League round-up

BICESTER were lucky to scrape a 14-9 win at Gosford All Blacks in the BB&O Premier Division.

Steve Risbridger’s penalty put Bicester ahead, but two Tim Ellis penalties, either side of Chris Bennett’s drop goal, gave Gosford a 9-3 lead.

Bicester had been lacklustre and error-strewn, but pinched it in the final ten minutes with two Risbridger penalties and a Dan Spencer try in between.

Wheatley made it four BB&O Championship wins on the trot with a 35-8 victory at Faringdon.

Russ Neal and Jason Wilson grabbed two tries apiece, with Jason Laman bagging a try, two conversions and two penalties.

OTHER SCORERS

BB&O Div 1: Witney 2nd 39 (tries L Manning 2, B File 2, N Phillips, M Copperwheat, J Harris; cons Manning 2), Marlow 2nd 5.

BB&O Div 2: Oxford Harlequins 3rd 65 (tries M Stoddart 3, I Phillips 3, J Hay, A Kahn, R Upson, A Renshaw, T Webster; cons Upson 4, T Webster), Witney 3rd 6.

BB&O Div 4: Bicester 2nd 36 (tries A Shaw C Nohre, C Nash, G Williams, J Holdsworth; cons J Blake 4; pen Blake), Thatcham 2nd 15.

BB&O Div 5: Bicester 3rd 15 (tries C Stone, P Sullivan; con P Allington; pen Allington), Reading Abbey 3rd 36.