With just one week of the Didcot & District League season remaining, three teams - Drayton A, Didcot A and Crown - can still win the Division 1 title.
Drayton kept themselves in contention by beating Abingdon B 6-4, thanks to Karl Bushell hitting a maximum and winning the doubles with James Lovelock.
Meanwhile, Eamonn Deeley won three for Abingdon B in their 8-2 win against RAL A who are still not absolutely safe from relegation.
Two other RAL teams top Division 2, although Drayton B could still oust one of them from the second promotion spot.
RAL B won both at home and away against Abingdon E. Maximums accrued to John Partington (RAL B) in the 8-2 home match and to Brian Freeman (Abingdon E) in the return encounter, which finished 7-3 RAL C beat Abingdon D 7-3, with Tim Pett battling to win three, including a 20-18 game against Pat O'Regan.
In Division 3 John Talbot and John Birkin went unbeaten as Howbery B beat Moreton C 8-2.
In the game of the night Birkin took the first two games easily against James Goldsby-West and led 7-1 in the third.
But Goldsby-West fought back to take it 13-11 and won the fourth 11-9, However, Birkin won the decider 11-8 It remains very tight at the top of Division 5 with Moreton H sandwiched between Abingdon M and Abingdon K who have yet to play each other. Moreton H beat Moreton I 8-2 with maximums from Sam Crowther and Tom Gray.
DIDCOT LEAGUE RESULTS.
Div 1: RAL A 2, Abingdon B 8 (E Deeley 3); Abingdon B 4, Drayton A 6 (K Bushell 3).
Div 2: RAL B 8 (J Partington 3), Abingdon E 2; Abingdon E 3 (B Freeman 3), RAL B 7; RAL C 7 (T Pett 3), Abingdon D 3.
Div 3: Didcot E 6, RAL D 4 (E Thomas 3); Howbery B 8 (J Talbot 3, J Birkin 3), Moreton C 2; Letcombe B 5 (M Warne 3), Moreton D 5.
Div 5: Moreton H 8 (S Crowther 3, T Gray 3), Moreton I 2.
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