Oxfordshire may have missed out on the Middleton Cup this season, but there’s no stopping them in the Home Counties League.

They made it three wins from three outings as they beat Berkshire 123-116 at the Three Mile club in Reading, picking up 17 points in the process.

They triumphed on the first three rinks, drew one and lost the other two.

Leading the way on rink one, Craig Nicholl’s side of Lee Young, Trevor Beaumont and Kevin Alder ran out 32-16 winners.

Barry Lambourne, Jim Bland, Steve Gilkes and Paul Comley won 23-20 on rink two, and evergreen Alan Ley spearheaded a 22-12 victory on rink three for Trevor Prew, David Allin and Ian Henwood.

Berkshire took rink four with Jason King, Steve Jones. Mike Davies and Chris Earl going down 20-12, while Mark Charlett’s four of Paul McGrath, David Wedge and Ian Whelpton crashed 30-16.

Rink six finished all square as skip Nick Rae-Welsh, Keith Holloway, John Eatwell and George Moon tied 18-18.

Oxfordshire 123, Berkshire 116 (Oxon skips first): C Nicholl 32, P Swinn 16; B Lambourne 23, D Hale 20; A Ley 22, A Knapper 12; J King 12, C Holiday 20; M Charlett 16, C Barrett 30; N Rae-Welsh 18, A Collins 18.

Oxon were also on song the next day when they beat Hampshire in a friendly at Kingsclere.

There were wins on four rinks, one was drawn and the other lost.

Chris Weller was victorious on rink one, Richard Bull won on rink four, while both Ian Whelpton and Allan Hall had big wins on rinks five and six.

David Allin drew 18-18 on rink three, while John O’Shea’s men on rink two were the only losers.

Oxfordshire 123, Hampshire 103 (Oxon skips first): C Weller 20, A McKain 17; J O’Shea 12, D Simms 21;D Allin 18, T Brown 18; R Bull 21, B Hiscock 17; I Whelpton 25, T Watkins 17; A Hall 27, G Darlison 13.

l TWO Headington teams reached the semi-finals of the OBA county triples at South Oxford BC.

PAIRS RESULTS Quarter-finals: Carterton (L Young & A Prew) 22, City & County (M Gleeson & M Petersen) 15; Headington (N Lewis & M Charlett) 25, Witney Mills (C Miles & L Days) 15; Headington (J Nicholls & J King) 22, Carterton (T Jupp & S Richens) 17; Banbury Chestnuts (C Skidmore & S Marsden) 21, Shiplake (J Bland & B Lambourne) 13.

TRIPLES RESULTS Quarter-finals: Carterton (S Richens, R Clanfield, B Sparkes) 15, Carterton (B Turley, T Warner, G Walker) 14; Headington (J Nicholls, S Claridge & J King) 20, Banbury Borough (A McColl, P Smith & J Brooks) 16; Headington Borough (N Lewis, N Rae-Welsh & H Watts) 16, Headington (S Hastings, Remy Clanfield & M Nash) 15; Headington (I Henwood, P Mabbutt & C Nicoll) 17, City & County (P Boyle, M Clarke & C Lewis) 10.