BOWLS: Title race is going down to the wire

With the last matches to be played this week, reigning champions Headington A lead Carterton by just half-a-point.

In the last round of matches, Headington are at home to Banbury Central A, while Carterton visit Kidlington.

RESULTS

Division 1

Banbury Central A 61 (1), Carterton 93 (5) (Banbury Central skips first): W Campion 12, A Prew 34; M Andrew 12, R Clanfield 23; J Tee 27, P Sharman 10; K McNeil 10, B Sparkes 26.

Oxford City & County A 97 (6), Kidlington 43 (0) (City & County skips first): A Ley 33, B Horseman 6; C Earl 25, J Hardie 8; P Comley 22, M Brain 15; M Petersen 17, C Weller 14.

Witney Mills 63 (1.5), Bicester 68 (4.5) (Witney Mills skips first): C Miles 13, A Hall 14; J Mott 16, E Sheffield 23; M East 18, E Lamb 15; A Wiggins 16, K Taylor 16.

Division 2

Banbury Chestnuts 93 (5), South Oxford A 64 (1) (Banbury Chestnuts skips first): D Bryant 22, M Keen 23; A Northcote 27, R Claridge 13; B Neal 21, K Clarke 16; D Munslow 23, H Payne 12.

Shiplake 86 (4), Banbury Central 63 (2) (Shiplake skips first): J Bland 15, R Cox 18; B Lambourne 16, B Joiner 22; B Evans 24, J Pickering 20; T Beaumont 31, B Wilkins 13.

Woodstock 83 (5), Oxford City & County B 54 (1) (Woodstock skips first): R Collett 27, T Gripe 12; G Owen 13, G Kerr 18; W Major 17, N Satchell 15; B Clarke 26, B Slatter 9.

Division 3

Thame 88 (4.5), Blackbird Leys 76 (1.5) (Thame skips first): K Calcut 13, R Brain 31; R Slater 27, S O’Keefe 13; J Timms 26, D Crook 10; L Westcott 22, G Roper 22.

Watlington 98 (6), Bloxham 58 (0) (Watlington skips first): G Hooker 15, J Lucas 13; R Gilkes 27, J Crawley 18; H Franklin 31, D Morse 9; S Gilkes 25, T Gardner 18.

West Oxford 62 (0), Rover 110 (6) (West Oxford skips first): M Alderson 16, R Plested 20; F Buck 12, M Burrage 35; A Rowe 14, P Ilott 29; M Bostock 20, M Bracewell 26.

Division 4

Florence Park 82 (4), Chipping Norton 79 (2) (Florence Park skips first): J Simmonds 20, D Barnes 21; A Thomas 21, J King 18; M Mansell 26, K Field 17; I Gray 15, S Davis 23.

Hanborough 72 (4.5), Chadlington 70 (1.5) (Hanborough skips first): M Oliver 13, P Madeley 12; G Thompson 27, C Smart 14; C Haley 18, J Benfield 18; J Edwards 14, P Rathbone 26.

South Oxford B 78 (5), Oxford University Press 63 (1) (South Oxford skips first): D Walker 25, Kirby 14; V Depaauw 12, G Giles 20; P Power 21, P Cornish 11; T Hookham 20, J Stone 18.

Witney Town 86 (6), Charlbury 60 (0) (Witney Town skips first): B Bloomfield 20, D Cooper 17; B Smith 29, D Dix 17; M Jones 20, M Fraser 12; B Buckingham 17, J Stevens 14.

HEADINGTON missed out on a place in the National Top Club Championship quarter-finals at Worthing when they fell to a 3-2 defeat at Worcester in their last-16 tie.