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ABINGTON'S JOHN FREEMAN was only a handful of shots away from reaching a national final at Leamington on Saturday 16th August, as Northamptonshire reached the Balcomb Trophy semi-finals. This year, the traditional men's county double-rinks competition has been remodelled as a 'Top County' tournament. Freeman was selected as number two on the rink, skipped by Northampton West End's Will Walker.

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Following a thumping quarter-final success over Somerset, Northants' hopes of glory were stepped on by Essex in the last four, who won 68-74, despite Freeman's fours rink taking their game by a handsome margin of seven. Our man will get a second chance soon though, as part of the inaugural Northants county senior team. This new comp will reach its conclusion at Bowls England's HQ on Friday 29th August.

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13/08/2025: OUR VERY OWN Gill Crossley made her second appearance at the national championships today. Sadly she exited the women's 2-wood singles ended at the second round, against Suffolk's Tracey Johnson. 

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In the morning match, Crossley battled to recover a 10-13 deficit with three ends to play, knocking out Val Osmond of Gloucestershire. She was left needing to produce a similar trick in the next game - 11-17 down after 18 - but came close to taking it the full distance. One of Abington's finest draw bowlers, Crossley is a credit to our club, and we're privileged to have her as a representative on Bowls England's biggest stage.

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12/08/2025: ABINGTON 'B' ARE still bottom, but still alive in Division 2, thanks to a priceless win in their last home match over Earls Barton.

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Barton would have been looking to strengthen their grip on the second promotion spot, but instead they remain in that position only on shot difference as the Abington men finally produced the kind of performance they have always been capable of.

 

Top rink honours went to Rob Archer's trio with a 17-12, while Terry Brown's achieved 15-11. Together this was good enough to ensure a 43-37 win overall, and four of the five points. Yet the cheers were tempered by the news that the other teams most at threat of the trapdoor had even better nights. A motivated Bugbrooke won at Harpole to drag the latter back down into sixth, while Abington C were unable to help their clubmates at Brackley, walloped 35-52 without even taking a single rink point.

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The gap to safety has at least narrowed, and Harpole A are the target again, now just four points above the Bs. Next week's fixture, at Div 2 leaders Kettering Lodge, is crucial. With all their relegation rivals playing away, the Bs' hope is that getting something - anything - out of that gives them a chance going into the final day.

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*MORE RELAXED goings on in the top flight, where the A-team destroyed already-relegated Kislingbury A to move back up into third place. With West End A cantering to the title, the As are enjoying themselves in preparation for their semi-final of the knockout shield.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​