RICHARD Pearce, 18, of Lambert Walk, Thame, has been given an eight-week curfew between 9pm and 6am on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, by Oxford Magistrates Court.
Pearce admitted possession of 16.693g of Class B drug amphetamine, in Thame, on August 15, 2008. He was also ordered to pay costs of
SATURDAY, 5th December 2009 – Chalfont Wasps 3, Thame United 2 – MATCH REPORT (Contributed)
Although United can rightly look to some bizarre officiating that ultimately led to two Chalfont goals, they will know that the performance was probably their worst of the season and came when victory would have put them joint top of the league.
Played on a very damp, muddy pitch United were forced to make a number of changes to the team due to injuries and player unavailability. As a result, the 4-4-2 formation was sacrificed for a 3-5-2 line-up, and it was evident in the early stages that it would take United a while to settle in to the new formation. Adapting better to the conditions, Chalfont put Thame on the back foot from the start and it took a good ten minutes for United to force play in to their opponents half. However, it was no surprise when Chalfont took the lead on 25 minutes, Heffernan taking advantage of a mistimed header in the Thame defence to beat Orkney down low to his right. After the goal Thame began to assert themselves and after they hit the bar and had an Adam Rhodes effort tipped over the bar, United equalized on 41 minutes when Jones, with the help of a deflection, finished powerfully from 12 yards.
With the scores level at the break, United made a number of changes and reverted to a 4-4-2 formation. Despite the more familiar line-up, the opening 20 minutes of the half remained even. On 70 minutes Chalfont went back in front. The ball was played down the middle where, with the Chalfont forward clearly backing in to central defender Sam Cowan, Cowan?s headed clearance did not have sufficient distance and Trip collected the ball and raced through, placing his effort beyond Orkney. Braun then went close for Thame with a header before United again hit the bar. 10 minutes from time and Chalfont scored a third. With his normal composure Cowan confidently collected a through ball on the edge of the box but, inexplicably and to the amusement of the Chalfont bench, the referee awarded the home side a free kick. The first effort came back off the Thame wall but Moakes followed up to powerfully finish in to the bottom left hand corner giving keeper Orkney no chance.
United pushed forward to get back in to the game and were rewarded 3 minutes later when Lawrence El-Kassir finished from close range. Despite manager Mark West coming on United were unable to force and equalizer and it was Chalfont who left with all three points.
United will look to get back to winning ways on Saturday (12th December) when they face Newbury at home (AFC Wallingford, 3:00pm kick off). They then follow this with an Oxfordshire Senior Cup tie against Premier League side Ardley United on Tuesday 15th December, again at home (7:45pm kick off).
Thame United: Orkney, Newell, Wakelin (Barnett), Cowan, P.Way (Goffe), El-Kassir, Rhodes, Braun (West), Jones, Connelly, Rogers.
Thame United Reserves drew 1-1 at home to leaders Eton Wick Reserves. Goalscorer for Thame was Ryan Daly. The win takes the reserves up to second place in the league, 3 points behind Eton Wick.
THIS is a Ringmaster message from Thames Valley Police. On Saturday 5th December, between 01:00hrs & 08:30hrs, a property in Roundhead Drive, Thame, was burgled. It is not known how entry was gained. Property stolen included a laptop computer, CD’s, cash and a handbag.
Between 5th & 6th December, there were break-ins to vehicles in Marston Road & Hamilton Road, Thame, where tools were stolen. There was also an attempted break-in to a vehicle in Ormond Road, but the offender(s) did not gain entry.
On Monday, 7th December, at 02:45hrs, three males were seen approaching garages to the rear of a property in Sedgemoor Drive, Thame. They attempted to gain entry to the garages but were disturbed by the police and made off. One male has been arrested.
Please be extra vigilant and report any suspicious looking people or vehicles to the police. If you have any information relating to this message, please call the police on 08458 505 505 and state you are responding to a Ringmaster message.
Photo: for illustrative purposes only
DESPITE the doom and gloom pervading the pub industry nationally, Thame saw its second new pub enterprise in a month open last night (03/12/09).
Just three weeks after she helped officiate at the opening of the town’n first micro brewery for a hundred years at the Cross Keys, the Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, helped pull the first pint at The James Figg, in Cornmarket, formerly the Abingdon Arms.
