Round-up
BANBURY Bulls lost 43-20 at home to Old Laurentians in Midlands 2 West South.
Bulls trailed 17-5 at the break, their only try coming from No 8 Simon Brand.
Banbury’s second-half points came via tries from fly half Jed Boyle and wing Carl Daniels, centre Mike Smith adding a penalty and a conversion.
Centre James Barrett and flanker Eugene Griffin each grabbed two tries as Gosford All Blacks won 43-15 at Hungerford in the BB&O Premier Division.
Lock Richard Tyler, full back Will Watts and captain Tim Ellis, who converted four, also crossed over. Tyler and Alex Borthwick were sin-binned.
Bicester lost 43-8 at home to second-placed Thatcham, flanker Jack Horwood scoring their try and No 8 Dan Spencer adding a penalty.
BB&O Championship leaders Harwell made it ten wins in a row with a 41-5 victory at Aldermaston.
Gavin Wilde bagged a try double, with Rob Froud-Williams, Kev Wood, Dave Paton, Joe Pigott and Sam Froud-Davis also scoring and Andy Lee converting three.
Tries from wing Paul Rynhardt, full back Vince Barnes and flanker Jason White, plus fly half Mark Roberts’s conversion and a penalty saw Abingdon defeat Kingsclere 20-0.
Wheatley won 28-13 at Winslow, with Jason Wilson and Brent Flowers each scoring two tries and Wilson converting all four.
John Stephens’s try plus Paul Costello’s conversion and penalty, could not save Didcot from a 27-10 defeat to Chesham.
OTHER SCORERS
BB&O Div 2: High Wycombe 2nd 28, Ox Harlequins 3rd 24 (tries R Cooke, M Turner, N Perry, J Motion; cons R Cooke 2).
BB&O Div 3: Reading 3rd 12, Bicester 2nd 32 (tries J Holdsworth, J Sawyer, S Mansell, G Williams, T Bass; cons J Blake 2; pen Blake); Grove 2nd 50 (tries T Harrington 3, R Sevier, M Tugwell, D Ferguson, J Allen; cons Sevier 6; pen Sevier), Phoenix 2nd 5.
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