The popular Dunthrop course, near Chipping Norton, has lost one of its three meetings in a reorganisation of fixtures in the South Midlands Area.

The Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt meeting has been switched to the new course at Whitfield, near Brackley, allowing the Farmers Bloodhounds fixture to move from its traditional pre-Christmas slot at Dunthrop to Sunday, February 21.

Kingston Blount, near Chinnor, will also host one less meeting.

2010 LOCAL FIXTURES

Sun, Jan 24: Heythrop (Dunthrop, nr Chipping Norton). Sun, Feb 7: South Midlands Area Club (Whitfield, nr Brackley). Sun, Feb 21: Farmers Bloodhounds (Dunthrop). Sat, Mar 13: Oxford University Hunt Club (Kingston Blount, nr Chinnor). Sun, Mar 21: Bicester with Whaddon Chase (Whitfield). Sat, April 3: Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks (Kimble, nr Aylesbury). Mon, April 5: Old Berks (Lockinge, nr Wantage). Sat, May 8: Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks (Kingston Blount, nr Chinnor). Sun, May 16: Grafton (Whitfield). Sun, May 30: Berks & Bucks Draghounds (Kingston Blount).