Geoff Mace reeled off a break of 13,660, but it couldn't stop Berinsfield losing 3-2 at home to Gladiators B in the Johnsons Buildbase Oxford League, writes PETE EWINS.

Grant Johnson (4,250, break 3,110) won against the break, and then his father Reg (4,370) put Gladiators 2-0 up.

Mace made it 2-1 and Tony Broadway (4,580) levelled the scores, before Richard Stowe (2,290) sealed it for Gladiators.

Gladiators A won 4-1 at home to Headington Conservative Club.

Keith Gardner (6,890), Frank Cox (9,510), Malcolm Lee (3,660) and Jenny Cox took the first four legs, before Keith Hollis (7,220, break 3,620) prevented a whitewash.

John Patey’s 4,540-2,140 victory over Luke Storch in the last game gave Democrats a 3-2 home win over Comrades in Section 1.

Results: Democrats 3, Comrades 2; Gladiators A 4, Headington Con Club 1; Berinsfield 2, Gladiators B 3; Masons A 31/2, Didcot Con Club 11/2.

THE funeral service for Tony Harvey, of the Vikings club, is at the Oxford Crematorium on Tuesday (2.15pm).