Headington A took advantage of Banbury Central’s rest week to go top of Division 1 in the Oxford & District Bowls League, sponsored by Yarnton Nurseries.

They secured a 5-1 away win at struggling Shiplake, Dave Hall’s four scoring the only point for the home team.

West Witney’s Mike Hitchcox scored the biggest win of the day against Carterton in the west Oxfordshire derby.

His score secured the victory and three points as Carterton won on the other three rinks.

Bicester go third after Kevin Taylor’s four hit back from 15-1 down to help secure victory over City & County A.

Bottom club Blackbird Leys upset the odds by beating Banbury Chestnuts away which means South Oxford stay top of Division 2.

Another win for Witney Mills sees them stay top in Division 3. They beat Banbury Central B who drop to fourth.

Kidlington go clear in second place with a whitewash of Chipping Norton.

In Division 4, OUP secured their first win of the season, despite being a man down away at Chadlington.

With Headington B resting, Witney Town move top with a home win over West Oxford.

Results Division 1 Bicester 83 (41/2), City & County A 73 (11/2) (Bicester skips first): A Hall 23, P Comley 15; K Taylor 20, A Ley 26; M Workman 23, C Earl 15; J King 17, M Petersen 17 Carterton 70 (3), West Witney 71 (3) (Carterton skips first): D Clanfield 9, M Hitchcox 30; P Maisey 23, T Prew 13; P Sharman 16, K Alder 11; G Walker 22, H Williams 17 Shiplake 75 (1), Headington A 92 (5) (Shiplake skips first): B Lambourne 16, C Nicoll 30; T Beaumont 14, H Watts 20; B Evans 16, P Mabbutt 24; D Hall 29, M Charlett 18 Division 2 Banbury Chestnuts 65 (1), Blackbird Leys 96 (5) (Banbury skips first): A Northcote 17, H Payne 18; B Neal 17, G Roper 30; D Bryant 21, R Brain 20; D Munslow 10, S O’Keefe 28 City & County B 80 (4), Cotswold 76 (2) (City skips first): B Slatter 19, S Cooper 13; N Satchell 16, M Brain 17; M Charlett 23, M East 26; O Sharif 22, T Cox 20 Woodstock 80 (5), Thame 62 (1) (Woodstock skips first): A Tozer 23, G Lazaruk 14; W Major 25, R Slater 13; R Collett 14, M Dale 20; G Owen 18, J Timms 15.

Division 3 Charlbury 62 (1/2), Rover 93 (51/2) (Charlbury skips first): J Stevens 18, A Peters 18; D Dix 11, R Adams 29; C I Skidmore 16, K Hall 28; C R Skidmore 17, M Bracewell 18 Chipping Norton 70 (0), Kidlington 90 (6) (Chipping Norton skips first): P Rathbone 20, D Snell 27; A Martin 15, P McGrath 25; J Benfield 19, J Hardie 20; D Barnes 16, J O’Shea 18 Watlington 77 (4), Bloxham 68 (2) (Watlington skips first): R Gilkes 22, A Round 14; S Gilkes 22, J Lucas 12; C Evans 15, J Crawley 21; M Saunders 18, J Hay 21 Witney Mills 84 (41/2) Banbury Central B 71 (11/2) (Witney Mills skips first): R Barnett 18, B Collins 19; J Mott 23, B Joiner 23; K Dunsby 23, R Cox 19; A Auger 20, R Havard 10 Division 4 Chadlington 70 (2), OUP 72.5 (4) (Chadlington skips first): C Smart 23, P Tweddle 16.5; R Arthur 20, J Taylor 19; P Radbone 15, P Cornish 21; A Hobbs 12, J Butler 16 Hanborough 90 (5) Florence Park 77 (1) (Hanborough skips first): M Oliver 23, M Ford 15; C Oliver 20 T Thomas 26; G Thompson 22, J Simmons 12; G Busby 25, I Gray 24 Witney Town 84 (4), West Oxford 76 (2) (Witney skips first): M Jones 27, F Buck 10; B Bloomfield 12, M Alderson 21; V Comley 22, G Cooper 19; F Dawson 23, P Moffat 26.