EDDIE Pepperell hit top form with high finishes on back-to-back European Tour events.

The Abingdon golfer secured consecutive third places in the Netherlands and Portugal.

Tiddington blew the chances to win the Cherwell League Division 1 title.

They needed just eight points going into the final game of the season away to Abingdon Vale.

But Rowant slipped to a seven-wicket defeat and picked up only five points in the process, handing top spot to Dinton, who beat Aston Rowant 2nd by eight wickets.

Bradley Smith finished tenth in San Marino to post his best result of a difficult season.

The Oxford rider started 22nd but fought his way through the field at a wet Misano.

Oxford United Women recorded their first victory of 2017 as they beat Sheffield FC 1-0 in the opening game of the FA WSL 2 season.

An own goal from opposition captain Ellie Gilliat was the difference between the sides at Court Place Farm.

Jade O’Dowda broke a championship record to win heptathlon gold at the English Schools’ Combined Events Championships in Boston.