CHAMPIONS Buckingham made it a win and a draw in Section 1 of the Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes after beating Burford 2-1 on their home track to get off the mark for the season.

Meanwhile, Frilford Heath kicked The Oxfordshire off top spot with a 3-0 whitewash over bottom club Ellesborough.

Section 1

Hadden Hill 2, Oxford City 1 (Hadden first): L Beer & G Rees bt A Purdy & D Summers 2&1, F Hoekzema & S Webb lost to Clive Bowler & D Hamilton 2up, R Lees & M Greenwood bt B Inness & I Bound 2&1.

Buckingham 2, Burford 1 (Buckingham first): S Clarke & W Hearbe bt T Potter & J Wilks 2&1, G Reynolds & C Trusrott lost to B Holt & W Reynolds 3&2, B Howell & R Gillam bt G Hinnigan & A Salter 2&1.

Frilford Heath 3, Ellesborough 0 (Frilford first): G Corkish & B Mann bt O Cooper & C Pearce 1up, M Briggs & E Byrne bt P Stevens & R Crisp 4&3, J Lawson & B Miles bt T Lawson & M Armitage 7&5.

Section 2

Drayton Park 2, Chiltern Forest 1 (Drayton first): J Berry & M Foster bt J Hill & N Lincoln 4&3, J Watson & G Shirley lost to M Wood & R Few 4&3, A Elmey & C Hannock bt P Hill & S Millington 2up.

Mentmore 2, Brailes 1 (Mentmore first): N German & L Hawkins bt M Fisher & G Winall 3&2, K Mawby & R Gavdoin bt K Guy & N Gardner 2&1, T Adams & D Wilson lost to J Rose & P Gibbs 4&2.

Lyneham 3, Kirtlington 0 (Lyneham first): D Yates & S Hopkins bt H Chamber & P Young 7&6, S Jackson & H Thomas bt B Stevens & D Hendry 2&1, C Hollydale & M Chapman bt M Booth & D Slade 2up.

Section 3

Hazlemere 2, Witney Lakes (Hazlemere first): S Bennett & D Bowen 1 bt G Floyd & K Payne 1up, B Elswoth & B Davies halved with G Bennett & T Isherwood, D Barnes & D Taylor bt M Wood & D Dodds 5&4.

Story date: Thursday 06 April

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