Archive | Summer League Reports

Well certainly the highlight of last week was a cracking 14 dolls including a 6, one of only 3 last week, for Derrick Brown who plays for the WADS bar in the F section. His doll hall, the highest individual score of the week also took Derrick past 100 dolls for the season so far, the first player outside of the Premier/A sections to become a centurian this season. Congratulations Derrick!

The Premier league continues to be a tightly fought contest with the Bystander A side recording their sixth successive victory with a comprehensive 6-0 win over Berinsfield SCA. Jason Bowler with 11 dolls and Roy Taylor on one of his rare appearances weighed in with 10 of his own.

Elsewhere within the Premier there were 4-2 wins for both Abingdon Utd and Croft Nomads against Steventon Sports and Red Lion so it continues to be a 3 horse race in the Premier with Ab Utd and Berinsfield both having a game in hand over the Croft. Dave Dix and Phil Adams jointly top scored with 13 dolls apiece for Utd and Alan Bell with 11 dolls was ably assisted by Dave Butler with his first double figures of the season for the Croft. For the Red Lion Dean Bowler continued his good run of form with 11 dolls. 

Elsewhere within the Premier/A Section College Oak made it 4 successive wins with a 4-2 victory over the Plum Pudding for whom Dave (Foxy) Worrall hit an opening leg 6 only to follow that with a second leg blob! For Plum Pudding missing the holidaying Terry Downes, Mick Samways and Simon Reeve both hit 10 dolls.

The B section highlight was Abingdon United making it 6 games unbeaten when they drew 3 each with The Bell A.

Stanford in the Vale FC maybe viewing the prospect of a return to the A section in 2025 had Darren Kitchen top scoring with 10 dolls in a 5-1 win over The Plough. Harwellian B with 2 legs featuring both 5 dolls and blob legs from Ryan Cload and Neil Campbell beat the Grapes, for whom Lee Brown top scored with another 10 doll haul, 4-2.

Brian Hudson top scored for the Croft Bar when they returned from the Fox, Denchworth with a 4-2 win.

The C section saw Abingdon Con Club victorious 5-1 over the Boundary House. Like one of the other “sixers” on the night Con Club’s skipper Mickey Neal promptly followed his magnificent first leg with a third leg “blob” which probably led to the “chicken” being brought out by his team mates!

I promised a look at the league tables and the race towards the individual top doll counts for each of the sections as we approach the last month of the league season.

As already mentioned it’s a 3 horse race in the premier with Bystander’s recent run of 6 straight wins probably making them slight favourites at the moment, but the top 3 all still have to play each other so it could go right to the last game of the season, the match postponed from week 10 between them and Ab Utd/Con Club on the 14th September.

The A section sees Red Lion A 10 points clear with just 3 to play and it could still be tight as their last week of the season is a bye so they will be hoping to remain at least 6 points clear by then!

The B section seems to be a fight between Stanford in the Vale FC and the Bell A who are separated by just 2 points and the Croft Bar are 5 points behind but these top 3 all still have to play each other.

The C section is Abingdon Con Club’s to lose as they have a very healthy 15 point lead with only 3 games to play and the D section looks to be between the Midget and Harwellian A who are 5 points adrift.

The E section is led by North Star A with a 6 point lead, but that could be narrowed when second placed The Wheatsheaf play their game in hand this week.

The F section looks to be a straight contest between two newcomers – WADS Bar and the Fleur de Leys and they meet next week so that game may prove to be decisive come mid September!

Looking at the top dolls for each of the sections there’s still lots to play for! In the Premier teammates Dave Dix with 135 and Phil Adams with 132 are well clear of the rest, in the A section Dean Bowler, Paul Leach and Danny Hamilton are all within 3 dolls of each other, the B section is equally as close with just 7 dolls between the top 4 who are Paul Ealey and Dave Sapey from Abingdon RBL, Lee Brown of the Grapes and Andy Shipman of Harwellian B and they are all likely to reach their 2024 centuries when they next play as is Tom Lach of Abingdon Con Club who just needs 6 dolls to reach his “ton”.

