COMBE kicked off 2016 with a bang as they beat Charlbury Town 7-4 in the Witney & District FA Premier Division, writes ANTHONY BARLOW.

Craig McCallum hit a hat-trick, with Paul Allen also netting for the hosts.

But they still finished on the losing side as Ethan Penney slammed a four-timer for Combe, alongside goals from Pat Gardener and brothers Simon and Matt Baker.

A Rhys Warner-Carter brace saw Chipping Norton Town to a 2-1 win over Ducklington.

Eynsham SSC are now six points clear at the top of Division 1 following their 3-2 away victory over Aston.

John Ayres, Jason Blackman and Ryan Stockford were on target for Eynsham, with Ryan Hewer and Ross Fleming finding the net for the hosts.

In Division 3, Tower Hill regained top spot with a 3-1 win at Witney Royals.

A double from Luke Bolley and an Ian Wright goal ensured victory.

Max Lucas scored for Royals.

Corinthians went down to a narrow 4-3 defeat at home to Wootton, despite goals from Frank Webb, Luke Cuthbert and Luke Hessey.

A Graham Berry double, as well as goals from Rob Alexander and Jon Holder, was enough to secure the points for the away side.

Liam Barnes and Eddie Webb helped themselves to a hat-trick each in Kingham All Blacks Res’ 8-2 Division 4 thrashing of Wychwood Forest Res.

Chris Perrott scored another two for the hosts, with Jay Whelan and Dan Briggs scoring the consolation goals for Wychwood.

OTHER SCORERS

Div 4: Brize Norton Res 1 (C Mayhew), Charlbury Res 2 (M Clements, M Hayes); Eynsham SSC Res 4 (D Mobey 3, D Johnson), Spartan Rangers A 3 (J Spalding 2, A Mesnez).