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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Funding opportunity for talented young athletes

    GLL, who manage South Oxfordshire District Council?s eight leisure facilities through Nexus, have made available a fantastic funding opportunity for talented young athletes within South Oxfordshire.

    The GLL Sport Foundation (GSF) is a not-for-profit organisation set up to offer financial and training grants to help the next generation of sporting hopefuls. The Foundation operates across a range of Boroughs in London and the South of England.

    With excitement growing for both London 2012 and national sporting success, there is a real opportunity to help young athletes follow their sporting ambitions and raise sport participation within local communities.
    Successful applicants from South Oxfordshire will benefit from funding of up to

  • Report potholes to council

    OXFORDSHIRE County Council is appealing to the public to help them identify where potholes are on the county’s roads, so that they can fix them.

    The council has stated that, while repair efforts are being stepped up across the county, the quickest way for Highways staff to respond to problems is for people to report serious road defects by calling Oxfordshire Highways’ dedicated hotline: 0845 310 1111.

    Repair teams aim to respond to reports of the most serious road damage within a day of receiving a call from the public.

    Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Transport Rodney Rose said: “We’re doing the best we can to get round to all the locations where defects have been identified, but unfortunately we can’t have eyes everywhere at once and need the public to let us know when they have spotted a dangerous pothole.

    “We will always try to respond as soon as possible but common sense dictates that we must deal with as a priority those potholes which pose the greatest risk to motorists and I’m sure people will understand this.”

    Dedicated staff

    Councillor Rose added: “We share in motorists’ frustration. No one wants to see our roads littered with potholes – least of all our dedicated staff who are working long hours to tackle the problem.

    “In the meantime I would urge the public to help us get the job done as quickly as possible by calling 0845 310 1111.”

    Oxfordshire County Council is repairing more than 5,000 potholes a month in a huge effort to tackle a widespread increase in potholes following the recent snow and has invested an additional

  • Local Opportunities at New Stadium Development 02/02/10

    THAME Football Partnership (TFP) will be holding an open evening on Thursday 11th February at Thame Town Hall, starting at 7.30pm to invite local businesses and companies wishing to tender for work on the new community complex at Church Farm to meet with the main contractors Buckingham Group who have been appointed by TFP to build the facility.

    Buckingham Group have much experience in stadia construction having recently completed the build of the MK Dons Stadium and about to commence building Brighton?s new

  • Rugby camp this half term – February 2010

    CHINNOR 1st XV, Captain Matt Hutchings, will be running a rugby camp for 5 to 12 year olds during the February Half Term holidays.

    This successful ??rugby is fun? camp has been running for a number of years now and is open to members and non members, players and those new to the game. It is held at Chinnor Rugby club situated just on the outskirts of Thame on Kingsey Road.

    1 day starts at

  • Handbags stolen in Thame burglaries

    THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information after two houses were burgled in Thame, and handbags taken.

    Between 12.30am on Thursday (28/1) and 4.30pm on Friday (29/1), thieves gained access to a property in Nelson Street and stole a handbag.

    A handbag was also stolen from a property in Essex Road,Thame, when it was burgled between 9.15pm on Wednesday (27/1) and 8.15am on Thursday (28/1).

    Det Con Emma McGrath, investigating the incidents, said: ?There are no signs of forced entry to either premise, but we have had reports that there has been a man in the area acting suspiciously and offering window cleaning.

    ?I am appealing to anyone who may have seen this man or any suspicious activity in the area to contact the police.?

    Anyone with any information about either of these incidents is asked to contact Det Con McGrath at Didcot police station via 0845 8 505 505, or if you don?t want to talk to the police or give your name, call the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

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  • Housing plan permission granted for old Thame United site

    OUTLINE planning permission for new homes in Windmill Road, Thame, has been given by South Oxfordshire District Council.

    The site is that of the now demolished ground and club house of Thame United Football Club.

    The number of houses permitted however, will be determined at the detailed planning application stage, as will the impact on neighbours generally.

    The decision goes against Thame Town Council’s recommendation to refuse the application. The council and some neighbours to the site, were unhappy about a perceived increase in traffic at the juction of Windmill Road with Nelson Street, parking and safety concerns, and a lack of adequate sewage and drainage provision in the area.

    SODC have stated that: “Highways issues are considered to be resolvable and, with appropriate conditions and agreements, the development would be in accordance with relevant policies in the Local Plan.”

  • An Audience with Martin Bell – 30 January, 2009

    CLIVE Conway presents An Audience with Martin Bell; Thame Players Theatre, Nelson Street, Thame.
    Starts 7.45pm – Tickets available until December 13th from 01865 358907, after that from Tickets Anywhere, Greyhound Walk, Thame, 01844 217228

  • Entries for Thame 10k run to be limited this year 29/01/10

    THE Thame 10k run, one of Thame’s largest mass sports participation events, has grown so much in popularity over the last few years that the organisers, Thame Runners, have had to put a limit on the number of entrants.

    The limit will be 1000 entries and this will ensure the safety and enjoyment for both runners and organisers.

    Runners are advised to enter as soon as possible as the entry limit will be reached some time before June 27, 2010.

    On-line entries can be made via www.thamerunners.co.uk
     or an entry form can be downloaded from www.thamerunners.co.uk
     and posted in with a cheque.

    The childrens fun run, which starts about five minutes after the 10km runners depart, will continue to be entries on the day only.

    THE 26th annual Thame CPM 10km road race will be held this year on Sunday, June 27, 2010, starting at 9.30 am from Thame Leisure Centre.

  • Thame teacher’s murderer jailed for life 29/01/10

    A man who stabbed a Thame teaching assistant to death while she was out walking her dogs has been jailed for life by Reading Crown Court.

    Sally Garwood, who worked at Lord Williams’s school in Thame, was attacked by chef, Robert Cusworth, in July last year at Meadowcroft playing fields in Aylesbury.

    Cusworth told police that he had woken up that morning in a bad mood and had taken a kitchen knife so that he could hurt someone.

    Robert Cusworth, 25, who admitted murdering Sally Garwwod at an earlier hearing at Reading Crown Court on December 21, last year, will serve a minimum of 20 years imprisonment reduced by six months for time already served in prison.

    Carl Barker, the reviewing lawyer from Thames Valley Crown Prosecution Service, said: ?This was an utterly senseless and motiveless attack by a man on a much smaller woman who was simply enjoying walking her dog on a Saturday afternoon on a popular piece of public land in Aylesbury.

    ?Robert Cusworth did not know Sally Garwood let alone harbour any previous bad feelings towards her. As he told police, he was in a bad mood, and he had bought a knife the day before because he felt ?very very angry? and wanted ?to hurt someone?. He had walked to Quarrendon Fields that afternoon armed with the knife knowing that he was ?going to do something really bad?. By a tragic coincidence, Sally Garwood happened to be walking in that part of the fields when Mr Cusworth was waiting for a victim.

    “We offer our deepest sympathies to all who knew Sally Garwood. She was deeply loved and is desperately missed by her family. A remarkable feature of this tragedy is the courage shown by her husband, parents, brother and sisters throughout their ordeal. We hope that the conclusion of the court proceedings can bring them some measure of comfort.”

  • Car vandal caught on CCTV 29/01/10

    A man who vandalised at least six cars in North Street, Thame, over last weekend, was apprehended using the town’s CCTV camera network.

    A North Street resident contacted the police with a description of a man seen ripping off wing mirrors.
    Officers were then able to find the man by looking at CCTV footage and he was later arrested.

    PHOTO: For illustrative purposes only – Courtesy of friskeierisky, flickr.oom