OXFORDSHIRE’S Kathy Hawes was unbeaten as England retained the British Isles Women’s Senior International Series in Llandrindod Wells by winning all four matches.

However, Oxon’s Donna Knight, representing England, was beaten by Ireland’s Bernie O’Neill in the singles.

  • OXFORDSHIRE have made minimal changes for the third match of their Middleton Cup campaign against Surrey at Croydon on Saturday.

After losing their first two clashes against Kent and Sussex, Oxon must win by a big margin to have any chance of qualifying from South Group B.

Four of the rinks are unaltered.

The only changes see Kevin Alder move to rink six in place of Gary May, with Steve Aldren coming in for Alder. Also on rink six, Paul Comley replaces Paul Mabbutt.

OXFORDSHIRE TEAM

Rink 1: M Nash, D Leighfield, S Cooper, R Gaskins.

Rink 2: J Bland, M Brain, N Rae-Welsh, R Buckett.

Rink 3: J Abercrombie, G Schwab, AJ Docherty, M Sykes.

Rink 4: S Witcombe, A McIntyre, J King, M Charlett.

Rink 5: K Holoway, S Aldren, C Gilkes, B Sparkes.

Rink 6: S Watts, P Comley, K Alder, P Sharman.Reserves: A Carter, T Prew.

Oxfordshire lost 115-107 to Herefordshire in their friendly at Chipping Norton.

After an absence of 20 years, Glynn Middleton (Witney Town) helped his four take the winning rink prize.

Oxfordshire 107, Herefordshire 115 (Oxon rink scores): S Tolhurst, R Redband, J McGeough & R Barnett won 24-21; M Cameron, T Backer-Holst, D Wedge & C Weller lost 21-19; B Ealey, E Dorling, A Wase & A Ley lost 24-14; R Slater, D Byers, G, Middleton & J Lucas won 18-12; C Lewis, A Smith, N Satchell & M Andrew won 19-17; P Demczak, J Timms, L Days & I Whelpton lost 20-13.