WITNEY finished fifth in South West 1 East after a commanding 59-19 win over bottom side Bletchley.
Scrum half George Lewis scored a hat-trick of tries.
Kevin Turnbull jinked over for a converted try to put the visitors ahead, but Lewis replied for Witney. Henry Lamb added the extras.
Carl Strutt outstripped the defence to score Witney’s second. Lamb converted.
Bletchley replied when Tim Hannell drove over, but Witney led 21-12 after a brilliant solo run from Lewis.
Lamb slotted the kick.
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Bletchley started the second half the brighter and Hannell dived over for his second try.
Dean Williams converted.
However, Witney stormed to 33-19 ahead with Matt Clarke’s converted score and James Monks’ touch down.
Charlie Bennett, Monks, Lewis and Rich Haire all went over. Lamb converted three of the scores.
Grove suffered a 19-17 defeat to Swindon as they finished tenth.
Craig Burrows’s side let slip a 17-5 lead, while Alex Morgan missed a late penalty.
Grove trailed 5-3 at the break, with Morgan kicking the south Oxfordshire club’s first-half points.
Joe Chilvers and Danny Ferguson went over for converted scores, but Swindon came back with two tries in the last ten minutes.
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