Forum A maintained their slender lead at the top of Oxford & District Association Division 1 by thrashing clubmates Forum B 9-1.

Karl Bushell and Yoshinori Kawamura both won three, with Andrew Flint preventing a whitewash by beating Greg Boone.

Holton A kept the pressure on Forum A with an 8-2 win at Rutherford.

Andy Misseldine led the way with a fine maximum.

Neil Hurford hit back for Rutherford by beating Mark Scott and Elson Costa, and only lost out to Misseldine 14-12 in the decider.

British Rail eased to an 8-2 win at Forum C.

Ray Powell and Darren Jones were unbeaten, but Forum’s Chris Smith got the better of James Lovelock for Forum’s only singles success.

In Division 2, Dave Ralls’ maximum couldn’t save Bicester from a 6-4 defeat at Vikings A.

Markus Wagner, Julian Lawton Smith and Andy Grant Robertson won two each to give Vikings victory.

Bicester D boosted their Division 3 promotion hopes with a 9-1 win at Holton B.

Dave Badham and Graham Butcher were unstoppable for Bicester.

RESULTS Div 1: Forum B 1, Forum A 9 (K Bushell 3, Y Kawamura 3); RAL 2, Holton A 8 (A Misseldine 3); Forum C 2, British Rail 8 (R Powell 3, D Jones 3).

Div 2: Vikings A 6, Bicester B 4 (D Ralls 3); Vikings B 9 (E Deeley 3, S Cox 3, P Borrowdale 3), Forum E 1.

Div 3: Holton B 1, Bicester D 9 (D Badham 3, G Butcher 3); Forum G 8 (B Hallett 3), Vikings D 2.

Div 4: Forum H 6, Forum J 4 (T Yau 3).