In the D section the race to top doll scorer is led by Roly Bunce from the Chequers followed by Ian Cooksley of the Harwellian and in the E section Darren Bennett from the Wheatsheaf leads the way just ahead of Jim Lister from the North Star. In the F section Derrick Browns’ magnificent 14 dolls last week took him to 102 dolls for the season which not only puts him well in the lead to become the F section’s top “doller” it puts him into the top 10 doll scorers for all of the combined sections including the Premier probably time Derrick to appoint an agent!!

Match Results

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 2 – Croft Nomads 4; Legs (20-22, 24-23, 23-25)

P/A – Bystander A 4 – Steventon Sports SC A 2; Legs (22-23, 25-20, 29-22)

P/A – College Oak A 6 – The Vine Cumnor 0; Legs (23-17, 24-21, 23-16)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 5 – Plum Pudding 1; Legs (22-18, 22-22, 22-20)

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 4 – Stanford in the Vale FC 2; Legs (13-12, 13-8, 10-16)

B – Harwellian B 1 – Abingdon United C 5; Legs (10-10, 9-12, 11-18)

B – The Bell A Grove 4 – The Fox Denchworth 2; Legs (15-10, 13-14, 13-10)

B – The Croft Bar 6 – The Grapes B 0; Legs (13-12, 11-9, 11-9)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 0 – Abingdon RBL 6; Legs (13-19, 10-17, 15-16)

C – Abingdon Con Club 4 – The Oak Didcot 2; Legs (10-12, 18-17, 18-12)

C – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2 – The Bell B Grove 4; Legs (14-12, 7-13, 14-16)

C – The Grapes A 0 – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 6; Legs (12-18, 13-14, 12-15)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 4 – Boundary House 2; Legs (7-8, 10-9, 14-11)

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

D – Red Lion B Drayton 2 – The Queens Arms 4; Legs (6-13, 7-8, 14-11)

D – The Chequers Charney 6 – Berinsfield SC B 0; Legs (12-4, 13-7, 14-6)

D – The Midget 2 – College Oak B 4; Legs (12-9, 10-14, 7-11)

D – The Plough Hanney 2 – Harwellian A 4; Legs (12-8, 10-12, 11-12)

E – Marcham Centre A 6 – Steventon Sports SC B 0; Legs (12-7, 16-8, 14-10)

E – RAL SC 4 – Bystander B 2; Legs (8-12, 12-7, 14-6)

E – The Lamb B Wantage 3 – Hanney RBL 3; Legs (9-9, 7-8, 11-8)

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2 – North Star A Steventon 4; Legs (15-16, 13-14, 13-11)

F – Bystander C 4 – Sutton Courtenay FC 2; Legs (10-11, 14-7, 11-8)

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 1 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 5; Legs (10-11, 12-12, 8-13)

F – WADS Bar 4 – Marcham Centre B 2; Legs (11-15, 13-11, 11-8)

Blobbers

Alana Watson-Harrison (The Lamb B Wantage), Alistair Brewis (The Chequers Charney), Anthony Humphreys (Boundary House), Carey Lewis (Harwellian B), Charlie Harrison (WADS Bar), Dan Smith (Berinsfield SC B), Michael Harvey (The Vine Cumnor), Paul Hackwood (Steventon Sports SC B).

Sixers

Barry Townsend (Croft Nomads).

Fivers

Andy Phelps 4-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 14

Danny Hamilton 5-2-3 (The Vine Cumnor) – Week 14

David Bartlett 1-2-5 (Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne) – Week 14

David Sapey 4-5-1 (Abingdon RBL) – Week 14

Kevin Higgs 3-5-1 (The Waggon and Horses Southmoor) – Week 14

Mark Austin 5-1-2 (The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor) – Week 14

Martin Manion 0-5-1 (The Vine Cumnor) – Week 14

Martin Robinson 5-3-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 14

Matty Belcher 3-3-5 (College Oak A) – Week 14

Max Winterbourne 1-5-4 (The Oak Didcot) – Week 14

Mckenzie Godfrey 1-5-1 (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V) – Week 14

Paul Ealey 5-3-5 (Abingdon RBL) – Week 14

Rick Fletcher 5-1-0 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 14

Tom Baptie 5-2-1 (Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne) – Week 14

Tom Lach 2-5-3 (Abingdon Con Club) – Week 14

Week 14 is now behind us so the close season is only a matter of  a few weeks to go and with that the prospect of the end of summer, and certainly the Wednesdays seem to simply fly by!

