Defending ladies champions Nuffield Bar kept up their hopes of retaining their ODDA Premier Division title for the sixth season in a row with a hard-fought 5-4 victory against Butchers Arms.

They got off to a bad start, with Maggie Dexter-Naylor and Greta Britnell putting the hosts into a 2-0 lead.

Nuffield hit back to level at 2-2, thanks to wins for Kim Ledbury and Cindy Chalmers.

Sam Merrifield restored Butchers’ lead when she beat Hazel Prowton, only for Pat Newman to level when she got the better of Sue Poyser.

Nuffield’s fightback was completed when they won the pairs 2-1.

Premier Section leaders Florence Park Community Centre A thrashed their clubmates Florence Park B 8-1.

The A team took all singles games courtesy of wins from Natalie Greed-Roberts, Angie Pointin, Clare Bywaters and Carol Harwood, Jo Gleed, and Tina Hamilton.

The B team got their only point in the pairs when Lin Mason and Jackie Merritt beat Greed-Roberts and Gleed.

B team’s star player was Shannon Neal, who rattled off a maximum 180 in her defeat by the unbeaten Clare Bywaters in the singles.

Blackbird Bar were crowned Section 1 champions after a stunning 9-0 win against basement team Quarry Gate C, with wins from Chris Thompson, Lorraine Singleton, Shaz Thompson, Sue Smith, Angie Turner and Sue Simms.

East Oxford Conservative Club took a giant step towards the Section 2 championship with a hard fought 6-3 victory against the visiting Gladiators Social Club A.

The result puts them five points clear of second placed Berinsfield Community Centre who fought back from 3-1 down to secure a 5-4 victory against South Oxford Social Club.

The battle for the Section 3 crown looks like going to the wire.

Leaders Nuffield Lounge A defeated Nuffield Lounge B 6-3 to move seven points clear at the top, though they have played more games than their main title rivals.

Quarry Gate B are the Section 4 champions despite slipping to a 5-4 defeat away to Gladiators Social Club B.

l Entries for the ODDA Summer League have to be submitted by the end of the month.

Teams who need forms should contact Jim Baxendale on 01865 430054.

Premier & Section 1: Butchers Arms 6, College Oak 3; Shears Inn 3, Marston RBL 6; The Angel 7, Littlemore RBL 2. Section 2: Marsh Harrier A 1, Rose Hill CC A 8; Steventon SC 8, Cricketers A 1; Rileys Club A 5, Cowley Wkrs SC 4; Follybridge Inn 3, Chequers Inn 6. Section 3: Masons Arms A 4, George Bar 5; Catherine Wheel C 2, Green Rd SC 7; Three Horseshoes 6, Nuffield Lounge 3; Rileys SC B 3, Prince Of Wales 6. Section 4: Nuffield Bar 3, Blackbird Bar A 6. Section 6: Democrats Club 2, East Oxford CC 7; Vikings SC 7, Catherine Wheel 2; Cricketers Arms B 4, Quarry Gate B 5. Section 7: Marston RBL 5, Red Lion 4; Queens Head 7, Masons Arms D 2. Section 9: Priory Inn 7, Red Lion 2; Shelley Arms 6, Chequers Inn C 3; Black Swan 3, White House A 6. Section 10: Catherine Wheel B 6, Marsh Harrier B 3; Blackbird Bar 6, Black Horse 3. Ladies Premier & Section 1: Blackbird Bar 9, Quarry Gate C 0; Butchers Inn 4, Nuffield Arms 5; Florence Park B 1, Florence Park A 8; Vikings SC A 4, Berinsfield C/C 5; Grove House 7, Donnington CC 2. Section 2: East Oxford CC 6, Gladiators S/C A 3; Berinsfield C/C A 5, Sth Oxford SC 4; Follybridge Inn A 3, Crown House 6. Section 3: Donnington CC B 4, Littlemore RBL A 5; Nuffield Arms B 3, Nuffield Arms A 6; Three Horseshoes 5, A1 Pool Club 4. Section 4: Marston RBL 5, Fairview Inn 4; Littlemore RBL 4, Catherine Wheel D 5; Gladiators SC B 5, Quarry Gate B 4. Section 5: Cherwell Club 1, Democrats Club 8; Six Bells B 4, Red Lion 5. Section 6: Golden Ball A 2, Six Bells A 7; Cowley CC C 4, Rose Hill CC 5. Section 7: Cowley CC A 5, Masons Arms 4; JR Hospital SC B 5, Follybridge Inn B 4; Catherine Wheel A 5, Crown Inn 4. Section 8: Corner House 5, J.R Hospital S/C A 4; Quarry Gate A 5, Headington CC 4; White House 6, Vikings SC B 3. This week’s 180s J Cole (George Bar) 3; D Lucas (Steventon SC) 2; P Oakley (Cowley Workers SC) 2; M Moss (Nuffield Lounge) 2; S Neal (Florence Park Ladies CC B); A Buckingham (George Bar); C Webb (Masons Arms A); A Barrett (Rileys SC A); S Smith (Steventon SC); J Lucas (Steventon SC); P Hall (Marston RBL C); R Anderson (Marston RBL C); S Dutton (Marston RBL C); R Haines (Marston RBL C); A Cookson (Butchers Arms); M Kearns (Butchers Arms); M Bull (Butchers Arms); I Moss (Butchers Arms); L Radford (College Oak); P Champ (College Oak); S Couling (Three Horseshoes); R Wilson (Prince Of Wales); C Hinton (Rileys SC B); M Burns (Green Rd SC); K Masterson (Vikings SC). 100 plus finishes M Andrews (Cricketers Arms) 125, R Mortimer (Red Lion) 116; J Harding (Cricketers Arms A) 116; S Couling (Three Horseshoes) 114; M Wheeler (Rileys SC B) 114; S Gaisford (Prince Of Wales) 112; J Oram (George Bar) 112; P Cook (Cowley Workers) 110; S Davies (Catherine Wheel B) 110; C Chorley (Berinsfield Ladies CC B) 107; S Cooper (Green Rd SC) 104; G Webb (Masons Arms A) 104; M Kearns, (Butchers Arms) 101; C Cantwell (Follybridge Inn) 100; D Cooper (Green Rd SC) 100; M Stocker (Green Rd SC) 100.