THPod 2.25: The big summer 2025 wrap up

Division One ended in style, so we take a final canter through the Apsley League to celebrate the winners, and commiserate with the losers. 

No fewer than three teams managed to trip the Apsley League's new points deduction rule, giving up two points each for every fixture that they conceded as a walkover. All three went down in the end, and it didn’t have to be that way. Have clubs learned a lesson? We’ll see next summer, but the new rule was certainly effective.

We look back on our expectations from the start of the summer, and see who won the predictions league between Dave and Tom. 

The Hampshire Singles boxes also closed for the summer, bringing us a new Champion of Champions in Group One, and nine champs in total across the groups. We mull over whether the time has come to cut non-players once and for all. Swing that scythe, league admin! 

And we are campaigning for players to join up, as well. Thanks to all of you who did - we saw a ton of new players pop up in the boxes when they were unveiled on Saturday, including lots of listeners and previous show guests. 

Learn more about the HIOW singles boxes here:

https://competitions.lta.org.uk/box-ladder/5799c945-d321-4a8d-af94-98821eb2d3ef/event/1/round/8

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome
• 2:55 The final Apsley results for 2025
• 6:20 Three clubs pay a big price for forfeits
• 8:57 Div 4 wrap
• 11:17 Div 3 wrap
• 14:27 Div 2 wrap
• 16:45 Div 1 wrap
• 19:46 Premier wrap
• 24:21 Summer HIOW singles review
• 32:10 The singles Champion of Champions
• 37:49 Get in touch!