THERE was no stopping Oxfordshire as they romped to a commanding 64-shot victory over Sussex in their Home Counties League match at Kidlington.

The highlight of the day came on rink five, Oxon skip David Leighfield’s men trailed by four shots with two ends to go.

But they followed a full house on the penultimate end with a four on the last to win by eight.

On the neighbouring rink, Paul Sharman’s team did not need the last ends heroics as they were always in complete control to win by 26.

Running them close for the biggest win were Shane Cooper’s four, who dropped six shots in two ends late on to reduce their win to 19 shots.

Oxfordshire 154 (20pts) Sussex 90 (2)

(Oxon rink scores)

Rink 1: S Witcombe, A Heyes, C Lewis & B Sparkes won 27-17.

Rink 2: B May, N Galletly, B Clarke & K Alder won 21-16.

Rink 3: J Justin, J Hurren, R Clanfield & S Cooper won 30-11.

Rink 4: S Watts, T Prew, B Bloomfield & AJ Docherty lost 22-18.

Rink 5: B Squires, H Beall, O Bennett & D Leighfield won 25-17.

Rink 6: R Green, G Hooker, A McIntyre & P Sharman won 33-7.

Oxfordshire suffered two narrow defeats in friendly matches against Wiltshire and the Isle of Wight in successive days.

They went down by eight shots to Wiltshire at Swindon West End, where Witney Town’s Roy Radband won his six-game badge.

The following day Oxon lost by the same margin to the Isle of Wight at the neutral Three Mile Cross venue in Reading.

Oxfordshire 118, Wiltshire 126

(Oxon rink scores)

Rink 1: M Jones, E Dorling, L Days & P Robbins lost 27-26.

Rink 2: A Hunt, J Timms, J Benfield & A Ley lost 25-22.

Rink 3: B Willoughby, A French, M Oliver & B Bloomfield lost 19-18.

Rink 4: R Radband, P Hickman, J Lucas & A Wase lost 26-12.

Rink 5: P Demczak, P Killackey, N Morris & I Whelpton won 21-13

Rink 6: S Tolhurst, A Melville, J Hurren & K Williams won19-16.

Oxfordshire 119, Isle of Wight 127

(Oxon rink scores)

Rink 1: D Byers, P Strange, D Bullock & P Warner won 26-19.

Rink 2: B Willoughby, J Timms & M Morris lost 23-13.

Rink 3: C Lewis, E Dorling, J Lucas & A Ley won 32-24.

Rink 4: B Jarvie, J McGeough, A Fleming & G Hooker lost 22-11.

Rink 5: R Slater, C Haley, J Hurran & A Wase won 30-16.

Rink 6: R Radband, A Melville, G Thompson & I Whelpton lost 23-7.