Holders Fieldside A, from the Premier & Division 1 battled their way to a 5-1 win at Eynsham D in the first round of the Buildbase Cup.

With Fieldside required to give a 40-point start per frame to the Division 4 side, the match was tight all the way, with four frames decided on the black ball.

Roy Gascoyne and Mick Bennett shared the opening frames, Bennett taking the first 58-55 and Gascoyne the second 81-73.

Jimmy Ewers then pipped Joe Leech 69-43, 76-67 to give Fieldside a 3-1 advantage.

Karl Walker sealed the match in the fifth frame 88-83 against Syd Patterson.

And he completed the match with a 119-77 win in the final frame.

Sixteeen-year-old Callum Vignall, who is in his maiden season, held his nerve to defeat experienced campaigner Bob Thiele 69-44, 68-58.

That set up Ashton A up for a 4-0 victory against Eynsham A.

Peter Fenn won the other two frames for Ashton, getting the better of Lawrence Parsons 61-18, 68-35.

RESULTS CHECK Buildbase Cup 1st round: Ashton A 4, Eynsham A 0; Cowley Workers A 4, Littlemore RBL A 2; Eynsham B 1, Green Road A 5; Eynsham D 1, Fieldside A 5; House Club A 4, Oxford Bowls Club B 0; New Club A 5, Headington RBL B 1; Oxford Bowls Club A 4, Oracle A 2; Riley A (Stone) 6, House Club B 0; Riley C 1, Thame A 5; Riley E 4, Cowley Con B 2; Headington RBL A v Oxford Union w/o, Riley G v Riley F w/o.

Highest breaks: J Stone (Riley A) 58, A Ali (Riley E) 39, C Stone (Riley A) 36, D Howard (Thame A) 27.

OXFORD & DISTRICT BILLIARDS LEAGUE RESULTS Stephen Reiss Cup 1st round: CCC A 4, New Club 1; Oracle A 5, CCC B 0; Oracle B 4, Thame 1; Fieldside 1, Eynsham 4.