CAROLE Galletly (Banbury Central BC) won the Oxfordshire Ladies’ Champion of Champions title with a 21-10 win over Carol Gaskins (Oxford C&C) in the final at South Oxford.
In two one-sided semi-finals, Galletly beat Emma Gilkes (Watlington) 21-5, while Gaskins saw off Caroline Bloomfield (Witney Town) 21-7.
l A DOMINANT display by the rink skipped by Brian Bloomfield helped Oxfordshire’s men to victory in their annual match against Oxon's ladies at Oxford City & County,
Bloomfield’s rink won by 16 shots as the men recorded a 121-107 victory.
Oxfordshire Men 121, Oxfordshire Ladies 107 (Oxon men’s rink scores): S Tolhurst, M Jones, J McGeaough & G Hooker lost 25-12; B Willoughby, J Smith, J Timms & M Morris drew 14-14; J Woodward, D Wright, A Wase & I Whelpton lost 21-13; J Wells, B Squires, N Satchell & B Bloomfield won 31-15; M Cameron, J Stephens, P Demczak & M Brain won 23-17; F Benham, A Fleming, D Bullock & M Andrew won 28-15.
Oxfordshire won on five rinks and drew the other as they defeated Worcestershire 128-101 in a friendly at Chipping Norton.
It looked like being a clean sweep for Oxon, but skip Melvin Brain’s team dropped shots at the last two ends to give Worcestershire a drawn rink.
Oxfordshire 128 Worcestershire 101 (Oxon rink scores): M Cameron, T Backer-Holst, J McGeough & M Brain drew 17-17; C Lewis, A Fleming, J Timms & J Benfield won 25-14; M Jones, M Oliver, A Wase & I Whelpton won 25-19; S Tolhurst, P Strange, R Barnett & C Waller won 23-17; P Demczak, A Smith, K Williams & A Ley won 20-17; C Thorne, N Satchell, C Haley & B Bloomfield won 18-17.
l ABINGDON BC members June Douglas, Elizabeth Sims and Rowena Twinn became the first all-ladies team to win the South Oxford Tuesday Triples League.
Playing as the Owls, the trio went into the play-offs against the other league winners, but lost by just one shot to the all-man Lakesiders team in the semi-finals.
The Lakesiders will face the Rockets in the final at South Oxford next Wednesday.
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