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  • FIXTURES: March 19

    FIXTURES. SATURDAY. FOOTBALL. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Premier Div: Hemel Hempstead v Didcot Tn. Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd v Andover Tn. FTL FUTBOL HELLENIC LEAGUE. Premier Div: Abingdon Tn v Flackwell Heath, Wantage Tn v Bicester Tn.

  • SNNOKER: Hoeblyn retains title

    OLLIE Hoeblyn retained the Didcot and District singles title with a 3-2 victory over his Oracle teammate Nigel Baker in an exciting final at the Abingdon RBL Club. Hoeblyn won the first frame 62-59 on the black, but Barker took the second 83-50, making

  • WEIGHTLIFTING: Birinus rule the roost

    WEIGHTLIFTING: St Birinus, Didcot, produced an astonishing six winners at the British Schools Championships in Birmingham. Three of them were 14-year-olds George Ripley (50kg body weight class), Peter Blowfield (56kg) and Alex Johnson (62kg). In the

  • CRICKET: Didcot youngsters get county call-ups

    Didcot CC's successful 2009 season, when they gained promotion to Division 5 in the Cherwell League, has been recognised in the selection for this year’s county junior sides. Six members of the club have been picked for their age group Oxfordshire squads

  • RESULTS March 17

    RESULTS. FOOTBALL. ZAMARETTO SOUTHERN LEAGUE. Midweek. Premier Div: Banbury Utd 1, Didcot Tn 0; . Div 1 South & West: Abingdon Utd 1, Bishops Cleeve 1; Saturday Premier Div: Didcot Tn 1, Bashley 1. Div 1 South & West: Uxbridge 5, Abingdon Utd

  • ROWING: Wallingford in the medals

    Wallingford RC won two medals at the Nat-ional Junior Sculling Head of the River race at Dorney Lake. Pride of place went to the J14 girls of Lianne Reeves, Maisie Stillwell-Garrett, Gem-ma Henderson, Hannah Whelan and cox Alice Walker, who took a silver

  • TABLE TENNIS: Herrity double closes the gap

    Eddie Herrity claimed two maximums as Didcot B clos-ed the gap at the top of Div-ision 1 in the Didcot & Dis- trict League, writes Geoff Cherrill. Herrity starred as Didcot’s emphatic 9-1 victory over Moreton A was followed by a 6-4 win over Drayton

  • BOXING: Holder Flynn beaten in final

    Berinsfield ace Jordan Flynn’s bid for a second successive national schoolboy crown ended in disappointment after he was outpointed by Sahir Iqbal. Flynn failed to get into his stride quickly enough in this Class 2 (under 14 years) 46 kg final at Brentwood

  • SWIMMING: Murphy top after five gold medals

    Didcot Barramundi’s young star Alex Murphy took his medal haul to five when the Oxfordshire & North Bucks Champion-ships concluded at Ayles-bury last weekend. The 14-year-old added to the three first places he had achieved the previous week, with two

  • HOCKEY: Wallingford meet match

    Wallingford proved no match for Rover Oxford who recorded a 4-1 victory in their South League Regional Division clash. Nick Goulding scored Wall-ingford’s goal, while Rover scored through Rich Beer, Joe Brownhill, James Neilson and Andy Wynd.

  • SWIMMING: Vale trio hit the heights

    Three Abingdon Vale swimmers won the overall age group titles in the Oxfordshire & North Bucks Championships, in Aylesbury. Harry Basterfield was the top 12-year boy, while Joseph Law took the ten-year award, while Nienke Lijzenga was top girl in the