Oxfordshire will be without Pete Hall and Stuart Dutton when they open a new season in Division 1 of the British Darts Organisation Inter-Counties Championship away to Surrey this weekend.

Hall is taking a year out from the game, while Dutton has joined Bedfordshire.

They will be missing from the clash at The Royal British Legion, Epsom, with Saturday's and Sunday's games due to start at midday.

However, Oxon have been boosted by the signing of Kevin McDine, who has played for Cambridgeshire in the Premier Division.

And Kevin Middleton returns to the side after taking a break from county darts.

He features in the Oxon Men's B team.

Oxon have also recruited Rebecca Rose, who like McDine has seen Premier Division action with Cambridgeshire.

She goes straight into the ladies' A team.

Oxon are chasing a fourth successive promotion after winning Division 4, and then Division 3 before finishing runners-up in Division 2 last season.

OXON LINE-UPS Men's A: R Anderson (Three Tuns Kings Sutton), N Cobb, R Haines (Lucky House Chinese Takeaway), J Jukes (The Mole and Chicken), A Larner, T Leone, K McDine, P Rouse, B Stratford (The Potato Pubs and A1 Inflatables), A Syphas, W Topley, O Varney (Studio 133 and Wah Hong Chinese Takeaway).

Men's B: P Addison (Bicester Beers & Minerals), P Champ, P Cohen, P Farnes, P Freeman, J Fowler (Heyford Leys Camping), K Middleton, P Newman, G Price, L Radford, K Wilkins (Perimeter Fencing), K Young.

Ladies' A: L Carroll (Handy Stores), S Cox, L Jones (Handy Stores), J Newman, D Pape (Studio 133), B Rose.

Ladies' B: C Birch (Roof Doctor), N Curzan (SB Enterprises Ltd), P Guy (JPJ Supplies Ltd), H Prowton (Spar Eynsham), I Richardson (Café Le Raj and Masons Arms), K Williams.

Men's reserves: K Bedding (KR Clark Cove & Cornice), P Cross (Berinsfield Social Club), D Essex (Brackley Glass & Windows Ltd), S Foster, G Manning (Sandvik Coromant), M Stocker, M Wright.

Ladies' reserves: C Birch, S Castle, I Doyle, B Manning, P Moyo, S Rose.

Oxfordshire committee - president: Brian Berry; chairman: Jim Jukes; general secretary: Steve Babu; treasurer: Jo Gleed; team managers, men's A: Nick Cobb; men's B: Phil Addison; ladies' A & B: Jim Jukes; IT manager: Cath Birch; PR officer: Graham Manning; minutes secretary: Rose Robinson, fundraising committee: Kevin Barefoot, Helga Phillips; accommodation and travel manager: Phil Addison; stage manager: Peter Rouse.