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THE B-TEAM ARE celebrating again. Last week, it was confirmation of promotion. This time, it's the 3rd Division championship. A 4-1 points win over the bottom-placed Northampton Express B was enough to ensure the title as their only challengers Roade A were defeated at Heyford.

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Next week's final match had looked set for so long to be the championship decider, but a full, fat seven-point gap has built up in the last couple of weeks. A chasm too far for Roade to bridge in one evening. They will at least be thankful that nothing is riding on next week's visit. With 3rd placed Carlsberg also dropping points, the top two are now settled even before their showdown.

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Abington C are in a similar - but much less joyous - position in Division 2. Even a 5-0 thrashing of 6th-placed Brackley on their trip down there next week would not make a difference to their league placing now. The Cs are down, and will swap back round with the Bs. It's a crying shame for the news to be confirmed on a night when they gave their best performance of the campaign, disrupting Express B's promotion hopes with a 4-1 win on their opponents' ground.

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It also confirms that next season will NOT see all three Abington teams compete in the same tier, a possibility that had been much discussed in recent weeks. Yet, A vs B remains in danger of returning to the fixture list a year early. The A-team earned nul points from their trip to Desborough and fall back into the dropzone. Their worries are eased slightly by still having to play the only side below them, Kingsthorpe B, while their two relegation rivals, Earls Barton A and Kettering Lodge will also have a direct face-off next Monday.

 

Yet, a win is vital, with their opponents still having the faintest hopes of staying up themselves. It could be a night for the calculator!

*THE WOMEN'S FRIDAY league came to an anti-climax for Abington, with a shock defeat at Daventry Town leaving them down in 6th for the season. The early season form which suggested another 3rd-place, on the heels of the two dominant sides, has not returned after the enforced mid-season break. This week's final match ended 20-36, with Daventry boosting their points tally by a third to climb off the bottom rung.

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12/08/2026: ABINGTON'S ROBIN ADAMS was knocked straight out of the men's National 2-Wood Singles, scoring just 4 shots in his 1st round match. It had been a memorable and glorious run to qualify for the tournament, but a prolonged run on the hallowed greens of Bowls England HQ at Leamington Spa was not to be.

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Mark Turley-Green, representing Devon, dominated the encounter and won with several ends to spare, but Adams at least goes down as the county champion for 2026, a much-too-rare distinction for our proud club.

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*ABINGTON'S WOMEN lost their County Top Club semi-final, unable to make lightning strike twice​​ in succession. Having removed one favourite from the competition - Roade - in the quarters, hopes were high of another upset, with home advantage against Desborough Town. But only one of the four disciplines went Abington's way; Judy Jones, Alice Moore & Diana Brown in the triples.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​