BRITISH Rail are on track for their best-ever start to an Oxford & District League season.

They have claimed maximum points from their opening three Division 1 games following an 8-2 success at home to Forum B.

Neil Cartwright did the lion’s share for BR with a maximum, but Ross Henderson hit back for Forum with five-game victories over Greg Donovan and Darren Jones.

Forum A beat Forum C 8-2 thanks to maximums from Karl Bushell and Elson Costa.

But Maria Lebedeva succumbed to the C team’s Pascal Larousse and Chris Smith before beating Guy Plowman 12-10 in the decider.

Struggling Vikings A and Begbroke fought out a 5-5 draw. Two wins each for Rob Cleese and Thomas Bowden for Vikings were matched by doubles from Paul Humphrey and Janet Brown.

Despite fielding only two players, Bicester A secured an unlikely 5-5 draw at home to Vikings B as Simon Cox and Paul Borrowdale both beat Michael Harrison.

Forum D saw off Academy A 7-3 to stay top of Division 2, despite an impressive maximum for Academy’s Conor Savage.

Gladiators A are now second after their 9-1 demolition of Holton A.

Holton’s Dagmar Wilkinson stopped the whitewash by beating Paul Knight.

OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS

Div 1: Vikings A 5, Begbroke A 5; Forum A 8 (E Costa 3, K Bushell 3), Forum C 2; Bicester A 5 (J Rigby 3), Vikings B 5; British Rail 8 (N Cartwright 3), Forum B 2.

Div 2: Forum E 8 (J McKenna-Jones 3), Forum G 2; Gladiators B 2, Bicester B 8 (T Wong 3); Academy A 3 (C Savage 3), Forum D 7; Holton A 1, Gladiators A 9 (K Giles 3, D Gardner 3).

Div 3: Forum H 6 (G Ong 3), Vikings D 4; Bicester D 7, Holton C 3 (J Cripps 3); Forum I 4 (J Camacho 3), Academy B 6; Vikings C 6, Bicester C 4.