitions and we are proposing new trophies for these this year.

Finally on Competitions we are encouraged by the number of newcomers to our league this year and to recognise that we are looking to possibly hold another couple of Competitions (you will note that we are never put off entirely despite the lack of entries) so later this year we are looking to stage a ladies pairs competition open to all registered lady players (mixed from any team) and an under 25’s competition again open to all registered players. We will post entry forms for these two proposed new  competitions together with the very flexible rules in the next few days.

Finally Competitions are an essential part of our heritage and we don’t want to lose them, we actually want more not less hence our discussions and decisions taken at Committee tonight. 

So please get your entries in too many is not a problem too few is!

It’s the old adage it you don’t enter, the Competitions may not be viable this year and into the future, and they are a significant part of our heritage!

The trophies both team and individual also represent a very sizeable cost to the Association so that has to be justified because it’s your money we spend! So, the more entries the merrier is certainly true in this case.

Remember entry costs only £1 per person for all of our competitions so buy your ticket to enter now!!!

(Chairman’s Remarks: – it’s a cliche but competitions can test your mettle so much more than a weekly game, as Phil ‘The Power’ Taylor from the darts world said “You can’t practice ******** yourself” – to be a better player practice only goes so far, competitions sorts the cool from the collapsing which also means it can be anyone’s win. Get your entries in and see if you have the ‘right stuff’.)

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Summer 2024 Week 2 Results

By on 20th May 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

Premier/A

College Oak A 2 – Croft Nomads 4; Legs (19-20, 32-24, 24-29)
Plum Pudding 4 – Bystander A 2; Legs (18-20, 32-21, 23-20)
Red Lion Drayton 6 – Steventon Sports SC A 0; Legs (26-17, 25-18, 26-20)
The Vine Cumnor 3 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 3; Legs (21-20, 19-25, 20-20)

B Section

Harwellian B 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2; Legs (13-11, 12-8, 6-13)
The Bell A Grove 6 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 0; Legs (14-12, 11-10, 8-7)
The Croft Bar 4 – Abingdon RBL 2; Legs (10-11, 13-4, 16-12)
The Fox Denchworth 4 – Stanford in the Vale FC 2; Legs (15-14, 9-15, 15-13)
The Grapes B 5 – Abingdon United C 1; Legs (13-9, 12-12, 9-8)

C Section

Abingdon Con Club 4 – The Grapes A 2; Legs (11-13, 15-11, 15-10)
Eight Bells Eaton 0 – Boundary House 6; Legs (14-20, 11-17, 7-12)
The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 4; Legs (18-11, 10-11, 10-14)
The Oak Didcot 4 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 2; Legs (11-4, 14-10, 9-11)

D Section

Berinsfield SC B 2 – Harwellian A 4; Legs (7-8, 11-16, 12-10)
Brewery Tap 2 – College Oak B 4; Legs (13-11, 10-13, 8-9)
The Chequers Charney 4 – The Plough Hanney 2; Legs (6-11, 13-8, 14-8)
The Lamb A Wantage 0 – Red Lion B Drayton 6; Legs (4-13, 10-16, 8-9)
The Queens Arms 2 – The Midget 4; Legs (4-8, 11-9, 6-12)

E Section

Bystander B 2 – Hanney RBL 4; Legs (9-8, 7-9, 7-9)
Marcham Centre A 6 – Horse & Jockey A 0; Legs (9-4, 11-6, 17-4)
RAL SC 6 – The Lamb B Wantage 0; Legs (10-7, 10-7, 13-10)
Steventon Sports SC B 4 – North Star A Steventon 2; Legs (6-14, 8-7, 11-10)

F Section

Bystander C 4 – WADS Bar 2; Legs (9-14, 9-5, 12-11)
Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – Sutton Courtenay FC 0; Legs (13-6, 11-7, 15-7)
Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 0 – Marcham Centre B 6; Legs (4-5, 8-14, 9-11)
The Plough Appleton 0 – Grove RFC 6; Legs (3-7, 7-8, 1-4)

Bl0bbers

Less this week – hang in there – good dolls will come!

Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Alan Wilkinson (The Plough Hanney), Ashley Wheeler (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor), Chris Dennis (Sutton Courtenay FC), Colin Down (The Grapes B), Debbie Case (Grove RFC), Enya Mayall (Horse & Jockey A), Ian Ray (Horse & Jockey A), James Faulkner (College Oak B), Jason Walker (The Midget), Joe Murphy (The Queens Arms), Mark Sheldon (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Nell Ahier (Harwellian B), Nigel Tait (Abingdon RBL), Paul Norris (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor), Rhys Lewis (The Plough Appleton), Robbie Cook (Grove RFC), Scott Gardner (Horse & Jockey A), Simon Busby (Berinsfield SC B), Tim Payne (Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne), Will Shallis (The Plough Long Wittenham), William Hutchinson (The Plough Appleton).

Sixers

No sixers again this week but here are those only 1 doll away…

Andrew Farrant 5-2-1 (Eight Bells Eaton) – Week 2
Caroline Baker 3-5-2 (Red Lion B Drayton) – Week 2
David Dix 3-5-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 2
Dean Bowler 5-3-3 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 2
Ian Brook 2-5-4 (Croft Nomads) – Week 2
Kevin Billington 1-2-5 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 2
Luke Dewar 3-5-3 (The Grapes B) – Week 2
Michael Samways 0-5-0 (Plum Pudding) – Week 2
Pat Wiltshire 5-1-1 (The Bell A Grove) – Week 2
Paul Leach 3-5-4 (Plum Pudding) – Week 2
Simon Winterbourne 2-5-2 (Plum Pudding) – Week 2

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A few interesting bits about out 2024 league

By on 15th May 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

As ! mentioned in my week 1 post we are delighted to welcome 56 teams to our  6 Aunt Sally sections for 2024. A few things that might surprise you about our league and what happens on Wednesday nights from May through to September.

  • With 56 teams that means that 28 venues will be hosting Aunt Sally matches throughout the season
  • 15 venues with two teams will host games on at least 16 Wednesdays
  • 24 other venues will host games on 7/8 or 9 Wednesdays 
  • 1 venue will play host to 2 teams every Wednesday and an additional team on another 8 because they have 2 throws!
  • We have registered almost 900 players for our 56 teams, that’s an average of 16 registered players for each team.
  • 26 matches will take place every Wednesday and that means over 400 players will be in pubs and clubs in our catchment area.
  • If only the 8 players from each side turn up and each spend on average £10 on the night that’s £160 of income for either 9 weeks (£1440 per season) or (£2880 for pubs and clubs with 2 teams!) For the one “lucky” host pub with 3 teams that income would be over £4000 over the season.
  • Of course we know that not everyone spends £10, some of us make up for that by spending more and lots of sides have more than just their 8 players especially at home venues.
  • The cost of entry for the Aunt Sally League is just £45 a year! Good value when you look at potential income versus expenditure!!

So if you or your landlord, manager or steward need re-assurance that it is worthwhile hosting an Aunt Sally team or two feel free to share these observations with them! It’s recognised that the income excludes the cost of all of the overheads including drink, staff and other overheads, but we suggest it’s still not a bad return for that £45 cost of entry and where would those 400 punters be on a Wednesday night if it weren’t for Aunt Sally!!

 

 

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Summer 2024 Week 1 Results

By on 13th May 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Scores

Premier/A

Abingdon Utd@ConClub 5 – Bystander A 1;   Legs (27-19   18-17   21-21)

College Oak A 2 – Steventon Sports SC A 4;   Legs (20-26   19-24   24-22)

Plum Pudding 4 – Berinsfield SC A 2;   Legs (28-16   18-25   21-19)

The Vine Cumnor 3 – Croft Nomads 3;   Legs (18-24   23-23   21-18)

B Section

Abingdon United C 0 – Stanford in the Vale FC 6;   Legs (7-16   11-19   10-14)

Harwellian B 2 – The Bell A Grove 4;   Legs (14-12   12-15   11-12)

The Croft Bar 4 – Fleur de Lys A   Hagbourne 2;   Legs (9-12   14-8   12-11)

The Fox Denchworth 5 – The Plough Long Wittenham 1;   Legs (7-7   9-8   10-6)

The Grapes B 1 – Abingdon RBL 5;   Legs (10-10   14-17   13-16)

C Section

Eight Bells Eaton 2 – The Grapes A 4;   Legs (13-11   10-12   6-12)

The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 0 – Abingdon Con Club 6;   Legs (7-9   7-14   12-13)

The Bell B Grove 6 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 0;   Legs (14-5   18-9   12-9)

The Oak Didcot 6 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 0;   Legs (17-10   13-10   16-9)