So last week’s round up. With Abingdon Utd/Con Club having a Wednesday bye their nearest challengers Bystander A and Croft Nomads both took the opportunity to record 4-2 victories with the Bystander’s having a 4th successive win at Steventon Sports with Steve Martin leading the way with 11 dolls and Jason Bowler contributing a further 10 for the Bystander.  For the Sports Derek Fletcher top scored with 10 dolls.

Meanwhile at Berinsfield a very tight encounter with only 3 dolls separating the teams over the 3 legs. Croft Nomads just edged the win thanks largely to Barry Townsend who included a second leg 6  (the only one of the week) in his 11 dolls, shame as anchor man he needed 7 to level the leg, Martin Robinson with 11 and Ian Brook contributed 10. For Berinsfield Shaggy Phelps top scored with the highest individual tally of 12.

Elsewhere in the A section College Oak secured their 3rd straight win 6-0 over The Vine and Dave “Foxy” Worrell and Mattie Belcher top scored with 10 and 11 dolls retrospectively and Danny Hamilton also hit 10 dolls in reply for the Vine and the Red Lion beat the Plum Pudding 5-1 with the reliable Dean Bowler top scoring with 11 dolls for the Lion.

The B section Abingdon United made it 6 straight wins when returning with a 5-1 result when visiting Harwellian B, Abingdon RBL also were victorious beating the Plough, Wittenham 6-0 and skipper Paul Ealey hit the best score of the night with his 13 dolls ably aided by his the team secretary, Dave Sapey who added 10 dolls of his own! There were also wins for The Bell A and for the Croft Bar against  The Fox, Denchworth and the Grapes B respectively.

In Section C League leaders Abingdon Con Club were winners on the night beating visitors Royal Oak 4-2 with 10 doll contributions for Tom Lach for the home side and Max Winterbourne for the Oak.

Also winners on the night in the C section were The Waggon and Horses, Prince of Wales and the Bell B, in the D section winners were Queens Arms , College Oak B, Harwellian A, and The Chequers, Charney in the E section Marcham Centre A, RAL SC, and North Star and in the F section Bystander C, Fleur de Leys B for whom Tom Baptie and David Bartlett both hit one leg of a 5 leg each in their 8 doll haul and the WADS Bar were all winners in that section.

A maybe interesting (to some!) facts of the night were that there were only two 3-3 results last week and they features both the Lamb Wantage sides and a less welcome fact (again to some!) was the two Grapes sides were both on the wrong end of 6-0 defeats, for the first time this season and maybe for the first time ever!

That’s all folks about last week (still 1 result outstanding!). Next week we will have a closer look at the league tables and the individual leading doll scorers as we reach the last quarter of our Summer season.

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 1 – College Oak A 5; Legs (27-27, 23-24, 23-28)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 2 – Red Lion Drayton 4; Legs (17-18, 19-22, 21-18)

P/A – Croft Nomads 4 – Steventon Sports SC A 2; Legs (32-23, 23-22, 18-20)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 2 – Plum Pudding 4; Legs (21-25, 20-17, 18-23)

B – Abingdon RBL 2 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 4; Legs (12-10, 11-12, 12-13)

B – Abingdon United C 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (17-12, 14-9, 13-15)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 5 – Harwellian B 1; Legs (13-8, 13-13, 17-12)

B – The Grapes B 2 – The Fox Denchworth 4; Legs (10-14, 9-13, 14-13)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 1 – The Bell A Grove 5; Legs (14-14, 14-15, 15-17)

C – Boundary House 2 – The Grapes A 4; Legs (11-12, 15-16, 12-8)

C – The Bell B Grove 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (17-12, 16-10, 7-13)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 3 – Abingdon Con Club 3; Legs (11-11, 9-13, 15-13)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 0 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 6; Legs (8-16, 14-18, 11-20)

