KARL Bushell, who went through the last Didcot & District League campaign unbeaten, suffered a shock defeat as RAL A lost 6-4 to Marlborough a in Division 1.

The player to inflict the upset was Sam Ricks, who went on to claim a maximum.

Neil Cartwright’s maximum helped Marlborough B to a hard-fought draw with Moreton A for whom 11 year old Todd Stanmore won 2 and had a match point against Cartwright before going down in five.

DIDCOT LEAGUE RESULTS

Div 1: Marlborough C 6 (S Ricks 3), RAL A 4; Letcombe A 7 (R Taylor 3), Abingdon A 3; Moreton A 5, Marlborough B 5 (N Cartwright 3); Marlborough A 7 (N Taylor 3), Moreton B 3.

Div 2: Drayton D 3, Sutton A 7 (T Elford 3, J Lin 3); Marlborough D 3, Drayton B 7 (R Hudson 3); RAL C 2, Upton 8 (M Isherwood 3).

Div 3: Wallingford B 7 (M Jedrzejowski 3), Letcombe B 3; Grove A 6 (M Garman 3), Abingdon B 4; Abingdon C 6 (A Rolfe 3), Drayton F 4; Drayton E 6, Marlborough E 4.

Div 4: Abingdon D 2, Sandford B 8 (A Fairbairn 3, M Pursey 3); Drayton G 3, Moreton D 7 (B Price 3); Hanney 9 (P Browning 3, P Frobisher 3), Grove B 1; Sandford A 7 (D White 3), Marlborough F 3.