Carterton had a week to forget in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries, as they were unable to field a team for the Division 1 clash at Headington A – and conceded the match.

With Headington being gifted a 6-0 victory, it took them level on points with Banbury Central A at the top.

Central posted a 5-1 victory at West Witney, with captain Mark Sykes chalking up a 20-shot win.

In the other top flight game, City & County A beat Shiplake 5-1.

Alan Ley’s four picked up a ‘hotshot’ – a maximum eight shots – on the second end, which proved decisive as Dave Hall’s rink finished strongly to only go down 22-18.

South Oxford stay top of Division 2 after beating Cotswold 4-2, with wins for Mick Keen and John Hall.

Unbeaten skip Gary Lazaruk continued his good form with a 28-9 victory to help Thame to a 5-1 win over Oxford City & County B.

Witney Mills stepped up their promotion push in Division 3 with a 5-1 win at Rover.

Division 4 is starting to look a two-horse race with Headington B and Witney Town securing away wins at West Oxford and Florence Park respectively.

Florence Park could perhaps consider themselves unlucky to go down 5-1 as they lost 74-73.

RESULTS

Division 1

Oxford City & County A 98 (5), Shiplake 70 (1) (City & County skips first): A Ley 22, D Hall 18; M Petersen 29, B Evans 13; C Earl 18, T Beaumont 20; P Comley 29, J Bland 19.

West Witney 67 (1), Banbury Central A 90 (5) (West Witney skips first): K Alder 16, M Andrew 22; T Prew 21, J Tee 12; H Williams 17, M Sykes 37; M Hitchcox 13, K McNeil 19.

Headington A 6, Carterton 0 – walkover.

Division 2

Blackbird Leys 69 (2), Woodstock 74 (4) (Blackbird Leys skips first): H Payne 12, W Major 23; G Roper 17, R Collett 15; R Brain 14, G Owen 17; S O’Keefe 26, A Tozer 19.

Cotswold 74 (2), South Oxford 81 (4) (Cotswold skips first): M Brain 19, M Keen 22; M East 21, L Buckett 14; S Cooper 23, M Holland 14; T Cox 11, J Hall 31 Thame 90 (5), Oxford City & County B 80 (1) (Thame skips first): R Slater 16, B Slatter 29; J Timms 26, O Sharif 25; M Dale 20, N Satchell 17; G Lazaruk 28, G Kerr 9.

Division 3

Banbury Central B 104 (6), Chipping Norton 60 (0) (Banbury Central B skips first): R Havard 24, K Field 12; B Collins 30, P Rathbone 14; R Cox 30, T Sealey 15; B Joiner 20, D Barnes 19.

Charlbury 62 (1), Watlington 98 (5) (Charlbury skips first): J Stevens 16, S Gilkes 32; B Busk 12, R Gilkes 21; C I Skidmore 14, C Evans 26; C R Skidmore 20, M Saunders 19.

Kidlington 73 (3), Bloxham 72 (3) (Kidlington skips first): J Hardie 29, T Gardner 10; D Snell 20, J Lucas 21; J O’Shea 12, J Crawley 24; P McGrath 12, A Round 14 Rover 66 (1), Witney Mills 80 (5) (Rover skips first): M Bracewell 15, A Auger 23; A Peters 12, R Barnett 20; K Hall 18, L Days 23; P Baker 21, J Mott 14.

Division 4

Florence Park 73 (1), Witney Town 74 (5) (Florence Park skips first): A Thomas 17, B Bloomfield 22; S Green 23, V Comley 17; I Gray 17, M Jones 18; M Ford 16, P Dawson 17.

Oxford University Press 56 (0), Hanborough 79 (6) (OUP skips first): R Vaulter 11, C Oliver 19; J Butler 15, M Oliver 17; P Tweddle 12, G Thompson 18; J Taylor 16, G Busby 24.

West Oxford 70 (2), Headington B 72 (4) (West Oxford skips first): F Buck 13, M Kershaw 24; P Moffat 20, T Murphy 13; G Cooper 23, P Sargeant 20; M Alderson 14, C Harris 15.