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Author: Sonja Francis

  • 19/12/12……Police urge vigilance after car stolen from North Weston, near Thame

    BETWEEN 4.30pm on Friday (14/12) and 5am on Saturday (15/12), a green Land Rover Defender 90 pick up, part registration number PX58 *** was stolen from the driveway of a property in North Weston, near Thame.

    Please click on the link below to obtain crime prevention advice on car security & information on security devices:

    http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/crprev/crprev-auto/crprev-auto-protectvehicle/crprev-auto-protectvehicle-car.htm

    Please be extra vigilant. If you have seen any suspicious looking people or vehicles in the area or have any information relating to this message, please call the police on the non-emergency telephone number 101 and state you are responding to a Community message.

    Alternatively if you have information but wish to remain anonymous, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or online @ crimestoppers-uk.org. No personal details are taken, information is not traced or recorded and you will not go to court.

    SOURCE: Thames Valley Police Alert

  • 19/12/12…Thame squeek through to next round of the Oxfordshire Cup

    OXFORDSHIRE Senior Cup, 3rd round – Thame United 1, Ardley United 0; 18/12/12 – Match report: Thame United progressed to the next round of the Oxfordshire Senior Cup at the ASM stadium on Tuesday evening, by the narrowest of margins. After 90 minutes, during which neither side were able to score, the game went into extra time, and the deadlock was eventually broken only after 100 minutes of play.

    The visitors started brightly, forcing a good save from the on-form Thame keeper, Lee Farrow, within the first five minutes. Thame then settled and possession was 50/50 for the remainder of the game. Both sides were hitting long balls from defence, over the heads of opposing defenders to their two strikers. Half chances fell to Adam Rhodes, Niall Hodgkins, Ben Gray, and Luke Rickets, but they were all off-target.

    Perhaps Thame?s best chance came a few minutes after the restart when Matt Hall ran to the left by-line and hit a low ball across the six-yard box, but both Gray and Hodgkins failed to connect. Minutes later, following a corner, an Ellis Hercules header was just high. Farrow, who was the busier keeper, made an outstanding save when he tipped a long shot onto the top of the Thame crossbar. Defences dominated and the sides effectively cancelled each other out.

    The game went into extra time with the prospect of a penalty shoot out to follow. Ten minutes into the first period Dan West collected the ball on the left of the area before beating two defenders and heading towards goal. He was then tripped and the referee immediately pointed to the penalty spot. After the inevitable protests died down and the offender was shown a yellow card, Mitchell Meredith buried the spot kick. The remainder of the match was tense, as Ardley fought to get an equaliser but Thame held out and will play in the fourth round.

    Thame United: Farrow, Willet, Meredith, Hercules, A Rhodes, Connelly, West, Hodgkins (Way), Gray (Johnson), Ricketts.

  • 19/12/12…..Football ‘friendly’ raises funds for Jack’s Foundation

    TWO friends of a young Thame sportsman who died in a fatal accident, held a sponsored football match on Sunday (16/12)to raise funds to help other young sports people through a Foundation set up in his name.

    Jim Field and Jamie Surman raised

  • 18/12/12….Christmas chocolate amnesty for health conscious residents

    THE people of Thame, Aylesbury and Oxford are being encouraged to lighten their stockings this festive season and trade in their excess chocolates for a workout.

    George Anderson from George?s Boot Camp is spearheading the campaign that encourages local people to donate any unwanted or excess sweets, chocolates or other goodies to charity.

    The treats can be handed in between December 27 and January 2 and they will then be distributed to two charities early in the New Year.

    Amnesty organiser George Anderson says: ?The idea is that we shouldn’t eat sweets and chocolates just for the sake of it. Moderation is fine but everybody has an excess of treats at Christmas and it can be really unhealthy to eat large amounts of these foods.

    ?By giving them away we are saving calories and by having a workout instead we are burning calories, so it?s a win-win situation.

    ?The chocolate amnesty helps everyone. The children at Helen and Douglas House in Oxford and the homeless of Aylesbury benefit by getting some unexpected gifts and the donators can get healthier as a result.”

    If you want to make a donation, the amnesty is running from December 27 to January 2, and details of the donation points in Thame, Oxford and Aylesbury are available on www.georgesbootcamp.co.uk/amnesty

  • 18/12/12….Christmas waste – your handy guide

    WHEN it comes to clearing up over Christmas, do you wonder whether wrapping paper can go in the recycling bin, or what the hell do you do with those string nets the satsumas come in?

