Mark Charlett’s Headington A posted a crushing victory over South Oxford A in Division 1 of the Oxford & District League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries.

Howard Watts secured the league’s biggest win of the day, ending up 24 shots to the good against Ian Beckett as Headington won 108-63.

Despite their best efforts though, Headington could not close the gap on leaders Banbury Central A, who themselves notched up a three-figure score as they routed neighbours Chestnuts.

Baden Sparkes’s 20-shot win for Carterton against City & County A secured a share of the points at Oxford City & County A.

Witney Mills got back to winning ways with a victory at Shiplake in Division 2, with club captain Richard Barnett leading the way.

West Witney kept up the pressure by beating City & County B, while Kidlington moved up to third with a hard-fought win at Cotswold.

Kidlington were five shots adrift going into the last end, but a five from John Hardie’s four, and shots elsewhere turned the tie around.

Only half-a-point separates the top four sides in Division 3.

Blackbird Leys and Woodstock played out a draw, while Charlbury and Witney Town closed the gap with wins against Banbury Central B and Headington B respectively.

Rover got off the bottom with their second successive win, this time at Bloxham, who replace them at the foot of the table.

Last week, South Oxford B suffered a massive defeat in Division 4, but they turned things around this week by taking all the points from Chipping Norton in Division 4.

Watlington went top with a victory over previous leaders West Oxford, and Hanborough maintained third place by beating Chadlington.

Florence Park beat OUP in the other game which sees the north Oxford club slip to the bottom.

RESULTS

Division 1

Banbury Central A 105 (6) Banbury Chestnuts 44 (0) (Banbury Central skips first): M Andrew 27, A Northcote 9; J Tee 31, D Bryant 8; L Campion 22, B Neal 13; M Sykes 25, J Denbow 14.

Headington A 108 (5) South Oxford A 63 (1) (Headington A skips first): H Watts 34, I Beckett 10; C Nicol 27, K Clarke 18; M Charlett 29, M Keen 15; N Rae-Welsh 18, R Claridge 20.

Oxford C&C A 74 (3) Carterton 76 (3) (Oxford City skips first): P Comley 22, R Clanfield 17; A Ley 23, P Sharman 14; M Petersen 7, B Sparkes 27; C Earl 22, G Walker 18.

Division 2

Cotswold 72 (2) Kidlington 77 (4) (Cotswold skips first): T Cox 11, J Hardie 26; M East 26, D Snell 15; S Cooper 21, L Mould 15; D Cooper 14, G Watts 21.

Shiplake 70 (1½) Witney Mills 77 (4½) (Shiplake skips first): J Bland 15, J Mott 21; B Evans 16, R Barnett 26; T Beaumont 20, L days 20; B Lambourne 19, A Auger 10.

West Witney 73 (4) Oxford C&C B 60½* (2) (West Witney skips first): H Williams 17, N Satchell 19; M Hitchcox 22, G Gray 13½; T Prew 13, B Slatter 17; K Alder 21, O Sharif 11.

* 1/4 rink score deducted – player short.

Division 3

Blackbird Leys 73 (3) Woodstock 72¼* (3) (Blackbird Leys skips first): H Payne 15, R Collett 16; R Brain 17, W Major 17¼; G Roper 12, B Clarke 22; S O’Keefe 29, K Comley 17.

* 1/4 rink score deducted – player short.

Bloxham 73 (1) Rover 77 (5) (Bloxham skips first): A Round 15, M Bracewell 23; J Hay 17, A Peters 20; J Lucas 15, K Hall 21; J Crawley 26, J Warland 13.

Charlbury 94 (4) Banbury Central B 78 (2) (Charlbury skips first): C Skidmore 24, R Havard 27; M Smith 16, B Collins 24; J Stevens 25, R Cox 13; D Dix 29, T McKenna 14.

Witney Town 73 (4) Headington B 65 (2) (Witney Town skips first): M Jones 17, M Kershaw 21; B Bloomfield 24, T Murphy 17; V Comley 14, R Edwards 17; F Dawson 18, P Sargeant 10.

Division 4

Florence Park 84 (4½) OUP 73 (1½) (Florence Park skips first): A Thomas 18, J Taylor 23; S Green 19, P Cornish 14; P Harris 25, G Jordan 14; I Gray 22, P Tweddle 22.

Hanborough 80 (4) Chadlington 67 (2) (Hanborough skips first): M Oliver 12, P Madeley 23; G Thompson 31, P Radbone 9; G Haynes 15, A Hobbs 18; J Edwards 22, C Smart 67.

South Oxford B 87 (6) Chipping Norton 54 (0) (South Oxford B skips first): M Underwood 22, J Benfield 11; D Portman 23, P Rathbone 14; D Walker 22, D Barnes 16; V DePaaw 20, A Gleeman 15.

Watlington 86 (5) West Oxford 71 (1) (Watlington skips first): G Hooker 24, F Buck 17; R Gilkes 20, M Bostock 21; S Gilkes 23, P Moffat 18; H Franklin 19, M Alderson 15.