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2024 Competition Sunday Results

By Paul Stone on 13th August 2024 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Competition Sunday this year at Abingdon United FC was a hot one and kicked off with registration at 1pm and draws following. Played in the order below the Competitions were:-

Captains – 8 entrants

Secretaries – 8 entrants

Pairs – 12 entrants

Singles – 24 entrants

At the AGM we adopted the ‘Winter’ rules on Competitions so best of 3 legs and if drawn over those 3 then 3 sticks/1 stick/6 sticks with the same order after tossing for 3 sticks.

Final singles games (some hard fought) ended around 6.30pm.

Teams taking part were The Bell @Grove, Croft Nomads, Abingdon Utd@Con Club, Abingdon Con Club, Berinsfield SSC, The Plum Pudding, Abingdon Utd C.

Those still standing at the end ….

Captains Finalists – D.Sapey & S.Fernback

Secretaries Finalists – B.Duff & G.Lee

Pairs Semi-Finalists – K.Fisher & P.Adams, B.Duff & P.Barrett, S.Enock & I.Brook, P.Leach & D.Bradshaw

Singles Semi-Finalists – P.Stone, B.Duff, L.Clapton, G.Lee

Captains and Secretaries to be played on Finals Night.

Pairs and Singles Semis/Final on Presentation Night.

Many thanks for Roger Nichols for collating the entries, Claire Foster, Roy Taylor and Alan Foster for draws, recording and scoring. Also to Brian Clapton (and team) for getting the pitch sorted and the bar staff, without which it would definitely been too dry. To those who did their share of sticking up/calling in what became a free sauna in the shed – thank you!

NOTE from Roger….

I would just like to add my thanks to all who turned up and played Sunday for the Pairs, Singles, Captains and Secretaries Competitions and congratulate all the successful semi finalists in both the Pairs and Singles who will contest the remainder of their competitions on Presentation Night. Congratulations also the the finalists in both the Captains and Secretaries Competitions who will meet on Finals Night at Abingdon United on September 18th.

After a lot of soul searching over the future of the Competitions, and when to hold them, together with lots of chasing to make sure we had sufficient entries, which in one or two cases needed individuals to be gently persuaded we have been able to maintain our long held tradition of staging these Summer league competitions and that’s great for our game.

I do need to apologise to a couple of players, Mick Greenaway of Berinsfield and Dave Taylor from The Bell Grove who due to a bit of confusion on my part were initially omitted from the Singles competition. Luckily we were able to accomodate Mick thanks to Roy Taylor giving up his place in the draw, but Dave missed out altogether and for that I sincerely apologise Dave.

The confusion was caused by changes caused by both no shows of entrants on the day and late entries which we accepted on the day to boost the number of entries for each of the Comps and a bit of incompetence on my part!

It was a long and a hot afternoon with some excellent throwing and quite a few surprises. No 6’s on the day, but a few 5’s and lots of dolls spread around all of the entrants. So well done to all and I should give a special mention to Steve Fernback secretary of the Bystander B previously (and soon to be again) The Fox Boars Hill team in Section E on reaching the final of the Secretaries comp.

Thanks to everyone for their entry, their patience and for their commitment which enabled us to stage 5 of our traditional 8 Summer Competitions. We now need to move on in the next few weeks to see if we can stage the remaining 3 Competitions involving teams of 3’s, 4’s and 5’s so you can all expect some reminders, some cajoling and hopefully that will ensure that we reach our minimum number of entries to enable these to be held before the end of the season!

Finally, it was great to see our President and playing legend John Simmons with us for most of the afternoon, it’s always a pleasure to see and talk to John and to appreciate what a great attribute he, and his father before him have been to our game.

Scoreboard photos below – sorry I was too slow to get the Secretaries scores (or Roger was too keen to get the Pairs going!).

Click for full screen view – draws in the left column, results in the right.

Captains & Secretaries

Draw for Captns & Secs on same sheet above

Sorry no scores for Secretaries.

