Week 12 Report

PREMIER/SECTION 1
The White House remain five points clear at the top of the Premier Section after they defeated North Leigh FC 3-0 at home. They brushed aside the club men in the first two legs 28-16, 30-21 and in the third leg White house set 25. A good response from North Leigh left them only needing 8 from their last three players to secure a point, however they crashed badly only hitting 6 dolls between them to fall one doll short with 24 and give the White House a maximum win. Roger Goodall top scored with 14 dolls (4-5-5) and was well supported by team mates Rob Bradford (5-4-4) and Mick Phipps (5-3-5) who both hit a baker’s dozen.
Gladiators ‘A’ are still pursing the leaders after they whitewashed Red Lion A Kidlington. The Glad’s set and won the opening leg 24-19. Lion set the next leg with 24 and in reply Glad’s left anchor man Kevin Baker needing five to win, and this proved to be no problem as he clanged off all six to win the leg with 26. Glad’s completed the rout in the final leg 30-17.
Red Lion ‘B’ Cassington lead Section One after they came away from New Club with all three points. They won the first two legs 23-20, 25-17 and had to rely on a three stick shoot out in the final leg after it was tied 19-19.
The George ‘A’ fell further behind Red Lion when they crashed 3-0 at The Swan ‘A’. The opening leg Swan won narrowly 22-21 but won the next two at a canter 25-20, 26-21. Marcus Reading for the Swan bagged himself a maximum six in his 10 doll haul.
Rose Hill Club ‘B’ made it three wins out of three when they trounced Garsington Sports 3-0 in the leg scores of 21-12, 23-15, 20-18.

SECTION 2
Tom Finney clanged off 14 dolls (3-6-5) for the Blackbird against league leaders Chequers B but it was all in vain as they lost all three legs 21-16, 25-21, 23-19. Neil Butler was top dog for The Chequers with 13 dolls (4-3-6).
Red Lion ‘B’ Kidlington are only three points behind the leaders after their 3-0 home win against Gladiators ‘B’ who are propping up the table. Lion got lucky in the first leg when chasing a set of 19 they left anchor man Steve Ward needing a maximum six to win. He almost pulled it off but fell one short with 5 to send the leg to a three sticker in which Lion won. Lion then went on to win the next two legs 19-12, 21-14.
Seacourt Bridge scored more dolls then their visitors Chequers A but still lost the game 2-1 in a close hard fought game. Chequers set and won the opening leg by the smallest of margins 13-12. Seacourt levelled in the next leg 21-17 and in the final and deciding leg it was tied 16-16, with Chequers winning the three sticker to give them their victory.
Donnington Club ‘A’ came away from The Masons ‘A’ with a 2-1 win in the leg scores of 14-17, 20-16, 19-18.

SECTION 3
It was a case of top versus bottom when leaders Donnington Club ‘D’ visited Yarnton British Legion and they almost pulled off a shock but just fell short at the last hurdle. With the game nicely poised at 1-1 Donnington set 18 in the final leg and a poor start in reply by the Legion cost them dear as they fell just one doll short with 17. Dave Simms was in superb form hitting 14 dolls (3-5-6) for the leaders.
Kidlington FC ‘B’ title hopes took a hammering after they lost unexpectedly 2-1 at home to The Tandem. The damage was all done in the first two legs Tandem winning them both 18-13, 19-19 (on three sticks). Kidlington salvaged a point in the final leg 21-16.
Bletchington Sports clubs outside title chances took a massive nose dive when they crashed at home to Rose Hill ‘B’ 3-0, who won all three legs 17-14, 16-16 (on three sticks) 22-17.
Cricketers Littleworth just got the better over Donnington Club ‘B’ winning it 2-1 in the leg scores of 20-16, 16-12, 15-17.

SECTION 4
The local derby between Section 4 leaders Cricketers Temple Cowley and Cowley Workers was a close tight game with the leaders just about clinging onto their unbeaten record. Workers won the opening leg 16-14. Second leg was tied 16-16 with the Cricketers taking it on three sticks to level the game. A set of 11 in the final leg by the Workers was never going to be enough as Cricketers passed that with ease hitting 15 in reply.
Masons Arms ‘B’ are only three points behind the leaders after they came away from Northway Club ‘B’ with maximum points. They set and won all three legs 14-6, 15-13, 13-10.
It was the case of the oval ball against the round ball when Kidlington F.C. ‘A’ visited Littlemore Rugby club and the oval ball came out on top 2-1. Kidlington’s woes continue as they lost their fifth consecutive game 11-8, 4-14, 11-19.
Duke Of Monmouth outside title hopes are slowly fading after they lost 2-1 at Six Bells B who won raced to a 2-0 lead 18-15, 16-15 before the Duke grabbed a point in the final leg 16-12. Steve Califano hit his best score of the season for the Duke with 11 dolls (2-5-4).

SECTION 5
Six Bells C title march rumbles on when they beat hosts White Hart 3-0 in a low scoring game, 10-4, 12-10, 11-8.
Headington Con clubs hopes of narrowing the gap are fading after they dropped a point at The Original Swan. They easily won the opening leg 18-5 however a set of 13 in the next leg by The Swan proved too much for the Con club who could only hit 10 in reply and their cause was not helped by three blobs in the leg. The club men scrapped by in the final leg 13-12. Chris Cox top scored for Con club with 10 dolls (3-5-3-2).
Red Lion A Cassington and Golden Ball fought out a close well contested game which the Lion won 3-0. However the scores were much closer than the result suggests. Chasing all three legs Lion had anchor man Marcus Copelin to thank as he clanged off the winning dolls in all three legs. Chasing a set of 8 in the first leg Copelin hit the two dolls needed to win the leg with 9. Next leg chasing a total of 8 again, he hit three dolls to level the leg and the winning doll in the three leg shoot out. Final leg chasing a set of 9 Copelin needed 2 to win, which proved to be no problem as he doubled that with 4.
Catherine Wheels struggle continue when they lost for the fifth time on the bounce at home to Northway Club ‘B’, however they were very unlucky to lose all three legs when only two dolls separated them overall. Northway won the first two legs 12-10, 17-16, with Catherine Wheel winning the last leg 13-12 for a deserved point.

SIXERS : K.Baker (Gladiators A) C.Webb, N.Butler (Chequers B) D.Simms (Donnington D) T.Finney (The Blackbird) M Reading (Swan A)

BLOBBERS: P.Sinnott (Northway B) T.Buckle (The Blackbird)


TOP DOLL SCORERS:
15: K.Baker (Gladiators A)
14: R.Goodall (White House) T.Finney (The Blackbird) D.Simms (Donnington D)
13: R.Bradford, M.Phipps (White House) N.Butler (Chequers B)

TOP LEG SCORE
Gladiators A & White House 30

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