Oxford Hawks Ladies’ Division 1 title hopes in the South Clubs' League received a major blow as they lost 2-1 to Havant at Banbury Road North.

The result sent them down from second to fourth place in the table, seven points off leaders Buckingham.

Hawks simply had a bad day at the office.

They had the most chances in open play but couldn’t take their opportunities, which they were to regret later.

The Oxford side took the lead in the 47th minute when Hannah Will-iamson converted a rebound from an initial shot by defender Kelly Scott.

Havant responded well and converted a short corner in the 55th minute to equalise.

With Hawks on the back foot, the visitors repeated the exact same move five minutes later to score the winning goal.

In Division 2, Oxford University lost 2-1 at home to Maidenhead.

Table-topping City of Oxford played twice, and were held both times.

On Saturday, they could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to second-from-bottom Teddington 2nd.

Ann-Marie Davenport sco-red their goal, but they were denied a win late on when Christine Fraser’s short corner shot hit the backboard and was controversially disallowed by the umpire.

On Sunday, City of Oxford escaped with a 2-2 draw at Banbury, who took the lead through Lara Wilkinson, Anna Nicholson equalising.

Victoria Page then put Banbury ahead, but with two minutes to go, Kirsty Brammer snatched a point for City.

Banbury had lost 6-1 to Henley on Saturday, with Wilkinson scoring.

Sadie Lapper’s brace was not enough for West Witney, who went down 4-2 at home to Wyc-ombe on Sunday.

Bottom club Oxford Hawks 2nd lost 3-1 at West Hampstead, with Victoria Clark getting their goal.

l IN the Trysports 3 Counties League, Wallingford lost ground on the clubs at the top of Premier 1 with a surprise 2-1 home defeat against Phoenix and Ranelagh.

Keeper Phil Swindell saved a penalty flick for Rover Oxf-ord 2nd but couldn’t prevent Amersham & Chalfont winning the Premier 2 match 2-0.

Other scores – Prem 1: Abingdon 0, Milton Keynes 5. Prem 2: Banbury 2nd 5 (C Armstrong 2, C Matthews 2, L Marshall), Gerrards Cross 0; Oxford Univ 2nd 2, City of Oxford 2nd 0. Div 1: Oxford Hawks 3rd 4 (J Smith 2, R Black, J Chilvers), West Witney 2nd 1 (A Headley); Wychwood 5, Abingdon Pilgrims 1; Bicester 1, Sonning 3rd 2; Wycombe 3rd 1, Wallingford 2nd 2. Div 2: Banbury 3rd 3 (E Biggadike 3), Wokingham 2nd 1; M Keynes 2A 4, City of Oxford 3rd 3 (L Baker, A Cooper, E Wylie). Div 3: Reading 3A 3, West Witney 3rd 0; Amersham & Chalfont 4th 0, Bicester 2nd 10; Wycombe 4th 2, Rover Oxford 3rd 2; Windsor 2nd 0, Wallingford 3rd 1. Div 4: Oxford Hawks 4th 2 (C Werlinger, C Hobbs), Marlow 3rd 3; Phoenix & Ranelagh 3rd 4, Banbury 4th 0; Reading 4th 9, Abingdon 2nd 0; City of Oxford 4th 0, Sonning 4th 5.

Oxon Girls Under 16 League: Rover Oxford 1, West Witney 10 (J Gordon 4, G Evans 3, H Jarvis, A Headley).

Oxon Girls Under 14 League: West Witney 14 (A Williams 5, E Chambers 5, E Norton 2, M Cummings 2), Henley 0.