STUDLEY Wood boosted their survival hopes in Shaw & Co Oxfordshire Foursomes League Section 1 with a 2.5-0.5 victory over holders Oxford City.

The third match saw Simon Bulman and Adam Corless come from three down with four to play to gain a half with John Summers and Will Peddie.

They finished par, eagle, birdie.

RESULTS

Section 1 Ellesborough 0.5 (0.5pts), Chipping Norton 2.5 (3.5) (Ellesborough first): M Armitage & J Mortimer halved with M Stanton & D Hicks, J Turner & S Invest lost to S Kench & S Allen 2 & 1, D Eldridge & R Wilkinson lost to A Johnson & T Reynolds 1 down.

Studley Wood 2.5 (3.5), Oxford City 0.5 (0.5) (Studley Wood first): C Drew & N Mortimore bt J Payne & M Hall 3 & 1, S Jenkins & A Sutton bt L Wood & L Holder 5 & 3, S Bulman & A Corless halved with J Summers & W Peddie.

Section 3 The Wychwood 2 (3), Hazlemere 1 (1) (The Wychwood first): N Smith & A Thomas bt R Harvey & C Matthias 3 & 2, W Hartwell & J Marks lost to N Joy + C Tackley 2 down, S Dalgarno & P Chisnell bt D Balfour & T Harwood 4 & 2.

Kirtlington 2 (3), Bicester 1 (1) (Kirtlington first): N Marsh & P Slade bt S Hickman & R King 2 & 1, J Bason & L Kennedy bt T Horn & R Upton 5 & 4, D Thomas & R Kennedy lost to P Hickman & P Davis 1 down.

Section 4 Shrivenham Park 3 (4), Carswell 0 (0) (Shrivenham Park first): P Godding & I Penfold bt R Smith & D Naylor 2 up, T Chester & M Pook bt A Thomas & R Rawle 3 & 1, T White & D John bt R Hewer & D Clarke 7 & 6.

*THE first round of European Tour qualifying has been taking place at The Oxfordshire this week.

*HINKSEY Heights hosts the latest round of the Jamega Tour next week with the competition shifting to Magnolia Park seven days later.