WITNEY impressed in beating Swindon 41-12 away from home in South West 1 East.
The west Oxon side took a 24-0 lead inside half-an-hour, thanks to Matt Clarke and Charlie Dyde scores, as well as a penalty try.
Henry Lamb converted all three and kicked a penalty.
Swindon hit back, though, with Richard White and Josh Haynes going over the try line.
But Witney made it 27-12 at the break, thanks to a Lamb penalty.
The hosts could not make their pressure count in the second half.
Instead, Witney wrapped up victory with late tries from Lewis Collins and George Lewis, Lamb converting the first.
In the BB&O Championship, second-placed Chipping Norton resisted a late Harwell challenge to win 33-28 away.
Tries from Lee Lewis and Andy Lee, with a conversion and a penalty from Mike Phillips, gave the hosts a 15-14 half-time lead.
Chippy replied to Andy Blease’s try after the break, before Kev Wood’s score put Harwell 25-19 ahead.
Two converted tries put the visitors in front, but Harwell responded through a Phillips penalty.
LATEST TABLES
South West 1 East
P W D L F A Pts
Old Patesians 10 9 0 1 279 145 42
Maidenhead 10 8 0 2 328 192 41
Newbury Blues 10 7 1 2 292 159 38
Wootton Bassett 10 7 0 3 262 146 33
Old Centralians 10 5 1 4 255 226 27
Witney 10 5 0 5 208 171 26
Grove 9 5 0 4 200 216 26
Reading Abbey 10 5 0 5 161 190 23
Banbury 10 4 0 6 205 250 21
Swindon 10 4 0 6 175 223 18
Ox Harlequins 9 3 0 6 118 224 14
Chippenham 10 2 0 8 187 309 14
Windsor 10 2 0 8 181 304 13
Reading 10 2 0 8 129 225 12
Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship
Littlemore 7 7 0 0 231 62 34
C Norton 7 5 0 2 142 87 25
Wheatley 7 6 0 1 222 32 23
Shire Hall 7 4 0 3 109 137 18
Harwell 7 2 0 5 132 179 13
Faringdon 7 2 0 5 85 194 10
Aldermaston 7 1 0 6 74 162 7
Farnham Royal 8 1 0 7 65 233 0
*Oxford 7 4 0 3 163 137 -1
*points deducted
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