FRILFORD Heath assistant professional Lee Jackson lifted the Berks Bucks & Oxon Open Championship at Castle Royle, near Maidenhead.

Jackson, 26, fired rounds of 71 and 67 to finish two shots clear on a six-under-par total of 138.

Earlier this year, Jackson, who lives in Kidlington, won the BB & O assistants title at Chipping Norton.

Witney Lakes touring pro Mark Booth, last year's winner, mounted a stout defence of his title to come second equal on 140 (71, 69).

West Berks' Paul Simpson, from Witney, was the first-round leader after shooting a 69, but he slumped to a second-round 73 and fourth place.

Hinksey Heights assistant Jamie Herbert was eighth. Herbert shot rounds of 73 and 71 his second round featuring seven birdies.

Earlier in the week, Herbert had finished ninth in the TAM Leisure Southern Assistants Championships at Clandon Regis, Surrey.

Herbert was the top performer from the BB&O, shooting rounds of 73, 73 and 67 for a three-under par total of 213.

DAVID Hunt, from Frilford Heath, came third in the handicap section of the BB & O Colts Championship held at Reading GC.

Playing off three, Hunt shot a gross 67 in the morning round, which put him in third place in the scratch event.

A second-round 77 put Hunt out of the hunt for this prize but his nett aggregate of secured him third place on handicap.

Scratch prize: 1 G Harris (Reading) 65+71=136, 2 P Neal (Beaconsfield) 65+72=137, 3 G Blainey (E Berks) 70+ 69=139. Other scores: D Hunt (Frilford) 67+77=144, M Haddy (Frilford) 70+75=145, B Miles 73+74=147, B Mann (Frilford) 76+72=148, J Lawson (Frilford) 75+75=150, A Elias (Frilford) 72+79=151, F Hoekzema (Hadden Hill) 80=71=151.

Handicap prize: 1 P Neal nett 64+71= 135, 2 J Morley (Reading) 69 +69=138 (cb), 3 D Hunt 64+74=138.

MATTHEW Haddy, of Frilford Heath, lost in the first round of the British Boys Championship at Hillside, near Southport. Haddy went down 2 & 1to P Fernandez, of Spain.