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  • Join Thame Choral Society for Christmas Oratorio

    REHEARSALS for Thame Choral Society’s Christmas Concert begin on Wednesday, September 9, for this year’s Christmas concert, which will be on December 12, at St Mary’s Church, Thame. TCS will be performing Parts One and Two of Bach’s ever popular Christmas Oratorio. The concert will also contain Christmas songs and carols, some for the audience to join in, and seasonal refreshments will be available.

    TCS Concert May 2015
    TCS Concert May 2015

    Rehearsals are held at Haddenham Methodist Church in the High Street, Haddenham, on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 pm until 9.30 pm and anyone with an interest in singing is welcome – auditions are not required!

    Anyone who would like to explore and sing the sparkling choruses and sublime chorales in the first two parts of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, is invited to go to a special workshop at Haddenham Methodist Church on Saturday, September 19, arranged by Thame Choral Society under the leadership of their resident Director, Helen Swift. Professional singer Helen has an inspirational approach to directing choirs and firmly believes that ‘singing should be fun’.

    The workshop, which runs from 10am until 4pm, costs £15, including refreshments, and copies of the score will be available to hire on the day for £2. For more information, email thamechoralsociety@hotmail.co.uk or telephone 01844 216801.

  • Learn about Cyber Crime, your data and You

    THE next meeting of the Late Breakfast networking group in Thame, will be on Thursday, August 20, at The Spread Eagle Hotel, 16-17 Cornmarket, Thame, OX9 2BW

    Dave Webster from Webster Consulting will take the group through the challenges of mobile communication and what we can do to protect our data. More details: http://tiny.cc/ed9r1x

    The Late Breakfast - Monthly networking
    The Late Breakfast – Monthly networking

  • Winning designs for Towersey T-shirts

    PUPILS from two local primary schools have impressed the organisers of the Towersey Festival with their winning designs in a competition to design new T-shirts for the festival.

     

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    The famed annual Oxfordshire music event challenged nearby schools to create colourful and creative designs inspired by the 51 year-old festival’s rich heritage. Over 100 pupils responded to the call-out with the two winning entries coming from pupils from John Hampden School, Thame, and Aston Rowant primary school.

    “We were blown away by the quality of all the entries,” said Towersey Festival Director Joe Heap. “Picking just two winners was a tough task as they were all so imaginative!”

    seans_choice_crendon_bedsThe two winning designs have been turned into T- shirts, available from the festival, which is headlined by Joan Armatrading and Bellowhead, and takes places at Thame Showground from Friday, August 28 to Monday, August 31. Profits from sales of the stylish garments will go directly to the individual schools.

    Also, all the entries will be laminated and displayed in the festival’s showground area for all to see.

    Independent Mortgae Solutions (RGB) - R1Tickets to the showground area of the festival at Thame Showground, Kingsey Rd, Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 3JL , which includes access to a variety of family-friendly workshops and performances, plus Marketplace stalls, gourmet street food and much more, cost just £8/£9 (adult) and £4 (child) for the day (10am-6pm) with under 5’s and car parking free.

    For more information see: www.towerseyfestival.com

  • ‘Conditions to Site F plans proves the site’s imperfections’

    Dear Editor, The approval for 203 dwellings on site F was a foregone conclusion and inevitable. It would however have been more democratic for the application for such a large site, to be agreed by the planning committee rather than the planning officers at SODC.

    I believe this came as a surprise to some of the town councillors. Nevertheless looking at the broader picture, 203 is much more preferable than the 600 originally planned for this site five years-ago, and is in accord with the Thame Neighbourhood Plan. We are conscious that it is most likely that another 78 will be built there as it seems Lord Williams’s School will not be in a position to unite the two schools in the allotted time period.

    The fact that SODC has applied no less than 30 conditions shows the imperfections of the site. Residents’ concerns have largely been dismissed with regard to the location of the allotments and the access into, and moreover, out of the site. It also remains to be seen whether the SUDS proposals will eliminate the flood risks. Our major concern has always been over the sewerage. This is covered by the Grampian style condition whereby Bloor Homes have to make payment to Thames Water to upgrade the inadequate sewerage drainage.

    However, we believe this will need careful monitoring and it is of course likely to lead to major traffic delays on the Oxford Road whilst the upgrade takes place.
    Barry Yates
    Chair- Oxford Road Residents Association, Thame

  • Thame’s young bowlers shine in county championships

    Thomas Tisbury, Jonathan Dadson & Matthew Canfield at Leamington
    Thomas Tisbury, Jonathan Dadson & Matthew Canfield at Leamington

    THREE Junior Members of Thame Bowls Club represented Oxfordshire at the National Championships at Leamington last weekend (Aug 8/9) competing in the under 16’s Sutton Winson Trophy.

    Thomas Tisbury in action
    Thomas Tisbury in action

    Thomas Tisbury, Jonathan Dadson and Matthew Canfield, all of whom have also represented Oxfordshire in other County matches and competitions this year, did Thame Bowls Club proud, performing well against the best young bowlers in the country.

    Jonothan Dadson in action
    Jonothan Dadson in action

    Although Thomas and Jonathan narrowly lost their early singles matches, Matthew progressed to round two before being beaten. Thomas Tisbury, the youngest of the trio at just 14 years-old, reached the semi-finals of the Pairs competition in which he was drawn with a young lady from Wiltshire.

    Congratulations to all of them – the future looks good for Thame Bowls Club.

    SOURCE: Contributed

  • Winning season opener for Thame United

    FOR the first time in six years, Thame United secured three points on the opening day of the season as they defeated Milton United 1-0 in a game that United controlled from start to finish.

