Oxfordshire will begin their Middleton Cup campaign away to Hampshire on June 9 on the back of two wins out of two in their trials.

They followed last week's success over Gloucestershire with a nail-biting 133-131 victory against Warwickshire at Coventry.

A comprehensive 33-6 win by Greg Moon on rink two proved the difference between the sides, while Robert Mackie and Alan Ley were Oxon's other winners.

Oxon 133, Warwicks 131 (Oxon skips first): R Mackie 23, C Howes 10; G Moon 33, P Butler 6; G Lucas 12, G Ashby 24; C Whitehead 16, S Smith 21; H Watts 18, J Barrett 29; A Ley 17, S Davies 16; A Prew 14, A Smith 25.

Manager Bob Gilkes is without Baden Sparkes, who is recovering from an operation, in his team to face Hants at Atherley BC, Southampton.

Oxon: S Richens (Carterton), R Hewson (Summertown), A Wise (Carterton), R Mackie (West Oxford).

A Martin (Chipping Norton), L Campion (Banbury Central), G Lucas (Banbury Borough), G Moon (Banbury Borough).

N Wallace (Summertown), B Lambourne (Shiplake), C Whitehead (Summertown), A Ley (Summertown).

D Hall (West Witney), G Moon (Banbury Borough), R Buckett (Stuarts), A Prew, (Banbury Borough).

D Clanfield (Carterton), C Carpenter (Banbury Borough), M Charlett (Summertown), R Sampson (Summertown).

C Allen (Summertown), D Sharpe (Banbury Borough), G Allen (Summertown), H Watts (Summertown).

Reserves: C Barrett (Stuarts), P Comley (Rover), M Petersen (City and County), B Sparkes (Carterton).

In their first friendly of the season, Oxfordshire had a good win over Essex by 127-93 at Banbury Borough.

The top winning rink comprised Mervyn Gleeson (skip), Craig Nicoll, Bill Appleby, and Mike Woodward.

Oxfordshire also saw off London Southern Counties at Thame. At one point they were down on five of the six rinks, but rallied well to win 142-124.

The top rink comprised Bob Gilkes (skip), Jim Gamage, Paul McGrath and Dick Claridge, who won 38-14.