Oxfordshire Ladies’ outside chances of progressing in the John’s Trophy were dashed with a 120-115 defeat by Berkshire at Thatcham.

Oxon won three rinks, skipped by Brenda Havard, Jeanette Berry and Carol Gaskins, but Berkshire’s overall supremacy saw them top South Group Section A.

Oxon finished third.

Berkshire 120 (16pts), Oxfordshire 115 (6) (Berks skips first): L Holliday 19, P Ostler 15; W Smart 18, B Havard 22; H Simpson 24, W Cross 18; J Porter 22, D Knight 14; N Holder 18, J Berry 22; B Wall 19, C Gaskins 24.