Oxfordshire finished second in the first Ladies Senior Inter-County weekend of the season at Abingdon.

Dealt a blow before the start when Rachel Donald fell ill with food poisoning, Oxon lost 3-0 to eventual winners Suffolk in the opening match.

However, 3-2 wins over Cambridgeshire and Middlesex saw them finish as runners-up.

Oxon squad: K Lancaster, K Scott, J Peachey, A Guerzoni, H Knowles, E Carr.

Standings: 1 Suffolk 50pts, 2 Oxfordshire 39, 3 Middlesex 31, 4 Cambridgeshire 22.

Oxford Health & Racquets jumped to second place in Division 1 of the Premier League after a 3-2 victory over MB Nottingham.

Madeline Perry was the match-winner, beating Emma Beddoes 11-5, 11-6, 11-6 in the deciding game to clinch victory.

Cameron Piley and Borja Golan had put Oxford 2-0 ahead.

But they needed Perry to earn the win after Scott Handley and Kristen Johnson had been beaten in their matches.

Oxford Health & Racquets 3, MB Nottingham 2 (Oxford scores first): C Pilley bt A Clyne 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-6; B Golan bt E Charlton 11-6, 15-13, 11-4; S Handley lost to L Walters 11-7, 4-11, 10-12, 11-9, 10-12; K Johnson lost to M Fuller 6-11, 11-8, 10-12, 11-7, 6-11; M Perry bt E Beddoes 11-5, 11-6, 11-6.