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Wessex League 2025-2026
Wessex League 2025-2026

The Wessex League is an annual inter-club competition in Oxfordshire. It consists of two separate sections: the original, long-standing evening league and the daytime league, established in 2020. The club currently enters six teams in the evening league and six teams in the daytime league. If you are interested in finding out more about the Wessex League, or you are a club member and are interested in representing OBC in the future, please contact our Club Captain.


The teams for the evening league are:

Wessex League, 2025-2026
Oxford A - Division 1
Denis Talbot (C) & Kathy Talbot
Amr El-Kashef & Martin Illingworth
Graham Orsmond & Jackie Fairclough
Jonathan Green & Tom Rainforth
Jonathan Davis, Nick Lee, Diana Nettleton, Aleks Lishkov, Ian Angus, Emily Middleton, Mary Ann Sheehy, Lawrence Wang, Yining Yang
Oxford B - Division 1
Ron Gould (C) & Cyril Berkeley
Peter Briggs & Keith Terrell
Simon Harrison & Hugo Huggett
Liza Furnival & Lorna Swadling & Peter Randall
Oxford C - Division 2
Richard Sills (C) & Irene Holland
Howard Arnes & Ruth Kim
Andy King & Peter Finbow
David Nolland & Peter Schroeder
Phil Bacon & Mark Hancock
Nick Newell & Dhanesh Goberdhan
Reserve: Chris Adams
Oxford D - Division 2
Paul Watson (C) & Paul Smith
Sue Smith & Moira Pavelin
Chris Bone & Juliette Riehl
Matthew Wilkinson & Philip Casey
Christine Bishop & Ian Bishop
Reserves: Claire MacDonagh, Thomas Gregory-Smith
Oxford E - Division 3
Victor Rae-Reeves (C) & Christopher Mewes
Marge Hoek & Kryn Park
Colin Wels & John Lewis-Crosby
Alasdair MacDonald & David Thompson
Dai David & Rob Blundell
Pat Lewis & Ursula Bowler
Reserves: Thomas Gregory-Smith, Mary Bennett, Claire MacDonagh, Marion Sheppard
Oxford F - Division 4
Allan Conway (C) & Sarah Conway
Diana Cannon (VC) & Viv Stevenson
Gill Cook & Mark Ferris
Steve Fisher & Brian Mills
John Foord & Mary Chait
Ruth Ross & Sue McFadden
Joanna Donkin & Clodagh Jakubovics
Margaret Keane & Jackie Albrow
Reserves: Joan Bailes, Marion Sheppard, Mary Bennett

The teams for the daytime league are:

Wessex League, daytime league 2025-2026
Oxford Horspath - Division 1
Kathy Talbot (C) & Denis Talbot
Keith Terrell & Peter Briggs
 
 
Oxford Frideswide - Division 1
Martin Illingworth (C) & Amr El-Kashef
Liza Furnival & Peter Randall
 
 
Oxford Blue - Division 1
Irene Holland (C) & Andy King
Ron Gould & Peter Schroeder
Reserves: Su Kong Lo, Richard Sills
 
Oxford Cherwell - Division 2
Gaynor Cooper (C) & Ursula Bowler
John Lewis Crosby & Colin Wels
George Clary & Peter Elvins
 
Oxford Bodleian - Division 2
Pat Lewis (C) & Mike Lewis
Victor Rae-Reeves & Vivien Stevenson
Allan & Sarah Conway
 
Oxford Ashmolean - Division 2
Diana Cannon (C) & Brian Mills
John Foord & Kwun Lun Kwan
Ian & Christine Bishop
Reserve: Steve Fisher