WITNEY & District FA Premier Division leaders Carterton Town A were held to a 2-2 draw by a resilient Charlbury Town, writes ANTHONY BARLOW.

Mike Bolt netted twice for the pacesetters, but they had to settle for a point as a brace from Craig McCallum earned Charlbury a share of the spoils.

Neither second-placed West Witney nor Hailey in third could take advantage of Carterton’s slip as the two sides played out a 2-2 draw of their own.

Tony McLemen and Craig Mays were on the scoresheet for hosts West Witney, with Dean Mays and Harvey Butler replying for Hailey.

Ducklington climbed out of the drop zone after a 2-1 win at Witney Royals.

Jamie Kennedy scored for the hosts, but goals from ex-Royal Ryan Colleton and Jack Moreton settled the tie in favour of the visitors.

In Division 1, Matt Baker scored the only goal of the game as Combe won 1-0 at Spartan Rangers.

Mo Semlali scored all four goals for Hailey Res as they saw off visiting North Leigh A 4-2.

A Bradley Evans effort and an own goal was little comfort for the visitors.

John Ayres bagged himself a hat-trick in Eynsham SSC’s 5-1 win away to Kingham.

Ashley Bowerman grabbed the other two, with Rob Collard replying for the hosts.

A single Dave Oliver strike was enough to earn Ducklington Res all three points in their 1-0 victory over Bampton United in Division 2.

Lee Keyes bagged a brace as Carterton Rangers won 4-0 at Witney Wanderers before being sent off in an eventful opening 20 minutes.

Keyes opened the scoring and then doubled the lead from the spot. However, he was later dismissed for an off-the-ball scuffle.

Despite the player deficit, Rangers rallied and scored twice more through James Barker and Joe Collett from the penalty spot.

Hanborough Res pulled away from the drop zone after a 7-3 win over second-frombottom Enstone.

An Aston Leach double, an own goal and efforts from Duncan Griffin, Craig Keylock, Adam Hamp and Ryan Sollis were enough for free-scoring Hanborough.

The visitors came up short despite goals from Jacob Cooke, Elliot Samwoth and Gareth Wessels.

Division 3 promotion challengers Tower Hill threw away a 3-1 lead to draw 3-3 at Wootton.

A brace from James Morgan and a Jesse Lawrence goal had put the visitors into a winning position, but they were pegged back as Sam Benwell, Jamie Fisher and Graham Berry strikes earned Wootton a point.

Justin Morgan, Matt Smith and Rhys Carter were all on target as Chipping Norton Res won 3-1 at Middle Barton, with Jack Fowler scoring for the hosts.