Pairs

Singles

Summer 2024 Week 13 Results

By Paul Stone on 6th August 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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

Week 13

By Roger Nichols on 6th August 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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

Summer 2024 Week 12 Results

By Paul Stone on 30th July 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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

Week 12 review plus a new and unexpected challenge and a final call for Competition entries

By Roger Nichols on 30th July 2024 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Before I start with a review of last week’s highlights I need to highlight a totally unexpected situation which we experienced last week and one which led to the unfortunate abandonment of a league match in Section E between the Bystander B and Horse & Jockey A teams. It was a situation which previously we, as a league were totally unaware of, but which we need to bring to all of our teams attention. the Horse & Jockey had a number of players unavailable so the young daughter of the team captain was playing. She was a registered player, but is only 14 years old (there is no age restriction for registering players).

If the game had been played at the Horse & Jockey there would have been no problem, but the match was at the Bystander and although there is signage displayed at the pub entrance stating the conditions there is a licensing condition imposed on the Bystander licence which restricts under age children/young adults using the pub after 9pm including the garden where Aunt Sally is played. On this occasion, and at 9pm the 14 year old from Stanford in the Vale was told she had to leave and as she was 14 and no way of getting home alone that caused the match to be postponed midway through the second leg. Quite rightly other members of the team had to ensure she had transport home from Wootton!! All very unfortunate.

We were unaware of this restriction as indeed were the visiting side from the Horse & Jockey before last Wednesday. After questioning this “rule” with the Area Manager from Greene King it appears this is just one of several “special conditions” that can be applied to licensees by the licensing authority. Breaches of this can, if reported, result in fines being levied and potentially the pub licence being revoked.

Whilst on this occasion it was addressed by the licensee and affected one of our players the restriction would also apply to ANY under age child on the premises. So if a player was to take an under age child to the Bystander as a spectator on a warm and balmy Summer’s evening particularly during the school holidays they would/should be asked to leave at 9pm and in most events with games starting 8.15 this would be midway through the match. Fortunately, both sides were mature enough to agree a match outcome, but the evening was spoilt for both sides due to this previously unknown (until last Wednesday) restriction.

A lesson for us is that we need, before registering any team in future years, to understand whether there may be any restrictions limiting the prospect of Aunt Sally being played there or even spectated by children!! Really disappointing at a time when we are trying, and this year succeeding, to “grow” the league again post Covid as well as most importantly, getting people, via the game of Aunt Sally back into pubs spending money on Wednesday evening’s throughout the Summer.

If that was the lowlight of last week let’s now move on to look at last week’s highlights.

In the Premier/A section the two leading teams in the Premier both fell to defeat to sides, who are now the leading 2 teams in the A section. Abingdon Utd/Con Club retained the Premier top position despite their 4-2 defeat at the hands of the Red Lion Drayton whose win made this a league double over Ab Utd/Con Club. This defeat was despite a contribution of 13 dolls from Dave Dix, together with 12 from Leigh Clapton (including a 6) and 11 from Phil Adams for Con Club/Utd. For the Lion Dean Bowler led the way with 11 dolls and Scottie Tabor also returned double figures with 10.

Croft Nomads lost 4-2 at the Plum Pudding and this defeat enabled the Bystander to move into second place following their comprehensive 6-0 victory over The Vine. This was The Bystander’s third win on the bounce and The Vine’s 5th straight defeat. Croft Nomads top scorer was Alan Bell with another 13 doll haul and Barry Townsend also weighed in with 10 dolls, but Paul Leach’s 11 including a second leg 6 was a major contributor for the Plum in a game where over the 3 legs were separated by only 1 doll but crucially 2 points! The Bystander top scores were all 10’s from Dave Hudson, Jason Bowler and Jumbo Mott and the collective team amassed 76 dolls on the night!

Elsewhere in the Premier Alec Chamberlain was another star with a 13 doll haul for Berinsfield SC A but his efforts were in vain as College Oak ended a 3 match losing run with a 4-2 victory.

Elsewhere last week in the B section The Croft Bar got back to winning ways with a 4-2 home win against The Plough Long Wittenham and the Fox Denchworth enjoyed their first win since the opening week of the season beating Abingdon RBL with a maximum 6 points. Notable other individual double digit scorer on the night was Mark Newman for the Prince of Wales Shippon with 10 dolls.

