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Wessex League 2026-2027
Wessex League 2026-2027

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 Teams Captain.


The teams for the evening league are:

Wessex League, 2026-2027
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
Oxford B - Division 1
Ron Gould (C) & Cyril Berkeley
Peter Briggs & Keith Terrell
Simon Harrison & Hugo Huggett
Liza Furnival & Peter Randall
Nick Newell & Irene Holland
Oxford C - Division 1
Richard Sills (C) & John Baxter
Annabel Barnett & Richard Rule
Andy King & Peter Finbow
David Nolland & Peter Schroeder
Phil Bacon & Mark Hancock
Reserves: Chris Adams, Dhanesh Goberdhan
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: Howard Arnes, Ruth Kim, Thomas Gregory-Smith
Oxford E - Division 4
Victor Rae-Reeves (C) & Christopher Mewes
Pat Lewis & Ursula Bowler
Colin Wels & John Lewis-Crosby
Alasdair MacDonald & David Thompson
Rob Blundell & Erika Syba
Marge Hoek & Kryn Park
Michael Bailey
Reserves: Thomas Gregory-Smith, Marion Sheppard, John Cooper, Pat Barbour, Dai David
Oxford F - Division 4
Allan Conway (C) & Sarah Conway
Diana Cannon (VC) & Viv Stevenson
Janr van der Ploeg & Marianne O'Connor
Steve Fisher & Brian Mills
John Foord & Anne Laming
Joan Bailes & Sandra Greenwood
Oxford G - Division 4
Mark Ferris (C) & Gill Cook
Fiona Sutherland & Louise Walls
Tessa Goddard & Satah Mitson
Martin McGovern & Maureen O'Neill
Ruth Ross & Sue McFadden
Malcolm Hay & Vivian Addy
Reserve: Margaret Keane

The teams for the daytime league are:

Wessex League, daytime league 2026-2027
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 Bodleian - Division 1
Pat Lewis (C) & Pam Parsons
Victor Rae-Reeves & Vivien Stevenson
Allan & Sarah Conway
 
Oxford Cherwell - Division 2
George Clary & Peter Elvins
John Lewis-Crosby & Colin Wels
Gaynor Cooper & Ursula Bowler
Oxford Ashmolean - Division 2
Diana Cannon(C) & Brian Mills
John Foord & Kwun Lun Kwan
Ian & Christine Bishop
Reserve: Steve Fisher
Oxford Spires - Division 3
John Cooper(C) & Marion Sheppard
Jonathan Thorne & John Murray
Michael Bailey & Stevie Rudd
 
Oxford Isis - Division 3
Gillian Chapman (C) & Ruth Stockford
Sandra Greenwood & Joan Bailes
Marilyn Relf & Katie Barrett