This week is a good opportunity to look at what has been happening in each of the sections, which teams are setting the pace after just 3 games, to see how are the new teams settling in with their results and to recognise some of the week 3 individual and collective top scores.
I will start with the F section where newcomers Long Wittenham AC are setting the pace with 3 straight wins and 15 points already secured. North Star B are chasing hard also with 3 wins and 14 points in the bag. In the E section it is Hanney RBL and The Bystander leading the way both with 3 wins from 3 so their meeting could be interesting1
The D section is led by The Plough , West Hanney and they have secured 14 points from the 18 on offer after 3 weeks so another of our 3 Hanney based sides is going well. Down the road in Denchworth The Fox, are the highest points “gatherers” in any of the sections to date with 17 points from their 3 straight wins, but The Wheatsheaf at Didcot are chasing them hard with 16 points from their 3 winning matches.
The B section sees 2 unbeaten sides and remarkably WADS Bar who in 2024 were in the F section are currently sharing top spot with The Royal Oak, Didcot both of whom have 3 wins from 3.
The Premier has no team with 3 wins, but Croft Nomads are leading the way with 13 points and are still unbeaten , but this week they face a trip to Drayton to face the A section early leaders and also unbeaten Red Lion A
Well it’s only 3 weeks into the season so as they say the only league tables that really matter are the ones that will be there in early September and that’s still 15 weeks away!
As far as the new entrants this year all have made encouraging starts and have points on the board in their respective sections and we hope they are enjoying their season so far.
I said I would look at last weeks individual performances and and remarkably the only 2 “sixers ” last week were both recorded in the E section with Richard Bunce hitting one for the Black Horse Hanney and Jon Mole hitting one for the Waggon & Horses Southmoor. There were 17 individual legs of 5 dolls over the sections so an awful lot of throwers missed that elusive 6 by just one doll!
Overall individual top scorer last week was Alex Chamberlain with 13 dolls for Abingdon Conservative Club and Ian McGregor (Black Horse Hanney), Barry Townsend (Croft Nomads), Danny Hamilton (The Vine), Matty Belcher (College Oak A), Paul Barrett (Ab Con Club) and Steve Martin (Ab Utd A) all hit 11 dolls and Jason Bowler (Ab Utd A) and Andy Burton (Wheatsheaf ) both landed double figures with 10 apiece.
We did have one disappointment last week with the first walkover of the season conceded because of a shortage of players by one of the sides. Just remember it is too late to register additional players if you need to. It’s always better to have too many players than not enough and even if individuals don’t want to play every week having “occasionals” available to cover holidays, sickness etc by having them registered means you can call upon them if needed
And so to this week when hopefully the evening will be a little kinder with the wind, rain and cold giving way to a more temperate early Summer evening!
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