KATHY Hawes captured her 14th Oxfordshire ladies’ singles crown with a 21-14 success over Oxford City & County clubmate Donna Knight in the final.

Hawes raced to a 11-0 lead, but a change of jack length saw Knight pick up eight shots.

Four shots at one end put Hawes back in charge and she eased to another title.

In another all Oxford City & County final, Myra Lewis came from 11-5 down to beat Jeanette Berry.

Banbury Central’s Pam Shepherd, Carole Galletly and Caroline Campion captured the triples title, with a nailbiting 14-13 win over Banbury Borough’s Margaret Morris, Maureen Osbourne and Angie Ives.

Galletly and Campion retained their pairs title, with a 25-17 success over Shepherd and Annie Gilkes.

Banbury Borough eventually claimed a title when Morris, Osbourne, Ives and Carole Walker won 21-11 against Karen Galloway, Margaret Stacey, Carol Gaskins and Carol Penson (Oxford City & County) in the fours final.

OXFORDSHIRE’S men shared rink victories with Sussex in their Home Counties League match at Thame, but still lost 134-122.

Barry Lambourne’s rink had Oxon’s biggest success by 12 shots, although they had led by 21 at one stage.

Jason King battled hard to win by five, while the hosts’ other win came from skip Kevin Alder’s team, who edged home by three.

The rinks of Will Parker and Melvin Brain both went down by 13 shots, while a run of eight losing ends sealed the fate of Joe Abercrombie’s four.

Oxfordshire 122 (6pts) Sussex 134 (16) (Oxon rink scores): D Leighfield, R Slater, P Latter & J Abercrombie lost 24-18; C Lewis, H Payne, S Jones & B Lambourne won 30-18; O Bennett, B Squires, B Bloomfield & W Parker lost 27-14; R Green, N Galletly, G Hooker & K Alder won 22-19; B Ray, T Gripe, P Demczak & M Brain lost 30-17; T Prew, H Alder, A Wase & J King won 21-16.

FRIENDLY RESULTS

Wiltshire 112, Oxfordshire 120 (Wroughton – Oxon rink scores): C Thame, J Hurley, M Morris & A Hall lost 21-14; A Hunt, P Strange, J McGough & B Bloomfield won 22-17; S Tolhurst, N Satchell, R Bull & J Lucas lost 22-15; M Cameron, M Oliver, T Jupp & P Latter drew 26-26; B Jarvie, J Hicks, D Bullock & M Petersen won 20-14; D Latter, C Haley, K Williams & R Barnett won 23-12.

Oxfordshire 118, Isle of Wight 121 (Three Mile Cross, Reading – Oxon rinks scores): S Tolhurst, A Fleming, J Benfield & I Whelpton lost 26-13; D Latter, N Satchell, J McGeough & J Lucas won 26-21; A Carter, B Ealey, B Bloomfield & P Latter won 20-17; P Demczak, B Jarvie, A Hall & G Hooker won 22-11; M Cameron, G Weedon, D Bullock & M Andrew lost 26-15; B Willoughby, J Stephens, T Gripe & M Morris won 22-20.