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TWO OF Abington's three entries began the National Two-Fours at the prelim stage this weekend, but only one survived into the 1st round proper.​​​​​​​​ The A-team saw off Roade with reasonable comfort, 50 shots to 24. But the C-team were no match for Kingsthorpe's garlanded A-squad. Abington C registered only 11 shots before conceding with a third of the ends still to play.​

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16/05/2026: SIMON DAVID'S RINK has blazed into the quarter-finals of the Northamptonshire men's fours.​​​​​​​​ On the Wednesday, they effortlessly dispatched another Abington lineup, skipped by Joe Kovacs, 21-7 (the same rink who sensationally reached the final last year). And then followed that up with an even bigger tonking of David Blencowe's crew, who travelled a fair way from Brackley for very little reward, only scoring 3 shots.

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No other Abington fours have lasted the same distance. Their reward will be home advantage for the last eight, and the crucial following round as well, should they get there.

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12/05/2026: THE TRIPLES LEAGUES are underway for another year. And Abington began brightly, with three of our four teams winning their opening match.

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The women had perhaps the most impressive getaway of all on the Friday night, beating the combined Express & Crispin's team who would be expected to challenge at the top end. Lis Milburn's rink collected 19 shots and won by 10, giving Abington the aggregate victory and three of the four points to start the campaign nicely.

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As for the men, Abington's A-side started with a similarly handsome four points from a possible five, also at home to a tough opponent. Oddly, the one point they did gain looked a near cert in the early stages, Tony O'Leary's rink blasting off to lead 10-0 after just two ends. But they only managed three more scoring ends to lose a bizarre game 19-28. Fortunately, the rinks skipped by Iain Walker and John Freeman prevailed to recover the overall win (just). The former took top rink honours with 19-12 and the latter beat England international Connor Cinato 13-10.

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The B-side gave a promising indication that their demise into Division 3 will prove only temporary, walloping St. Crispin's A 60-32 - including a 28-4 from Rob Archer's rink - although they fell just short of a clean sweep on the points. Sadly the C-team will have to dust themselves down and start again next week with a big fat zero at home to West End B.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​