OXFORD & District’s Katherine Hawes suffered a first-round exit in the English Indoor Association’s Ladies’ National Singles Championship.

She bowed out 21-13 to eventual runner-up Annette Hallett, from Dorchester, at Kempston IBC, Bedford.

Hawes now turns her attention to representing England in the British Isles International Series in Perth, Scotland, from Wednesday, March 17 to Friday, March 19.

  • DON Savage’s Slade side, from Buckingham, ran out easy winners over Rhys Lee’s Foxhill trio in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire triples final at Oxford & District.