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Author: Sonja Francis

  • 26/01/11……Armed robbery – Longwick – Reward

    THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a robbery that happened on Saturday night (22/1). At about 9.30pm, two men walked into the Total Garage in Lower Icknield Way, Longwick and demanded that the cashiers get on the floor while they stole cigarettes and money from the till.

    The offenders both had their faces covered with scarves and were wearing gloves.

    Det Con Jemma Schofield, investigating the robbery, said: ?Fortunately the cashier wasn?t injured but we are still taking this distressing incident very seriously and will not tolerate this type of crime.

    ?We believe that both men could have been holding black handguns while they threatened the members of staff.

    ?I urge anyone who was in the area around the time and may have seen suspicious activity, before or after the robbery occurred, to get in touch.

    ?The management at the Total Garage are putting forward

  • 25/01/11…..AMENDED: Thame’s French twin to send young footballers

    A GROUP of young footballers from Thame’s twin town of Montesson is to visit Thame later in the year to take part in a tournament at Meadow View Park.

    The young French players will join Thame Boys Youth & Girls FC to participate in their six-a-side Summer Festival of Football in June, 2011.

    Arrangements are currently being made between the leaders of the two national teams, and include a Barbecue on the final evening.

    The Event will be held over two days on the weekend in June as follows:

    Sat 10th June
    Sun 11th June

    The exact playing time for each age group will be advised after receipt of entries, on confirmation, 3-4 weeks before the tournament.

    Entries will be invited for teams Under 7 to Under 14. It is possible to enter more than one team for each age group. (six a-side)

    More details will be available soon.

    PHOTO: Montesson’s young footballers in action

  • 25/01/11…….Give us

    A district-wide partnership has asked for nearly

  • 25/01/11……..Film noir at Thame Cinema 4 All this weekend

    SHOWING this Saturday – January 29, The secret in their eyes – Argentina, 2009, 129 minutes, 18 certificate; Directed by Juan Jose Campanella, Starring Carla Quevedo, Guillermo Francella, Ricardo Darin, Soledad Villamil

    ITS Oscar night, 2010, and pundits are expecting the foreign language gong to go to one of two apparent shoe-ins: The White Ribbon and The Prophet. But the surprise recipient of the award was this little known romantic crime thriller from Argentina, a crowd pleasing film noir shifting between the present and 1970?s Buenos Aires, a time of political unrest, institutional corruption, ?disappearances? and white knuckle paranoia. Ricardo Darin is Esposito, a retired prosecutor looking back from 2009 on the frustrations and missed opportunities of his life. He has no social life or meaningful relationship apart from his friendship with his morbid alcoholic colleague, Sandoval.

    By way of distraction, Esposito embarks on writing a book: an exploration of an unsolved rape and murder case from the 1970?s, an episode that has blighted his life and become a nagging obsession. The project creates the perfect excuse to engage the attention of beautiful fellow prosecutor Irene Menendez Hastings, another long time obsession of Esposito?s, a woman he has been hopelessly in love with for years.

    Together they explore and unearth the events of the past, with shock revelations, and an exploration of the reasons for our hero?s fixation with this very unpleasant series of events. The result is a stylish, time-shifting political drama combined with a will-they-won?t-they romance, a film that combines a sound sense of history with a flair for polished and compelling entertainment.

    This might be your only chance for a big screen viewing ? don?t miss it.

  • 24/01/11……Last minute penalty seals game for Thame

    LEAGUE GAME- 22/01/11 – Thame United 2, Pegasus Juniors 1; MATCH REPORT (Contributed by Bob Dixon)

    THAME United narrowly defeated, Hereford based, Pegasus Juniors at the ASM stadium on Saturday with an extra-time penalty. Yet it was a game they could have won comfortably. United had the majority of ball possession and created more chances than the visitors. Some first-rate goalkeeping and frantic defending however prevented a straightforward victory.

    Thame started brightly and went ahead in the fifth minute. Aaron Rogers fed the ball to Luke Ricketts, who ran to the left by-line before crossing and Alex Stewart met the ball, finishing confidently from six yards. The next few minutes saw the visiting keeper pull of excellent saves from Sam Cowan and Stuart Barr.

    Thame were looking dangerous with Stewart?s flick-ons, and glancing headers creating chances. Both Ricketts and Barr were in good form, making good runs on their wings, and it looked to be only a matter if time before the second goal came. As the half progressed, however the visitors recovered, won more territory, and managed to hit the crossbar just before half time.