D – College Oak B 4 – The Plough Hanney 2; Legs (10-11, 17-8, 9-7)

D – Harwellian A 2 – The Queens Arms 4; Legs (15-14, 9-12, 9-10)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 0 – Brewery Tap 6; Legs (8-10, 8-10, 6-8)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 2 – Berinsfield SC B 4; Legs (12-14, 8-9, 9-7)

D – The Midget 6 – The Chequers Charney 0; Legs (10-8, 12-10, 11-7)

E – Hanney RBL 0 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6; Legs (10-13, 8-12, 4-7)

E – North Star A Steventon 5 – Marcham Centre A 1; Legs (10-10, 15-8, 13-9)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 2 – Bystander B 4; Legs (10-12, 8-9, 7-5)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (8-4, 9-3, 7-5)

F – Grove RFC 5 – Bystander C 1; Legs (6-6, 9-7, 7-3)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 4 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 2; Legs (11-10, 16-10, 8-10)

F – WADS Bar 5 – North Star B Steventon 1; Legs (9-8, 15-8, 10-10)

Blobbers

Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Ajnna Antell (The Plough Appleton), Barry Sutton (Hanney RBL), Chloe O’Keefe (Bystander C), Edward Houlihan (Boundary House), Gareth Cox (Red Lion B Drayton), Jack Checketts (Stanford in the Vale FC), Jan Bargus (Grove RFC), Jess Bailey (North Star B Steventon), Mckenzie Godfrey (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Olivia Cooper (Bystander C), Paul Hackwood (Steventon Sports SC B), Tom Ricketts (Marcham Centre A), Tom Turner (Bystander B).

Sixers

Edmund Jeffries (Abingdon United C), Ian Brook (Croft Nomads).

Fivers

Barry Townsend 4-5-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 13

Dave Collett 3-2-5 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 13

Gary Bolton 1-5-2 (Sutton Courtenay FC) – Week 13

Kevin Regan 0-5-1 (Red Lion Drayton) – Week 13

Lee Brown 2-5-4 (The Grapes B) – Week 13

Leigh Clapton 5-2-0 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Mark McCracken 3-3-5 (The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor) – Week 13

Mick James 5-3-1 (Abingdon United C) – Week 13

Phil Adams 5-4-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Phil Soden 4-5-3 (College Oak A) – Week 13

Scott Humphries 4-5-2 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 13

Steve Lambert 3-5-3 (The Fox Denchworth) – Week 13

Last week saw some more interesting results and a mix of results across the sections. In the Premier/A section AbingdonUtd/ConClub were surprisingly beaten 5-1 by a determined College Oak A in what was a tight encounter the first leg being drawn with both sides registering 27 dolls, the second leg edgesd it by 1 doll and then the next leg Oak scored 28 to secure the 5-1 result.. College Captain Phil Soden top scored with 12 dolls and he was ably supported by Kev Chapman who notched 11 dolls. For Ab Utd/Con Club Phil Adams led the way with 13 dolls, Dave Dix added another 12 to his tally and Scott Humphries added 11 of his own. 

Elsewhere in the Premier Croft Nomads registered their highest leg score with 32 dolls in the opening leg against Steventon Sports which included a 6 from Ian Brook. Steventon Sports set 23 in the second leg anchor man Barry Townsend needing 5 dolls to win the leg duly clanged them off to enable the Nomads to “steal” the leg 24 -23. The third leg saw Steventon Sports set 28 and that was more than enough for the leg and earn them 2 points. For Steventon Sports Grahame Brind top scored with 10 dolls, for the Nomads and Barrie Townsend led the way with 12 dolls.

Red Lion A were 4-2 winners against Berinsfield and The Vine went down by the same score at home against The Plu Pudding despite Danny Hamilton top scoring on the night with 10 dolls for the Vine.

2 more players reached their hundred dolls for the season last week joining Phil Adams and Dave Dix who had already hit their first hundred dolls a couple of weeks earlier and are now joined by Leigh Clapton and Ian Brook. In the next couple of weeks the “100 club” will be joined by many more as 11 players are going to reach that significant milestone within the next couple of weeks and not all of those are playing in the Premier/A sections!

