THAMES Valley Police defeated Wheatley 36-22 in the Dale Gostick Memorial Cup at Holton.

Wheatley took an early lead, but could not hold on in a match held in memory of ex-player Gostick, who was killed while serving with the Royal Marines in Aghanistan.

  • PYROTEC saw off Smeg 37-34 in an entertaining charity match at Harwell.

The clash between two teams of club members and friends raised £840 for the Wooden Spoon charity, with Andy Lee named man-of-the-match.