Forum A suffered a shock defeat when losing 8-2 to Bicester A in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League.

With the leading light Karl Bushell absent through illness, Forum had no answer to Bicester, for whom Jeff Rigby a maximum.

In Division 3, Gladiators A beat their two nearest rivals Forum E 9-1 and Gladiators B 6-4.

It could have been 9-1 in both matches, had Gladiators B not used ‘super-sub’ James Speedy to claim the scalps of all the three big guns of the A team.

Bicester E completed the quarter-final line-up in the Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield when beating their D team by 79 points.

Receiving a handicap of 124 points, the E team’s trio of Wendy Chapple, John Chalcraft and Cathy Fogg won 457-378.

OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS

Div 1: Forum A 2, Bicester A 8 (J Rigby 3); RAL 1, Holton A 9 (P Jaskolski 3, A Misseldine 3, E Costa 3); Vikings A 2, Forum B 8 (J Flint 3).

Div 2: Begbroke A 4, Vikings B 6 (L Lonie 3).

Div 3: Gladiators B 4 (J Speedy 3), Gladiators A 6; Gladiators A 9 (P Knight 3, K Giles 3), Forum E 1; Holton B 7 (D Wilkinson 3), Forum E 3; Forum F 4, Forum G 6 (D Moulton 3).

Div 4: Forum H 2, Gladiators C 8 (J Speedy 3); St James 7, SEMMLE 3 (S Buckley 3); Bicester E 3 (W Chapple 3), Holton C 7.