D Section

Berinsfield SC B 0 – The Midget 6;   Legs (8-10   10-13   10-15)

Brewery Tap 4 – The Plough Hanney 2;   Legs (18-8   9-8   11-13)

Red Lion B Drayton 4 – Harwellian A 2;   Legs (4-8   15-11   11-10)

The Lamb A Wantage 2 – College Oak B 4;   Legs (9-7   7-13   5-11)

The Queens Arms 2 – The Chequers Charney 4;   Legs (6-11   6-12   12-10)

E Section

Marcham Centre A 4 – The Lamb B Wantage 2;   Legs (8-8   9-9   14-5)

North Star A Steventon 6 – Hanney RBL 0;   Legs (11-8   13-8   11-7)

Steventon Sports SC B 6 – Horse & Jockey A 0;   Legs (17-2   7-4   11-5)

The Wheatsheaf Didcot 5 – RAL SC 1;   Legs (13-10   13-12   10-10)

Bystander C 6 – North Star B Steventon 0;   Legs (4-3   11-5   6-4)

F Section

Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – Marcham Centre B 0;   Legs (10-7   12-5   7-6)

Sutton Courtenay FC 4 – Grove RFC 2;   Legs (9-10   13-8   14-7)

The Plough Appleton 0 – WADS Bar 6;   Legs (1-12   4-7   6-8)

Blobbers

Abigail Ray (Horse & Jockey A), Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Anna Antell (The Plough Appleton), Archie Davidson (The Fox Denchworth), Chris Wilding (North Star B Steventon), David Baker (Harwellian B), Edward Walker (The Lamb B Wantage), Enya Mayall (Horse & Jockey A), Jess Bailey (North Star B Steventon), Jessica Ray (Horse & Jockey A), John Colgrave (North Star B Steventon), Ken Tombs (Marcham Centre B), Lisa Stone (The Queens Arms), Lucas Bowler (The Plough Appleton), Maurice Owen (Abingdon United C), Mick Wright (Marcham Centre B), Nigel Tait (Abingdon RBL), Paul Golding (The Plough Appleton), Paul Norris (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor), Peter Hogan (The Lamb A Wantage), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Richard Blake (The Queens Arms), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Russell Stock (The Fox Denchworth), Sandra Buchanan (The Lamb A Wantage), Simon Busby (Berinsfield SC B), Will Shallis (The Plough Long Wittenham).

Sixers

No sixers this week – it can only get better because here are those who were 1 stick short!

Andy Barrett 1-5-1 (The Croft Bar) – Week 1
Colin Kilpin 0-5-2 (The Bell A Grove) – Week 1
David Dix 5-3-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 1
Ian Brook 5-2-4 (Croft Nomads) – Week 1
Paul Barrett 5-2-2 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 1
Phil Adams 5-5-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 1
Simon Armstrong 3-2-5 (The Queens Arms) – Week 1
Terry Downes 2-5-4 (Plum Pudding) – Week 1

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2024 Season Underway

By on 3rd May 2024 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

8’s Knockout Handicap

Well, the Summer Season is underway with the First Round of the Team 8’s competition providing the first competitive games of 2024. Many other sides have also made a start with friendlies and team practice nights on what, has been, a fairly chilly start to our Summer.

The 8’s Competition saw 4 games played on Wednesday night and the victorious sides were Abingdon United@Con Club who easily dispatched the challenge of a 7 player side Croft Nomads in 2 straight legs, Berinsfield SC A whose visit to The Bell Grove saw them progress by 2 legs to 1 on what was reported to be a thoroughly enjoyable evening, Steventon Sports B with a massive 10 doll advantage saw off Premier side Bystander A 2 legs to nil and in the other game played last night was  another local derby between Abingdon RBL took the honours with a 2 -1 victory over Abingdon United C.

So the draw for the next round sees

  • Berinsfield A at home to Abingdon Con Club with the Con Club getting a 6 doll leg advantage
  • Ab Utd@Con Club at home to The Fox Denchwoth who will get a 4 doll per leg advantage
  • Steventon Sports B 0f the E section will entertain The Bell Grove B  and will have a 4 doll advantage
  • Abingdon RBL  will have home advantage against Harwellian B and as both teams are in the B section there will be no handicap advantage or either side.

These games need to be completed by the end of June on a date mutually agreed by both sides.