    Well, South Oxfordshire District Council, which is responsible for disposing of our waste, has got together with its contractor, Biffa, and produced a very handy guide to efficient and ‘green’ disposal of Christmas rubbish.

    It’s all here – which bin to put the inner tray of that box of chocolates in, and where to put the turkey carcass after you’ve had it cold, curried and ‘wizzed up’ into soup, and the change in schedule for collection times over the festive period.

    And when it’s all over, there are even suggestions of how to recycle the Christmas tree.

    Happy Christmas!

  • 18/12/12……Upbeat Day Centre Chief Plans for the Future

    THAME and District Day Centre is bursting at the seams, its chairman of trustees, Tyrell Gillman told members, volunteers and supporters this afternoon.

    Speaking at the Centre’s annual Christmas Lunch at the Spread Eagle in Thame, he stressed the need for the Centre to expand in line with the growing need for its services in the the future, and said it was only on this one day in the year that everyone could be together under the same roof.

    Normally the membership?s attendance is split over three days in the week, at Thame and District Community Hospital, the Centre’s venue since it opened more than 25 years ago.

    The Centre, a registered charity, provides day care for elderly or frail people in the Thame area and Mr Gillman pointed out that, with an an ageing and increasing population, the need for its services could only increase.

    In an upbeat speech he stressed the Centre’s value to its members in creating links with the community ? and joked that one member?s granddaughter had asked why she attended the centre because ?you have a wider set of friends than I do!?

    “That?s great,” said Mr Gillman. “I wish we could do that for more people.” He praised and thanked the Centre’s manager, Gill Coleman and her deputy, Stephanie Johnson, for making the centre run ?like clockwork? and also thanked local organisations, businesses and supermarkets for their support. And he envisaged possible future growth in its services: maybe a drop-in centre, and a Friends of the Day Centre group.

    But he stressed the need to raise awareness of the Centre locally and focusing on funding, he quipped: “If anyone knows someone who has the odd half million, I would be really delighted to put this to good use.”

  • 17/12/12…..Thame Utd beat a shrunken Shrivenham

    LEAGUE Game – 15/12/12 – Thame United 4, Shrivenham 0 – MATCH REPORT – Contributed by Bob Dixon: The Shrivenham team that Thame United defeated 4-0, at the ASM Stadium on Saturday was a shadow of the other Shrivenham sides they have met in recent years.

    Shrivenham now are bottom of the league, so Thame?s convincing win was not unexpected. To make things worse the visitors’ goalkeeper was injured in the pre-match warm up and, having conceded three goals in the first half, was replaced by an outfield player at half time. Most of the game was played in heavy driving rain, making both the ball and the pitch slippery.

    Thame controlled the game from the kick off. With seven minutes played, during which the ball had rarely left the visitors’ half, Connor Hayes hit an inspired diagonal ball to Ben Gray who headed the ball home confidently from 10-Yards. It was 2-0 in the eleventh minute when Luke Ricketts took United?s fifth corner and Ellis Hercules met it with an unstoppable far post header. Thame was being given too much space, but although Niall Hodgkins, Matt Willett, Gray and Ricketts all went close, the visitors held out until the 38th minute when United increased their lead with an opportunist goal. The ball fell to a defender just outside the penalty area but just as he was about to clear it, Gray closed him down and the ball hit Gray before rebounding into the net.

    The visitors played better after the break and, on 54 minutes, Thame keeper, Lee Farrow, was forced to make his first save of the match. Although more threatening, Shrivenham never really looked like scoring. As United pressed, Matt Hall was unlucky to see his long, free kick hit the crossbar. It was however Hall who, in the 62nd minute, scored Thame?s fourth with a strong 20-yard shot. With the result in no doubt, Mark West was able to bring on all three substitutes. The remainder of the game was an anticlimax with few chances at either end.

    Thame United: Farrow, Willett, Hall, Hercules, Meredith, Hayes, Connelly, West (Jewell), Hodgkins (Johnston), Gray, Ricketts (Way).

    Thame meet Ardley United at the ASM Stadium on Tuesday, December 18, in the Oxfordshire Senior Cup. Their next home game is on Boxing Day when Wantage are the visitors.

  • 17/12/12….Chinnor endures deluge to take the game in the last quarter

    CHINNOR RFC V Taunton – Saturday, December 15, 2012 – Chinnor 29, Taunton 19; MATCH REPORT contributed by Bill O’Donnell; Chinnor, behind for most of the match, eventually overcame Taunton 29-19 in the final quarter. The Chinnor team began well when their constant pressure in the opposition 22 eventually led to a Taunton kick downfield which was caught by Fielding. He took the ball back strongly and passed inside to Colver who returned the ball for a Fielding try in the corner in the fifth minute.

