14/06/23: Aston House Stampede beat Highgate 4-2

Ed Taylor & Hugh Mainwaring lost to Abhishek Bhattacharya & Vatche Kassardjian 10-12

Nick Choustikov & Spencer Chapman beat Emily Scoones & Jon Robinson 12-8

Ed Taylor & Spencer Chapman beat Emily Scoones & Vatche Kassardjian 12-5

Nick Choustikov & Hugh Mainwaring lost to Abhishek Bhattacharya & Jon Robinson 3-12

Ed Taylor & Nick Choustikov beat Abhishek Bhattacharya & Emily Scoones 12-3

Hugh Mainwaring & Spencer Chapman beat Vatche Kassardjian & Jon Robinson 12-9

Spencer Chapman reports: It was a pleasure to see Shrewsbury's 1st pair from a decade or two ago back in harness again.  Hugh is a newcomer to Superleague though and couldn't quite show his pedigree through the first couple of rotations after being mugged by the captain in a battle to occupy the bottom slot in the team order. If you've ever meet Hugh, you'll know that the battle was purely figurative - he's quite a unit. It all came right for the team in the third rotation though, with Ed and Nick sprinting home in the top match, and Hugh breaking his maiden to win a tight final rubber with an impressive late charge. Spencer had one eye on the action in the other courts and was disappointed to see heavy favourites the Mewtants overturned, and the Thoroughbreds deprived of a semi-final berth. Stampede will be there however in what will be a tough assignment against HA1 Newbury.  

13/06/23: Aston House Thoroughbreds beat Westway Wolves 6-0

Nick Shaw & Matt Chinery beat Frank Le Bon & David McCahon 12-3

Chris Austin & Ian Mitchell beat Tancred Campbell & Natalie Lilienthal 12-4

Nick Shaw & Ian Mitchell beat Tancred Campbell & David McCahon 12-5

Chris Austin & Matt Chinery beat Frank Le Bon & Natalie Lilienthal 12-7

Nick Shaw & Chris Austin beat Frank Le Bon & Tancred Campbell 12-8

Matt Chinery & Ian Mitchell beat David McCahon & Natalie Lilienthal 12-4

Spencer Chapman reports: The Thoroughbreds welcomed back a couple of old stalwarts to the starting gate, and Chris and Ian proved there is life in the old nags yet to help the team romp to a resounding 6-0 win over the home team. Nick is a Superleague superhero and revelling in his promotion back up to number 1 in the team order, proved unstoppable all evening. The Thoroughbreds have done all they can to ensure progression to the semi-finals next week but now face an agonising 24 hour wait to see whether the Mewtants will field their strongest team against top of the table rivals HA1 Newbury.

07/06/23 at Westway: Aston House Thoroughbreds beat Newbury HA1 4-2

Alex Abrahams & Matt Chinery beat Oskar Denby & Jack Hopkins 12-3

Nick Shaw & Robert Thorogood lost to Richard Tyler & Ollie Avery 6-12

Alex Abrahams & Robert Thorogood beat Richard Tyler & Jack Hopkins 12-2

Nick Shaw & Matt Chinery beat Oskar Denby & Ollie Avery12-2

Alex Abrahams & Nick Shaw beat Oskar Denby & Richard Tyler 12-7

Matt Chinery & Robert Thorogood lost to Jack Hopkins & Ollie Avery 11-12

Qualification from Group A into the knockout stages of Superleague XI is going to the wire! The Thoroughbreds put two lengths between themselves and Newbury last night, but the result still leaves them trailing by three in the overall standings, with one match to play. However, Newbury have yet to face the mighty Mewtants, and the Thoroughbreds have a very winnable match against group stragglers, the Westway Wolves. The stars could be aligning for another Superleague clash between the Thoroughbreds & Stampede! Alex Abrahams lived up to his top billing last night, putting in a thoroughbred display to win all of his three matches for the concession of just 12 points. Meanwhile In the other court, Robert was completing a Thorogood display, when just being edged out in a nail-bitter in the last action of the evening!

06/06/23 at Westway: Aston House Stampede beat Westway Wildcats 5-1

Noah Caplin & Ben Merrett beat Tom McCahon & Bertie Bannerman 12-2

Nick Choustikov & Spencer Chapman beat Pete Griffiths & Mark Gwynne 12-6

Noah Caplin & Spencer Chapman beat Pete Griffiths & Bertie Bannerman 12-8

Nick Choustikov & Ben Merrett beat Tom McCahon & Mark Gwynne 12-5

Noah Caplin & Nick Choustikov lost to Tom McCahon & Pete Griffiths 5-12

Ben Merrett & Spencer Chapman beat Bertie Bannerman & Mark Gwynne 12-3

Spencer Chapman reports: Led by NOEFC's Tom McCahon, the Wildcats put up some stiff resistance in most of the games and, in an upset, came out ready winners in the blue riband match in the third rotation. Our Easy Rider was Ben for conceding only 10 points all evening and sporting the most impressive headband on show. 

