Oxfordshire tasted defeat for the first time this season in the Inter-Counties Youth League when they went down 15-3 to Kent at Tonbridge.

The under 18s lost 7-2, their wins coming from Mark Burns and man-of-the-match Stephen Wright.

Oxon under 21 ladies, with four 3-0 wins behind them, crashed 3-0, while the men were beaten 4-1, with Shane Cooper their only winner.

Meanwhile, Oxon’s Dean Lockyer lost in the first round of the pdc World Under 21 Championships.