Caroline Campion scuppered Katherine Hawes’s bid for a record-breaking 14th Oxfordshire ladies’ singles title with a scintillating display.
Hawes had the advantage of playing on her home Oxford City & County green as she attempted to extend her own record on finals weekend.
But the reigning champion had no answer to her Banbury Central opponent, who stormed to a 21-6 victory.
Campion completed a double by teaming up with Carole Galletly to pip Hawes and Donna Knight 18-17 in the afternoon’s pairs final.
The Banbury Central duo were going one better than last year.
Campion’s hopes of a title hat-trick were dashed when, together with June Bone, Gill Sharpe and Galletly, she went down 20-16 to Central clubmates Mo Cox, Sue Waring, Annie Gilkes and Anne Norton in the fours.
Hawes triumphed in the triples with Knight and Gail Gilkes, retaining their title with a 35-10 win over clubmates Vicky Harrison, Margaret Stacey and Jacky Gray.
West Witney’s Jazzmin Alder recorded a nail-biting 21-20 victory over City & County’s Katie Glenn in the under 25 singles.
City & County’s Jeanette Berry took the two-wood singles, while the unbadged pairs went to South Oxford’s Maureen De Paauw and Sue Stewart.
RESULTS
Singles: C Campion (Banbury Central) 21, K Hawes (Oxford City & County) 6.
Two-wood singles: J Berry 13 (Oxford City & County), C Gaskins (Oxford City & County) 10.
Pairs: C Galletly & C Campion (Banbury Central) 18, D Knight & K Hawes (Oxford City & County) 17.
Triples: D Knight, G Gilkes, K Hawes (Oxford City & County) 35, V Harrison, M Stacey, J Gray (Oxford City & County) 10.
Fours: M Cox, S Waring, A Gilkes, A Norton (Banbury Central) 20, J Bones, G Sharpe, C Galletly, C Campion (Banbury Central) 16.
Under 25 singles: J Alder (West Witney) 21, K Glenn (Oxford City & County) 20.
Unbadged pairs: M De Paauw & S Stewart (South Oxford) 21, W Rossiter & L Price (Headington) 10.
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