DEFENDING champions Frilford Heath moved top of Section 1 in the Core Golf UK Oxfordshire Foursomes League.

The hosts were too strong for Ellesborough, with only one match making it past the 15th hole.

Ashley Walton and Lee White held firm to win by one hole.

The Oxfordshire moved top of Section 2 with a 3-0 win at Buckingham, who began the day as leaders.

Carswell remain at the foot of the table, but cut the gap to those above them with a 2-1 success at Feldon Valley.

Elsewhere, John Thorne became the latest member at North Oxford to celebrate a hole-in-one.

He aced the 133-yard 11th hole while playing in the club’s midweek stableford.

CLUB RESULTS

CORE GOLF UK OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE

Section 1

Frilford Heath 3 (4pts), Ellesborough 0 (0) (Frilford scores first): M Green & H Richardson bt S Williams & S King 5 & 3, R Morbey & J Burns bt M Stark & M Armitage 5 & 4, A Walton & L White bt L Richardson & P Cuthbert 1 hole.

Section 2

Buckingham 0 (0), The Oxfordshire 3 (4) (Buckingham scores first): S Clarke & G Stirrat lost to P Green & D O’Rourke 1 hole, G Davidson & C Robb lost to A Stubbs & S Warren 6 & 4, D Thompson & B Howell lost to S Kyle & N Lucas 1 hole.

Feldon Valley 1 (1), Carswell 2 (3) (Feldon Valley scores first): A Bailey & R Holmes lost to D Hoskin & D Saunders 3 & 2, O Wildsmith & S Smith lost to M Harris & J Peevers 5 & 4, R Browne & G Parish bt A Morton & D Morton 2 & 1.

NORTH OXFORD

Winter Challenge rd 1: 1 G Henwood & N McWilliams 47pts, 2 B Tobin & A Davies 45 (cb), 3 P Barrow & M Wharton 45.

Midweek stableford: 1 D Wynne-Jones 42pts, 2 D Dobson 40, 3 C Varney 39.

OXFORD CITY

Seniors 70+ stableford: 1= M Lewis & M Pearce 31pts, 3 D Titcombe 29.

Thistle Cup: 1 I Potter 37pts (cb), 2 S Tabor 37, 3= P Bradbury & M Gorman 36.