Ten-man Witney take the points
All of the goals came after the break although Ben McCready went close for Newbury in the first period while Andy Bayliss saved superbly to deny the visitors’ Conor McDonagh.
Witney stormed ahead with two goals in the space of three minutes after the interval. Mark Janes was brought down in the box for James Dobson to score from the spot and McDonagh crossed for Nick Thorne to hammer home the second.
Ray Spence latched onto a poor header to pull one back just after the hour but although Witney had Denel Thomas sent off after collecting two yellow cards in the space of five minutes, the Witney defence held firm to take the points.
Newbury are back in league action on Tuesday night when they face Wokingham and Emmbrook at Bracknell Town FC.
A goal two minutes from time from veteran Jeremy Newton denied
all three points as they were held to a 2-2 draw at New College Swindon in the Hellenic League’s Division One West.
Former Swindon Town youngster and AFC Newbury midfielder Newton struck in the 89th minute after Lambourn had cancelled out Josh Skeates’ opener with two goals from Matt Pedder.
were walloped 10-0 away to Division One East leaders Rayners Lane with Ryan Upton netting five times, Lawrence Yaku twice and Shakir Adada, Paul Leslie and Matt Williams the other goals.
scheduled friendly with Abingdon United on Saturday was called off, but they travel to Slough Town’s Beaconsfield home for a league game on Tuesday night.