Banbury Chestnuts took advantage of being the only Division 1 club to beat the wet weather and host a match in the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries, by posting a 6-0 win over relegation rivals Shiplake.
Chestnuts won on all four rinks to open up a gap of eight and a half points between themselves and their opponents.
Only three other games survived the heavy rain.
In Division 2, Watlington battled to a 5-1 home win against South Oxford A after coming out on top 83-81 on shots.
Dick Claridge’s four picked up two fives late on to secure a point for South.
RESULTS
Division 1
Banbury Chestnuts 93 (6pts), Shiplake 64 (0) (Banbury Chestnuts skips first): B Neal 25, T Beaumont 14; A Northcote 23, B Evans 20; J Denbow 20, J Bland 12; D Munslow 25, B Lambourne 18.
Carterton (3) v Banbury Central A (3) – rained off.
Kidlington (3) v Oxford City & County A (3) – rained off.
Division 2
Bicester (3) v Thame (3) – rained off.
Oxford City & County B (3) v West Witney (3) – rained off.
Watlington 83 (5), South Oxford A 81 (1) (Watlington skips first): R Gilkes 20, H Payne 18; G Hooker 22, K Mobley 20; S Gilkes 21, R Claridge 24; H Franklin 20, G Young 19.
Division 3
Banbury Central (3) v Blackbird Leys (3) – rained off.
Charlbury (3) v Woodstock (3) – rained off.
Headington B (3) v Witney Town (3) – rained off.
Division 4
Chadlington 76 (1½), Chipping Norton 93 (4½) (Chadlington skips first): J Benfield 14, J King 21; C Smart 14, P Rathbone 30; P Madeley 25, K Field 19; R Arthur 23, D Barnes 23.
Florence Park (3) v West Oxford (3) – rained off.
Hanborough (3) v Oxford University Press (3) – rained off.
South Oxford B 32 (0), Bloxham 69 (6) – abandoned at 15 ends (South Oxford skips first): B Edmundson 5, T Gardner 20; D Walker 10, T McKenna 17; T Hookham 7, W Price 13; P Woodville 10, R Hopkins 19.
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