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Week 3 and another chilly Wednesday

By on 19th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Last week we endured another cold May evening but a good night’s Aunt Sally and for some teams another excellent result. In the A section Steventon Sports SCA and near neighbours The Red Lion are leading the way, both unbeaten after just 3 games and both have wins already over last years Premier Champions and Runners up. Steventon securing a 5-1 victory over Abingdon Con Club who have now suffered 3 successive defeats which is probably their first for many, many years and that despite being strengthened the early return from his recent operation of Phil Adams. For the Con Club Dave Dix returned to record the best total of the night with 13 dolls and teammate Paul Barrett added 12. Phil weighed in with 8 dolls, but their team total of 61 dolls on the night was not enough as Steventon ‘s Colin Brind’s 11 dolls, Doug Bolton’s 10 dolls and a contribution for all of their other team members was enough to earn the 5 points and an overall doll total of 74 on the night. The Red Lion also continued on their winning way with a 4-2 win at the Croft. Dean Bowler including his second maximum of the season as he added 11 dolls to his and the Lion’s excellent start to the season. For the Croft Alan Bell also hit a maximum leg, Martin Robinson top scored with 11 dolls and although Ian Brook weighed in with 10 dolls it was not enough to avoid the Nomads falling to their second defeat in 3 outings.

Berinsfield lead the way in the Premier with 3 successive wins and are already 7 points clear in the section. It’s a bit different in the A section though with only 5 points separating the 5 teams despite 2 of those being unbeaten! In the other sections there was plenty of good scoring and pride of place to Dean Cheshire who was the third player on the night to hit a maximum 6 leg. Lots of double figures recorded Steve Martin and Jumbo Mott for Abingdon Utd A, Rob Glenn’s 11 for Stanford FC, a 10 for Jerry Brandish for the Vine, Russell Flower’s 10 for the Fleur B, Billy Collett hit 10 for The Plough, Long Wittenham and a lot of 5 doll legs were recorded by players across the sections.

Early leaders in the other sections are WADS Bar A in the B section who have 3 straight wins at the top of that section, The Waggon & Horses lead the C section, but no team have a 100% record there, in the D section both unbeaten teams are The Prince of Wales and The Fox, Boars Hill top the table, the E section is led by Hanney RBL and the F and G sections are headed by The Brewery Tap and Oxford RFC. It’s still early days and as well as byes in 4 of the sections a couple of games did not take place last week due to illness and injuries so will probably need to be added to the fixture schedule later.

This Wednesday promises to be warmer so let’s hope the forecasters are right and we can have some more typical warm weather over the next couple of weeks as we close out the month of May!

Just a reminder that entry form for the Singles, Pairs, Captains and Secretaries Competition close at the end of the month. Forms are online and entry is just £1 per person per competition. All of these competitions will take place at Abingdon United FC using 2 throws on the Sunday afternoon of the 28th June with a 12.30 start and the bar will be open throughout.

Just a couple thoughts about the handicap system in the Premier and A section which is based on the previous season individual averages, but only for those players registered for this season including those who may have changed teams. A quick comparison of team averages after just 3 games this year compared to the same 3 weeks last year is quite revealing:

2025  2026

Berinsfield SC A  22 21

Croft Nomads  21  19

Plum Pudding 19  20

Abingdon United A  17  16

Abingdon Con Club 22  16

Steventon Sports A  18  23

The Red Lion  20 22

Stanford Fc 18 20

College Oak 17 18

These include some roundings (up and down) and handicaps, It is not based on top 8 players only on those who have, or did play, the first 3 games of the 2 seasons and it does show with probably only the one exception that the often much maligned handicap works OK, but cannot be perfect because the same players don’t always play nor do their individual scores always be consistent. 

In advance I apologise for any errors or inconsistencies in my calculations!! It was just my attempt to illustrate that individual and team form is not always consistent and therefore the handicap can’t always be perfect!!

A final note and thanks to every one for getting your results and team scores in online and on time it’s really helpful.

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Summer 2026 Week 3 – Top 20 Players by Average per Section

By on 17th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Thanks to Steve Fernback (Fox Boars Hill) for a suggestion of having a section-based top players (by average) which might encourage some ‘local’ competition, it had nothing to do that it shows him as 2nd in D section of course!

Thanks to the clever use of AI to generate some SQL from our online data here we are. We have 1024 players registered (which is a bit spooky for an IT personto add up to!) and 477 of those have played at least 2 games. 