31/05/23 at Westway: Aston House Thoroughbreds beat Old Citizens 6-0

Alex Abrahams & Nathan Turnbull beat Chris Lumbard & Saajan Shah 12-4

Nick Shaw & Robert Thorogood beat James Grant & Stephen Kelly 12-5

Alex Abrahams & Robert Thorogood beat James Grant & Saajan Shah 12-6

Nick Shaw & Nathan Turnbull beat Chris Lumbard & Stephen Kelly 12-1

Alex Abrahams & Nick Shaw beat Chris Lumbard & James Grant 12-11

Nathan Turnbull & Robert Thorogood beat Saajan Shah & Stephen Kelly 12-9

The Thoroughbreds got their 2023 Superleague campaign back on track after their Week Two reverse with a 6-0 win over the Citizens, which was secured by two narrow wins in the final rotation by Alex Abrahams & Nick Shaw and Nathan Turnbull & Robert Thorogood. Robert successfully recovered from forgetting to bring his gloves, finding a suitably magic pair at Westway: "I had to make a pact with a leprechaun type figure so I would win all my games tonight, but I reckon the price was worth paying."

23/05/23 at Westway: Aston House Stampede beat Emanuel Wanderers 6-0

Noah Caplin & Nick Choustikov beat Dom Robson & Freddie Fairhead 12-5

Ben Merrett & Spencer Chapman beat Chiedo Nkwocha & Ed Habershon 12-3

Noah Caplin & Spencer Chapman beat Chiedo Nkwocha & Freddie Fairhead12-3

Ben Merrett & Nick Choustikov beat Dom Robson & Ed Habershon 12-5

Noah Caplin & Ben Merrett beat Dom Robson & Chiedo Nkwocha 12-1

Nick Choustikov & Spencer Chapman beat Freddie Fairhead & Ed Habershon 12-4

The Thoroughbreds may have had a sticky start to their campaign, but in the next door courts, the Stampede continued their unbeaten start to their title defence with a 6-0 win over the Emanuel Wanderers, who included Old Summerfieldian Freddie Fairhead in their ranks. There was a rare outing for AH supremo Spencer Chapman, who maintained his reputation for picking and choosing his games wisely, steering his team to the top of the table.

23/05/23 at Westway: Aston House Thoroughbreds lost to The Mewtants 1-5

Alex Abrahams & Matt Chinery lost to David Mew & Joey Prior 4-12

Nathan Turnbull & Robert Thorogood lost to Adam Field & Aroop Bhattacharya 3-12

Alex Abrahams & Robert Thorogood lost to Adam Field & Joey Prior 4-12

Nathan Turnbull & Matt Chinery lost to David Mew & Aroop Bhattacharya 8-12

Alex Abrahams & Nathan Turnbull beat David Mew & Adam Field 12-5

Matt Chinery & Robert Thorogood lost to Joey Prior & Aroop Bhattacharya 2-12

Both Aston House teams were in action at Westway last night with the Thoroughbreds making their first appearance of the season against tough opponents in the shape of the Mewtants. Nathan & Matt came close to getting a point on the board in the second rotation before Nathan & Alex ensured that a whitewash was avoided with a win in the blue riband match over David Mew & Adam Field.

17/05/23 at Westway: Aston House Stampede beat St Olave's Storm 6-0

Noah Caplin & Nick Choustikov beat Chris Wheeler & Vish Shetty 12-2

Ed Taylor & Ben Merrett beat Tim Leech & Coby Plews 12-2

Noah Caplin & Ben Merrett beat Chris Wheeler  & Coby Plews  12-0

Ed Taylor & Nick Choustikov beat Tim Leech & Vish Shetty 12-0

Noah Caplin & Ed Taylor beat Chris Wheeler & Tim Leech 12-0

Nick Choustikov & Ben Merrett beat Vish Shetty & Coby Plews 12-10

The 2023 Superleague season got underway with a regulation win for the Aston House Stampede against the St.Olave's Storm, with Ed Taylor joining the ranks for their title defence in the absence this season of Riki Houlden. There will once again be two Aston House teams with the Thoroughbreds also back in action in an expanded ten team, two conference league this year. AH supremo will be dividing his forces between the two teams once again, but can he engineer a repeat of last season's all Aston House final?