The Old Westminsters were hit with a double blow last night as their first team went down 3-0 to  the Harrovians at Westway and their second team suffered the same fate at home at the hands of the Old Stoics in Division 2.

The Division 1 match saw the OHs take revenge for their defeat at the hands of the Wets a few weeks ago. The Westminsters started badly, with Jeremy O'Neill stuck in horrendous traffic and unable to reach Westway until 8:45pm, handing the point to Will Sorrell and Richard Tyler before he had even stepped on court alongside John Reynolds at first pair. Second pair saw a tremendous performance from Jamie Fleming and Ross Bryan, who defeated the dangerous OW pairing of Doug Foster and Ed Rose in fine style winning 2,5 and 6. Third pair was conceded in advance by the Westminsters, who were forced into fielding the ineligible T Walters, and featured regular North Oxford partners Spencer Chapman and Justin Byam Shaw on opposite sides, Spencer making his Division 1 debut alongside OH skipper Nick Shaw against Justin and T. Nick and Spencer got off to a good start, winning the first game 12-6, but T and Justin turned it round after that and came back to win in four. All three points, however, went to the Harrovians, who make good progress up the table and who, with games in hand, are putting the Old Westminsters' third place under pressure.

Across town, a strong-looking Stoics side were making short work of the Westminsters second team, Dave Mew, Ryan Perrie, Mike Skjott, Jurgen Hutter, Sam Basu and Simon Warren-Thomas claiming the 3 points without conceding a game between them and moving ominously up the table into second place. They should certainly be one of the contenders in Division 2 this season. The Westminster line-up of Freddie Krespi, Conrad Shawcross, Paddy Ell, Chris Watts, John Sanderson and skipper Andrew Aitken were left to lick their wounds and regroup, hoping for some easier matches as the season progresses.

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