6:35pm Wednesday 27th February 2013
Witney slipped closer to the South West 1 East relegation zone with a 28-19 defeat at Newbury, who boosted their own hopes of staying up.
Saturday’s result means Witney have now lost their last three games and have not recorded a victory since January 12 when they beat Marlow at Hailey Road.
The visitors were left cursing mishandling, miskicking, missed tackles and a rising penalty count as they trailed 13-0 at the break.
Fly half Henry Lamb was off-target with two penalty attempts for a sluggish Witney side.
Wing Lewis Collins grabbed the first of a try double after half-time, but Newbury were able to reply with tries of their own each time.
Lamb converted Collins’s second try to bring the score back to 18-12, but a yellow card for prop Jamie Burke did not help Witney’s cause.
Trailing 25-12 with the clock ticking down, Witney managed a penalty try, converted by Lamb, but a late Newbury penalty denied them a losing bonus point.
Wing Josh Bartlett (2), full back Tom Martin and No 8 Louis Kinsey scored New-bury’s tries, with fly half Jack Muggridge converting one and slotting two penalties.
Chipping Norton crashed to a 47-3 defeat at Swindon College Old Boys in BB&O Premier Division.
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