Chipping Norton, spearheaded by world indoor pairs champion Les Gillett, are flying the flag for Oxfordshire in the area EIBA Championships.

Chippy are through to the semi-finals of the men's singles, pairs and triples, plus the mixed fours, with Gillett in all four teams.

The world No 6 saw off Howard Watts from the Oxford & District club 21-12 in the singles and now faces Norman Wallace in the last four.

Chippy clubmates Alan Prew and Andy Martin are both out, going down to Ted Hanger and David Fox.

Fox, from the Foxhill club in Aylesbury, has reached the semis in no fewer than five events.

Gillett and Dale Hall were given a run for their money in the pairs, edging out Stuart Richie and Alan Wise from Carterton 22-20 to set up a last-four clash against Stuart Mead and Fox (Foxhill).

The Chippy four of Gillett, Martin, Hall and Prew also had their work cut out in the fours before edging out their Bletchley opponents 22-18, while Oxford & District's powerful quartet of Chris Allen, Glenn Allen, Mike Petersen and Howard Watts bowed out 23-15 to Handy Cross.

Banbury's Gary Lucas, John Lucas, Calvin Carpenter and Ron Radford are also through after a 24-16 victory over their Slade opponents.

In the triples, Banbury (G Lucas, Carpenter and Radford) edged out Carterton's Alan Wise Snr, Richard Clanfield and Alan Wise Jnr by a single shot 15-14, but another Carterton trio Stuart Richens, Sam Timms and Paul Justin made it to the semis, beating Stoke Mandeville 23-16.

QUARTER-FINAL RESULTS

Singles: E Hanger (Slade, Buckingham) bt A Prew (Chip Norton) 21-19, D Fox (Foxhill, Aylesbury) bt A Martin (Chip Norton) 21-10, L Gillett (Chipping Norton) bt H Watts (Oxford & District) 21-12, N Wallace (Oxford & Dist) bt P Routley (St Mandeville) 21-14.

Semi-final draw: Hanger v Fox, Gillett v Wallace.

Pairs: D Hall & L Gillett (Chipping Norton) bt S Richie & A Wise (Carterton) 22-20, S Mead & D Fox (Foxhill, Aylesbury) bt G & C Allen (Oxford & Dist) 23-14, C Graves & E Hanger (Slade, Bucks) bt D Lapworth & A White (Oxford & Dist) 24-16, M Birch & J Fuller (Bletchley) bt O Sherif & M Charlett (City & County) 20-15.

Semi-finals: Hall & Gillett v Mead & Fox, Graves & Hanger v Birch & Fuller.

Triples: S Mead, D Harding & D Fox (Foxhill) bt J Castle, C Graves, E Hanger (Slade, Bucks) 14-13, S Richens, S Timms & P Justin (Carterton) bt L Cheshire, D Rymer & D Shillingford (St Mandeville) 23-16, R Radford, C Carpenter & G Lucas (Banbury) bt A Wise, R Clanfield & A Wise (Carterton) 15-14, P Seymore, L Richardson & D Savage (Slade, Bucks) bt F Abitabile, C Earl & P Comley (Oxford & Dist) 26-6.

Semi-finals: Fox (Foxhill) v Justin (Carterton), Lucas (Banbury) v Savage (Slade).

Fours: R Radford, J Lucas, C Carpenter & G Lucas (Banbury) bt C Graves, P Seymour, J McAndrew & D Savage (Slade, Bucks) 24-16; S Mead, J Ingram, D Harding & D Fox (Foxhill) bt M Workman, J Nichol, C Stephens & R Gaskins (Oxford & Dist) 23-8; D Hall, A Martin, A Prew & L Gillett (Chip Norton) bt W Fuller, A Burch, R Ackland & L Lewis (Bletchley) 22-18; A Springall, R Hyde, T Hyde & M Hyde (Handy Cross) bt G Allen, M Petersen, H Watts & C Allen (Foxhill) 23-15.

Semi-finals: Lucas (Banbury) v Fox (Foxhill), Gillett (Chip Norton) v Hyde (Handy Cross).

SEMI-FINAL RESULTS

Father & Son pairs: T & M Hyde (Handy Cross) bt E & M Pilgrim (Stoke Mandeville) 22-19, J & D Fox (Foxhill) bt N & P Hancock (Chip Norton) (extra end) 20-19.

Area final: T & M Hyde v J & D Fox (tonight, Banbury Cross, 6.15).

Over 60 pairs: R Redding & R Rouse (St Mandeville) bt J Lincoln & A Hall (Oxford & Dist) 26-18, R Williams & P Harrison (Handy Cross) bt P Norton & J Webb (Banbury) 16-8.

Area final: R Rouse v P Harrison (Sunday, Oxford & District IBC (Isis), 10am).

Over 50 triples: C Thorne, S Timms & A Wise (Carterton) bt R Pardoe, F Knight & B Ray (Banbury) 26-11, K Sherratt, K McNeil & A Jones (Banbury) bt C Stonell, C Keeble & B Sharp (Handy Cross) 21-17.

Area final: A Wise v A Jones (Sunday, Oxford & District, 10am).

Mixed pairs: L Thelwell & M Hyde (Handy Cross) bt S Amos & J Webb (Banbury) 22-17, Delefield & D Harding (Foxhill) bt B Dadson & I Snowdon (Oxford & Dist) 19-18.

Area final: M Hyde v D Harding (Sunday, February 25, Stoke Mandeville IBC, 10.15am).

Mixed fours: M McVicker, B Sleeman, A Prew & L Gillett (Chipping Norton) bt L Reid, B Taylor, P Blackwell & B Abbott (Carterton) 25-12; R Hyde, A Cox, L Thelwell & M Hyde (Handy Cross) bt K Hawkes, P Maskrey, G Allan & H Watts (Oxford & Dist) 8-10.

COUNTY MATCH

OWIBA 134, Warwickshire IBA 106 (Oxon skips first): C Penson 22, J Williams 22; M Shepherd 21, J Coyles 17; C Campion 37, C Thompson 7; A Norton 21, D Humphreys 23; C Peterson 16, J Pooler 20; S Rogers 17, M Allen 17.

CLUB MATCH

Rover Cowley 149, Banister Park 162 (Rover skips first): P Stroudley 26, R Harris 15; D Draper 17, G Parker 29; J M Warland 20, R Pennicott 23; R Crick 12, G Earl 14; D Sims 15, B King 22; F Cox 19, C Vincent 17; A Peters 23, B Sorrell 19; M Bracewell 17, H Harwood 23.