COMPETITIONS

I need now to move to make a last impassioned plea to save our competitions for 2024. At the recent AGM it was agreed that any Competition with less than 8 entries would not be held this summer. We have tried, now on several occasions to enrol more entries by both sending out reminders to Captains and Secretaries as well as on the website.

I am pleased to say that has, in part, been successful and we have now sufficient entries in both the singles and pairs, but we are still short in others. To run the Captains and Secretaries competitions we need 2 more entries for each, so come on, there must be some Captains and Secretaries out there who are prepared to enter and ensure the future of these competitions. Also we need at least 2 more entries for both the team 4’s and the Red Drive team of 3’s to enable those competitions to go ahead. In our last desperate plea we have decided to allow late, late entries and we will accept entries right up until after next week’s league fixtures on Wednesday August 7th.

The singles and pairs competitions will take place at Abingdon United FC on Sunday August 11th with, probably, a 1pm draw and a 1.30 start. If we do get the additional entries we need we will play the Captains and Secretaries Competitions on the same day. The 3’s and 4’s if we do get some late entries will need to be arranged although we could possibly play those on the same day using the second throw. Unfortunately it doesn’t look as we will generate sufficient entries to stage the Tom Simmon’s 5’s trophy this year. That is really unfortunate because our President John Simmons has a vested interest in this Competition having both previously been on the winning side (more than once) and as the Trophy was presented and named in memory of his father.

SO DO TRY TO RUSTLE UP ENOUGH PLAYERS TO MAINTAIN THE LONG ESTABLISHED TRADITION OF BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM COMPETITIONS TAKING PLACE EACH SEASON AND PROVIDING EVERYONE WITH THE OPPORTUNITY OF COMPETING! WITHOUT THESE COMPETITIONS IT WILL BE LIKE FOOTBALL WITHOUT THE FA CUP AND WE ALL KNOW THAT OFTEN THE UNDEDRDOGS BEAT THE FAVOURITES IN ALL SPORTS!!

The 8’s competition is taking place and has reached the semi final stage with ties to be played before the end of August and there is only one team from the Premier/A section left so that should give us all the hope of causing an upset!! The semi draw is available in a separate post.

Summer 2024 Week 11 Results

By Paul Stone on 24th July 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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

Week 11 review

By Roger Nichols on 24th July 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

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).

They think it’s all over, well it is for England but not for Abingdon Aunt Sally, we are only halfway there!

By Roger Nichols on 16th July 2024 in Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Well, most of us have been distracted by the Football, some of us by the Tennis at Wimbledon and we also had 3 days of Test Cricket and that’s all in the last week and like most sports there was a mix of good and bad, highs and lows, disappointments and ecstasy depending on who you support. The European Championship Cup Final was a major disappointment, but also a good performance reaching the final of a major championship which France, Germany, Portugal and 19 other countries didn’t!

The tennis saw us have a really good number of English players reach the main competition, but there was never any real expectation of an English player making it through to the final stages of the singles competitions. In cricket we enjoyed a resounding win in the first test against the West Indies, but that was only the first of leg with two still to play!

So after missing last week to enable us to focus on our national sports it’s back to the bread and butter with the focus well and truly back on our own Aunt Sally league. We still have 50% of our games still to play so nothing can be decided or assumed yet! The one thing that is certain is that there will be winners and losers in all of our sections at the end of the season and like all sports we will be either delighted with our individual or team performances or disappointed that we didn’t play as well as we could or should have done! That’s what team sports and games are all about!

Talking of Competitions we have still not received any additional entries for the team 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s nor the Secretaries and Captains competitions and with the closing date only a couple of days away it really does look as if we will be unable to stage these comps this year simply because of a lack of entries which is extremely disappointing when you think we have 56 teams in our league each with a Captain and a Secretary and over 600 registered players! Still not to late though, but the closing date is Thursday and that cannot be extended any further!