    The second half continued with Barisic largely untroubled and the visiting keeper kept busy, pulling of one particularly good save by diving at Stewart?s feet. The game want through a scrappy phase with United seemingly destined to hang onto their narrow lead. Then, in the first minute of injury time, a through ball was fed to visiting striker Tom Boyle who ran at the Thame goal and finished well from 15-yards.

    The game restarted and Barr made a run on the right, heading for the by-line, before being tripped by a defender. Referee Bayliss immediately pointed to the penalty spot. The visitors protested, and one of them was sent off. Stewart hit a hard well-placed penalty, giving the heroic keeper no chance. The final whistle blew seconds after the restart.

    Thame United: Barisic. N Rhodes, Newell (Rockell), Saulsbury, Brown, Cowan, Barr, Hayes (Jones), Stewart, Rogers (Hunt), Ricketts.

    PHOTO: Scorer of Thame’s last-minute penalty, Alex Steward

  • 24/01/11……..Stonking victory for Thame Boys over valiant Haddenham

    MATCH REPORT: (Contributed by Andy McDonald) Haddenham Youth 1 v 14 Thame Boys U12 – THAME Boys continued their impressive form at Haddenham over the weekend, with a great team effort and a determination to win improves every week. Haddenham put in a valiant effort and after Thame had taken the lead through Max Brown soon after kick off, Haddenham levelled with a well taken break away following an unfortunate rebound from the Thame defence.

    Things looked even until Thame?s Nathan slammed in to take Thame ahead after 15 minutes. Austin Hayden leapt up to nod Thame further ahead and Ross Hampshire was put through and smashed the ball home impressively to make it 4. Stuart Campbell scored a splendid solo goal almost from his own half to extend the lead. Thame possession became rampant with each player showing determination to win the ball back every time it was in play, a feature that has improved over the last few weeks of Thame?s games. The 14 goals came from a collection of players, 3 from Max, 3 from Ross, 4 from Alex McDonald, 2 from Stuart, 1 from Austin and Nathan. But the team played well as a unit and the goals came as a result of some hard work from Cameron McLaren, great dribbling and crossing from Max Brown and excellent through balls from the defence including Austin, Matthew Shaw and the injured George Bennetts and Duncan Holt, 2 players who showed their determination to play despite their injury niggles. Thame also welcomed back the strength and tenacity of Louie Butler looking sharp after his mid season injury. Lewis Hall continued his form by sticking to any right wing attack that came his way and Bradley Young came on to add more power especially with some excellent heading. Alex Ingle was introduced to add yet more pace to the Thame attack. Aidan Gerrard had a quiet game but when called in to action distributed the ball to an immediate attack and Thame will require his impressive shot-stopping skills with some tough games coming up.

    Haddenham continued to compete throughout this game and should be given credit for their efforts against a team in fine form.

    Thame highlights were a first hat rick for Ross, an impressive solo goal from Stuart and some lovely footwork from Max but overall the enjoyment and teamwork shown by Thame Boys.

  • 23/01/11…..Police statement following suspicious incident in Thame

    FOLLOWING a report of a man acting suspiciously in the cattlemarket, Thame, earlier in the week, (See report below dated 22/01/11), Insp Martin Ford has issued the following statement of reassurance:

    “Following report of an incident a police investigation is in progress. I would also like to re-assure the community that the local policing team are conducting focussed patrols in relation to concerns raised by the incident. Should the public have any concerns or any further information then please make contact with Sergeant Steve Hookham on 08458 505 505”

  • 22/01/11…WARNING: Suspicious man – Thame

    ON Wednesday January 12, at approximately 3:10pm an 11yr old male was walking from Lord Williams Lower School into Thame where he was to be collected by his mother. Whilst he was waiting at the cattle market in Thame he was approached by a male in a red Honda Civic.

    The male reversed form a parking bay until level with the child, he then leant across the car, opened the passenger door and told the child to: “Get in.”.

    The child did not know the male and walked away. The car followed him but when the child could see his mother he broke into a fast paced walk towards his mother. The male driving the Honda Civic then turned and drove out of the cattle market turning left onto North Street, Thame.

    SOURCE:Message from Barley Hill School

  • 21/01/11….Fans to follow the Midsomer Murders trail

    TWO new trails have been unveiled in the drive to attract fans of the popular TV series Midsomer Murders to South Oxfordshire.

    The trails have been added to the South Oxfordshire District Council?s Visit Midsomer website www.visitmidsomer.com to help raise awareness of the district?s most popular locations. The trails are designed to provide fans with a guided tour of the fectional Midsomer area, including plenty of photo opportunities, as well as highlighting the many other reasons to spend longer in South Oxfordshire, helping to support local businesses and jobs.

