FOURTH division St James B pulled off a giant-killing act in the Oxford & District League's Handicap Shield first round by dumping out Division 1 side Vikings A.

Bob Ford, Paul Oakley and Paul Guest have won all their league games so far and - with a 230-points start - they carried on in the same vein to triumph 450-420.

Vikings C, with a 150-point start, pipped Bicester A 413-408.

After the singles were completed, Vikings still needed 11 points from the doubles.

They lost the first game 21-7, leaving them requiring four points from the final game.

It could have gone either way, but Vikings managed to push the score up to 21-9 to scrape through.

Forum B became the third Division 1 team to make an early exit, losing by 32 points to Gladiators.

In Division 1, Andy Misseldine posted a maximum as St James A beat Morris Motors A 6-4.

Motors A went on to defeat Motors B 6-4, with Greg Donovan's hat-trick of wins proving decisive.

Begbroke A remain top of Division 2 following a 6-4 victory over Forum E, despite three wins for Neil Hughes.

RESULTS

Handicap Shield 1st round: Morris Motors D (+110) 423, Witney B 403; Haddenham B 338, Forum I (+120) 477; Begbroke B (+110) 385, Forum C 418; Bicester A 408, Vikings C (+150) 413; St James B (+230) 450, Vikings A 420; Witney A 413, Forum H (+140) 383; Morris Motors E (+160) 365, Vikings B 414; Gladiators (+140) 438, Forum B 406; Forum F 377, Forum G (+120) 460; Forum D 409, Vikings D (+120) 385; Bicester C (+200) bt St James A (w/o); Morris Motors C (+120) bt Begbroke A (w/o); Holton (+120) bt Bicester B (w/o).

Div 1: St James A 6 (A Misseldine 3), Morris Motors A 4; Morris Motors B 4, Morris Motors A 6(G Donovan 3).

Div 2: Begbroke A 6, Forum E 4 (N Hughes 3).

Div 3: Morris Motors C 10 (S Gokgor 3, J Roake 3, J Blanchard 3), Bicester B 0.

  • FORUM L continue to impress in the Development League, with their latest success being a 5-0 win over St James C.

Results: St James C 0, Forum L 5 (C Smith 2, J May 2); Forum K 4 (L Morris 2), Forum M 1; Bicester D 4 (J Marrs 2), Forum R 1; Forum J 0, Forum K 5 (L Morris 2, M Morris 2).