Oxford's Gary Johnson has won the Sussex Open, writes PETE EWINS.

The Horse & Harrow player - a replacement for Ray Sturgess - beat Reading's Dave Alder in the first round and Mick Chipman, from Sussex, in the second.

Further wins over Dave Reeves (Sussex) and Curt Driver (Kent) put him through to the final, where he saw off Sussex's Iain Lelliot to clinch the title.

  • THE Oxford and District league kicks-off this evening with 15 teams participating in three groups.

TONIGHT'S FIXTURES

Group A: Dolphin A v Corner House A, Masons v Didcot CC. Bye: Nelson.

Group B: Corner House B v Dolphin B, Nelson B v Democrats. Bye: Berinsfield.

Group C: Marlborough Club v Gladiators, Headington CC B v Bletchingdon SC. Bye: Headington CC A.