So what does this Wednesday look like in terms of fixtures? Well, there are a few local or near local derbys. In the Premier/A section Steventon Sports entertain Red Lion Drayton who are just 3 bus stops down the road, in the B section league leaders host their near neighbours from Denchworth, the Fox, though I doubt there are any buses from Denchworth to Stanford on on a Wednesday evening! The Grapes B make the short trip to Abingdon United. The C section sees Abingdon Con Club make the short trip up Ock Street to play the Grapes A and might pass the Brewery Tap players as they make their way to North Abingdon to take on the College Oak B in section D where the Plough Hanney renew rivalry with near neighbours from the Chequers at neighbouring Charney Bassett. In the E section there’s a battle of the Causeway when the teams from Steventon Sports and the North Star meet at the Star, but the closest of all the near derbys will take place in Wootton where the Bystander C have to cross the road to get to the WAD’s bar!

Have a good week and don’t forget those last minute Competition entries!!

Summer 2024 Week 9 Results

By Paul Stone on 12th July 2024 in Newsletter, Summer League Reports

Match Results

P/A – Abingdon Utd@ConClub 5 – Plum Pudding 1; Legs (20-15, 22-22, 24-20)

P/A – Berinsfield SC A 0 – Steventon Sports SC A 6; Legs (23-31, 23-32, 16-22)

P/A – Bystander A 6 – College Oak A 0; Legs (24-23, 26-20, 21-17)

P/A – The Vine Cumnor 2 – Red Lion Drayton 4; Legs (23-16, 17-21, 20-22)

B – Abingdon RBL 0 – Harwellian B 6; Legs (7-11, 7-14, 12-14)

B – Abingdon United C 5 – The Fox Denchworth 1; Legs (15-15, 14-11, 14-11)

B – Stanford in the Vale FC 4 – The Croft Bar 2; Legs (9-5, 10-12, 12-6)

B – The Grapes B 6 – The Bell A Grove 0; Legs (14-10, 19-8, 17-6)

B – The Plough Long Wittenham 3 – Fleur de Lys A, Hagbourne 3; Legs (7-12, 9-9, 14-7)

C – Boundary House 6 – The Bear and Ragged Staff Cumnor 0; Legs (17-12, 17-12, 14-8)

C – The Bell B Grove 2 – The Oak Didcot 4; Legs (15-10, 13-14, 14-18)

C – The Prince of Wales Shippon 5 – The Grapes A 1; Legs (13-12, 13-11, 13-13)

C – The Waggon and Horses Southmoor 4 – Eight Bells Eaton 2; Legs (7-12, 16-12, 15-13)

D – College Oak B 6 – The Queens Arms 0; Legs (11-6, 13-11, 11-10)

D – Harwellian A 4 – Brewery Tap 2; Legs (15-9, 7-13, 11-6)

D – Red Lion B Drayton 4 – Berinsfield SC B 2; Legs (5-7, 14-9, 10-4)

D – The Lamb A Wantage 5 – The Chequers Charney 1; Legs (10-10, 14-8, 12-10)

D – The Midget 4 – The Plough Hanney 2; Legs (7-8, 12-11, 10-4)

E – Hanney RBL 2 – Marcham Centre A 4; Legs (9-8, 8-9, 4-14)

E – Horse & Jockey A 0 – The Wheatsheaf Didcot 6; Legs (4-8, 2-9, 6-9)

E – North Star A Steventon 6 – Bystander B 0; Legs (13-9, 17-9, 13-5)

E – Steventon Sports SC B 0 – RAL SC 6; Legs (5-7, 10-12, 10-13)

F – Fleur de Lys B Hagbourne 5 – North Star B Steventon 1; Legs (9-9, 12-5, 9-8)

F – Grove RFC 5 – Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V 1; Legs (6-4, 7-7, 8-6)

F – Marcham Centre B 4 – Bystander C 2; Legs (10-3, 8-11, 12-7)

F – Sutton Courtenay FC 6 – The Plough Appleton 0; Legs (14-6, 12-9, 13-9)

Blobbers

Adam Harris (Hanney RBL), Alan Wilkinson (The Plough Hanney), Andy Latimer (North Star B Steventon), Billy O’Connell (Bystander C), Carey Lewis (Harwellian B), Charlotte Newbold (Steventon Sports SC B), David Carroll (RAL SC), Greg Coombs (Horse & Jockey A), Ian Bargus (The Croft Bar), Ian Crayford (The Chequers Charney), Joe Bowler (Eight Bells Eaton), John Walton (Berinsfield SC B), Jorge Eversion (Grove RFC), Kay Johnson (Brewery Tap), Keith Connolly (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Keith McConnell (The Wheatsheaf Didcot), Lee Hutton (Marcham Centre A), Mark Jones (Brewery Tap), Mark Sheldon (Horse and Jockey B Stanford i-t-V), Martin Danby (North Star B Steventon), Rob France (Marcham Centre B), Scott Gardner (Horse & Jockey A), Stevie Hedges (The Queens Arms).

