OXFORDSHIRE secured their future in the BDO Inter-Counties Championship Premier Division, despite a 24-12 defeat away to Glamorgan.

A Devon victory would have put pressure on Oxon. However, a 26-13 loss to Essex guaranteed Oxfordshire stayed up.

The Ladies B team lost the opener 4-2, Shirley Castle and lady-of-the-match Kim Ledbury winning for Oxon.

Poor finishing saw the men’s B team crash to an 11-1 defeat. Eamonn Lilly Oxon’s winner.

Fiona Carmichael got Ladies A off to a winning start, but they lost the next three, before Deta Hedman added a point.

After losing their first two games, Ade Larner’s stopped the rot for Men’s A.

They then lost the next, before 16-year-old Josh McCa-rthy (27.71) got another win.

After losing two more points, wins from Damien Kidd, Nick Cobb, Jon Jukes, Pete Hall and Dennis Smith sealed a 7-5 win.