Ben Coomber and Dave Tuck led Oxford Sports to a 7-1 victory at Thame in the Thames Valley Winter League’s Men’s Premier Division.
But it proved tight, with Coomber and Tuck beating opposing first pair Joel Morris and Nigel King 7-6, 7-6. Virgin Active defeated North Oxford by the same score, with Rob Loosemore and county junior Tom Dyakowski winning all four sets.
In Ladies’ Division 1, Cholsey saw off local rivals Blewbury 5-3, with Charlotte Turner and Pauline Loilier winning 6-2, 6-1 against Carol Smythe and Ali Cheeseman in the crucial second rubber.
THAMES VALLEY WINTER LEAGUE RESULTS
Men
Premier Div: Bicester 6, David Lloyd 2; Thame 1, Oxford Sports 7; Norham Gardens 6, Portcullis 2.
Div 2: Goring 0 (w/o), Banbury B 8.
Div 3: Oxford City C 8, Bicester C 0.
Div 4: Long Crendon 0 (w/o), Portcullis B 8; Banbury West End B 1, Mapledurham 7.
Div 5: Shiplake B 3, Witney D 5; Henley 4, North Oxford E 4; Norham Gardens B 3, Kings Sutton 5; Faringdon B 5, Wantage D 3; David Lloyd D 8, Witney E 0; Abingdon D 2, Appleton B 6.
Div 6: Watlington 3, Woodstock C 5.
Div 7: Kingston Bagpuize B 6, Mapledurham B 2; Long Crendon B 8, Bledlow Ridge 0; Appleton C 5, Bicester E 3.
Ladies
Div 1: Blewbury 3, Cholsey 5.
Div 2: North Oxford C 2, Witney 6; Portcullis B 1, Woodstock B 7; Faringdon 7, Kings Sutton 1; Goring 5, Bicester 3; Goring B 4, North Oxford B 4.
Div 3: Wantage C 4, Shiplake 4; Deddington 4, Wychwoods 4; Shiplake B 2, Faringdon B 6; Henley 4, Watlington 4; David Lloyd 4, Chinnor 4.
Div 4: Princes Risborough 3, Oxford Sports 5.
Div 5: Southfield 0, North Oxford D 8.
Div 6: Woodstock D 2, Norham Gardens 6; Kingston Bagpuize C 5, Bicester C 3; Colston 1, Blewbury C 7.
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