LITTLEMORE RBL opened up a three-point gap at the top of Gentworks Oxford & District League Division 1 with a 3-0 win over Eynsham.

Peter Franklin, Malcolm Bough and Gary Bough swept aside opponents Michael McClusky, Geoff Watson and Roy Gascoyne to give the leaders a comfortable victory.

Second-placed Fieldside kept up the pressure with a narrow 2-1 victory over Thame A, with victories for Mike Chapman and Paul Robinson proving decisive.

RESULTS

New Club 1, Oxford Bowls Club A 2; Fieldside 2, Thame A 1; Oxford Bowls Club B 2, Headington Con Club A 1; Littlemore RBL 3, Eynsham 0; Cowley Workers 2, Abingdon Con Club A 1.