HOCKEY: Gabbi seals points forn Witney (From Oxford Mail)

HOCKEY: Gabbi seals points forn Witney

12:30pm Tuesday 24th January 2012 in Hockey

Witney won 2-0 away to mid-table rivals PHC Chiswick in South Clubs Women's League Division 3A.

Karen Easterbrook opened the scoring, thanks to a skilful assist from Joy Mangazi, and Witney’s player-of-the-match Gabbi Evans made sure of the points.

Eastcote were too good for Oxford 2nd, winning 3-0. Donna Lancaster was the visitors’ player-of-the-match.

Bicester made hard work of seeing off mid-table Henley 2nd 3-2 in Premier 2, all the goals coming in the second half.

A deflected Gina Girvan shot gave Bicester the lead and Charlie Humphreys made it 2-0, but Henley responded with two goals to square it up.

Jan Southam grabbed Bicester’s winner to set up next week’s top-of-the-table clash with leaders South Bucks.

Oxford Hawks went down 4-0 at home to National League Conference West leaders Buckingham in a friendly at Banbury Road North.

Evelyn Hargraves made some excellent saves, but Hawks still finished the first half 3-0 down and the visitors added a fourth after the break.

Laura Skinner bagged a hat-trick and Shelley Hopper two as Kidlington saw off Wycombe 4th 5-1 to stay joint top with Milton Keynes 3rd in Trysports Division 2.

Other results.

Oxford 3rd 0, South Bucks 4; Oxford 4th 3 (L Baker, L Green, P Burgess), Witney 2nd 1; Oxford 5th 0, Marlow 2nd 10; Oxford 6th 1 (C Brock), Abingdon 2nd 5; Oxford Hawks 2nd 6, Bracknell 2; Oxford Hawks 3rd 0, Slough 2nd 4; Oxford Hawks 4th 6 (L Millington 3, S Satterly 2, M Davies), Banbury Ladies 3rd 3; Oxford Hawks 5th 2 (L Barron, A Miller), Aylesbury 3rd 2; Bicester 2nd 3 (G Julier, C Cochrane, S Wheeler), Windsor 2nd 0.