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Winter League Ends

By on 10th April 2026 in Competition News, Newsletter, Winter League Reports

WASL-2025-26-18Wednesday night saw the end of the 43rd Abingdon & District Winter Aunt Sally League with some tight games.

In the Fives, Pairs and Singles semis and the Captains and Singles Finals they all went to 3 legs.

Best Performance on the night went to Dave Dix who on his first leg in the Pairs Semi final slammed in a 6, then 3, 4. Then 2-5-5 in the Singles Semi-Final. Dix also picked up the Most Sixes with 9. 

Phil Adams got Top Dolls with 200 for A Section and Stuart Wilson Top Dolled with 132 for B Section.

Photos are now available online of the winners and runners-up. 

Picture shows Abingdon United C team celebrating their B Section Win. 

Winter League starts again in September. 

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40th Winter League Finals

By on 17th April 2023 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

Well the 40th Abingdon & District Winter Aunt Sally League Finals and Presentation Night took place last Wednesday. 

We had a great set of competition finals including a long fought battle for Singles champion between Leigh Clapton and Anton ‘Tosh’ Woolloff with Tosh becoming the winner. Presentations were given by World Aunt Sally Champion Barry ‘The Iceman’ Parker.

Best Performance of the Night was a tight run thing but Dave Dix clinched it with his 5-5-5 performance in the 5s. If you need full details, the obvious question is why weren’t you there, but Brian Clapton has the record.

I know Tosh would want to remind Winter League teams that there is an Extraordinary General Meeting on the 26th April to discuss the Winter league and he’d like all teams represented. Tosh has run the league for probably the best part of that 40 years so I know he’s got some important things to say on the night.

 

 

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Winter League special bulletin

By on 8th May 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

Sadly we were unable to complete the 2019-20 season but I’m hoping to at some point in the not to distant future and hopefully we can all get through this difficult time to do so.  Having had quite some time on my hands I’ve decided to come up with some stats to cover the 12 full seasons I have taken charge and kept records for.  These stats are from 2007-08 season til 2018-19 season.  If  lockdown goes on for much longer I may well add to it and if anyone actually reads it you are as sad as I am.  Until we meet up again , stay safe .

Total number of players involved

    180

Total amount of games played

    1,010

Amount of doll’s scored

    78,920

Total number of 6’s recorded

    309

Total number of blobs recorded

    2,421

Most doll’s in total

    B.Parker     2,203

Most doll’s in  ‘A’ Section season

    D.Dix   222   2014-15

Most doll’s in ‘B’ Section season

    P.Barrett   177   2012-13

Most 6’s in total

    B.Parker   32

Most 6’s in season by an individual

    7   D.Dix   P.Adams

Most 6’s in season by a team

    12   Ab. Utd. ‘A’   2017-18   2018-19

Most blobs in season by an individual

    22   M.Ashmall   2011-12

Most blobs in a season by a team

    52   Ab. Utd. ‘C’   2017-18

Most appearances

    217   S.Martin

Most consecutive games

    157   S.Martin

People who have recorded the dreaded XXX

R.Holmes (3)   V.Smith (2)   J.Carter (2)   M.Putt   T.Lach

 

A.White   P.Stone   M.Ashmall   F.Tracey   N.Green   R.Burkett

 

 

 

If you have actually read down this far I hope you enjoyed it and in no way did I intend to embarrass anyone, you know I wouldn’t do that lol

 

             Regards

Tosh

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Winter League 2020 week 16 results

By on 10th March 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Ab. Legion

16

12

1

3

786

715

64

16.37

2

 Ab. Utd. ‘A’

16

7

2

7

739

711

54

15.39

3

Croft Nomads

16

9

2

5

753

731

52

15.68

4

The Heathens

16

9

0

7

709

677

52

14.77

5

Penlon

16

5

2

9

699

728

45

14.56

 

‘B’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Spread Eagle

16

8

2

6

738

709

56

15.37

2

Ab. Utd. ‘B’

16

8

2

6

724

740

50

15.08

3

The Vine

16

7

3

6

724

729

48

15.08

4

Ab. Con. Club

16

5

0

11

662

722

34

13.79

5

Ab. Utd. ‘C’

16

1

2

13

597

698

25

12.43

 

Game reports.