The pub has been completely renovated inside and out, though not, thankfully, ‘gentrified.’ retaining a real local pub feel. The new name, The James Figg, celebrates one of Thame?s most famous sons who, according to local pub historian, David Bretherton, was supposed to have had his headquarters at what was in those days, The Greyhound, in the late 17th century. Figg, was England?s first undisputed champion boxer, winning 270 bouts in the early 1700s.
He was also a master of the broad sword and staff in his day, being well known as a teacher of these skills to the young men of the gentry. Figg’s image, showing him complete with a wig of the type fashionable at that time, is reputed to be in the background of one of Hogarth’s series of paintings, The Rake’s Progress.
The revived free house, which is run by Peach Pubs, the same people behind The Thatch, in Thame, will serve quality real ales and lagers, some of them brewed locally, alongside wines by the glass and simple traditional pub food, in a convivial atmosphere including log fires.
Also fully refurbished is The Stables, an events space in the pub?s courtyard, formerly Murph’s and then TBA’s, will be available for private parties, meetings and community events with its own bar, Wi-Fi and facilities for a DJ.
Frazer Sutherland, who runs The Thatch in Thame, will also be overseeing The James Figg, with manager Tony Lindsell behind the bar. Frazer explained: “I?ve long thought that what Thame needed was a simple, friendly pub with an enjoyable atmosphere where you could drop in for a drink or three, have a good night out with friends or family, and a quick bite to eat too, if you wanted. That?s really what we hoped to achieve in the new-look pub.”
A portrait of the pub?s namesake takes pride of place in the front bar and as well as restoring the memory of James Figg, the pub celebrates British sporting champions down the years with a series of classic photos lining the walls. There will also be the chance to see the country?s current sporting heroes in action with major events being shown in the pub, as well as regular quiz nights for regulars who fancy being local champions themselves.
PHOTO: Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green (centre) with the Manager of The James Figg, Tony Lindsell (left) and Frazer Sutherland (right)
TICKETS for Thame Chamber Choir’s Christmas concert last year (2008) sold out so quickly, that this year, they are going to perform twice!
Celebrate with TCC and guests in a party mood. Well-loved favourites and contemporary twists combine with mulled wine and mince pies for a special evening of music and fun.
Included in the programme will be familiar carols so you can sing along with the choir.
THE nephew of legendary racer, Sir Donald Campbell, is hoping to reach 100mph on a locally built lawnmover, when he attempts to break the current record at Pendine Sands in Camarthenshire in February next year.
Don Wales’ team, Project Runningblade, has has been working with Countax Ltd, based at Great Haseley, near Thame, on a high-spec machine which includes parts from three different Countax mowers.
The current record stands at 80mph, set by Bob Cleveland of the US, in 2006. According to Guinness World Records? rules, it must still be able to cut grass after all the modifications.
The team?s project manager, Stephen Vokins, is reported to have said (quote: Horticulture Week): “This started out as a daft idea that everyone laughed at but nobody is laughing now. Be under no illusions ? this is not a collection of blokes standing around in a shed wondering what to do until the pub opens. We have all sorts of experts on board: an aerodynamics expert, a fuel additives expert ? all sorts.”
The record breaking attempt will take place on February 27-28, 2010.
PHOTO: Don Wales on the Countax machine, at The National Motor Museum at Beaulieu where it was revealed on Tuesday (December 1, 2009)
AN auction of promises organised by The Rotary Club of Thame last Friday (27/11/09), raised over
Dear Editor – I see the Abingdon Arms, which carried the name from 1830 (See Thame Inns, Discovered by Allan Hickman and David Bretherton, Daal Publishing, 2000) has become the James Figg Free House. The book records James Figg, a champion prize fighter as having used a pub on this site, then called the Greyhound, in the early 18th century.
Good that a local connection remains. Sad, however, that a pub?s name, which goes back 180 years, has been lost (don?t Conservation Area rules apply to pub names then?). And sad too, that the plight of pubs throughout the land has been accelerated, caused I believe, by the total smoking ban which, it was originally proposed, should allow landlords (and customers) some choice.
Norman Brand
Fanshawe Road
Thame
SOUTH Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse councils today announced the next phase of their move to joint working, which will see 42 manager posts across the two councils reduced to 29.
The reduction will generate a shared saving of nearly
INGRID Ferguson, a 45-year-old woman who was reported missing from her home in Wheatley on 24 November, has been found safe and well at an address outside the Thames Valley area.