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THE WOMEN'S TEAM continued their fine start with a blistering 45-13 win in their first away match, but the men had a very blue Monday evening, gathering only two of a possible 15 points.

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Wootton Grange's green can sometimes prove a sticky wicket but the Friday league side found it a breeze, with captain Gill Crossley's rink setting an early mark for highest rink win of the campaign, 27-3. All four points keeps them hot on the heels of the expected leaders, Kingsthorpe and Roade.

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But none of the men's sides could boast the same from their second match, with the A-side even having to cede a point and 10 shots to Earls Barton A due to lack of available players. The combined score of the two rinks that did play went in Abington's favour - 26-24 - but not by enough to overturn the penalty. The cut-price As emerged with only a single point.

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Likewise for the B-team, who were only three shots shy of Carlsberg on the aggregate, but earned just one lonely point for a winning rink. It was the Bs' home form that cost them a place in Division 2 last season, and on this showing there's still work to be done in this vital area. Meanwhile the C-team are already mired at the bottom of Division 2, and five points from safety. They stay pointless after a trip to Byfield.

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17/05/2026: 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.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​