Sixers

Nick Moore (RAL SC).

Fivers

Alex Chamberlain 4-5-3 (Berinsfield SC A) – Week 9

Arran Gray 1-5-3 (The Oak Didcot) – Week 9

David Dix 5-3-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

John Gould 0-5-1 (Red Lion B Drayton) – Week 9

Leigh Clapton 3-5-4 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

Liam Brooks 5-3-2 (The Bell B Grove) – Week 9

Liam Priest 0-5-1 (The Queens Arms) – Week 9

Mick Brown 1-5-1 (The Grapes B) – Week 9

Phil Adams 3-5-3 (Abingdon Utd@ConClub) – Week 9

Rick Fletcher 5-5-1 (Steventon Sports SC A) – Week 9

EGM and Competitions

By Roger Nichols on 4th July 2024 in Committee Meetings, Competition News, Newsletter, Summer League Reports

On Tuesday evening the planned EGM to discuss the outstanding 2024 Competitions was held and was reasonably well attended.

The Chairman outlined the purpose of the meeting and why it had been called which was primarily because of the lack of entries received, which in turn, had led to the planned team Competitions that were due to be held in June having to be postponed. The extension of the entry date had marginally increased the number of entries, but at the date (2nd July) the Committee still felt there were insufficient entries to justify holding the Competitions. The cost of trophies for limited numbers was also a consideration, but it has always been recognised that the cost of competitions, an essential part of our Association since it’s conception over 60 years ago are never going to pay their own way.

One of the reasons it was felt necessary to call an EGM was to try and establish the reasons for the lack of entries.

A number of thoughts were put forward by the club representatives which included the problem of holding the Competitions on Sundays (agreed at the 2024 AGM), lack of knowledge of the Competitions by the players, assumed ability to compete with the Premier/A section sides, lack of handicaps to incentivise teams from lower sections and several others.

The number of entries for each competition received to date which, with the exception of the Singles and Pairs was still considered insufficient to run the remaining Competitions this season unless more entries could be generated and a number of teams represented said they would be prepared to enter teams.

After much discussion the following points were discussed and agreed.

No Competition will be held in 2024 unless a minimum of 8 entries are received
The entry date for all Competitions will be extended until July 18th. If less than 8 entries have been received by hat date that Competition will not take place this season.
Wednesday September 10th (week 19 as it were) will be set aside as the revised date for the team 3’s, 4’s, and 5’s competitions. All entries MUST be received by July 18th either via the Team Support link on the website or direct to Roger Nichols (roger.nichols@hotmail.com) together with the entry fees £1 per person per competition. Team members should be named where possible, but it is not essential at the time of entry. Venue and timings will be confirmed after July 18th.
The planned introduction/re-introduction of Competitions for both teams and players from the lower sections needs to be re-launched in 2025 as there has been little or no interest this year.

The Singles and Pairs Competitions will be held, as planned, on Sunday August 11th at Abingdon United FC. The draws will be made on the day. Assuming sufficient entries the Captains and Secretaries Competitions will also take place on that day.

A number of other suggestions received at the meeting will be included for discussion and, if appropriate agreement, at the 2025 AGM. These include the introduction of handicapping the team based competitions, the increase of registration fees to include automatic entry some of the Competitions, and the extension of the Summer season to free up some Wednesday’s for Competitions (this could involve reducing the number of teams in sections).

Well, I think that about summarises the discussions and outcomes from Tuesday’s meeting.

The Committee would like to thank the attendees or their contribution on the night and their commitment to share the outcomes with their team mates to boost the entries in the next couple of weeks. We really want all of these Competitions to take place, but it will only happen if we get he minimum entry numbers by July 18th.

Registration forms are still on the website so please let’s get those entries in and make our Competitions both valued and competitive!!

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