Haddenham A had a narrow win over Vikings E to reach the fourth round of the Aubrey Hughes Handicap Shield.

Haddenham’s Mark Penn, Cynthia Kunschke and Simon Witney were given a 95-point start against Paul and Anne Borrowdale, and Eamonn Deeley.

Two big wins for Deeley put Vikings in charge, but Haddenham, inspired by a fine display from Kunschke, turned the tide in their favour.

Forum A overturned a 220-point deficit to beat Witney B 420-404, Andrew Flint, Ellis Bicknell and Jens Kaftan managing to secure a narrow win.

Forum C had a real fight on their hands against Bicester B, who had a start of 100 points.

Greg Boone, Fraser Harris and Sam Harrison overturned the deficit against Joe and Tom Marrs and Pete Hargreaves, finishing strongly to run out 416-398 winners.

Forum were still behind after the first seven singles, but finished well.

Gladiators B gave Forum I a 145-point start.

Despite building up a respectable lead in the first four singles, Forum started losing ground and ended up losing by 19 points.

Forum F found Vikings D too strong as they let slip a 130-point start to lose 410-390.

Forum H beat Forum J by 28 points.

Brian Powles, Pichitpong Juiwong and Guy East for the J team had a 90-point start, but that proved inadequate as Marko Zhang, Tak-Wa Yau and Don Harris chipped away at the lead to win 405-377.