Oxford & District League

New recruit Eddie Herrity starred with three wins as Begbroke A came close to forcing a draw with Vikings A in Division 1.

A draw was on the cards as Herrity teamed up with Janet Brown for the crucial doubles.

They quickly took the first two games, but Vikings dug in and claimed the next three to run out 6-4 victors.

St James A continue to set the pace, after beating Glad-iators A 8-2.

Rutherford are still hard on their heels with a 9-1 drubbing of Vikings B.

In Division 2, champions elect Gladiators B blasted Bicester B 9-1.

With maximums for Paul Reynolds, Yungtai Hsu and Xing Jiu-Huang, they inexplicably lost the doubles.

Witney A suffered their first setback, losing 7-3 to a strong Haddenham A side.

Chris Wood posted a good win against Haddenham’s Alan Cornish, but found Mark Scott too much.

Vikings C were in control in their encounter with Forum C, leading 5-1.

But Forum staged a tremendous fightback to force a 5-5 draw.

Terry Ruane played the final singles, beating Tony Wheeler 11-9 in the decider, then teamed up with Sam Harrison to win the doubles by the same margin.

RESULTS

Div 1: Gladiators A 2, St James A 8 (T Stead 3, M Wilkins 3); Vikings B 1, RAL 9 (C Lansley 3, N Hurford 3); Vikings A 6, Begbroke A 4 (E Herrity 3).

Div 2: Vikings C 5, Forum C 5; Haddenham A 7 (M Scott 3), Witney A 3; Forum D 6, Vikings D 4; Bicester B 1, Gladiators B 9 (P Reynolds 3, Y Hsu 3, X Jiu-Huang 3).

Div 3: Vikings F 3, Vikings G 7 (S Cox 3); Begbroke B 3, Forum F 7 (L Lomie 3); Forum F 7, Gladiators C 3(I Saba 3).

Div 4:Forum J 6 (T Bowden 3), Forum G 4; Forum I 2, Forum H 8 (L Lomie 3, T Wa Yan 3); Forum K 5, Forum L 5; Haddenham B 5, Holton 5 (B Dobson 3); Bicester D 0, Haddenham B 10 (J Witney 3, B Green 3, R Mott 3).