Oxfordshire ended their hugely disappointing EBA Middleton Cup campaign in style with a resounding 137-83 victory over Isle of Wight at Banbury Central.

Heavy defeats by Berkshire and Hampshire had left Oxon unable to qualify from Group 3A for the knockout rounds.

But they salvaged some pride in the finale by whitewashing the Islanders on all six rinks.

It saw the hosts take 22 points, with the visitors drawing a blank.

Martin Timms's side of Mick Nash, Mike Petersen and Robbie Clanfield raced into a 9-0 lead over the first five ends on the way to a 24-9 victory over skip Mark Griffith.

Howard Watts's four of Shaun Claridge, Nathan Lewis and Stuart Richens also triumphed by 15 shots with a 25-10 defeat of skip Peter Clayton.

Greg Moon's rink of John Philpott, Ian Henwood and Nick Rae-Welsh were in dominant form, enjoying a commanding 23-12 victory over skip Alan Bell.

Baden Sparkes's quartet of Andy McIntyre, George Moon and Colin Whitehead came from behind over the last six ends to beat skip Peter Furmidge 22-15.

Trailing 13-12 after 15 ends, the Oxon rink finished strongly to take the spoils.

Mark Sykes's four of Lee Young, Will Campion and Ryan Buckett recorded a 25-21 win over skip Darren Griffith.

And Gary Lucas's rink of George Schwab, Richard Redford and Alan Prew completed the whitewash by edging home 18-16 against skip John Crews.

Oxon 137 (22pts), Isle of Wight 83 (0) (Oxon rinks first) Rink 1: S Claridge, N Lewis, S Richens, H Watts 25; A Clark, J Wilkins, B Mortlock, P Clayton 10.

Rink 2: J Philpott, I Henwood, N Rae-Welsh, Gr Moon 23; S Lines, D Gustar, P Brooks, A Bell 12.

Rink 3: M Nash, M Petersen, Ro Clanfield, M Timms 24; R Hayes, P Dickenson, J Pearce, M Griffith 9.

Rink 4: A McIntyre, Ge Moon, C Whitehead, B Sparkes 22; M Addison, T Mellor, F Rylands, P Furmidge 15.

Rink 5: L Young, W Campion, R Buckett, M Sykes 25; S New, P Attrill, D Deacon, D Griffith 21.

Rink 6: G Schwab, R Redford, A Prew, G Lucas 18; T Partridge, M Strand, M Butchers, J Crews 16.

OXFORDSHIRE gained a measure of revenge for their EBA Middleton Cup drubbing by Berskhire with a 129-122 victory over their old rivals in the Home Counties League at Oxford City & County.

The match was closely-contested throughout, but Oxon, who included eight Middleton Cup players, proved the stronger over the last six ends.

The hosts won on four of the six rinks, with Ryan Buckett's four of George Schwab, Gary May and Robbie Clanfield spearheading the victory charge with a 28-13 win over skip Bob Cannings.

Howard Watts's side of Jim Feeley, Kevin Alder and Nick Rae-Welsh came from a shot down with six ends left to beat skip Peter Swinn 28-21.

Martin Timms's rink of Andy Crawley, Steve Gibson and Alan Ley produced a bigger comeback to sink skip Jonathan Stradling 20-17.

They trailed 15-9 with six ends left, but pulled the game out of the fire.

Mark Sykes's side of Paul McGrath, Steve Gilkes and Sammy Timms held on to pip skip Ian Snowdon 19-17.

Calvin Carpenter's quartet of Andy McIntyre, Will Campion and Paul Comley let a four-shot lead slip after 15 ends to go down 24-18 to skip Dale Hall.

But Alan Prew's side of Bernie May, Ali Simpson and Mike Andrew were blown away 30-16 by skip Chris Holliday.

Oxon 129 (18pts), Berkshire 122 (4) (Oxon rinks first) Rink 1: A Crawley, S Gibson, A Ley, M Timms 20; J Heapy, C Hitt, D White, J Stradling 17.

Rink 2: J Feeley, K Alder, N Rae-Welsh, H Watts 28; D Miles, E Orme, G Ballantyne, P Swinn 21.

Rink 3: P McGrath, S Gilkes, S Timms, M Sykes 19; P Iremonger, J Scowen, R Hing, I Snowdon 17.

Rink 4: A McIntyre, W Campion, P Comley, C Carpenter 18; M Iremonger, B Greenough, M Linn, D Hall 24.

Rink 5: B May, A Simpson, M Andrew, A Prew 16; P Lyford, T Searle, D Oakes, C Holliday 30.

Rink 6: G Schwab, G May, Ro Clanfield, R Buckett 28; BJ Byles, S Giles, N Gauld, B Cannings 13.