ABINGDON’S Jeremy Lu finished runner-up in the Badminton England Under 13 Silver Grade tournament in Harlow, Essex.

Lu beat Owen West-Bourne (Sussex) 15-10, 15-12 in his semi-final before losing 16-14, 5-15, 17-15 to William Jones (Surrey).

Edith Langford (Harwell) won bronze in the under 17 event after beating Isabel Lucas (Suffolk) 22-20.

l OXFORDSHIRE Under 15s lost 14-6 to Hampshire in the Shires League at Eynsham, but Joe Roberts (Brize Norton) beat the visitors’ star man Tom Frisby.

Oxon under 13s and under 15/17s defeated Northants 17-6 and 10½-9½ respectively in their Inter-County matches, with under 15 Jay Lu (Abingdon) unbeaten.