It was a big weekend for the Olavians in Division 1 as the two Kent teams strengthened their stranglehold on this year's Division 1 title race. Olavians 1 started with a 3-0 win over the Westminsters 1 on Friday night at Highgate as John Reynolds reports: "Kinnaird Cup holders Toop and Wiseman gave a masterclass at first pair to demolish Foster and Reynolds, inflicting one of the worst defeats either could remember suffering. Wiseman's volleying from mid-court was especially damaging - shots being played very early but with great accuracy and often spin. They also cut ferociously, returned cut heartbreakingly well and made few unforced errors. Last season Toop and Wiseman won the two main satellite tournaments - the London and the Northern - and the Kinnaird. It was the first time since 1991 that a single pair had won all three: on this showing, they must once again be the pair to beat this season. At second pair, Albert and Rose should take great encouragement for taking a set from former Kinnaird winner Howard Wiseman and the big-hitting Dave Mew. The Brock brothers played together for the first time at third pair, Callum making his first division debut after training for some weeks with the first-team squad, but they were not able to match the experienced Campbell and Ranasinghe."

Sunday then saw the Harrovians at Eton for a double header against the two Olavian teams. In the morning James Toop and Matthew Wiseman of Olavians 1 continued their dominant form with a convincing win over a rusty Tom Dunbar and Will Sorrell and Pauli Markkanen partnered Howard Wiseman to victory over Richard Tyler and Jamie Fleming at second. Third pair allowed the Harrovians to score their first point of the season as Nick Shaw and Will Jones combined to beat Sanjaya Ranasinghe and promising schoolboy Tony Barker, who will have gained valuable Division 1 experience despite the defeat. The hard matches in the morning meant that the afternoon challenge for the Harrovians against the high-flying Olavians 2 was going to be doubly difficult. Peter Cohen and Seb Cooley inflicted another heavy defeat on the Dunbar/Sorrell partnership and Ant Theodossi and Ryan Perrie, full of confidence after their win in the Midland Tournament, held off the challenge of Tyler and Shaw at second pair. The third pair match was a see-saw affair with the Olavians Peter White and Luke Stradwick getting off to a strong start against Gareth Hoskins and Will Jones. The Harrovian third pair then began to dominate, taking the second and third games to 8 and 2. White and Stradwick then began to cut more effectively and cut down on the errors to take control once again and take advantage of their tiring opponents, going on to win the match in five games.

In Division 2, North Oxford maintained their 100% record with another 3-0 win, this time against Highgate School at Highgate on Sunday morning. Gareth Hoskins and Graham Pulsford were in fine form at first pair, winning 12-2, 12-1, 12-4 against Cameron Most and James Curry. Second and third pairs were tighter, but the greater experience of Chris Austin and Robert Desmond at two and Chris Lloyd and Jeremy Hindle three gave them the edge against the schoolboys and moved North Oxford into a very strong-looking position at the top of the table. Click here for full EFA League results and tables.