Martin Stanley, Burford captain, and his Chipping Norton counterpart Ian Allison shake hands at the start of their first competitive outings in charge.
Chippy’s team won the match 3-2 in a mixture of cold wind, sun and hail.
Les Morton was all smiles after completing a hat-trick of holes-in-one for North Oxford members.
As reported in last week’s Oxford Mail, Morton followed fellow members Lee Wheeler and vice-captain Mick French, who had shot aces the previous week.
Morton, 80, who still plays off a handicap of 12 saw the sixth ace of his career drop into the cup on the 11th hole.
His first hole-in-one occurred when he represented the US Airforce in the 1950s.
Oxford University’s ladies lost 7½-1½ to Cambridge in their annual varsity match at Rye.
Oxfordshire's Tilly Holder finished joint 20th in the Leveret at Formby Ladies after rounds of 81 and 75.
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