THE absence of star player Jingyu Sun could not stop Vikings A making it nine wins from nine in Oxford & District Association Division 1.

Vikings saw off Forum B 7-3, although substitute Markus Wagner found the unavailable Sun a hard act to follow.

Pavel Jaskolski and Alan Cherry picked up their customary maximums.

Holton A swept aside two-man Forum A 8-2, with Karl Bushell taking the two Forum wins, but then they too dropped a point by only beating two-man Bicester A 7-3.

Bicester’s Jason Tustain did most of the damage by beating Elson Costa and Darren Palmer.

Full marks to Holton’s Mark Scott, who led his team with maximums on both occasions.

Forum A had a big 9-1 victory over British Rail, BR’s James Lovelock pushing Bushell to a fifth set.

In Division 2, Bicester B boosted their promotion hopes with a 9-1 victory over Haddenham A. Mark Penn beat Lewis Sumner for Haddenham’s only success.

RESULTS

Div 1: Forum A 9 (G Boone 3, K Bushell 3, E Herrity 3), British Rail 1; Forum B 3, Vikings A 7 (P Jaskolski 3, A Cherry 3); Bicester A 3, Holton A 7 (M Scott 3); British Rail 3, Forum B 7; Holton A 8 (M Scott 3), Forum A 2.

Div 2: Vikings E 7 (P Borrowdale 3), Forum E 3; Vikings C 10 (S Cox 3, G Lloyd 3, M Aistrop 3), Haddenham A 0; Bicester B 9 (J Abungan 3, V Yang 3), Haddenham A 1.

Div 3: Forum I 7 (C Patterson 3), Witney 3; Vikings F 0, Forum F 10 (S Price 3, J Stott 3, J Duncalfe 3); Forum G 10 (T Ruane 3, M Simmonds 3, A McPherson 3), Gladiators B 0.

Div 4: Forum J 6 (N Harris 3), St James 4; Holton B 5 (B Dobson 3), Bicester E 5; Forum L 4, Vikings G 6 (J Tremayne 3).