Blackbird Leys trio Dennis Crook, Roy Brain and Steve O’Keefe are still basking in the glory of lifting the Jack Stow Trophy at Headington.

They defied all the odds to triumph in the eight-end triples competition, claiming victory over Headington’s Middleton Cup trio John Philpott, Nathan Lewis and Mark Charlett by four shots in the final.

O’Keefe admitted: “It was a bit of an unexpected win for us. We were the outsiders. We were as surprised as they were.”