I’ll do this every 3 weeks depending on popularity as it’s not a simple copy/paste with the formatting. 

It’s good to see some players getting reasonable scores down the lower sections. Keep at it! 

Don’t forget you can find your Total League rankings either by average or dolls on the Scores page to see where you stand in the 1024! 

section ranking player_name team_name average games_played
A 1 Dean Bowler Red Lion Drayton A 3.89 3
Prem 2 Stuart Wilson Berinsfield SC A 3.67 2
Prem 3 David Dix Abingdon Conservative Club 3.56 3
Prem 4 Paul Barrett Abingdon Conservative Club 3.56 3
Prem 5 Richard Jones Berinsfield SC A 3.44 3
Prem 6 David Mott Abingdon United A 3.33 1
A 7 Robert Glen Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 3.22 3
Prem 8 Jack Hawkins Berinsfield SC A 3.00 3
Prem 9 Leigh Clapton Abingdon Conservative Club 3.00 3
Prem 10 Steven Martin (C) Abingdon United A 3.00 3
A 11 Colin Brind (S) Steventon Sports SC A 3.00 2
Prem 12 Chris Jenkins Croft Nomads 2.89 3
A 13 Doug Bolton Steventon Sports SC A 2.83 2
Prem 14 Ian Brook (S) Croft Nomads 2.78 3
Prem 15 Paul Longford Plum Pudding 2.67 3
A 16 Scott Humphries Steventon Sports SC A 2.67 3
Prem 17 Jason Bowler Abingdon United A 2.67 2
Prem 18 Phil Adams Abingdon Conservative Club 2.67 1
Prem 19 Alan Bell Croft Nomads 2.56 3
Prem 20 Barry Townsend Croft Nomads 2.56 3
B 1 Jeremy  Brandish The Vine 3.33 1
B 2 David Sapey Abingdon RBL 3.00 1
B 3 Matt Dingle The Vine 3.00 1
B 4 Tom Moore Royal Oak Didcot 2.67 2
B 5 Paul Ealey (S) Abingdon RBL 2.56 3
B 6 Stephen Lambert The Fox Denchworth 2.56 3
B 7 Derrick Brown WADS Bar A 2.50 2
B 8 David Bartlett (C) Fleur De Lys B 2.33 3
B 9 Jono Warrell Abingdon Utd C 2.33 3
B 10 Kevin Sanders (C&S) The Plough W.Hanney 2.33 3
B 11 Mark Brind The Plough W.Hanney 2.33 3
B 12 Stephen J Fisher Royal Oak Didcot 2.33 3
B 13 Richard Wilsden The Bear and Ragged Staff 2.33 2
B 14 Graham White WADS Bar A 2.33 1
B 15 Mark Bennett The Fox Denchworth 2.33 1
B 16 Dan Foulks (C) WADS Bar A 2.22 3
B 17 John Pownceby The Vine 2.22 3
B 18 Dan Tomkins Abingdon Utd C 2.17 2
B 19 Dan Hamilton The Vine 2.11 3
B 20 Russell Flower Fleur De Lys B 2.11 3
C 1 Liam Brooks The Bell Grove B 2.83 2
C 2 Steve Soden The Earl of Abingdon B 2.67 2
C 3 John Corcoran Fleur De Lys A 2.67 1
C 4 Andrew Stoter Grove RFC 2.56 3
C 5 Dave Collett The Plough Long Wittenham 2.50 2
C 6 Dave Kidd Waggon and Horses 2.44 3
C 7 Danny Parry Grove RFC 2.33 3
C 8 Tom Ricketts Marcham Centre A 2.33 3
C 9 Billy Collett (C) The Plough Long Wittenham 2.33 2
C 10 Jack Wrigglesworth The Bell Grove B 2.33 2
C 11 Keith Ricketts Marcham Centre A 2.33 1
C 12 Lewis Price-Cook The Boundary House 2.33 1
C 13 Marshall Muldoon Harwellian B 2.33 1
C 14 Andrew Luker (C) Grove RFC 2.17 2
C 15 Barry Vokins Fleur De Lys A 2.17 2
C 16 Kieran Beesley Marcham Centre A 2.11 3
C 17 Colin Higgs (C&S) Waggon and Horses 2.00 3
C 18 Andrew Wilson The Plough Long Wittenham 2.00 2
C 19 Ash Wheeler Waggon and Horses 2.00 2
C 20 Charlie Corcoran Fleur De Lys A 2.00 2
D 1 Rory Mangan The Fox Boars Hill 2.67 3
D 2 Steve Fernback (C&S) The Fox Boars Hill 2.56 3
D 3 Chris Hoy The Fox Boars Hill 2.50 2
D 4 John Mackay (C&S) WADS Bar B 2.33 3
D 5 Aiden McBeth Steventon Sports SC B 2.33 1
D 6 Shaun Dominic Prince of Wales Shippon 2.33 1
D 7 Jason Major (C) The College Oak B 2.22 3
D 8 Ian Matten The Fox Boars Hill 2.17 2
D 9 Kieran Murphy (C) Long Wittenham AC 2.17 2
