FORUM A took over the top spot in Oxford & District League Division 1 by beating their B team 9-1.

Elson Costa and Karl Bushell both recorded maximums, while Andrew Flint beat Greg Boone for the B side’s only success Chris Lansley and Neil Hurford helped Rutherford to an 8-2 victory over Vikings B.

Forum C saw off Begbroke 8-2 with trebles for Chris Smith and Pascal Larousse.

The Division 2 top-of-the-table clash between Forum D and Gladiators A ended in a 5-5 draw. Dave Gardner was man of the match for Gladiators with a fine maximum.

He was well supported by Paul Knight with two wins.

But Forum hit back with two victories for Nick Langley and one each for Damon So and Marco Zhang to secure a draw which keeps them four points clear.

Max Jackson starred as Vikings C beat Forum H to stay top of Division 3.

John Cripps won three times for Holton C, but that could not prevent them losing 7-3 to their B team.

A Jake East maximum helped Forum I to beat Bicester D 6-4.

Academy B beat Vikings D 6-4, despite a treble for Joshua Hale.

OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS

Div 1: Vikings B 2, RAL 8 (C Lansley 3, N Hurford 3); Forum C 8 (C Smith 3, P Larousse 3), Begbroke A 2; Forum A 9 (E Costa 3, K Bushell 3), Forum B 1; Bicester A 10 (T Gorman 3, J Abungan 3, J Rigby 3), Vikings A 0.

Div 2: Gladiators A 5 (D Gardner 3), Forum D 5; Holton A 7 (J Ho 3), Gladiators B 3; Bicester B 2, Academy A 8 (C Savage 3); Forum F 6, Forum G 4 (B Hallett 3); Academy A 5, Forum E 5 (R Hambridge 3).

Div 3: Holton B 7, Holton C 3 (J Cripps 3); Vikings D 4 (J Hale 3), Academy B 6; Forum H 4, Vikings C 6 (M Jackson 3); Forum I 6 (J East 3), Bicester D 3.