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Aunt Sally champion claims historic fourth title
A pub game, which is played almost exclusively in Oxfordshire, has crowned its first four-time "world champion". Roger Goodall, 55, beat 91 other competitors at the Aunt Sally World Championship Open Singles event in Charlbury on Saturday. Advertisement He said his historic title was "great" but "nerve-wracking", after he came through sudden death shoot-outs in the semi-final and final. The game involves throwing sticks to knock a small wooden block, called a dolly, off a short metal pole. Players take part in three legs, with each having six attempts each leg to knock the "dolly" from the "iron" which is 30ft (9.1m) away. Roger Goodall said he was in terrible form before the tournament [BBC] Mr Goodall has been playing Aunt Sally since the age of about 12, when his father taught him the rules. He said: "I normally bottle it, to be fair. I've got a reputation for bottling it. Advertisement "Today was a real leveller with the wind conditions. Twos and threes were enough, whereas normally it's fours and fives. It was just a real battle. "Last year I've been playing terrible, so I was coming today with no confidence at all." The event was held at the Charlbury Beer Festival, where it began in 2011. Mr Goodall previously won Aunt Sally singles titles in 2015, 2017 and 2024. The King, who was Prince of Wales at the time, had a go at Aunt Sally on a visit to Witney in 2007 [Getty Images] You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. More on this story Related internet links
BBC News
a day ago
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Aunt Sally champion claims historic fourth title
A pub game, which is played almost exclusively in Oxfordshire, has crowned its first four-time "world champion".Roger Goodall, 55, beat 91 other competitors at the Aunt Sally World Championship Open Singles event in Charlbury on said his historic title was "great" but "nerve-wracking", after he came through sudden death shoot-outs in the semi-final and game involves throwing sticks to knock a small wooden block, called a dolly, off a short metal pole. Players take part in three legs, with each having six attempts each leg to knock the "dolly" from the "iron" which is 30ft (9.1m) away. Mr Goodall has been playing Aunt Sally since the age of about 12, when his father taught him the said: "I normally bottle it, to be fair. I've got a reputation for bottling it. "Today was a real leveller with the wind conditions. Twos and threes were enough, whereas normally it's fours and fives. It was just a real battle. "Last year I've been playing terrible, so I was coming today with no confidence at all."The event was held at the Charlbury Beer Festival, where it began in Goodall previously won Aunt Sally singles titles in 2015, 2017 and 2024. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
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3 days ago
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Aunt Sally world champion targets back-to-back world titles
The reigning Aunt Sally world champion has said it would be "amazing" to retain his title, and win it for a record fourth Goodall, from Kidlington, is hoping to win back-to-back world championships during the competition at the Charlbury Beer Festival on 55-year-old told the BBC that he would need "a lot of luck" and "a few beers on the day" to extend his record of three Sally is a pub game, played almost exclusively in Oxfordshire, which involves throwing sticks to knock a small wooden block, called a dolly, off a short metal pole. Explaining the game, Mr Goodall said it was "completely different" to the often compared fair ground game coconut said he had "brilliant memories" of being introduced to it by his Dad when he was aged "about 12 or 13"."I was instantly hooked," he added. The Aunt Sally World Championship began at the Charlbury Beer Festival in 2011, with Mr Goodall winning it three times since then - in 2015, 2017 and his chances this year, he said: "There's a lot of good players there so you just need a bit of luck on the day, a bit of luck in the drawer and how players play against you on the day.""It would be amazing [to win it], it was amazing winning it last year for the third time, and Saturday would be just as good," he asked if he had any tips for budding Aunt Sally players, he said it was "difficult to explain how to hold a stick, or how to throw it - because everybody's got a different action, different throwing technique". The game sees players take part in three legs, with each having six attempts each leg to knock the dolly from a metal pole, called the iron, from 30ft (9.1m) origins are somewhat debated, with some theories suggesting it dates back to the 17th century or even earlier. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