D 10 Mark Newman (S) Prince of Wales Shippon 2.00 3
D 11 Rene Laporte WADS Bar B 2.00 3
D 12 Tom Swinney The Bell Grove A 2.00 3
D 13 Wayne Waldron The Earl of Abingdon A 2.00 3
D 14 Ben Tyler WADS Bar B 2.00 2
D 15 Jimmy Lister North Star 2.00 2
D 16 Trevor Hetherington The Bell Grove A 2.00 2
D 17 Dave Harris (C) Prince of Wales Shippon 2.00 1
D 18 Geoff Smith (S) The College Oak B 2.00 1
D 19 James Fernback The Fox Boars Hill 2.00 1
D 20 Rick Selby The College Oak B 1.89 3
E 1 Kai Dean The Lamb Wantage B 3.33 1
E 2 Paul Smith Eight Bells Eaton 2.67 1
E 3 Paul Taylor Eight Bells Eaton 2.67 1
E 4 Nick Hill The Crown Marcham A 2.22 3
E 5 Robert Bartholomew The Lamb Wantage B 2.17 2
E 6 Spencer Walton Berinsfield SC B 2.00 3
E 7 Adam Alder Challow and Childrey CC 2.00 2
E 8 Alec Winton Red Lion Drayton B 2.00 1
E 9 Carl Jeffries The Ladygrove 2.00 1
E 10 Eddie Purcell Challow and Childrey CC 2.00 1
E 11 Gareth Thomas (C) Berinsfield SC B 2.00 1
E 12 Jerry Salmon Eight Bells Eaton 2.00 1
E 13 John Gould (C&S) Red Lion Drayton B 2.00 1
E 14 Tyrone McGill (C) The Ladygrove 2.00 1
E 15 Paul Burton Challow and Childrey CC 1.89 3
E 16 Pete Fryett (C) The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 1.89 3
E 17 Richard Carter The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 1.83 2
E 18 Andy Bowler Hanney RBL 1.78 3
E 19 John Bartoloni Hanney RBL 1.67 3
E 20 Paul Alder The Crown Marcham A 1.67 2
F 1 Dean Cheshire Queens Arms Didcot 2.83 2
F 2 Matthew Heritage The Brewery Tap 2.33 3
F 3 Nathan Hamilton The George Sutton Courtenay 2.33 1
F 4 Ben Newman The George Sutton Courtenay 2.17 2
F 5 Joe Moxon (C) RAL SC 2.00 3
F 6 Ashley Jerome Harwellian A 2.00 2
F 7 Ian Cooksley Harwellian A 2.00 2
F 8 Jamie Butcher (C&S) The Crown Marcham B 2.00 2
F 9 Jonathan Hutt The Brewery Tap 2.00 2
F 10 Keith Smith The George Sutton Courtenay 2.00 1
F 11 Nick Moore RAL SC 2.00 1
F 12 Sam Coughlan The Crown Marcham B 1.83 2
F 13 Stuart Brown The Crown Marcham B 1.83 2
F 14 Doreen Richens The Lamb Wantage A 1.78 3
F 15 Colin Scrivens The Lamb Wantage A 1.67 3
F 16 Louis King The Brewery Tap 1.67 3
F 17 Ian Kelly The George Sutton Courtenay 1.67 2
F 18 Mike Walker The White Hart Harwell A 1.67 1
F 19 Nick Pearce The Brewery Tap 1.67 1
F 20 Woody Reizner (C) Harwellian A 1.67 1
G 1 Adey Green The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 2.33 3
G 2 Ben Green The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 2.22 3
G 3 Steve Hardwick Oxford RFC 2.17 2
G 4 Max Wheatley Oxford RFC 2.00 3
G 5 Jon Steele (C) The Old Anchor 1.89 3
G 6 Liam Priest (C) Oxford RFC 1.78 3
G 7 David Frankum The Old Anchor 1.67 3
G 8 Gareth Wyatt Oxford RFC 1.67 3
G 9 Gary Kaveaney The Old Anchor 1.67 2
G 10 Paul Parlett The White Hart Harwell B 1.67 1
G 11 Richard Landon The Black Swan 1.67 1
G 12 Steve Bristow The White Hart Harwell B 1.67 1
G 13 Matthew Jelley (C) The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 1.56 3
G 14 Andy Rainer The Red Lion Northmoor 1.50 2
G 15 Patrick Sear The Plough Appleton 1.50 2
G 16 Julian Morgan-Barrett The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 1.33 3
G 17 Reece Phillips The Old Anchor 1.33 3
G 18 Ty Mayall Oxford RFC 1.33 3
G 19 Beth Coate (S) The Black Swan 1.33 2
G 20 Craig Watts The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 1.33 2
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Summer 2026 Week 3 Results

