Oxfordshire 2nd completed their Inter-County Championship Division 3B season with a narrow 9-6 win over Bucks 3rd at Eynsham.
Despite missing four regulars, Oxon chased everything, with Norfolk import Becky Foster again the table-topper with three wins from four.
Foster (pictured), a heart transplant technician at the John Radcliffe Hospital, opened with a singles win, took one doubles with Banbury’s Claire Tait and the solitary mixed at number one with Martin Graham.
Oxon 2nd finish their season mid-table with a 4-4 record under the captaincy of Paul Casey.
Oxon 2nd’s line-up: Joe Griffiths, Jack Smith, Phil Sayer, Martin Graham, Paul Casey, Becky Foster, Helen Ashdown, Claire Tait, Natalie Ng.
l In the penultimate round of Division 1 of the Five Disciplines League, hosted by Gosford Hill in Oxford, Headington A kept up their bid for the title with a 228-185 demolition of Banbury’s Feathers.
Feathers opened with the mixed doubles through Chris Tustain and Claire Tait.
They also took the third discipline when Tustain overpowered Dave Soanes 25-14, 25-22, but Headington’s line-up of Soanes, Graham Speight, Becky Foster and Helen Ashdown proved too strong overall.
FIVE DISCIPLINES LEAGUE.
Round 6 results: Headington A 228, Feathers 185; Abingdon A 239, Gosford Hill A 190; Windrush A 227, Radley and Oxford 175; Headington B 137, Colts and Co 246.
Order: Headington A 1441, Abingdon A 1350, Windrush A 1338, Colts and Co 1327, Feathers 1322, Radley and Oxford 1249, Gosford Hill A 1062, Headington B 942.
l Windrush A are the first winners to be declared in the Oxford and District League, having taken the Men’s Division 1 crown.
Their successful line-up against Evenlode was Mike Peters, Richard Fleet, William Hartwell, Neil Rowland, Terry Kirk and Ian Roberts In Mixed Division 1, Windrush upended Park A 7-2, third pair Hartwell and Amber Wing anchoring the side.
OXFORD LEAGUE RESULTS.
Women – Div 1: North Abingdon 6, Evenlode A 0. Div 2: Windrush B 2, Oxford University 4; Leys B 1, Windrush B 5. Div 3: Harwell 6, Oxford 0.
Men’s – Div 1: Headington A 6, North Abingdon A 3; Headington A 4, Gosford Hill A 5; North Abingdon A 7, Evenlode A 2; Windrush A 9, Evenlode A 0. Div 2: Headington B 4, Evenlode B 5; Evenlode B 0, Windrush B 9. Div 3: Windrush C 1, Park B 8. Div 4: Bicester 4, Gosford Hill B 5; Gosford Hill B 3, Oxford Brookes 6; Oxford Brookes 7, Leys B 2.
Mixed – Div 1: Windrush A 7, Park A 2; Abingdon A 6, Windrush A 3. Div 4: Harwell 4, Evenlode C 5.
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