HEADINGTON A and Windrush continue to set the pace in Division 1 following the seond round of matches in the Oxfordshire Five Disciplines League.

Headington dropped only half a singles as Becky Foster, Graham Speight, Dave Soanes and Corrinne Weaver mastered Abingdon A 249-205.

Abingdon’s Kathryn Schutterlin prevented the maximum 300 by taking the second game of singles 25-24 from Foster.

Windrush were hard-pressed by defending champions Colts and Co, each side winning two and halving one.

The half occurred in the opening mixed as Neil Rowlands and Rachel Sayers won 25-23 for Windrush. Colts replied 25-19 through Ian and Alison Rose.

A surprising 25-23, 25-20 win by Chiaki Murayama over county champion Nicola Patrick saw Colts take the lead.

Easy wins in men’s singles by Windrush’s Jon Bishop were immediately counteracted by a comprehensive women’s doubles win by Colts pair Ian Ross andMurayama.

The result was sealed for Windrush when Bishop and Rowlands saw off Matt Jackson and Ross 25-12, 25-17.

Round 2 results: Headington A 249, Abingdon A 205; Windrush A 205, Colts and Co 196, Radley and Oxford 233, Gosford Hill A 197, Feathers 238, Headington B 171.

Current order: Headington A 499, Windrush 439, Radley and Oxford 438, Abingdon A 433, Feathers 432, Colts and Co 409, Gosford Hill A 365, Headington B 339.

lNick Counsell and Dave Thornton were unstoppable as Oxford B edged Park B 5-4 in Men’s Division 3 of the Oxford and District League.

OXFORD & DISTRICT LEAGUE Women’s Div 1: Evenlode A 3, Leys A 3; Gosford Hill 1, North Abingdon 5; Evenlode A 0, Windrush A 6.

Men’s Div 1: Gosford Hill A 7, North Abingdon A 2; Windrush A 8, Gosford Hill A 1. Div 2: Headington B 6, Leys A 3. Div 3: Oxford B 5, Park B 4; North Abingdon B 2, Abingdon C 7; Windrush C 0, Oxford University 9.

Mixed Div 1: Windrush A 3, Abingdon A 6; North Abingdon 0, Abingdon A 9. Div 2: Park B 0, Evenlode A 9; Leys A 0, Windrush B 9. Div 3: St Clement’s 0, Evenlode B 9. Div 4: Harwell 6, Abingdon B 3.

WALLINGFORD THREE DISCIPLINES LEAGUE Div 1: Headington A 283, Wantage A 227. Div 2: Evenlode B 255, Harwell B 265; Evenlode B 251, Headington B 279; Park A 277, Headington B 236; Headington B 276, Evenlode C 221; Evenlode C 269, Headington B 256. Div 3: Berinsfield 218, Wantage B 270; Park B 186, Wallingford 299.

Mixed Div 1: Windrush 7, Abingdon 2; Wantage 8, Windrush 1.

lJon Ponsford took his three matches as Oxfordshire 3rd fell 10-5 to Warwickshire 5th at Eynsham in Division 5D of the Inter-County Championships.

Ponsford was partnered by Will Green in his two men’s doubles games and by Anna Wareing in the mixed.

lOxfordshire Over 40s scored their first win of the season by edging Worcestershire in a winning 6-6 draw.

A 14-13 in rubbers margin gave Oxon the win at Barnt Green.

Paul Casey remained unbeaten while the crucial fourth mixed was won by John Boyd and Judy Bendall.

lJulie Bradbury and Nick Ponting, from Oxfordshire, took the individual mixed title and also helped England to score an 8-4 win over Denmark in the final of the Six Nations Team Over 40s event in Amsterdam.

Bradbury and Ponting plan to compete in the British Masters next month at Milton Keynes.

lMiddleton Cheney’s Jack Smith won the boys’ doubles at an under 15 gold tournament at Wigan, with a partner from Newcastle.