    Thame, which is included in the Northern Trail, has featured often in MidSomer Murders particularly the 16th century Spread Eagle Hotel, several of Thame’s independent shops and tea rooms, chosen as locations because of their traditional frontages, our lovely 13th century church, the museum, our walking trails and the 700 year old pub, The Bird Cage.

    The Southern Trail takes in the Wallingford Corn Exchange and Rotherfield Pappard Primary School, better known to millions as Causton Playhouse and the Badgers Primary School. The Northern Trail includes a visit to Dorchester Abbey Muesum (Midsomer Newton Museum) and Watlington Library (Causton Library). Both trails also include numerous other buildings and landscapes featured in the hit show.

    Midsomer Murders draws visitors to South Oxfordshire who want to walk in the footsteps of the characters, drink in the same pubs and explore the gorgeous locations seen on screen. For many overseas viewers Midsomer represents England at its green and pleasant best ? a place of character buildings, village greens and parish churches.

    Since launching the website in November, South Oxfordshire has added a Visit Midsomer blog and launched a Twitter account @visitmidsomer which is already achieving positive results. Followers are getting the message out that Midsomer Murders is filmed in and around South Oxfordshire ? not Somerset, as many believe. And local organisations like Wallingford rowing club increasingly are using the blog and Twitter account to share timely information about events and news.

    Councillor Bill Service, Cabinet member for leisure and tourism, said: ?Midsomer Murders attracts a global audience in almost 200 countries world-wide. The new trails will help to draw attention to South Oxfordshire and encourage more visitors, and also encourage those living nearby to get out and explore the area a bit more as well.?

    ?The interest from the TV show brings direct benefit to local hotels, shops and restaurants. According to the latest research for 2009 tourism contributes more than

  • 19/01/11….Thame UTD v Oxford UTD – match report

    FRIENDLY – 18/01/11 – Thame United 1, Oxford United 3; MATCH REPORT – Oxford United fielded a strong side on Tuesday evening (18/01/11) for the official launch of Thame?s ASM Stadium. With Oxford United playing their football five leagues above Thame?s amateurs there was only going to be one winner, and so it proved with Oxford winning 1-3. The home side were however ?up for it? and despite being outclassed, delivered a good performance. This made for an entertaining game and, despite the cold, the game was enjoyed by a club record of 1382 spectators.

    The opening exchanges saw even ball possession but it was the visitors who were creating the chances, and Thame keeper Milan Barisic was soon in action. They took the lead after 17 minutes when the ball was played to Matt Green who fired low pass the on-form Barisic. A few minutes later Barisic made a fine save from Sam Deering, tipping the ball over. It was not all one way traffic and Luke Ricketts, in particular, caused trouble for Oxford with his pacey runs on the left.

    Thame equalised after 34 minutes with a spectacular individual goal. Alex Stuart caught Oxford captain Jimmy Sangare in possession, calmly took the ball from him, turned and hit a 30-yard thunderbolt beating Oxford keeper Simon Eastwood. Minutes later Thame?s Aaron Rogers hit a 15-yard shot, but Eastwood made a comfortable save.

    Thame made five substitutions at half time with manager Mark West keen to bring on fresh legs and to give his remaining squad members a crack at Oxford. Ex Wycombe Wanderers star, Keith Ryan, was one of those brought on as a guest player. Searl replaced Barisic in goal and was immediately in action bringing off an excellent save from Josh Payne.

    United went ahead ten minutes after the break when Searl came out to meet a threat on Oxford?s right but ball was crossed, and Deering hit the ball into the undefended net. Thame came back and an Alex Stuart header from a corner brought a good save from Eastwood, the ball falling to Ben Connelly whose shot into a crowded penalty area was blocked.

    Oxford?s final goal came with 15 minutes to play when a ball from the right found Connor McDonagh who headed in off the post. Shortly afterwards Searl limped off injured and was replaced by Stuart. Oxford brought on some young substitutes and West came on for Thame.

    The crown applauded enthusiastically when the final whistle blew having seen an entertaining game, played in a good spirit. Overall, the match was an excellent way to mark Thame?s return to the town after a 5 year absence.

    Thame United: Barisic (Searl), Barr (Mitchell), Newell (Way) N. Rhodes, Brown (Ryan), Cowan, Connelly, Hayes (Braun) (West) Stuart (Jones) Rogers, Ricketts.