Oracle's Pom Merola beat Newtrim's Bob Chivers 2-0 in the final of the Oxofrd Snooker League's Arthur Goodwin Memorial Cup at Headington Conservative Club to put a new name on the trophy.

Chivers found the going tough in the opening frame, as the Oracle A cue-man won it 68-17.

The second frame, however, was a nip-and-tuck affair, with Chivers recording a break of 21 and Merola one of 22.

With four colours remaining, Chivers held a slender 12-point advantage, before Merola forced a snooker.

Chivers narrowly failed to escape, and a miss was called by the referee.

He made two more unsuccessful attempts, before finally escaping.

But by then, the lead had been conceded, and Chivers conceded the match to hand Merola the trophy.

In the semi-finals, Merola saw off Thame A veteran Mick Bennett, while Chivers beat Thame B's Nigel Bossom.

Both matches proved to be nervy affairs, with none of the players producing the sort of form they would have wished for.

In the Bossom/Chivers clash, Bossom was on course to take the opening frame with the last three colours remaining.

But the game turned when Chivers left Bossom snookered on the blue.

The Thame man was tight against the black, and his only escape route was off two cushions.

He made a valiant attempt, missing by a whisker, but his shot was somewhat harshly called a miss by the referee.

He eventually escaped from the snooker, but handed the initiative to Chivers.

The second frame saw the Newtrim player record breaks of 22 and 20 to seal a 2-0 win.

Merola played the more controlled snooker in the other semi-final, easing past Bennett 2-0.

In league action, the continuing Oxford postal strikes again played havoc, with only a handful of results filtering through.

The most significant of these saw Riley C beat House B 6-0 to secure the Division 2 title ahead of Witney A in fine style.

A missing result between House A and Witney C means that the destiny of the Division 4 crown is still unknown.

As it stands, Woodstock B are on top of the table - five points ahead of Riley and six ahead of Witney.

Woodstock and Riley have both completed their programmes, so a 6-0 win for Witney would see them take the title.