A Banbury Borough side, skipped by Mark Sykes, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat against a Banbury Chestnuts quartet in the Oxfordshire fours quarter-finals at Thame.

With fours ends left, Sykes’s side of Andrew Buttress, George and Greg Moon trailed 17-9 to the Chestnuts rink of Ricky Marsden, John Duncan, Alan Wase and Brian Ray.

But then the Borough men stormed back with consecutive fives to move two shots in front.

Two singles on the last two ends from the Chestnuts forced an extra end, but Sykes’s side held their nerve to take victory.

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS

Singles: G May (Headington) 21, A McIntyre (West Witney) 9; M Sykes (Banbury Borough) 21, AJ Docherty (Banbury Borough) 12; A Prew (Carterton) 21, B Lambourne (Shiplake) 8; K Holloway (Banbury Borough) 21, Gr Moon (Banbury Borough) 16.

Fours: R Pink, J Thompson, M Workman & P Hooley (Bicester) 24, P Demczak, N Wharton, S Jones & O Sharif (Oxford City & County) 9; S Timms, T Jupp, D Clanfield & P Sharman (Carterton) 24, Darren Wakeman, S Cooper, Dan Wakeman & A Martin (Carterton) 11; J Nicholls, I Henwood, J King & C Nicoll (Headington) 27, L Young, D Abbott, S Richens, A Prew (Carterton) 13; A Buttress, Ge Moon, Gr Moon & M Sykes (Banbury Borough) 19, R Marsden, J Duncan, A Wase & B Ray (Banbury Chestnuts) 19 (Banbury Borough win on extra end).

SEMI-FINAL LINE-UPS

(The Oxford, Sunday)

Pairs (10am): N Lewis & M Charlett (Headington) v I Henwood & C Nicoll (Headington), L Young & A Prew (Carterton) v J Philpott & I Snowdon (Headington).

Triples (10am): K Holloway, M Redman & R Redford (Banbury Borough) v S Richens, R Clanfield & B Sparkes (Carterton).

Fours (10am): S Timms, T Jupp, D Clanfield & P Sharman (Carterton) v A Buttress, Ge Moon, Gr Moon & M Sykes (Banbury Borough).

Under 25 singles (11am): L Wilkinson (Banbury Central) v Dan Wakeman (Carterton), G May (Headington) v S Watts (Watlington).

Triples (2pm): V Webb, A Kemish & A Twinn (Thame) v C Whitehead, N Lewis & H Watts (Headington) Fours (2pm): R Pink, J Thompson, M Workman & P Hooley (Bicester) v J Nicholls, I Henwood, J King & C Nicoll (Headington).

Singles (2pm): A Prew (Carterton) v K Holloway (Banbury Borough), G May (Headington) v M Sykes (Banbury Borough).

Two wood singles (2pm): J Philpott (Headington) v S Richens (Carterton).

Two wood singles (5pm): M Sykes (Banbury Borough) v A Prew (Carterton).