Summer League Matches

Looking ahead to the league season which starts next Wednesday just a few reminders for everyone:-

  • All fixture packs and other information including match cards have been circulated to all team secretaries
  • Fixture list is also available from the home page
  • League matches are scheduled to start at 8.15
  • All registered players are listed on your team listing on the website 
  • Hopefully all names and spellings have been checked and where necessary amended. Click here to review and notify team support if names are wrong.
  • It is not too late to register additional players throughout the season and all will be confirmed immediately (before they play) unless they are registering for teams in the Premier/A sections who are subject to a handicap.
  • Competition entries need to be made and fees paid by May 19th. Entry forms are available online
  • 2024 sees the opportunity for teams in the B,C,D, E and F sections to enter Competitions not open to teams in the Premier and A sections. We hope to attract enough entries to hold separate team 3’s, pairs and singles competitions to be held on a date and venue to be confirmed later dependent upon the number of entries. Players and teams in these sections can of course still also enter the regular Competitions scheduled to take place on Sundays in June and August.
  • All new teams/locations will need access to the website so they can input and check match scores. These will be sent to Captains/Secretaries in the next few days

That’s the official bits and pieces now for the polite reminders…………..Aunt Sally is a game with a lot of history and tradition and over the past 60+ years these have  been well respected and observed (most of the time!)

  • Aunt Sally is a game that is both competitive and enjoyable and full of banter. Most of all it’s intended to be played in a good spirit enjoyed by all regardless of ability or results.
  • Occasional bad language is inevitable, but continuous swearing and unwelcome abuse although rarely experienced is just not acceptable. Remember we are guests of our pubs and clubs and particularly in garden areas we share the facility with other customers including families often with young children. Let’s not cause anyone any offence or reason to complain!
  • Beer legs are a long held part of our tradition and let’s wherever possible keep that going. These are  played traditionally at the end of the evening and often encourage more fun and banter which are essential to our game, also allow others who do not play regularly to take part. The nature of these legs are agreed by the Captains on the night (last leg vs separate or team vs 1:1) and although inflation has taken it’s toll with the price of drinks beer legs are still an integral part of our Wednesday nights and long may that continue!
  • Food……..perhaps (for some!!) is another important part of our Wednesday evenings and many pubs and clubs are particularly attractive because of the post match food! We are always grateful to the landlord/stewards for providing this and most home teams do pay for the food provided either in full or part. Football cards are a source of income which helps with the cost so don’t be shy make sure you spend a few bob to support!

      None of the above are rules but I don’t think you will find too many teams or individuals who don’t agree with them.

Remember we are looking to maintain and grow our game to do that we need  support our pubs and clubs all of whom face real financial challenges and struggle to  survive. We want to attract more sides., more players particularly a younger generation, we want our game to be fully inclusive and it is encouraging over the past couple of years to see a significant increase in the number of ladies taking part and maybe it won’t be long before we introduce a bit of discrimination with ladies only competitions!!

To everyone old and new, enjoy the season, be fair, be respectful to each other, share the load with your team mates  in terms of setting up calling, sticking up or chalking and packing away, make some new friends, have some laughs and most of all ENJOY!

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

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

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2024 Fixtures are available ONLINE

By on 26th April 2024 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

The 2024 Fixture list is now available online (on the homepage) and includes some last minute changes to C Section which will not be in the printed packs. 

We have 56 teams in the league (up from 52 in 2023) including some new venues so do welcome them into the fold! 

Roger is busy preparing the packs and we will be getting them out to the venues next week. 

League starts on 8th May with Preliminary rounds of the 8s knockouts next week on 1st May.

COMPETITIONS !! – Get your entry forms in before 19th May.

Do please check your player names and Captains/Secretaries check your login still works. Any issues email Team Support.

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Summer 2024 Teams are ONLINE! Check your names!

By on 20th April 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

We’ve now got all your teams online so it’s time for Captains/Secretaries to check the names to make sure they are correct so use the Team Scores report to take a look. If you find a typo (or a ??? on an entry) please email using Team Support to tell us the team name and player to be corrected and how.

If you win/runnerup the section we take the names off the league tables to put on the plaques so please check them now as a request to redo the plaques comes with a cost if it’s not as registered online!