By on 17th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Conservative Club 1 – Steventon Sports SC A 5; Legs (21-26, 21-21, 19-27)

P/A – Abingdon United A 2 – College Oak A 4; Legs (18-15, 15-18, 13-17)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 4 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 2; Legs (23-15, 17-14, 10-17)

P/A – Croft Nomads 2 – Red Lion Drayton A 4; Legs (20-22, 15-24, 25-23)

P/A – Plum Pudding 2 – Stanford-in-the-Vale FC 4; Legs (19-18, 22-23, 16-25)

B – Abingdon RBL 0 – Fleur De Lys B 6; Legs (10-19, 9-13, 8-15)

B – The Bear and Ragged Staff 2 – Abingdon Utd C 4; Legs (12-16, 13-12, 11-16)

B – The Fox Denchworth 3 – The Plough W.Hanney 3; Legs (10-11, 15-15, 13-11)

B – The Vine 6 – Royal Oak Didcot 0; Legs (20-14, 19-13, 16-15)

B – WADS Bar A 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (11-8, 13-15, 13-12)

C – Fleur De Lys A 4 – The Boundary House 2; Legs (9-14, 20-13, 10-8)

C – The Bell Grove B 2 – Grove RFC 4; Legs (13-10, 12-21, 15-16)

C – The Plough Long Wittenham 4 – Marcham Centre A 2; Legs (11-6, 12-10, 11-12)

C – Waggon and Horses 6 – Harwellian B 0; Legs (11-10, 18-9, 14-11)

D – North Star 5 – The Black Horse E.Hanney A 1; Legs (9-6, 10-10, 12-10)

D – Prince of Wales Shippon 4 – The Bell Grove A 2; Legs (12-10, 15-16, 17-10)

D – Steventon Sports SC B 3 – Long Wittenham AC 3; Legs (13-13, 6-9, 13-10)

D – The College Oak B 2 – WADS Bar B 4; Legs (11-14, 12-13, 15-12)

D – The Fox Boars Hill 5 – The Earl of Abingdon A 1; Legs (17-15, 15-15, 17-13)

E – Challow and Childrey CC 2 – The Midget @Roaring Raindrop 4; Legs (6-11, 12-7, 6-13)

E – Hanney RBL 6 – The Crown Marcham A 0; Legs (10-7, 10-9, 13-10)

E – The Lamb Wantage B 4 – Berinsfield SC B 2; Legs (9-8, 11-12, 9-8)

F – Harwellian A 3 – Queens Arms Didcot 3; Legs (10-12, 10-9, 7-7)

F – Marcham Centre B 3 – The White Hart Harwell A 3; Legs (7-5, 6-8, 9-9)

F – The Brewery Tap 6 – RAL SC 0; Legs (11-8, 12-5, 13-7)

F – The George Sutton Courtenay 4 – The Lamb Wantage A 2; Legs (10-7, 5-11, 10-6)

G – The Black Horse E.Hanney B 3 – The Old Anchor 3; Legs (4-7, 7-6, 4-4)

G – The Black Swan 2 – Oxford RFC 4; Legs (3-11, 7-12, 9-7)

G – The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (10-3, 10-3, 13-6)

Blobbers

Alanah Watson-Harrison (The Lamb Wantage B), Dan Neale (The Lamb Wantage B), David Davies (Fleur De Lys A), Gill Ebberson (RAL SC), James Blackler (Queens Arms Didcot), James Lloyd (The Plough Appleton), Jess Arthur (The Black Horse E.Hanney B), John Ellaway (Abingdon RBL), Keith Buckle (Abingdon RBL), Ken Smith (The Old Anchor), Mackie (Queens Arms Didcot), Nick Faulkner (The College Oak B), Peter Haydon (The Black Horse E.Hanney A), Pri Shah (RAL SC), Stephen Fowler (RAL SC), Tim Jarrett (The Black Swan).