    Chinnor lost the ball in midfield and Taunton swept the ball along their backs for a Struminski try in the corner. Kingdom?s conversion put the visitors from Somerset 7-5 ahead in the 22nd minute. Taunton again used their backs to good effect when, straight from a scrum in the Chinnor 22, Struminski went over in the same corner for his second try to put Taunton 12-5 ahead in the 30th minute. Five minutes later, Colver reduced Chinnor?s deficit with a penalty goal to allow Taunton a 12-8 lead at half-time.

    Four minutes into the second half, Chinnor went further behind. Metres from the Taunton line, the pass was intercepted and handed on to Struminski who raced downfield for his hat trick score under the Chinnor posts. Kingdom?s conversion put the visitors 18-8 ahead. And then the heavens opened. The deluge of rain seemed to benefit Chinnor more than their visitors. Colver landed another penalty goal for Chinnor in the 56th minute. Straight from the kick off, Goode caught the ball and weaved through the Taunton defence to dot down under the posts. Colver?s conversion brought the match score to 19-18 in favour of Taunton.

    Taunton continued to hassle and hurry but were guilty of giving away too many penalties. Colver benefited from these indiscretions, slotting penalty goals in on the 67th and 73rd minutes. With the referee poised to blow for full time, Ian Stock picked up a loose ball from a line out and, like a ten pin bowling ball, scattered defenders on his 20 metre charge to the line for a try for Chinnor, to conclude the match 29-19 in Chinnor?s favour.

    Taunton played at a level above that which their league position indicated. They have a tough front row and a flyer in Struminski. They certainly gave Chinnor a fright. Although Chinnor did not bring their ‘A’ game to the match they were calm enough to bring the match back in the last quarter. Colver?s kicking was again excellent. Matthew Goode had a fine all round match ? with his try from his own half being the highlight.

    Chinnor have no more matches until the New Year when they meet old rivals Bournemouth at Kingsey Road on January, 5..

    Scorers:
    Chinnor: Fielding T; Goode T; Stock T; Colver C, 4PG
    Taunton: Struminski 3T; Kingdom 2C
    Chinnor team:
    Colver, Fielding, Goode, Stoop, Hales, Millett, Jones, Winpenny (Stock 62), Holyland, Berry (Pickett 62), Hughes (Harrison 62), Smith, Mowbray, Sawyer, Gilbert
    Replacements: Stock, Pickett, Harrison, Hopwood, Gray

  • 17/12/12….’Go Active’ aims to get more adults exercising

    SOUTH Oxfordshire’s Get Oxfordshire (GO) Active scheme that aims to get adults in Oxfordshire more active by taking part in organised sporting and exercise activities – including those in Thame where the Thame beginners’ jogging group will start early in 2013.

    One of the scheme’s focus areas covers the ‘Run England’ project which is England Athletics’ recreational running program. There are numerous running groups in the South Oxfordshire District, including Thame’s, and new groups are springing up as the project progresses.

    Also taking place early in the new year will be Rush Hockey sessions at Lord Williams’s Upper school’s Astro turf pitches at Thame Leisure Centre. As with the jogging group these sessions are also free and aimed at 16 – 25 year olds predominantly. The session begin on Wednesday, January 23 ? 27 February 2013, at 6 ? 7 pm.

    All sessions to be led by Thame Hockey Club qualified coaches. To register your interest and for more information contact Dan Barber on
    01491 823128 or daniel.barber@southandvale.gov.uk

  • 17/12/12……See your town council in action!

    TOMORROW evening, Tuesday, will be the very last time that Thame Town Council will meet in 2012, a public meeting that any member of the public can attend.

    The meeting is expected to include a report from our County Councillor, Nick Carter, and reports from our district council representatives, Cllr Ann Midwinter and Cllr David Dodds, and a discussion about setting the ‘precept’ or the council’s portion of the annual Community charge that all householders have to pay, depending on the size of their house.

    The agenda will also include a discussion on the implementation of ‘Civilised Parking Enforcement’ (CPE)
    across the district of South Oxfordshire.

    The meeting begins at 7.30pm, after Planning, and will be held in the Upper Chamber of Thame Town Hall.

    I hope to see you there ! (Otherwise, it’s only me!)

    Link for Meeting agenda: Agenda