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THE MONDAY TRIPLES B and C teams were on the green for a second time this week, as the league's Knockout Trophy whittled 16 down to 8. Each played an opponent from the other's current division, and the fortunes were similarly mirrored.​

 

​​​​​​​ The Bs march on into the quarter-finals with a dominant display over Northampton Express B. All three rinks won with minimum fuss, Abington outscoring their visitors by exactly two shots to one, declaring at 60-30. Although according to league placing this was an upset, the B-side gave every suggestion with this perfomance that they would be at home in Division 2, should they achieve promotion.

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However. the dream of an all-Abngton final has been extinguished. The C-team are never far from drama, and lost their 2nd round match to Roade A, the B-side's main rivals for 3rd Div supremacy, in agonising fashion. Just a single shot seperated the two at close of play.

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04/07/2026: TWO COUNTY SEMI-FINALISTS raised hopes of a guaranteed Abington qualifier for the national championships in the women's senior fours, even before the final had been played. Sadly, neither of them made it beyond the last four.

 

Lis Milburn's rink spent the first half exchanging scoring ends with their opponents from Rushden, skipped by Joy Gordon. But a dropped six at halfway was the catalyst for disaster. Milburn and company gamely kept going until it was a mathematical certainty, but the situation only got more irretrievable, ending 7-29.

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By contrast, Gill Crossley's four - skipped by Barbara Astle - began a clear second best to Linda Warren's high-powered unit from Northampton Express, 5-17 down by the halfway point. However, they finished with a commendable rally to take the match to the very last end and a respectable final score of 15-19. Ultimately though, it was the same result for both as another pathway to Leamington closes for 12 months.

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01/07/2026: ABINGTON HAVE AGAIN made it into the Northants area final of the men's National Top Club torunament. A dogged performance at Northampton Express saw them past a group of top bowlers on a sticky wicket.

 

On a lightning-fast, unpredictably patchy surface the standard of bowling all round suffered, but the visitors proved their mettle with all five disciplines being keenly contested. In such battles, the first point on the board can often be the crucial one, and so it proved here, with Adam Brown edging the 2-wood singles after a 21-ender, 14-12.

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It was the pairs who delivered for Abington second. Robin Adams & Iain Walker led from the off and finished with three ends to spare. It was the triples - Dave Poole, Simon David & team captain John Freeman - who ended the match. David produced a superb bowl on the final end to pour cold water on Express' kindling hopes of a last-minute smash-and-grab.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​