OXFORD Hawks dished out a hammering to Men’s Conference West basement boys Isca.
Despite never quite hitting their stride, the hosts ran out 6-1 winners against the basement boys to stay fourth in the table, just four points off the top.
Andy Watts and Daniel Rayney put them in charge early on and Freddie Foster made it 3-0 before half-time.
Harry Golding stretched the lead, before Jack Biggs converted two penalty corners, before goalkeeper Chris Price was forced off with an injury, allowing Isca to score a consolation goal late on.
Oxford OBU stayed third in MBBO Regional Division 1 with a 3-2 win over Marlow.
Zum Akhter, Richie Heywood and Jamie Bloomfield were on target for the hosts.
Witney squandered a great chance as they let a 2-0 lead slip to draw 2-2 with Oxford University 2nd.
Andy Gosnell and Harry Harbage got the hosts off to an excellent start, but Ben Kirk’s miss proved crucial.
Having been let off the hook, the students hit back to level before Kirk missed a golden chance to win it late on.
Tom Ferris scored his 15th goal of the season as bottom side Wallingford earned a 1-1 draw at home to Ashford.
Oxford Hawks’ wait for a first win of the Investec Women’s Conference West season continued as they lost 4-3 at home to Barnes.
They were always chasing the game and came up short despite two goals from Bex Oakes and an Emily Smith strike.
Witney had a mixed weekend in South Clubs’ League Division 1.
Abi Flory’s outstanding goal was enough to beat Maidenhead 1-0 at home.
It came a day after they had lost 5-4 at leaders Surbiton, where Katie Oliver, Lucy Reading, Flory and Sunny Wallis notched.
Oxford lost both their matches in Division 2.
Charley Ebbutt scored a consolation in the 4-1 defeat at Surbiton 3rd on Sunday, after a 1-0 loss at PHC Chiswick.
OTHER RESULTS
Men: Eastcote 1, Oxford Hawks 2nd 1 (F Smith); Oxford Hawks 3rd 3 (C Hill, H Jones, M Northfield), Maidenhead 2nd 1; Oxford University 3rd 4, Oxford Hawks 4th 3 (C Maidlow 2, T Martin); Oxford Hawks 5th 1 (O Graham), Aylesbury 2nd 0; Oxford Hawks 7th 8, Sonning 5th 1; Amersham & Chalfont Vintage 0, Oxford Hawks Falcons 10 (J Finlayson 4, S Griffiths 3, C Burrell 2, R Warner); Oxford Hawks U18 11, Reading U18 B 0; Oxford Hawks U16 2, Marlow U16 3; Oxford Hawks U14 1, Oxford U14 7; Bicester U14 2, Oxford Hawks U14 B 2; Wallingford U12 2, Oxford Hawks U12 3; Newbury & Thatcham 3, Oxford 2nd 4 (D Bleach 4); Oxford 3rd 5 (B Brearey 4, C Abraham), Thame 6; Rhamgaria 2nd 2, Oxford 5th 1 (O Martin); Oxford 6th 3 (C Turner, J Darnell, J Batkin), Oxford Hawks 6th 3 (E Baldock, M Aitkens, S Dawson); Wooton Wanderers 2nd 8, Oxford 7th 2 (E Dyer, P Cole); Oxford 8th 4 (M Neville 2, S Dogar 2), Phoenix & Ranelagh 3rd 4; Bicester Development 2, Oxford 9th 7 (S Allen 3, R Aumonier, M Tappin, A Ahmed, G Betts); Abingdon 0, Wallingford 2nd 3 (N Golding 2, B White); Wallingford 3rd 1 (M Knaapen), Leighton Buzzard 2nd 2; Henley 4th 2, Wallingford 4th 3 (J Quilter 2, R Jackson); Wallingford 5th 6, Milton Keynes 6th 3; Reading 5th 4, Witney 2nd 2 (J Blacker, C Summers); South Berks 4th 4, Witney 3rd 3 (R Morgan 2, N August).
Women: Oxford Hawks 2nd 6 (H Nicholson 2, H Sawyer, E Stephenson, C Werlinger, S Jacobs), Banbury 2; Oxford Hawks 3rd 3 (A Potter, R McEwen-Smith, H Mcall), Wallingford 0; Aylesbury 2, Oxford Hawks 4th 0; Oxford Hawks 6th 5 (R Ward 2, L Hiner, A Laird, E Valentine), South Berkshire 4th 1; Oxford Hawks 7th 0, Newbury & Thatcham 5th 1; Haborne O35s 1, Oxford Hawks O35s 1 (S Walker); Southgate U18 5, Oxford Hawks U18 2; Surbiton U16 Wrens 7, Oxford Hawks U16 A 3 (L Hanslip, G Taylor, R Ward); Wallingford U12 0, Oxford Hawks U12 10; Oxford 4th 1 (J Albon), Oxford University 3rd 2; Oxford 5th 1 (E Savoy), Marlow 4th 4; Reading Rogues 3, Oxford 6th 0; Wycombe 5th 1, Oxford 7th 0; Wallingford 2nd 1 (F Leigh), South Berkshire 2nd 2; Banbury 3rd 5, Wallingford 3rd 2 (A Lissenden, Z Baker); Wallingford 4th 1 (A Avratidis), Amersham & Chalfont 5th 2; Witney 2nd 3 (K Scott-Jeanes 3), Thame 2; Witney 3rd 1 (J Peachey), Phoenix & Ranelagh 0.
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