Forum A completed the double as beat Gladiators in the final of the Oxford & District League Handicap Shield.

Karl Bushell, Greg Boone and Fraser Harris have now won the double for the second season in a row.

Gladiators were awarded a start of 140 points overall.

Kevin Giles set the trend for Gladiators by beating Harris 19-21, 21-16.

Bushell then saw off Paul Knight 21-8, 21-5.

Dave Gardner started well against Boone only to lose 21-15, but Boone rallied in the second game and won 21-7 to give Forum a slight advant- age.

Bushell then accounted for Gardner 21-9, 21-8 clinically to make Forum favourites.

Giles again showed why he is the top player in Division 2 by beating Boone 21-16 in the first end, but Boone again rallied to take the second 21-13.

In the finale, Knight needed a big win over Harris to give Gladiators a good chance in the doubles and he built up an 18-12 lead with some fantastic play.

However, Harris won the next nine points to take the first 21-18 and won the second 21-11.

Gladiators needed to pick up 34 points in the doubles, but they went down 21-12, 21-17, losing out by five points.

RESULT Finals: Forum A 409, Gladiators (+140) 404.

Meanwhile, Geoff Burton won the Oxford & District hard bat competition with a 15-13, 3-11, 11-5 victory over the event's organiser, Arun Jogi, at Bicester.

RESULTS Quarter-finals: T Gorman bt Dave Bignall11-7, 11-2; G Burton bt M Aistrop 13-11, 11-5; A Jogi bt D Bignall 11-9, 11-7; B Hamilton bt A Crofts 11-8, 11-8; Semi-finals: G Burton bt T Gorman 4-11, 11-4, 13-11; A Jogi bt B Hamilton 11-5, 11-8; final: G Burton bt A Jogi 15-13, 3-11, 11-5.

Plate final: D Badham bt A Crofts.

RICHARD Taylor's maximum for Letcombe A in a 6-4 victory condemned Drayton B to relegation from Division 1 in the Didcot & District League.

DIDCOT LEAGUE RESULTS Div 1: Letcombe A 6 (R Taylor 3), Drayton B 4; Didcot B 3, Drayton A 7 (K Bushell 3); Abingdon A 5, RAL A 5 (N Hurford 3); Moreton A 6, RAL B 4.

Div 2: Abingdon C 3, Sutton A 7 (M Watts 3, P Wiblin 3); Moreton B 2, Sutton C 8 (J Lin 3); Sutton B 0, RAL C 10 (S Gardner 3, T Pett 3, C Rowlatt 3); Sutton A 5 (M Watts 3), Howbery A 5; Howbery A 2, Abingdon D 8 (R Brass 3, R Cleese 3); Moreton B 10 (J Goldsby-West 3, M Jones 3, D Wavell 3), Sutton B 0; Sutton C 5 (M Watts 3), Upton A 5; Howbery A 1, Sutton A 9 (M Watts 3, P Wiblin 3); Abingdon D 8 (R Cleese 3), Moreton B 2; Sutton B 1, Sutton C 9 (M Watts 3, H Zhu 3).

Div 3: Letcombe B 7 (G Cherrill 3), Didcot D 3; Didcot E 4, Howbery B 6 (J Birkin 3); Moreton C 6, Letcombe C 4.

Div 4: RAL E 4, Abingdon J 6 (A Rolfe 3, D Stickley 3); Sutton D 4, Wallingford 6; Drayton E 8 (S Collins 3, N Hunt 3), Sutton D 2; Abingdon J 6 (A Hughes 3), Moreton D 4.

Div 5: RAL F 8 (T Griffin 3), Moreton F 2; Moreton H 2, Abingdon L 8 (D Smart 3); BR Coaching 3, Moreton F 7 (S Crowther 3, S Stinson 3).