It took 6 weeks, but the inevitable has happened the only surprise is that it has taken this long! Yes you have guessed it, Dave Dix’s first 6 of the season in the first leg of Abingdon Conservative Club’s 6-0 whitewash of Stanford in the Vale. Dave’s 15 dolls helped the Con Club climb to top spot in the Premier and they are now 2 points clear of Croft Nomads who also enjoyed a 6-0 win at Abingdon United in the same section. Early season pacesetters Plum Pudding were held to a 3-3 draw at Steventon Sports despite 11 dolls from Terry Downes aided and abetted by Paul Longford with 10. Colin Brind and Ian Morrison shared top scores for the home side with 10 dolls. The first leg of this game was tied with 26 dolls apiece a leg score hit again in the second leg by Steventon, but the Plum were only able to hit 20 in reply, but Plum won the third leg 24-17 to secure the draw.
Croft Nomads hit the highest leg scores of the night 27 twice with Ian Brook top scoring with 12 dolls, Alan Bell with 11 and Tosh Wooloff with 10 all threw consistently to help secure a return to winning ways for the Croft.
In the Premier/A section College Oak’s Jamie Smith helped them to a 4-2 win over the Vine who are still seeking their first positive result of the Summer as they went down 4-2 at the College.
Red Lion the early season unbeaten pacesetters in the A section came a cropper on their own throw when Berinsfield SC A were 6-0 winners to leapfrog the Lion at the top of the table and go 5 points clear.
Elsewhere and overall there was some good scoring on the night. Individuals Lee Brown for The Earl of Abingdon A in Section B hit 10 dolls, Derrick Brown of the WADs bar matched that in the same section and in the E section Richard Bunce playing for the Black Horse Hanney contributed 11 dolls and in the F section James Fletcher’s 10 dolls took doll his average to date to 2.61 – James what are you doing in the F section?
Some other scores to note include Marcham Centre’s A 45 dolls on the night against Berinsfield B a 17 doll leg for the Waggon and Horses in the same section. Other scores, not so notable, include the Croft Bar’s 4 doll third leg at home against Harwellian B and Challow & Childrey CC game against The George in Section E. At first I thought it was a tennis result with scores of 8-6, 9-7 and 13-11!
Whilst there was only the one “sixer” last week there was a reduction in the number of “blobbers” on the night so obviously signs of improvement overall!!
The league tables can now be seen to take some shape. As mentioned earlier Abingdon Con Club lead the Premier by 2 points, Berinsfield SC A are 5 points clear in the A section. The B section sees WAD’s bar 2 points clear of Royal Oak and in the C section The Wheatsheaf’s 6 straight wins puts them comfortably clear of the Fox, Denchworth in second place.
Also with 6 straight wins The Plough West Hanney head Section D, but Fleur de Lys B are chasing in second place only 2 points behind. The F section is led by Grove RFC who are 5 points clear of 2025 newcomers Ladygrove, Didcot.
An early look at each of the sections top doll averages makes good reading. Unsurprisingly Dave Dix tops the Premier with an average of 4.53 dolls, Stuart Wilson has the highest average in the A section at 2.87, just ahead of Danny Hamilton whose average is 2.83. In the B section it’s Derrick Brown averaging 2.89, Shaun Gilensen is currently highest with an average of 2.33 in the C section. Steve Dingle and Billy Collett are both averaging 2.28 in the D section, Brian Bosley has been hitting hitting 2.89 dolls 0n average in the E section and the aforementioned James Fletcher’s 2.61 average for the North Star B leads the way in F.
That’s it for this week’s review, but do look out for an important update on the 2025 Summer Competitions which we will publish in the next couple of days.
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