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                  As at October 15 2008

Oct 6      Bicester A 5 5 British Rail    Div 1
             Tony Gorman 0 2 Nigel Taylor
              Jeff Rigby 3 1 Greg Donovan
               Arun Jogi 1 2 John Barclay
2 points            2+3 1 0 2+3           2 points

Oct 7         Forum B 6 4 Begbroke A      Div 1
            Harry Yeates 2 2 Paul Humphrey
          Ross Henderson 1 2 Janet Brown
            Jeremy Flint 2 0 Dawn Pearce
3 points            1+3 1 0 1+2            1 point

Oct 8       Vikings B 1 9 St James A      Div 1
            Roel Dullens 1 2 Tony Stead
         Paul Borrowdale 0 3 Jason Tustain
              Bill Mason 0 3 Mike Wilkins
0 points            1+3 0 1 1+3           4 points

Oct 8         Forum A 3 7 RAL             Div 1
           Fraser Harris 2 3 Chris Lansley
            Sam Harrison 1 2 Neil Hurford
              Greg Boone 0 1 Glen Freeman
1 point             1+2 0 1 1+3           3 points

Oct 9       Vikings A 9 1 Gladiators A    Div 1
          Gareth Hayward 3 1 Paul Knight
          James Lovelock 3 0 Dave Gardner
     Julian Lawton Smith 2 0 Alan Ayers
4 points            1+3 1 0 1+3           0 points

Oct 7       Vikings C 7 3 Bicester B      Div 2
          Petr Litomisky 2 2 Pete Hargreaves
            Tony Wheeler 3 1 Andy Crofts
        Michael Loizou s 1 0 Steve Laird
3 points            1+2 1 0 1+2            1 point

Oct 9        Witney A 8 2 Vikings D       Div 2
              Chris Wood 3 0 Aki Ben-Ezra
            Terry Morris 2 2 Mike Aistrop
        Maurice Chambers 2 0 Geraint Lloyd
4 points            1+3 1 0 2+3           0 points

Oct 9     Haddenham A 5 5 Vikings E       Div 2
            Simon Witney 1 2 Horatio Boedhiardjo
              Mark Scott 3 2 Michael Loizou
               Mark Penn 1 0 Anne Borrowdale
2 points            2+3 0 1 1+2           2 points

Oct 6      Bicester C 3 7 Forum F         Div 3
             Andy Crofts 2 2 Chris Smith
               Joe Marrs 0 3 Laurel Christer
                Bob Gill 0 2 Paul Whitford
1 point             1+2 1 0 1+3           3 points

Oct 6      Begbroke B 8 2 St James B      Div 3
           James Hopkins 2 0 Bob Ford
        Robin Whitehouse 3 1 Paul Guest
            Paul Creasey 3 0 Trevor Hookham
4 points            2+3 0 1 1+2           0 points

Oct 6    Gladiators C 2 8 Vikings G       Div 3
              Imaad Saba 1 2 Pete Sinclair
                Dave Kay 0 2 Max Jackson s
          Clive Westbury 1 3 Simon Cox
0 points            1+3 0 1 1+3           4 points

Oct 9          Holton 9 1 Bicester D      Div 4
            Don Crawford 2 1 Tom Marrs
            Ewan Shearer 3 0 Stan Harding
            Brian Dobson 3 0 Bob Gill
4 points            2+3 1 0 1+3           0 points

weekly report

Oxford’s Midland League campaign started on Sunday at Kidlington Forum Youth Club with a resounding victory for the Juniors over Gloucester. The visitors’ No 1 beat Jake East, but was the only Gloucester player to get on the scoreboard in a 9-1 thrashing. Ross Henderson and Chris Smith won all their singles and the doubles in a rousing performance.
Kidlington Forum’s Ross Henderson was the leading junior player in the Midland League last season and led the Oxford team into 2nd place. He is the No 1 ranked junior in Oxfordshire. Here he is pictured at his home club receiving the Midland League individual trophy from Forum committee man Paul Whitford.

Oxford's local league is just underway, and two of the newly promoted sides to Division 1 are finding out how much tougher life is in the fast lane.
Gladiators A faced Vikings A, and Vikings B faced St James A, and both lost 9-1.
Another newly promoted side, Begbroke A, did better in their opening match but still lost 6-4 to Forum B.
Rutherford made a very satisfactory start to their season by beating Forum A 7-3, with a maximum for Chris Lansley and two for Neil Hurford.
Bicester A and British Rail slugged out a 5-5 draw, with Jeff Rigby getting a maximum for Bicester, and Nigel Taylor and John Barclay getting two each for British Rail. Rigby is clearly back in shape after 12 months out with injuries. British Rail is the latest incarnation of the old Lord Nuffield A.

In Division 2, Vikings C won their first match 7-3 against a spirited Bicester B side, thanks to a maximum for Tony Wheeler.
Vikings E drew their first match against Haddenham A. Mark Scott was the main force for Haddenham, winning all three, but Horatio Boedhiardjo and Michael Loizou for Vikings both won two and combined to take the doubles.
Vikings D lost 8-2 to Witney A, with Witney's new recruit Chris Wood doing most of the damage.

Vikings G started well in Division 3, beating Gladiators C 8-2. Simon Cox led the way with a convincing maximum.
Robin Whitehouse and Paul Creasey were unbeaten for Begbroke B as they swept aside St James B 8-2.
Laurel Christer battled her way to her maximum to help Forum F overcome Bicester C 7-3.

In Division 4, Holton were not taking prisoners as they crushed Bicester D 9-1. It was three each for Ewan Shearer and Brian Dobson, and two for Don Crawford.

Division 1: Bicester A 5(J Rigby 3), British Rail 5; Vikings B 1, St James A 9(J Tustain 3, M Wilkins 3); Vikings A 9(G Hayward 3, J Lovelock 3), Gladiators A 1; Forum B 6, Begbroke A 4; Forum A 3, RAL 7(C Lansley 3).
Division 2: Vikings C 7(T Wheeler 3), Bicester B 3; Witney A 8(C Wood 3), Vikings D 2; Haddenham A 5(M Scott 3), Vikings E 5.
Division 3: Bicester C 3, Forum F 7(L Christer 3); Begbroke B 8(R Whitehouse 3, P Creasey 3), St James B 2; Gladiators C 2, Vikings G 8(S Cox 3).
Division 4: Holton 9(E Shearer 3, B Dobson 3), Bicester D 1.