    Not only did manager Mark West give full debuts to Henry Owen, Craig Faulconbridge and Nick Dugmore, he also introduced a new 3-5-2 formation. And it did not take long for the Thame players to adapt to the formation as they dominated the opening exchanges, albeit chances were few and far between. Indeed the best chance in the opening quarter came after only four minutes when a cross from Shannon Jesson beat the home keeper and came back off the post before being cleared to safety.

    The next chance did not arrive until the 32nd minute when a free kick in to the box was met by the head of Ellis Hercules whose powerful header was pushed over the bar by Griffiths. Jesson then went close three minutes later with a strike that went wide of the goal, before United failed to take advantage of a goal mouth scramble in the 39th minute.

    Henry Owen, who scored the winning goal for Thame on Saturday
    Henry Owen, who scored the winning goal for Thame on Saturday

    With the game score less at half time, United eventually broke the deadlock three minutes in to the second half. A Jesson free kick from the right was met by a combination of Hercules and Owen with the latter getting the final touch and heading the ball beyond Griffiths. It was no less than United deserved and Ben Gray nearly extended the lead four minutes later, with a header at the far post pushed wide by a defender. Faulconbridge then forced an excellent save from Griffiths on 73 minutes, pushing a shot around the post from an acute angle, before a similar Jesson effort was also pushed wide on 85 minutes.

    Indeed, it was only in the last five minutes that the home side put United under any real pressure – up until which time the back three of Owen, Hercules and Dugmore had marshalled the home strikers well. Even then Lee Farrow in the Thame goal, was rarely troubled as United held on for the three points.
    Next up for United are Binfield, who visit the ASM Stadium on Tuesday night (11/08), 7:45pm kick off.

    United:
    Farrow, Evans, Dugmore, Hercules, Owen, Kedzierski (Stowe), Connelly, Jesson, Faulconbridge, Gray (House), Ricketts (Pykett).

    Uhlsport Hellenic League Premier Division – Milton United 0 Thame United 1 – August 8, 2015.

    SOURCE: Contributed by Jake Collinge

  • Thame Road cars ‘egged’

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    Image for illustrative purposes only

    THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information after eggs were thrown at vehicles. At about 6.45pm on Tuesday (4/8) eggs were thrown at vehicles travelling on the A418 from Thame to Aylesbury. Police now want to speak to anyone whose vehicle was hit or damaged in the incident.

    A 23-year-old man from Bampton has been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and released on police bail.

    Independent Mortgae Solutions (RGB) - R1Anyone with information can contact PC John Belson from Amersham Roads Policing via the 24-hour Thames Valley Police enquiry centre on 101.

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    If you don’t want to speak directly to the police you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers (opens new window) anonymously on 0800 555 111. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

  • Shoplifting, anti-social behaviour and stone throwing – Crime update for Thame

    PCSO Natalie White, has good and not-so-good news this month in her report on Community Policing in the town, for last month, July.

    PSCO Natalie White 'enticing' people into a police van at Chinnor fete recently!
    PSCO Natalie White ‘enticing’ people into a police van at Chinnor fete recently!

    A local woman has been issued with a £90 Fixed Penalty Notice for a shoplifting offence at Petals, The Flower Shop in Thame, and Thame PCSOs successfully located and assisted in the apprehension of a shoplifter who had fled shop security in the town. This man was later identified to be part of an organised gang from Aylesbury who were found in possession of a number of stolen items, having committed offences in a number of Thame’s stores.

    FEWER DISTURBANCES AT SOUTHERN ROAD RECREATION GROUND

    The Southern Road Recreation Ground, which has been an area of concern for some time now regarding low level anti-social behaviour, especially outside the football changing rooms, has seen fewer disturbances from young people gathering in motor vehicles, since more patrols have been carried out in the area.

    “However,” reported Natalie, “there is still a significant number of young people frequenting within the recreational area. We would like to reiterate that this area is a designated ‘No alcohol zone’ and we continue to challenge young people and seize alcohol when seen.”

    THE POWER OF TWITTER

    seans_choice_crendon_bedsPCSOs were recently called to Naseby Close, Thame, following a spate of stone throwing at objects and windows on some of the properties. Thanks to an anonymous caller who had seen a Twitter post by PCSO Jacky Madden, they were able to identify the people involved, and as a result the victim’s window damage was paid for and an apology letter written.

    THEFTS FROM VEHICLES

    The local police have seen a slight increase in Thefts from Vehicles (vehicle parts) and are advising residents to take care when locking their vehicles and where possible, to park vehicles on a driveway or somewhere that is well lit.

    OPERATION NETS MOBILE PHONE AND SEAT BELT OFFENDERS

    Independent Mortgae Solutions (RGB) - R1On Thursday, July 23, the Thame neighbourhood team and traffic police ran a motor operation in Thame town centre focusing on drivers using their mobile phones and not wearing seatbelts. As a result, tickets were issued to 30 individuals for seatbelt offences, three mobile phone offences, and three vehicle seizures for no insurance/no tax.

    You can read PCSO Natalie White’s full report HERE

  • From Classical to Cliff – music feast at charity book store

    THIS week at the Oxfam bookshop in Thame, they are celebrating all things music!

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    The window features books, CDs and vinyl from various artists and genres. Inside the shop, the Classical CD section has been moved centrally and expanded.

    This is the result of a very large (500ish) donation of classical CDs from a donor in Buckingham, as well as a recent donation of Cliff Richard Vinyl.

  • Vandalism at Thame play park

    THAMES Valley Police and Thame Town Council are hoping that someone has information about an act of vandalism at Elms Park yesterday.

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    The council’s Maintenance Team discovered that the safety surfacing in the play area had been purposely damaged. As a result the area has had to be closed off for safety reasons.

    Any witnesses or anyone with any information about this incident is asked to call Thames Valley Police on the non-emergency number, 101.