The B section saw a first 6 of the season for Abingdon United from Eddie Jeffries and a 5 from Mick James put the first leg way beyond their visitors from the Croft and set up the United side for a welcome 4-2 win. Also in the B section 10’s from both Dave and Billy Collet were not enough to stop The Bell securing a 5-1 result for whom Steve Weeks also hit 10 dolls. 

The Fox Denchworth also had a welcome second successive win with Steve Lambert’s 11 dolls helping them to a 4-2 win over The Grapes B for whom Lee Brown also hit 11 dolls.

In the C section Cumnor’s Bear & Ragged Staff with Mark McCracken hit his best of the season with 11 dolls to lead the way to a 6-0 result at the Waggon & Horses.

Finally a mention to the Midget who defeated the Chequers 6-0 in the D section on what must have been a difficult night for the home sides players as tragically, their former Captain and long time regular  player Kev Kogel died as a result of an accident a few days previously whilst he was on a golfing trip in Cyprus.

On behalf of all of the Aunt Sally community our condolences are extended to all of Kevin’s family especially his to his wife and children, his Mum and Dad, Andrea and Paul, his brothers Lee and Justin and all of his extended family and his many, many friends. RIP Kevin

Match Results

P/A – College Oak A 4 – Berinsfield SC A 2; Legs (21-24, 25-19, 22-20)

P/A – Plum Pudding 4 – Croft Nomads 2; Legs (20-23, 24-22, 26-24)

P/A – Red Lion Drayton 4 – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 2; Legs (24-22, 27-23, 20-23)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 0 – Bystander A 6; Legs (16-22, 21-29, 23-25)

B – Harwellian B 3 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 3; Legs (13-7, 16-16, 9-11)

B – The Bell A Grove 2 – Abingdon United C 4; Legs (9-14, 15-13, 10-12)

B – The Croft Bar 4 – The Plough Long Wittenham 2; Legs (18-11, 11-14, 13-12)

B – The Fox Denchworth 6 – Abingdon RBL 0; Legs (14-12, 13-11, 12-6)

B – The Grapes B 3 – Stanford in the Vale FC 3; Legs (13-17, 14-14, 12-9)

C – Abingdon Con Club 4 – The Bell B Grove 2; Legs (9-13, 12-10, 19-13)

C – Eight Bells Eaton 4 – The Prince of Wales Shippon 2; Legs (16-10, 16-14, 10-15)

C – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 2 – The Grapes A 4; Legs (10-11, 12-14, 15-10)

C – The Oak Didcot 4 – Boundary House 2; Legs (14-7, 12-7, 9-12)

D – Berinsfield SC B 6 – College Oak B 0; Legs (9-6, 17-8, 7-6)

D – Brewery Tap 0 – The Midget 6; Legs (7-13, 8-11, 8-11)

D – The Chequers Charney 3 – Red Lion B Drayton 3; Legs (14-8, 12-12, 10-11)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 5 – Harwellian A 1; Legs (10-8, 13-13, 15-9)

D – The Queens Arms 6 – The Plough Hanney 0; Legs (13-7, 14-11, 14-8)

E – RAL SC 0 – North Star A Steventon 6; Legs (7-11, 8-14, 12-13)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 6 – Hanney RBL 0; Legs (16-4, 7-6, 11-10)

E – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6 – The Lamb B Wantage 0; Legs (17-10, 11-10, 17-5)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 6 – Grove RFC 0; Legs (12-6, 10-4, 8-6)

F – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 4 – WADS Bar 2; Legs (11-7, 9-10, 8-7)

F – North Star B Steventon 5 – Sutton Courtenay FC 1; Legs (9-4, 10-6, 4-4)

F – The Plough Appleton 0 – Marcham Centre B 6; Legs (4-11, 5-9, 5-8)

Blobbers

Adam Challener (The Plough Long Wittenham), Alison Connolly (Grove RFC), Chris Dennis (Sutton Courtenay FC), Ciaron Hamlet (The Lamb B Wantage), Debbie Case (Grove RFC), Dylan Thomas (WADS Bar), Gary Smith (Hanney RBL), Jack Wrigglesworth (The Bell B Grove), Jan Bargus (Grove RFC), Liam Stapleton (Hanney RBL), Mark Jones (Brewery Tap), Nic Faulkner (College Oak B), Peter Packham (The Plough Hanney), Phil Neale (The Plough Appleton), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Shauna Simpson (WADS Bar), Wayne Budziszewski (Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne).

