One of Oxfordshire’s best hopes of a medal, archer Nichola Simpson is out of the women’s individual archery competition in Delhi.

Having come fourth in the qualifying competition, she lost 4-0 to Elizabeth Mitchell in the first knock-out round. It was actually a lot closer than the scoreline suggests as the overall points score was 111-109.

She said afterwards: “I am really disappointed. I don’t know what went wrong. On Monday, I had a personal best and a new Masters record. Practice has gone really well and I just can’t explain what went wrong.

“That was the worst I have shot all week – just at the wrong time.”

Northern Ireland’s Stuart Wilson, who lives in Wallingford and works at Oxford University, also went out.

He saw off Shamster Singh of Kenya in the last 32 before losing to Johannes Grobler of Namibia by the closest of margins 168-167.

He said: “In the qualifying, I shot six points higher than I have ever shot before, setting a Northern Ireland record. Getting through the first round was a bonus, the second game was nip and tuck. It came down to the last arrow – things go like that.”

Oxford-born Chris White reached the last eight of the men’s individual compound, qualifying in 19th place for the knock-out stage.

He defeated Jules Cornet of Mauritius and then teammate Liam Grimwood both 4-0 to reach the quarter-finals.

And he feels that he has further to go. “I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think that I could win. I am going for gold in the individual and the team.”

Oxford Hawks player Emma Batten was in the Wales hockey team that lost 4-1 to England, having gone down 5-1 to New Zealand earlier in the week.

The Bath University student said: “It means everything to me to be at the Games. This is the only major tournament that Wales can play in.

“To be in such a big international multisport tournament is fantastic. The facilities have all been brilliant. Being surrounded by athletes everywhere you go is a great experience. It’s really exciting to be here.”