You might be surprised at this but some registrations form entries are illegible! IKR ! Top Tip for next year: Fill in the registration sheet carefully while sober! 😀 

And while your at it check your LOGINS…

Now is also an excellent time to check if you can login and if you are responsible for match card entry do check you can access the Scorecard online. You should see the match card header if you get logged in correctly. Scorecard entry doesn’t ‘open’ until Wednesday evening so you’ll see a ‘currently disabled’ message but this means you could enter a scorecard when we start. If you need the ability to enter cards then contact us via Team Support and quote your username/email address and we’ll set you up.

It’s very useful if your account has a registered email address which allows you to reset your password.  You can set this in your Edit Profile in the top right after logging in where it has your name.

Some of the old ‘team name’ accounts from when we started the online system don’t necessarily have email addresses attached. NOTE you can only register an email ONCE on the system, no duplicates are allowed even for different usernames.

If you have problems and to save time please quote your username and/or email address so we can locate your account and report any issues via Team Support. 

If you need a NEW Login contact us via Team Support.

Did you know…. that if you are logged in you can comment on posts?
They are moderated so keep it clean if you want to be heard. 

Let’s hope the weather’s good for the first Wednesday and remember….

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

Paul Stone
Chairman

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2024 AGM Summary

By on 5th April 2024 in Committee Meetings, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

For all of the member clubs who were unable to attend the January Annual General Meeting of the Summer League we thought it would only right to share with you the key points raised and the decisions taken at the meeting which was attended by around 30 people representing 18 of our member clubs (35%).

  • The Chairman (Paul Stone) gave his report on the past season and thanked all of the 52 teams who participated in the 2023 season and congratulated all of the League and Competition winners and runners up on their success. He made particular mention of everyone who played who ensured that our league stayed strong despite the many problems we faced with the closure of some venues, the loss of some pitches and the other pressures that following the covid period. Paul thanked all who helped organise their teams and the landlords and stewards of our host pubs and clubs.
  • The financial report was presented and the Treasurer said that the Association had made a small excess of income over expenditure again in 2023 despite the increased cost of trophies primarily because of the need to complete both the 2023 and 2024 engraving costs. He explained that our financial “health” was largely due to the ongoing and generous sponsorship that we received again in 2023 from Thames Cable for which we were extremely grateful. The Association had during late 2023 arranged a transfer of our Banking from Barclays Bank to the Newbury Building Society and explained that this was due to both access to a local branch and the ability to earn interest on our balance, which at the end of 2023 stood at £4860 net of outstanding payments.
  • Fees for 2024 will remain unchanged £45 per team for up to 15 players in the league and £1 for each player entered in any of the competitions. These entry fees have basically unchanged for several years.
  • Competitions will again be held on nominated Sundays (other than the 8’s) with the 5’s, 4’s and 3’s taking place on June 9th and the Pairs, Singles, Captains and Secretaries being held on August 11th.
  • Finals Night will take place on September 18th and Presentation Night will be held on October 18th
    (These dates are all provisional and will need to be confirmed before the start of the season)
  • The season will start on May 1st with the first round of the 8’s Competition with the league fixtures starting on May 8th and completing on September 11th
  • In 2024 we plan, subject to levels of interest, to introduce some additional Competition’s limited to registered players from the lower sections. Initially this will be singles, pairs and possibly a 3’s team competition and the details of the proposals will be available in a few weeks time. Entry fees for these will also be £1 per player.
  • The existing Committee was re-elected en-bloc for 2024 , but they expressed the hope that each section could have a nominated representative (or two) so that all sections can have an input via the Committee to any ideas, suggested changes or problems encountered that their team or other teams within their section experience. These roles would not be Committee positions so no real commitment other than being the “voice and the conscience” of teams in their section.
  • A couple of minor rule changes were proposed and agreed.
    • Firstly with regard to league positions to avoid any play offs at the end of the season any teams level of points gained will have their final, position determined by actual dolls scored.
    • Secondly in Summer Competitions the need for a 3 stick, 1 stick throw off currently for each leg will be changed and will only be required in the event of a tied position at the completion of the 3rd leg.
  • The Committee said that for 2024 we would like to increase the number of teams in the league ideally to 60 which would mean that we could run 6 sections with a full complement of 10 teams ensuring that all steams have the opportunity of 18 games. The problem with the number of byes in the lower sections in 2023 was raised as a concern and everyone agreed that if possible that should be avoided. The Committee asked all present for their help in trying to attract more teams and more players to the league in 2024. Website development was identified as an area for focus and possibly expenditure in 2024 as the site is now several years old and in need of some skilled input and probable improvement.
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