Sixers

Leigh Clapton (Abingdon Utd@ConClub), Paul Leach (Plum Pudding).

Fivers

Alan Bell 4-4-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 12

Alex Chamberlain 4-4-5 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Dave Hudson 2-5-3 (Bystander A) – Week 12

David Dix 5-4-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 12

Jamie Smith 2-2-5 (College Oak A) – Week 12

Jono Warrell 2-5-1 (Abingdon United C) – Week 12

Keith McConnell 1-3-5 (The Wheatsheaf Didcot) – Week 12

Mandy Whiting 2-1-5 (North Star A Steventon) – Week 12

Mark Newman 2-3-5 (The Prince of Wales Shippon) – Week 12

Phil Adams 3-3-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 12

Richard Jones 5-3-1 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 12

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 4 – The Vine Cumnor 2; Legs (19-21, 23-22, 27-26)

P/A – Bystander A 4 – Plum Pudding 2; Legs (24-28, 35-23, 26-18)

P/A – Croft Nomads 6 – College Oak A 0; Legs (27-23, 21-20, 21-17)

P/A – Steventon Sports SC A 1 – Red Lion Drayton 5; Legs (15-27, 25-25, 18-30)

B – Abingdon RBL 6 – The Croft Bar 0; Legs (10-9, 11-10, 10-8)

B – Abingdon United C 4 – The Grapes B 2; Legs (16-14, 13-20, 16-13)

B – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 0 – The Bell A Grove 6; Legs (15-17, 9-13, 8-11)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 6 – The Fox Denchworth 0; Legs (15-9, 15-10, 18-11)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 6 – Harwellian B 0; Legs (15-12, 13-10, 17-14)

C – Boundary House 6 – Eight Bells Eaton 0; Legs (11-9, 18-13, 10-7)

C – The Grapes A 1 – Abingdon Con Club 5; Legs (8-18, 13-13, 5-16)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 3 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 3; Legs (12-7, 9-9, 5-16)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 2 – The Oak Didcot 4; Legs (10-6, 9-18, 10-11)

D – College Oak B 2 – Brewery Tap 4; Legs (11-9, 12-15, 7-9)

D – Harwellian A 5 – Berinsfield SC B 1; Legs (15-7, 11-10, 11-11)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 4 – The Lamb A Wantage 2; Legs (6-10, 16-10, 14-11)

D – The Midget 6 – The Queens Arms 0; Legs (14-6, 15-10, 11-9)

D – The Plough Hanney 2 – The Chequers Charney 4; Legs (6-8, 9-8, 4-13)

E – Hanney RBL 4 – Bystander B 2; Legs (10-11, 15-8, 8-6)

E – North Star A Steventon 3 – Steventon Sports SC B 3; Legs (11-11, 7-16, 11-9)

E – The Lamb B Wantage 6 – RAL SC 0; Legs (8-5, 13-12, 13-4)

F – Grove RFC 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (4-3, 7-5, 8-7)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 2 – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 4; Legs (10-12, 10-13, 11-9)

F – WADS Bar 6 – Bystander C 0; Legs (13-9, 14-10, 14-11)

Blobbers

Bryan Pert (The Fox Denchworth), Ed Wilkinson (The Plough Hanney), Liz Dowthwaite (The Plough Appleton), Nell Ahier (Harwellian B), Richard Bunce (The Chequers Charney), Robbie Cook (Grove RFC), Roger Davidson (Bystander B), Sylvia Lelowittis (RAL SC).

Sixers

Chris Judkins (Hanney RBL), David Dix (Abingdon Utd@ConClub), Phil Adams (Abingdon Utd@ConClub).

