LINDEN Homes Winchester men relied on club coach Ashley Read to snatch the fifth and deciding tie to gain a narrow win against Abshot.
The two Hampshire League sides were well matched down through the order of players, Winchester's Tim Vail winning with ease while Pollard levelled for Abshot against Gary Harris.
Jason Vigiers put Abshot ahead before Matthew Fernandez convincingly beat Freemantle to keep the match on a knife edge.
Read took the initiative, winning the first set whilst Reader came back to level at one a piece.
Read then stepped up a gear and could not be contained winning the match and the extra points for Winchester.
Match scores: Linden Homes Winchester vs Abshot, T Vail bt S Evans 3-0, G Harris lost to T Pollard 1-3, I Cleland lost to J Vigiers 1-2, M Fernandez bt R Freemantle 3-0, A Read bt P Reader 3-1.
l Lindesay Arkwright Winchester Ladies were on target with another impressive Hampshire League win against Cannons.
A full strength Winchester side was always going to be too strong for the Portsmouth team and the formbook ran true as Winchester won all five matches without dropping a game.
Match scores: Lindsay Arkwright Winchester vs Cannons Portsmouth, Flavia Roberts bt Bev Thompson 3-0, Sharon Cullimane bt Deb Sands 3-0, Becky Waddington bt Kim Bagnell 3-0, Jo Kingswell bt Jo Stanley Jones 3-0, Nikki Fisher bt Carol English 3-0.
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