Thame A and Abingdon A were neck-and-neck for much of last year in Men's Division 1 of the OLTA Wilson Inter-Club League - and they carried on from where they left off when the 2005 season got under way.
Last year just one point separated fourth-placed Thame and fifth-placed Abingdon and there was little to choose between them again as they battled out a 4-4 draw.
David Soanes and Jeremy Wood won all three rubbers at first pair for Abingdon.
But the visitors lost out at the bottom end where Ben Soanes and Jason Oliver had to retire in the second set of their first match, and conceded their final two.
Oxford City B notched an excellent 5-4 win at Woodstock A in Division 2. Woodstock finished runners-up in the division last year, losing just once.
City's Phil Tovey and Eamonn Deeley beat their first-pair counterparts Manoj and Anumod Gujral 6-2 in the third.
RESULTS
3-PAIR LEAGUE
Ladies Div 2: Cholsey B 2, Woodstock B 6.
Men's Div 1: Thame 4, Abingdon 4; N Oxford B 8, Banbury 1.
Div 2: Woodstock 4, Oxford City B 5.
Div 3: North Oxford D 5, Wychwood 3.
Div 4: Brackley 2, Oxford Sports 6.
2-PAIR LEAGUE
Ladies Div 1: Wantage 2, Banbury West End 2; Benson 3, Faringdon B , Thame 1, Faringdon 3.
Div 2: Portcullis 3, Cholsey 1; Watlington 3, Benson B ; Goring 3, Wantage B .
Div 3: Kings Sutton , Bicester 3; Oxford City 3, Esporta ; Banbury 1, Southfield 2; Watlington B 2, Charlbury 2.
Div 4: Banbury B 2, Mapledurham B 2 Benson C 4, Norham Gardens 0; Abingdon B 2, Deddington 2; Oxford City B 0, Oxford Sports 4.
Div 5: Oxford Sports B 2, Wheatley 1; Hanney 1, Colston 2.
Div 6: Henley 1, Goring B 3; Blewbury 2, K Bagpuize B 2.
Men's Div 2: Cholsey B 3, Norham Gardens B 1.
Mixed Div 3: Abingdon C 3, Phyllis Court 1.
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