Oxfordshire are boosted by the return of Deta Hedman for their Inter-Counties Championship Division 1 match away to Cleveland this weekend.

Hedman, who missed last month’s defeat by Glamorgan, is joined in the Ladies’ A team by Laura Ross, while Sue Burns comes back into the Ladies’ B side.

Kevin Lowe moves up to the Men’s A, with Antony Barrett, Mark Burns and Simon Key and Jon Mulley returning to the men’s B.

The match will be played at Thornaby Sports and Leisure Club (TS17 9JP), starting at noon on Saturday and 11am on Sunday.

OXON TEAMS

Ladies A: C Bywaters, S Cox, D Hedman, K Ledbury, L Ross, C Smith.

Men’s A: N Cobb, P Hall, S Holley, J Jukes, P Kearns, P Krabben, A Larner, J Russell, P Smith, A Thomas, K Lowe, K Wilkins.

Ladies’ B: Cath Birch, K Blackman, C Burns, E Everett, A Godfrey, H Prowton.

Men’s B: A Barrett, A Bowman, M Burns, G Grant, S Key, E Lilly, J Mulley, J Palmer, L Russell, N Russell, A Stevens, G West.

The under 18s went down 8-1 to some stunning darts from Essex, who had averages of 35.79 and 32.32, while Oxon girls lost 2-1.

Oxon under 21s maintained their unbeaten record with a 3-1 win, thanks to Rob Adnams, who had seven ton-plus scores and an average of 21.93.