REIGNING champions Ex’s Magic began the defence of their Bicester Advertiser League’s Team Knock-out with a 5-0 victory at home KEA B.

Last season’s runners-up Le Cheval Blanc dropped into the Plate KO after a 5-2 defeat to Highfield Drifters.

RESULTS

Team KO 1st round: Safari Garden 1, Dark Horse Elite 5; Nags Head 5, Ex’s Rejects 4; Highfield Drifters 5, Le Cheval Blanc 2; Nightingale Nomads 1, Ashton Cronies 5; Ashton A 5, Shakey Cook 2; Crown Inn Twyford 5, Plough Arncott 4; Bell Outlaws 0, Ex’s Deviants 5; Ex’s Magic 5, KEA B 0; Shakey Degenerates 4, Harrison Bored 5; Brill Beards 0, KEA Legends 5; Nightingale Nightmares 5, Bell Ends 0; Ex’s New Boys 5, Hundred Acres 1.

Singles KO prelim round: K Darby 0, N Saunders 3; A Harvey 3, B Hill 0; L Scholz 3, L Wells 1; R Green 1, N Beattie 3; A Brock 0, D Crawford 3; J Bedford 3, A Sylvester 0; N Savins 3, J Adams 0; K Milton 1, R Bradbury 3; E Aleksandrov 2, S Hale 3; J Field 3, D Byrne 1; S Griffiths 0, L Conway 3; J Lefevre 3, G Deans 2; A Miller 1, P Cornforth 3; S Johnson 3, G Bedford 0; M Taylor 3, D White 0; S Clifton 3, S Nasir 0; J Buck 3, C Draper 0; C Vinall 3, D Jarman 0; A James 3, M Radford 2; A Gee 1, M Parker 3.