Sixers

Alan Bell (Croft Nomads), Dean Bowler (Red Lion Drayton A), Dean Cheshire (Queens Arms Didcot).

Fivers

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

Colin Brind (S) 3-3-5 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 3

Dan Tomkins 5-1-3 (Abingdon Utd C) – Week 3

David Dix 5-5-3 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 3

Doug Bolton 5-3-2 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 3

John Corcoran 2-5-1 (Fleur De Lys A) – Week 3

Ken Tombs 0-1-5 (Marcham Centre B) – Week 3

Martin Robinson 4-2-5 (Croft Nomads) – Week 3

Paul Barrett 4-3-5 (Abingdon Conservative Club) – Week 3

Rick Selby 2-3-5 (The College Oak B) – Week 3

Robert Chambers 2-5-1 (Plum Pudding) – Week 3

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

Russell Flower 5-1-4 (Fleur De Lys B) – Week 3

Simon Skelly 2-5-2 (Fleur De Lys A) – Week 3

Steven Martin (C) 5-2-3 (Abingdon United A) – Week 3

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Summer 2026 Week 2 Results

By on 15th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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)

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Week 2 and another chilly evening

By on 15th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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!

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Summer 2026 Week 1 Results

By on 4th May 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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).

1st 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

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Summer 2026 8s Knockout Handicap Competition – Round 2

By on 27th April 2026 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Congratulations to all the winners in the first round. The 2nd Round draw was done by the Committee on 27th April 2026. 

Winners: Abingdon RBL, Challow & Childrey, Plum Pudding, Ab Con Club, The Plough Hanney, Steventon Sports A, Berinsfield SC A,  The Fox Denchworth.

To be played by end of June by mutual arrangement. Handicaps in (). 

The Plough W.Hanney (6) vs Plum Pudding (0)

Challow & Childrey CC (8) vs Abingdon RBL (6)

Ab. Con Club  (0) vs The Fox Denchworth (6)

Berinsfield SC A vs Stventon Sports A (4)

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Summer Season – Get ready and please wait!

By on 15th April 2026 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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!

 

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Summer League AGM 26th January 2026 – Minutes

By on 13th April 2026 in Committee Meetings, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Note attachments are available on request and are not included here. Apologies for the delay in publication.

Minutes from Abingdon & District Aunt Sally Association AGM held on 26th January 2026
At The Croft Bar, Abingdon

Present: Committee – P. Stone (Chairperson), R. Nichols (Treasurer), T. Woolloff (General), G. Lee (General) and C. Foster (Secretary)

                   Teams Represented (22 Teams) – See attachment 1

Registration & Welcome

P.Stone welcomed everyone and thanked all for attending.

1.    Minutes of AGM 2025

Agreed and proposed by D. Harris and seconded by E. Reisener

2.    Chair’s Report

2026 has been a good year for the league as far as the sections go as we managed 60 teams making us the biggest league in the county, and as some might say, the world!

We still have challenges with venues still having a difficult time, we are aware of a couple with issues that will affect next season, but we also know that the teams affected are looking for new locations so are keen to keep playing which is excellent news.

We are also aware of a few new teams and venues that want to take part so we may be in the position of having to instigate some byes this season. As we are a 10-team section league if we step over 60 teams we really need to leap to 66+ to avoid multiple byes in sections. Of course, many of our venues with a single pitch can support two teams so do encourage others to think about having another team. And a slight plea to think about the number of players registered – we don’t set a limit but having 16+ players registered seems a bit daft when you could probably have two teams.

As far as performances go Dave Dix who was again 1 short of the maximum in Week 16, he did total 6 sixes in the season but that was equalled with Phil Adams who also missed the maximum by one doll in Week 12! Both missing dolls in the first leg. Surely, we should be getting a max this season.

