Oxford Fireplace Centre burned brightly in British League Division 3 South with four wins to maintain their 100 per cent record.

The squad of Ian and Andy Packford, Glen Freeman, Ray Powell and Karl Bushell, who are affiliated to the Didcot & District League, swept aside York Gardens 6-2, Ipswich 7-1, London Progress 5-3 and Chippenham 5-3.

Meanwhile, in their first year of entry into the Carter Cup, the national junior competition, the Didcot & District team of Matthew Davies, Graham Pike and Luke Abolins were eliminated by a strong North Middlesex team.

Drayton star Davies won two matches in the 5-2 defeat.

In Division 1 of the Didcot League, RAL A beat DPS B 8-2 , with Ron Liquorish and Neil Oastler recording maximums before taking the doubles.

BRSA B stayed top of Division 3 with a 6-4 victory over bottom team Sutton H, for whom Mike Watts snr posted a maximum, including a rare defeat for Paul Mead.

Mead bounced back to rack up another hat-trick in a 7-3 victory over Abingdon C.

DPS D moved into second place with a 9-1 thrashing of Sutton G, Peter Sinclair, Bruce McKenzie and Lionel Sheppard helping themselves to trebles.

Steve Whale's maximum for Abingdon E set up a 6-4 victory over Letcombe C to maintain their title challenge.

In the game between Sutton G and Drayton E, Sutton's Pete Symons won his three singles, but his team still slipped to a 6-4 defeat.

RESULTS

Div 1: DPS B 2, RAL A 8 (R Liquorish 3, N Oastler 3); DPS A 3 (P Haycock 3), Crown 7.

Div 2: RAL D 4, Letcombe B 6 (G Callard 3); Sutton F 5, Howbery A 5 (E Hasker 3).

Div 3: Sutton H 4 (M Watts snr 3), BRSA B 6; Drayton E 6, Sutton G 4 (P Symons 3); Letcombe C 4, Abingdon E 6 (S Whale 3, T Whale 2).

Div 4: Grove 6, Wallingford 4 (D Massey 3).