News in Oakham

Oakham School's 1st XV team took the victory over Trinity in the Schools' Cup Final at Twickenham. .

Find out about today's schools game se to take place at Twickenham Stadium at 4pm this afternoon. .

Find out about the result, as well as the upcoming Six Nations games as Oakham RFC get ready to enjoy a rest weekend before their final match of the season.

Golf report by David Aldred: There was frustration for the lowest scorer in the May Medal, played on the Greetham Valley Golf Club Lakes Course, as Daniel Szymanski (17 handicap) scored an excellent nett 66 but was ruled ineligible as he had not played sufficient qualifying rounds to make himself eligible for competition placement.

Daniel had played an excellent back nine at 3-over par gross but was relegated on application of the rules. The overall winner therefore, also with nett 66, was John Keer (14) who had a great round with two birdies and nine pars but a struggle on the 11th prevented him finishing with an even lower score.

The Rutland County Golf Club Seniors match against Burghley Park was washed out after only nine holes. An amicable "half" was agreed as the result.

Holders of the Senior Summer Doubles, John Adkins and Alistair Scott, were knocked out in the first round by Ron Jenkins and Ray Taylor 2 and 1.

The manager who led Oakham United FC's promotion to the United Counties League for the first time in the club's history is back on the management team.

Wayne Oldaker has returned to the club after a two-and-a-half seasons break to support joint first team managers Stewart Lambie and Michael Nelson and coach Ross Balloch in an advisory role.

Last Sunday saw both the Gents and Ladies at Greetham Valley Golf Club competing in a Stableford Qualifier for their respective versions of the Colin Easson Trophy, writes David Aldred.

In the gents' event 141 entrants fought for supremacy but the eventual winner was Ken McCann (10) with a score of 39 points. Ken had birdies at the 6th and 10th holes, both par 3s, and was virtually faultless in his round apart from two double bogeys. He was particularly strong on the return half.

Rutland has recorded four 'cases' today, further increasing it's 7-day infection rate.

No deaths were recorded, which has been the case for more than ten weeks.

Just one recorded case of Covid-19 in Rutland today has pushed its weekly infection rate to a new low.

The case is the second recorded in the county since Friday and the fourth over the past week. It is equivalent to a 7-day infection rate of 10 cases per 100,000 of population, the lowest since last summer, or maybe even before the pandemic.

A Christmas shopping evening takes place in Oakham tomorrow, featuring local businesses and artisans.

The event at Stray's Coffee at 2 High Street aims to support local businesses and has been organised by Hanan Smith of the Rutland Book Nook.