BRITISH Rail held on to top spot in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League despite being to a 5-5 draw at home to Rutherford.

Mathew Faulkner starred for the visitors with a maximum. He never dropped a game, and was only once taken beyond 11-7.

In Division 2, Forum E edged to a 6-4 home win over Begbroke to open their account for the season.

Paul Casey’s maximum, and an impressive win by Fabian Audifferen over Paul Humphrey, proved key to Forum’s success.

Forum G are the new leaders of Division 3 after a big 8-2 victory over Forum F. Kavan Warrender led the charge with a hat-trick of wins, and was ably supported by Matthew Simmonds and Jake East.

Terry Ruane bagged a brace for the F side.

Previous pacesetters Witney and Vikings E drew 5-5. Glenn Bishop hit a maximum for hosts Witney, but this was balanced out by two each from Ken Rae and Lianne Fisher.

RESULTS

Div 1: British Rail 5, RAL 5 (M Faulkner 3); Forum B 0, Holton A 10 (A Misseldine 3, M Scott 3, D Palmer 3).

Div 2: Forum E 6 (P Casey 3), Begbroke 4.

Div 3: Forum H 5, Vikings D 5; Forum F 2, Forum G 8 (K Warrender 3); Bicester E 4( M Jobling 3), Bicester D 6; Witney 5 (G Bishop 3), Vikings E 5.

Div 4: Holton B 5 (B Dobson 3), Forum I 5; Forum J 3, Gladiators B 7 (J Roake 3).

2-A-Side: Holton D 1, Forum L 4 (J McKenna-Jones); Bicester H 0, Bicester G 5 (S Cook, T Goddard); Forum M 3 (J Smith), Holton D 2; Forum M 2, Forum K 3 (R Hambridge).