Section 1 side Catherine Wheel won all three pairs games to pull off a shock 5-4 win at Premier team Shears.

Going into the pairs, Shears led 4-2 with Kevin Barefoot, Kevin Wilkins and Jim Pryde among their winners.

But Catherine Wheel, whose singles successes came from Roger Cotterell and Terry Sapey, dominated the pairs to snatch victory.

In Section 2, Lord Nuffield Social Club A ran out 7-2 winners at Three Horseshoes.

Alan Hunter and Martin Andrews gave Lord Nuffield a 2-0 lead.

Three Horseshoes pulled one back when Dave Butler beat Chris Myers.

But Lord Nuffield powered on and wins from Dennis Moss, James Harding (180) and Dylan Davies put them 5-1 ahead, before they took the pairs 2-1 to seal victory.

In Section 3, The Crown, Chalgrove took the pairs 2-1 to win 5-4 at Prince of Wales A.

Steve James and Tony Sawyer were among Marsh Harrier's winners in their 6-3 victory over Nuffield Lounge in Section 4.

In Section 5, Railway Social Club D battled to a 5-4 home win over Fox Inn.

opened the scoring against the visiting Fox Inn when A Barrett beat Edward Greenaway.

Fox hit back to lead 2-1 with wins from Jim Battle and B Spacey.

The home side levelled at 2-2 when young T Tricker defeated veteran Sid Welsh.

The visitors led 3-2 when S Hutton beat Nick Nash.

The home side again levelled after Simon Tricker beat Bob Felix and a 2-1 pairs win gave The Railway a fighting 5-4 win.

MEN'S RESULTS Premier & Section 1: College Oak 3, Shelley Arms 6; Shears 4, Catherine Wheel A 5; Original Swan A 7, Angel 2.

Section 2: Shelley A 3, Rose Hill CC 6; Cowley Workers 3, Green Road SC 6; Three Horseshoes 2, Lord Nuffield A 7; George Bar B 8, Quarry Gate B 1.

Section 3: Prince of Wales A 4, Crown 5; Nuffield A 1, Red Lion 8; Quarry Gate A 8, Black Horse 1.

Section 4: Marsh Harrier 6, Nuffield B 3; Cricketers Arms 5, Osney Arms 4.

Section 5: Nelson A 4, Somerset Hse 5; George Inn 4, Blackbird Bar 5; Shelley B 6, Vikings SC 3; Railway SC D 5, Fox 4.

Section 6: Red Lion 6, Railway SC B 3; Bullnose Morris B 6, Original Swan B 3; Kings Arms 4, Follybridge 5; Masons B 5, Gladiators SC 4.

Section 7: Catherine Wheel B 5, Kennington SC 4; Black Horse B 4, Headington RBL 5; Red Lion 5, Fairview 4.

Section 8: New Club 5, Berinsfield CC 4; Plough 3, Jack Russell 6; JR Hospital SC 6, Masons D 3.

Section 9: Quarry Gate C 6, Shelley D 3; Catherine Wheel C 6, South Oxford Rugby SC 3; Ampleforth Arms 2, Masons C 7; Red Lion B 6, Queens Head 3.

Section 10: Cavalier 3, Prince of Wales B 6; Lord Nuffield B 4, Railway SC C 5; Crown Hse 5, Black Swan 4.

LADIES' RESULTS Premier & Section 1: Quarry Gate C 2, Blackbird Bar 7; Lord Nuffield SC 6, Cowley Workers A 7; Berinsfield CC B 2, Shelley C 7; Gladiators SC A 5, Quarry Gate D 4.

Section 2: Three Horseshoes 3, Vikings SC 6; Donnington CC A 5, Crown House A 4; East Oxford CC 2, Florence Park CC 7.

Section 3: Team Monarch 7, Nuffield Lounge 2; Nuffield A 7, Berinsfield CC A 2; Follybridge 4, Cricketers 5.

Section 4: Cherwell Club 7, Grove House B 2; Berinsfield CC C 6, Littlemore RBL 3; Cowley Workers B 6, Railway SC B 3.

Section 5: Railway SC 8, Prince of Wales 1.

Section 6: Golden Ball 2, Fairview 7; Ampleforth 2, Catherine Wheel C 6; Bricklayers 6, Masons 3; Six Bells 4, New Club 5.

Section 7: Headington RBL 4, Nuffield Arms 5; Quarry Gate B 2, Cavalier 7; Shelley 7, Catherine Wheel A 2.

Section 8: Cowley Conservative Club B 6, Jack Russell 3; JR Hospital SC B 5, Gladiators B 4.

Section 9: Vikings SC B 2, Priory 7; Crown & Thistle 7, Cowley Conservative Club A 2; Cavalier 6, JR Hospital SC 3.

THIS WEEK'S 180s L Radford (College Oak) 2 L Davis (Masons D) 2, S Smith (Original Swan A), J Jukes (Original Swan A), J Fowler (Angel), S Walls (Shelley A), D Allen (Rose Hill CC), B Freemire (Cowley Workers), N Grant (Green Road SC), J Harding (Lord Nuffield A), C Kearney (Marsh Harrier), M Atherton (Nuffield B), C Souch (Cricketers), P Tarry (Blackbird Bar), D Faulkner (Vikings SC), B Tippet (Red Lion), M Stocker (Kings Arms), G Pocock (Kings Arms), J Hughes (Follybridge), B Bradford (New Club), P Prowton (JR Hospital SC), S Landers (Masons D), L Gavin (Crown House A Ladies), C Thompson (Blackbird Bar Ladies).

THIS WEEK'S TOP OUTSHOTS R Revelley (Red Lion) 136, S Holly (Kidlington Green SC) 126, M Kennett (Quarry Gate A) 122, G Johns (New Club) 121, D Shorter (Osney Arms) 112, J Fowler (Angel) 110, R Wigley (Bullnose Morris B) 106.