I can’t mention all the other 24 sixers here, but it was great to see both our Honorary President John Simmons get one in Week 14, nice to see him getting some form back, and our sponsor, John Pownceby got one in Week 8.

Sadly, I need to mention another sixer Andy Shipman from Harwellian B who we lost over Christmas. He was their best player (he scored 6-5-4 in Week 9) and will be sadly missed by the team and his family.

With every player that puts down their sticks, as it were, we, like a lot of pastimes, need to encourage a younger element to take up the game. There’s a lot to be said to drag some away from their screens and outside into a social gathering both for mental health and social skills. This is not without risks as we’ve seen this year with 2 incidents with behaviour which have been dealt with and for the first time in my history of the Summer League has led one player to a rest-of-season+1 ban. We are all conscious that a mix of alcohol and strong opinions can lead to heightened emotions and it’s up to teammates, and Captains, to ensure everyone’s behaviour is sensible. Two incidents out of 540 games isn’t much but any incident is shocking.

For the avoidance of doubt this league will not accept anti-social or threatening behaviour.

Which brings me on to the people that support us in the League not that they are anti-social or threatening!

Thanks to the efforts of the committee, we have the 60 teams to give us a strong league both in financial and playing terms. Roger Nichols of course puts in a great deal of effort to get us going and keep us going in the season and for Competitions, Presentation Night and of course this AGM as Treasurer.

Roger didn’t do all this on his own and Claire, Geoff & Tosh – your committee, helped us along the way.

Once again, we were grateful for John Pownceby of Thames Cable for sponsoring the League and for the new lower section pairs competitions. For which the one for the D/E/F sections was very popular in the summer with a great turnout at The Harwellian.

We’ve still not increased our fees and as we know almost everything else has gone up. We don’t intend increasing this year but there will come a time when we need to look at our income vs expenditure.

I’ve mentioned the lower section competition, and we did manage to get enough entries to run most of the competitions this year, but it was a hard slog, and Roger did his upmost to cajole and strong-arm teams to enter to get the bare 8 we need for a decent start. Unfortunately, some of those teams dropped out meaning that competition didn’t happen.

I believe the competitions are the best way to hone your match nerves and of course your skills as a player and would hope more teams will take part this year. Singles is always well supported, I’d just encourage you to take part in the other events.

So, I think we are looking forward to another successful year of Aunt Sally.

3.    Financial Report – see attachment 3 & 3A

Proposed by M. Crook and seconded by M. Samways

A query was raised on trophies and names. It was explained that some trophies had gone missing/destroyed etc during COVID. Teams to let committee know what trophies are incorrect.

4.    Rule Change/Amendments.

Suggestion – could players fill in if another team is short at the same club? It would mean all players would need to sign on for 2 teams for entering scorecards??? Best option is to try and get another team?

5.    Sponsorship

Thames Cable have sponsored us again and have also donated £200.00 to lower league competitions which was very much appreciated.

6.    Competitions

A big dilemma – which days to hold them, are there too many etc
8’s – handicap is 2 per section at present. Is this fair? Suggestion to use players handicaps instead.
5’s – no handicap at present. Should handicap be introduced?

From the floor – Suggestion of staggering the comps, starting with the lower leagues?

                                  Wednesday for competitions

 AGREED – To leave to committee to decide handicaps

Other competitions and start of season:

22nd April will be first round of 8’s competitions
League will run from 29th April until 26th August
3’s, 4’s & 5’scompetitions will be take place on 2nd and 9th September
Captain’s and Secretary’s to stay as individual competitions but if not enough entries, this will be combined – AGREED

7.    Election of Officers

The existing committee was willing to stand for another year with no new members.

Chairman – Paul Stone
Treasurer – Roger Nichols
Secretary – Claire Foster
General – Tosh Woolloff and Geoff Lee
All nominated by J. Pownceby and seconded by P. Soden.

8.    Dates

16th March – Registration Night @ Ab Con Club from 7.30pm
16th September – Final’s Night @ Ab United
 23rd October – Presentation Night @ Ab United

9.   Recruitment

Hopefully there will be the same number of teams in the League this year as the ideal number is 60 teams. We understand pubs/clubs change hands and circumstances do change but we always welcome new teams/venues.

10. A.O.B.

  1. Scorecards – it is not necessary for each player to sign but the captains must sign to agree scores and players.
  2. All handicaps will be published and put into welcome packs.

The meeting closed at 9.15pm.

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