MARTIN Shepherd retained his Oxfordshire indoor men’s singles title when he defeated his Chipping Norton clubmate David Leighfield 21-7 in the final on their home rink.
Leighfield, new to the Club, having moved up from Wiltshire last summer, struggled with his drawing weight against the ever-consistent Shepherd.
Although one ditched jack and one firing shot produced a late two and a three, Shepherd ended up a comfortable winner.
In the pairs final, Carterton’s Shane Cooper and Paul Sharman took control from the start against Sam Watts & Chris Earl (Oxford City & County) to win 23-9.
However, Carterton’s Bob Turley, Bob Wright & Tim Jupp lost 20-10 in the triples final Paul McLeod, Lee Wilkinson & AJ Docherty of Banbury.
There was more success for Chipping Norton in the inaugural over 60s final, where last year’s singles runner-up John Cox hit a purple patch to defeat Terry Gripe (Oxford City & County) 21-13.
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