A game between the 2nd and 3rd placed teams in the ‘B’ section saw Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat The Vine 4-2 with leg scores of 16-17, 16-12, 14-13.  For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin & J.Lesiawowski 9 each and J.Ellaway 6.  In reply for The Vine J.Pownceby 8 and D.Hamilton 7.

Ab. Legion came from behind to beat Spread Eagle 4-2 with leg scores of 15-17, 19-18, 17-14.  For The Legion C.Brind 11, P.Ealey 10, S.Champ 8, N.Baldwin 7 and D.Sapey 6.  For The Spread J.Bowler and P.Soden 10 each and D.Mott 8.

The Heathens highest total of the season ensured a 3rd 6-0 win in the last 4 games.  Their opponents were Croft Nomads and the leg scores were 18-13, 19-18, 19-16.  For The Heathens B.Townsend included a 6 in his 14, P.Adams 12, A.Woolloff  hit his first double figures of the season (11), P.Longford 10 and T.Downes 9.  In reply for The Croft L.Clapton hit his highest score (13), B.Stowell 9, I.Brook 7, S.Enock and N.Weston 6 each.

Penlons’ highest total of the season (57) saw them beat Ab. Con. Club 6-0.  G.Lees’ 14 dolls was his highest total so far, P.Wright 12, D.Bellcourt and I.Morrison 9 each.  T.Phipps managed 1 in the 3rd leg to avoid the dreaded XXX.  For Con. Club ‘The Barrett Boys’ 10 each and B.Clapton 8.  D.Coles and D.Todd a.k.a. The Chuckle Brothers each scored 1 doll.  CC didn’t lose a game 6-0 in their first 10 games but have lost 5 of their last 6 by that score.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 16-15, 15-13, 16-12.  For Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 12, B.Parker 11, D.Davies and K.Fisher 9 each and B.Duff 6.  In reply for Utd. ‘C’ Jono Warrell 7, C.Keeley, M.Ashmall and M.James 6 each.

                               Regards

Tosh

p.s.  After tonights resuls its looking tight for the runners up spot in ‘A’ section with some interesting fixtures with just 2 games to go.

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Winter League 2020 week 15 results

By on 10th March 2020 in Newsletter, Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Ab. Legion

15

11

1

3

735

666

60

16.33

2

Croft Nomads

15

9

2

5

706

675

52

15.68

3

Ab. Utd. ‘A’

15

6

2

7

692

671

48

15.37

4

The Heathens

15

8

0

7

653

630

46

14.51

5

Penlon

15

4

2

9

642

686

39

14.26

 

‘B’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Spread Eagle

15

8

2

5

689

658

54

15.31

2

The Vine

15

7

3

5

682

683

46

15.15

3

Ab. Utd. ‘B’

15

7

2

6

678

698

46

15.06

4

Ab. Con. Club

15

5

0

10

620

665

34

13.77

5

Ab. Utd. ‘C’

15

1

2

12

557

651

25

12.37

 

Game reports.

Spread Eagle inflicted the first 6-0 defeat of the season on Ab. Utd. ‘A’.  The leg scores were 15-12, 17-15, 18-17.  For The Spread M.Beachey & D.Mott 10 each, P.Soden 8 and J.Bowler 7.  In reply for Utd. ‘A’ D.Dix 13, B.Parker 10 and with Barry needing 5 to draw the 3rd leg just failed with his last stick to do so.  D.Davies and K.Fisher weighed in 9 each.

Ab. Legion beat Penlon 4-2 to extend their lead at the top.  The leg scores were 20-16, 19-22, 16-12.  For The Legion S.Champ included a 6 in his 12, D.Sapey and C.Brind 11 each and P.Ealey 8.  For Penlon G.Lee 11, P.Wright 9 and I.Morrison 8.

Croft Nomads beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 4-2 with leg scores of 12-10, 14-15, 16-13.  For The Croft S.Enock 10, L.Clapton8, B.Stowell 7 and N.Weston 6.  In reply for Utd. ‘C’ Jon Warrell 9 and M.James 6.  W. Van Galen hit a 3 in the 2nd leg which I think he was quite pleased with. 

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat The Heathens 4-2 with leg scores of  14-11, 13-16, 16-15.  For Utd. ‘B’ S.Martin 10, D.Harris 8 and J.Ellaway 6.  For The Heathens B.Townsend & P.Adams 11 each, D.Holmes 9 and D.Butler 7 .

