Oxfordshire's Steven Sheard and Pete Phillips are British Pairs champions.

After beating Northants duo Simon & Ian Coleman in the quarter-finals, they faced Oxon duo Phil Collins and Leon Beer in a four-legged semi-final in Bournemouth.

With the match tied at 1-1, Sheard played out the table with a brilliant break of 21,000 – which proved the turning point of the game.

In the final, Sheard and Phillips faced more opponents from Oxfordshire – Witney’s John Bamsey and Tony Willis.

Phillips again opened well, racking-up a break of 13,000.

And Sheard moved them to the brink with a 9,000 break in the second game as they stormed 2-0 ahead.

Although Bamsey’s 9,000 break in frame three did reduce the deficit, the Witney duo needed a big victory in the final game to pull off a shock – but they fell short.

Holders Keith Sheard and Mark Trafford fell at the quarter-final stage, losing to Willis & Bamsey.

Tonight’s MATCHES Team Knockout: Masons B v Didcot Con Club (Comrades), Kennington v Comrades (Vikings), Gladiators B v Marlborough (Masons).

Scotlands Ash Cup: Masons B v Vikings (Headington CC), Democrats v Kennington (Gladiators), Vikings B v Headington Con Club (Democrats), Comrades v Dolphin (Marlborough).

Never Won Cup: B Parsons v D Gordon (Vikings) Pairs: M Murphy & M Wood v K Gardner & B Pincombe (Democrats).

3’s: I Moss, A Oliver & A Lacey v A Lowe, D Rose & L Stratford.

League game – Section 2: Dolphin v Vikings.