Holton B made it two wins out of two in the Oxford & District League’s Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield.

A 364-357 winning margin over their C team sees them top the Group 1 table after the second round of matches.

Although given a 22-point advantage, the Holton C team of Barry Green, Roger Mott and Edward Biddulph were just unable to hold off Brian Dobson, Sharon Curtis and Svetlana Khoronenkova.

Vikings B and Bicester D are both unbeaten at the top of Group 3.

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Vikings enjoyed a 399-320 success over Gladiators A, with Eamonn Deeley, Simon Cox and Paul Borrowdale comfortably overturning their opponents’ 61-point head start.

Bicester D beat Forum F 377-345 with Dave Badham, Graham Butcher and Andy Crofts on song.

The big winners in the latest round of matches, however, were Bicester E.

They top Group 2 after a thumping 440-308 success against Forum A, who made the fatal mistake of turning up with only two players.

When Reece Chamdal pulled out through illness, it was left to Karl Bushell and Greg Boone to go it alone, and with their opponents given a 295-point advantage, there was only going to be one winner.

Cameron Innes, John Chalcraft and Wendy Chapple made up the Bicester team.

Forum D saw off Forum H 422-401, with fine performances from Marco Zhang, Andrew Legge and Guy Plowman.

Forum G have already booked their place in the quarter-finals after a 408-379 win over Begbroke B gave them a second win in three-team Group 5.

British Rail made a winning start in Group 7, beating St James 440-395.

Bob Ford, Paul Guest and John Joyce had no answer to Rail’s Greg Donovan, Darren Jones and James Lovelock as their 268-point start evaporated all too quickly.

Bicester A are another team through to the last eight after a 411-401 success over Vikings A put them clear at the top of Group 8.

RESULTS

Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield 
Holton B 364, Holton C (+22) 357; Vikings A (+109) 401, Bicester A 411; Bicester B (+71) 383, Forum C 396; Forum E 368, Vikings C (+31) 381; Forum H (+130) 401, Forum D 422; Begbroke B (+81) 379, Forum G 408; Forum I (+91) 415, Bicester C 385; Bicester D (+4) 377, Forum F 345; St James (+268) 395, British Rail 440; Vikings B 399, Gladiators A (+61) 320; Forum A 308, Bicester E (+295) 440.

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