ROSS Henderson starred as Forum B beat Forum C 8-2 to strengthen their hold on third spot in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League.

Henderson claimed a treble, while Chris Smith beat Andrew and Jeremy Flint for the C side’s only successes.

Leaders British Rail whitewashed Rutherford 10-0 thanks to Darren Jones, Neil Cartwright and Greg Donovan.

Forum A are still hard on BR’s heels after beating Forum C 8-2.

Karl Bushell recorded his customary maximum, while Lorne Lonie and Thomas Bowden hit back for Vikings with five-set victories over Maria Lebedeva and Greg Boone respectively.

Vikings B swept aside Begbroke 9-1 with maximums for Simon Cox, Mike Aistrop and Paul Borrowdale.

Forum D stayed top of Division 2 by beating Forum E 7-3, Damon So leading the way with maximum.

Despite Paul Knight’s treble, Gladiators A lost ground to Forum D after being held to a 5-5 draw by Bicester B.

Forum F won their first match to move off the bottom by beating Gladiators B 6-4, thanks to treble from Luka Kerridge.

OXFORD & DISTRICT LEAGUE

Div 1: Begbroke A 1, Vikings B 9 (S Cox 3, M Aistrop 3, P Borrowdale 3); Vikings A 2, Forum A 8 (K Bushell 3); Forum B 8 (R Henderson 3), Forum C 2; British Rail 10 (D Jones 3, N Cartwright 3, G Donovan 3), RAL 0.

Div 2: Gladiators B 4, Forum F 6 (L Kerridge 3); Forum E 3, Forum D 7 (D So 3); Academy A 7 (C Savage 3, S Tabuni 3), Holton A 3; Bicester B 5, Gladiators A 5 (P Knight 3).

Div 3: Forum I 5 (J East 3), Forum H 5; Vikings C 9 (F Gu 3, K Rae 3), Holton B 1.