The Vine beat Ab. Con. Club 6-0 leaving CC with just 1 point from the last 4 games.  The leg scores were 17-15, 15-13, 13-12. For The Vine M.Dingle 9, D.Hamilton 8, J.Pownceby 7 and R.Harrison 6.  In reply for Con. Club T.Barrett 9, B.Clapton 8 and P.Barrett 6.  D.Todd actually hit the ceiling more times than he hit the doll, which was twice.

                           Regards

Tosh

p.s.  The timing for next weeks pairs is on the notice board as I forgot to note them on the sheets I’d handed out

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Winter league 2020 week 14 results

By on 18th February 2020 in Winter League Reports

ABINGDON & DISTRICT W.A.S.L.

‘A’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Ab. Legion

14

10

1

3

680

616

56

16.19

2

Croft Nomads

14

8

2

4

664

637

48

15.80

3

Ab. Utd. ‘A’

14

7

2

6

648

621

44

15.42

4

The Heathens

14

8

0

6

611

587

44

14.54

5

Penlon

14

4

2

8

592

631

37

14.09

 

‘B’ Section

 

TEAM

P

W

D

L

FOR

AGT

PTS

AVE

1

Spread Eagle

14

7

2

5

639

614

48

15.21

2

Ab. Utd. ‘B’

14

6

2

6

635

656

42

15.11

3

The Vine

14

6

3

5

637

643

40

15.16

4

Ab. Con. Club

14

5

0

9

580

620

34

13.80

5

Ab. Utd. ‘C’

14

1

2

11

519

609

23

12.35

 

Game reports.

Ab. Legion beat The Vine 6-0 with leg scores of  20-15, 18-17, 15-14.  For The Legion S.Champ 11, C.Brind 10, S.Wilson 9, P.Ealey & N.Baldwin 7 each.  For The Vine S.Peedell & J.Pownceby 9 each and J.Hamilton 8.

Ab. Utd. ‘B’ beat Ab. Con. Club 5-1 with leg scores of  16-16, 12-11, 13-11.  For Utd. ‘B’ K.Empson & J.Lesiakowski 8 each and S.Martin 7, with Dave ‘Blobber’ Harris managing 2 of them.  In reply for CC T.Barrett 10 and P.Barrett 9.  Damian Todd (no relation to Sweeney) managed the dreaded X X X for the 2nd time this season.  Keep at it mate.

The Heathens beat Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 6-0 with leg scores of 15-13, 17-14, 16-14.  For The Heathens B.Townsend included a 6 in his 13 (his highest), P.Adams 12, T.Downes included a 6 in his 10 and P.Longford 8.  For Utd. ‘C’ Jono Warrell 9 and M.James 7.

Ab. Utd. ‘A’ dropped points for the 3rd game in a row to loose more ground on the leaders.  The score was 4-2 and the leg scores were 17-15, 15-17, 19-14.  For Utd. ‘A’ K.Fisher and B.Parker 13 each with Ken improving on his previous highest the week before.  D.Dix 12 and D.Davies 10. For Penlon P.Wright and D.Bellcourt 9 each and I.Morrison 7.

Croft Nomads drew 3-3 with Spread Eagle with leg scores of 18-12, 13-13, 12-18, probably a fair result given both teams recorded 43 dolls.  For The Coft  S.Enock 10, L.Clapton 8, A.Bell 7, I.Brook and N.Weston 6 each.  For The Spread  D.Mott 8, M.Beachey and P.Soden 7 each.  Phil had a 1st leg blob, then in the 2nd when needing  2 to win and after scoring with his 1st stick, missed with the next 5.  To prove what a ‘funny old game’ this is he clanged off a 6 in the 3rd leg.

                                    Regards

Tosh

Following are team averages with the handicap stripped out.  Ab. Utd. ‘A.’ 15.42.  The Heathens 14.54.  Croft Nomads 13.80.  Ab. Legion 13.19.  Spread Eagle 11.21.  The Vine 11.16.  Ab. Utd. ‘B’ 11.11.  Penlon 10.09.  Ab. Con. Club 9.80.  Ab. Utd. ‘C’ 8.35.

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