Fivers

Alan Bell 5-2-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 11

Andrew Morton 3-5-3 (Bystander A) – Week 11

Dave Collett 5-3-4 (The Plough Long Wittenham) – Week 11

David Mott 5-4-4 (Bystander A) – Week 11

Gareth Brown 5-4-3 (WADS Bar) – Week 11

Gary Daluzvieira 0-1-5 (Harwellian B) – Week 11

Ian Northover 2-5-3 (Brewery Tap) – Week 11

Leigh Clapton 2-3-5 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 11

Marshall Muldoon 1-1-5 (Harwellian A) – Week 11

Phil Adams 3-5-6 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 11

Richard Berry 5-2-3 (Croft Nomads) – Week 11

Steve Dingle 2-5-1 (The Plough Hanney) – Week 11

Steve Martin 2-5-4 (Bystander A) – Week 11

A very quick resume of last week’s results and individual performances across the sections. 

Let me start with the Premier and A section where Phil Adams and Dave Dix both posted maximum 6’s in Abingdon United/Con Clubs 4-2 home win over The Vine to maintain their lead at the top of the Premier. Phil actually posted the top score of the night with 14 dolls and he was well supported by team mates Dave Dix with 11 dolls and both Leigh Clapton and Ken Fisher who hit 10 apiece, so 45 dolls from 4 players on the night illustrates the strength of the league leaders. For the Vine Danny Hamilton hit 10 dolls.

Elsewhere in the Premier the Bystander were also 4-2 winners against the Plum Pudding at the “new” temporary venue for the Bystander who are playing their next 3 home matches at The Vine. David Mott hit his best of the season with 13 dolls ably assisted by Steve Martin and Andrew Morton who both scored double figures with 10 dolls each.

Also hitting 10 dolls were Alan Bell and Richard Berry for Croft Nomads in their narrow 6-0 win at home to College Oak A. Thanks to Phil Soden for reminding me that the closest of last week’s local derbies was this one! Where the College Oak A side didn’t even need to cross the road for their away trip to the Croft!! Perhaps I should have  known that!!

10 dolls from Colin Brind wasn’t enough to earn Steventon Sports A anything other than 1 point as they went down 5-1 to The Red Lion for whom Ian Rogers top scored with 11.

In the B section Stanford in the Vale FC secured another 6-0 victory over The Fox Denchworth and the Croft Bar experienced their first 6-0 result of the season, but unfortunately they were on the wrong end of that score line with hosts Abingdon RBL securing the 6 points. The Plough, Long Wittenham with Dave Collett top scoring with 10 dolls were also 6-0 victors against Harwellian B for whom Gary Daluvzvieira following his first 2 leg 1’s with a 5 in the third. In a section of 6-0 wins it was also the same result, a victory for The Bell Grove when they visited the Fleur de Leys at Hagbourne.

The C section individual highlight was John Miles a recent world championship entrant hitting 10 dolls for league leaders Abingdon Con Club as they defeated hosts The Grapes 5-1.

In the D section Harwellian A defeated Berinsfield SC B 5-1 and Marshall Muldoon included a 5 doll leg on the night. The Plough Hanney were also defeated 4-2 by visitors Queens Arms with the Plough only hitting 19 dolls on the night 8 of which were scored by Steve Dingle! Also in the D section there were very credible scores from Ian Northover with 10 dolls in the Tap’s 4-2 win against the College Oak B and Richard Pike scored with 9 dolls for the Lamb A at the Red Lion Drayton.

Other outstanding individual performances to note last week  were Chris Judkins who hit the E section’s first maximum leg in his 11 dolls for Hanney RBL against The Bystander B and Gareth Brown’s 12 doll total for the WADs bar as they maintained their chase for the F section championship with a 6-0  win over the Bystander C.

This week the most local of derbies will take place at the Vine Cumnor who welcome their new “lodgers” Bystander A,

Finally the draw for the semi finals will be made this week and decisions taken in the next few days and confirmed online about all of the other Competitions due to take place either on Sunday August 11th, or in the case of the other team competitions on dated to be arranged (subject to sufficient entries being received before next week’s meeting of the Committee).