We are here again for another season of Aunt Sally! Our 66th year since formation, despite being 66 years old the league is still younger than many of our players!!!
This year we have 65, yes sixty five teams entering so we now have a G section (and are still the biggest Aunt Sally league in the world!) ) Unfortunately our growth has necessitated some byes as each section our ideal make up is 10 teams but this year with 5 additional teams it means 5 sections will only have 9 teams so 16 matches instead of 18. Our simple choice was to accept all entrants or turn away some. Turning away teams is not conducive with our objectives which are to “grow our game”, encouraging more teams and players many of whom are totally new to our game, and importantly that provides custom to our local pubs and clubs!
Sections and handicaps have been calculated and teams are being set up in the score system and in parallel we are working with the printers to get the fixture list and other necessary paperwork finalised.
Sections are determined by the Committee who establish each teams top 8 2026 registered players and, use their 2025 doll average to determine the overall team average. Teams are then placed in sections which are expected to provide competitive teams of similar ability.
NEW TEAMS this year include:- The Old Anchor Abingdon, Oxford RFC , The Seven Stars Marsh Baldon. The Red Lion Northmoor, The White Hart, Harwell Check out our Venues Map to show where we play.
Welcome back to the ‘regulars’ and to all the new teams and players and a warm Diddy welcome from me to The Wheatsheaf Didcot into the A section (Tosh Woolloff and I will look forward to walking to our away match!)
League season starts slightly earlier this year in APRIL with the first league matches taking place on Wednesday 29th April.
The week before, Wednesday 22nd April will be the first rounds of the 8s Handicap Knockout competition. We have 15 entries so far so there’s still time to enter with the closing date being next Monday April 6th. You can enter via Team Support or directly via e mail to roger.nichols@hotmail.com
This year we are adjusting the handicap system from the simple ‘2 dolls a section’ approach of previous years to a section average approach based on all registered players for 2026 which benefits teams from the middle and lower sections with a doll or so extra than the previous system.
This will all be explained in your packs (and online) when Roger has done the necessary with the printers.
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