STOW will be the first of the two Cotswolds-based rugby clubs to get the new season under way in Septe-mber.

The Oddington Road side, who remain in South West Two East, start off their campaign with a visit to Grove on Saturday, September 7.

Their opening home match is against Oxford Harlequins seven days later.

The latter topped Chipping Norton's division last season and there will be two divisions separating the Oxfordshire clubs in 2002/2003 now that the Greystones outfit find themselves in the Berks, Bucks and Oxon league.

Chippy face two away matches at Aldermaston and Drifters before entertaining Pennanians on October 5.

South West Two East

September

7 Grove (a)

14 OXFORD HARLEQUINS (H)

28 Wimborne (a)

October

5 SWANAGE & WAREHAM (H)

12 Amersham & Chiltern (a)

26 CHIPPENHAM (H)

November

2 Maidenhead (a)

16 SALISBURY (H)

23 Abbey (a)

30 Windsor (a)

December

7 DORCHESTER (H)

14 ABBEY (H)

21 Salisbury (a)

January 2003

4 MAIDENHEAD (H)

11 Chippenham (a)

18 AMERSHAM & CHILTERN (H)

February

1 Swanage & Wareham (a)

8 WIMBORNE (H)

March

1 Oxford Harlequins (a)

15 GROVE (H)

29 Dorchester (a)

April

14 WINDSOR (H)

Berks, Bucks & Oxon

September

14 Aldermaston (a)

28 Drifters (a)

October

5 PENNANIANS (H)

12 Thatcham (a)

26 OXFORD HARLEQUINS (H)

November

2 Littlemore (a)

16 HENLEY WANDERERS (H)

30 Phoenix (a)

December

7 MILTON KEYNES (H)

14 Henley Wdrs (a)

January 2003

4 LITTLEMORE (H)

18 Oxford (a)

February

1 THATCHAM (H)

8 Pennanians (a)

March

1 DRIFTERS (H)

15 ALDERMASTON (H)

29 Milton Keynes (a)

April

12 PHOENIX (H)