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**BOTH ABINGTON RINKS made it through to the quarter-finals of the Northamptonshire women's fours. Gill Crossley sensationally knocked out Michelle Harris of Roade 17-14, while Lis Milburn skipped a 21-10 hammering of Claire Setchell, also of Roade. The final stages, with a place at the national championships in store for the two county finalists, will be this Sunday, 14th June, at Wellingborough.​

 

​​​​​​​ **MIXED FORTUNES for the men's National Top Club sides. The A-team scraped through the first round at Northampton West End, to defeat their B-team, but it required a bizarre last-gasp flurry of 15 shots over the last four ends from selector John Freeman's triples rink, to add to victories in the 4-wood singles and pairs.

 

Their opponents in the next stage could have been their B-team clubmates, if only they had beaten Kingsthorpe B at home. In the event, the Bs took just one of the five disciplines, winning the fours and nothing else. At least the draw had already given Abington A home advantage for the second round.

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02/06/2026: WITH THREE POINTS at Harpole, the women's team returned to winning ways, shoring up their 3rd-placing in the Friday league after four matches. A 20-8 win for Lynne Whitlock, Christine Ball and Barbara Astle secured the aggregate victory to lift Abington back level with Roade on points, though Kingsthorpe continue to blaze away at the top. Their record remains unblemished.​

 

​​​​​​​ Less glory for the men's Monday set-ups, but the B-team earned plaudits with a determined 5-0 at home to Heyford, who had taken a maximum 10 points from their opening two matches. Even a victory by 17 shots was not quite enough to turn shot difference in Abington B's favour at the top of Division 3, but their display contained enough mettle to suggest they won't need to worry about that come the business end.

 

Rob Archer's rink calmed the potential storm by consistently scoring. Their final mark of 21-8 allowed the other two rinks - skipped by the Browns, Adam & Terry - to snatch two further points at the end of long, hard tussles, both of which climaxed with final-end shootouts.

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Less happily, only two of the other six Abington triples were successful on the night, although this did include Abington C's first point of the campaign, at Kislingbury. Still small potatoes, and they are already six points from safety, remaining 8th and last. But only four points seperate 1st from 6th. As with Division 3, any team is vulnerable to any other.

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Up in Div 1, the A-team slipped back from the front-runners with their own 1-4 reverse at Kingsthorpe, whose A-side now assume the lead in the title race. Iain Walker's rink were the sole heroes here, winning 14-12.

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31/05/2026: DOUBLE SUCCESS for Abington in the National 2-Fours. Both the A and B-sides negotiated potential banana skins to reach the 2nd round. ​​​​​​​​The former defeated Northampton Express B fairly comfortably, 37-21. The latter prevailed 32-23 at Northampton West End, to beat their B-team. The Abington sides could face each other soon, but only if they both come through against their 'A' & 'B' equivalents from Kingsthorpe.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​