12 teams gathered in Oxford on saturday for the first OKA tour competition of the summer season. Summer wouldn't be an appropriate word for the weather though, which was threatening to pour down over the weekend. Fortunately it was dry for most of the day, with only a small amount of drizzle around lunchtime. Some Oxford City members were optimistically applying Suntan lotion early on!

Three pitches were setup, and the 20 minute games kicked off with two pools of six teams. One team dropping out meant that a scratch team was formed on the day, with Dom McDonald organising players.

After the round-robin games, and a short break for lunch, the playoffs saw Littleport Lions, Exeter, Milton Keynes, and Horfield battling for the top four places. Littleport eventually overcoming Exeter in the final, and Milton Keynes beating Horfield in the 3rd/4th place playoff.

Oxford City entered two teams on the day, as well as making up the majority of the scratch team. Both City teams had some good results, with City 1 beating Bec, drawing two of their other pool matches, and only going down 2 - 0 to eventual winners Littleport. In the playoffs they beat Basingstoke 2 - 0, and then narrowly lost 3 - 2 to Taunton to finish 6th. City 2 had mixed results, but drew with Abingdon in the first round, and beat them in the playoffs. Nick Harris scoring an excellent long-shot at one point.

City 2 game details to be added shortly.

Full final tournament positions to be added shortly, as I don't know who won the Oxford Uni versus Basingstoke playoff.

1. Littleport Lions

2. Exeter

3. Milton Keynes

4  Horfield

5. Taunton

6. Oxford City 1

7. Basingstoke

8. Oxford University

9. Scratch team

10. Bec

11. Oxford City 2

12.  Abingdon

Thanks to those at Oxford City who organised the day and ensured everything went so smoothly, and thanks to the referees who enabled everyone to enjoy a relatively dry day of Korfball!