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  • Thame Football Partnership to get loan from Thame Town Council

    THAME Town Council has agreed to give the Thame Football Partnership a

  • Objects thrown at car windows in Wheatley

    THE Police locally are increasing patrols following a recent spate of criminal damage in Wheatley, where objects have been thrown at car windows.

    During the week from 21 November to 29 November, there have been several incidents of criminal damage where objects have been thrown at car windows.

    PC Paul Gregory said: “We have had incidents in Farm Close Lane, Beech Road and Farm Close Road, during the week November 21, to November 29, which have all happened when it is dark.

    “I would like to reassure residents that we will not tolerate this type of behaviour and are doing all that we can to catch those responsible.

    “Criminal damage is a crime and can result in a criminal record. “I appeal to who has any information to come forward as they may have information to help the investigation.”

    Anyone with information is asked to contact PC Paul Gregory at Thame police station via the 24-hour Police Enquiry Centre, 0845 8 505 505. If you do not want to talk to the police, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

  • Wave of locals will flow to London for Climate Change march

    HUNDREDS of people from the Thame area will flow to London on Saturday, 05/12/09, to take part in a massive human wave to call for action on climate change ahead of crunch talks at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen.

    Transition Thame and District is calling on the community to join them in London to take part in The Wave, being billed as the UK’s biggest ever Climate Change march.

    Coaches will be leaving Haddenham, Thame, Long Crendon and Chinnor at:

  • Comfortable win for Thame away to Launton Sports (Contributed)

    HELLENIC League Supplementary Cup – 28.11.09 – MATCH REPORT – Launton Sports 0, Thame United 4

    THAME United visited nearby Launton Sports last Saturday, where they comfortably defeated the home side scoring two goals in each half. Launton are currently struggling at the foot of division one west so did not prove to be particularly strong opposition, but nevertheless Thame played well and but for an in form Launton goalkeeper, they would have scored more.

    Thame manager, Mark West, was unable to attend as his son Dan, who is a trainee with Oxford United, was on the Oxford bench for their F A Cup encounter with Barrow.

    Thame started strongly and created several chances. After about 18 minutes, Ben Connelly made a run on the right, played a 1-2 with Stuart Braun and hit a strong low cross which Aaron Rogers got a foot to, but the ball skidded wide. A minute later Connelly made a similar run, playing the ball to Braun but before it could be returned, Braun was flattened from behind. The referee rightly pointed to the penalty spot. Adam Rhodes took the penalty kick, and calmly placed the ball in the bottom left corner of the home goal. Thame almost increased their lead a few minutes later when Launton Keeper Nick Lacey parried a shot from Rogers, who then collected the rebound and hit another strong goal bound shot only to see Lacey make a superb fingertip deflection. The ball was initially cleared from the resultant corner but was than played back in where Nik Rhodes collected it and hit a first time shot. Lacey again parried but this time Nik confidently hit the rebound pass him. It was Rhodes brothers (and Thame) 2, Launton 0 at half time.

    United continued to control the game after the break and increased their lead in the 58th minute when, following good work on the left, Luke Rickets found Braun who flicked the ball to Rogers then saw him hit a shot pass Lacey from 15-yards. Thame?s fourth goal came around the 70-minute mark when substitute Mark Jones picked up the ball just inside the halfway line and ran at goal before unleashing a 20-yard shot, giving Lacey no chance.

    Thame are currently playing attractive football to feet, rather than the? hit and hope? tactics so prevalent at this level. If they can maintain this form this could be a season to remember.

    Thame United: Orkney, Cowan, Newell, N. Rhodes, Boult (Jones), El-Kassir, Connelly, A. Rhodes, Braun, Rogers (Collinge), Ricketts.

    United are away next Saturday (5th) to Chalfont Wasps. The next home game is on the 12th December when Thame entertain Newbury.

  • Thame Scouts offer Christmas card delivery service

    THAME Scouts will once again be offering a Christmas card collection service for the elderly and the disabled of Thame and Moreton.

    Special boxes have been placed around the town in the library, the Thame Gazette office, The Chocolate Box newsagents and the town hall, from where the scouts will collect the cards and, with their parents, distribute them.

    Assistant Scout leader, Shelagh Hutson, said: “It’s the same service that has been being made available to the elderly and the disabled for the past 25 years.

    “The scouts will be collecting the cards on December 4 and we will then turn the Scout hut into a large Christmas sorting office!”

    In addition to this charitable service, the Scouts Christmas Bazaar will take place on Saturday, November 28. There will be refreshments, games, tombola and much more, and father Christmas will be paying a visit to the Scout Headquarters on Southern Road, Thame. Admission charge 30p.

  • Five stars for the South Pole!

    THAME Town Council has been awarded Five Stars in the RoSPA Play Area Site Awards, for the recently refurbished South Pole on the Southern Road Recreation area.

    RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), assessed the South Pole play area at Southern Road Recreation Ground for ambience, for facilities (from toddlers to teenagers) and for the site itself and South Pole ticked every single box.

    In their comments, the judges said: “This well-managed site offers excellent play value and accessibility. It scores very high marks in all categories. Congratulations are due to all who were involved in its development.”

    South Pole play area opened in December, 2008 and has proved hugely popular with all age groups. It had to be closed and resurfaced recently at the expense of the Contractor, when the surface began to break up.

    Photo: Flash back to December 2008 when the South Pole was officially opened by the then Mayor or Thame, Donald Butler

  • Design competition for Thame youth memorial (Status: Press release)

    A PLANNED Thame Youth Memorial has moved closer to becoming a reality this week, with the launch of a design competition for the Memorial itself.

    Thame Town Council have completed work on the Memorial Gardens by installing new fencing, paving, benches and planting, and the efforts to raise funds for the installation of a permanent Memorial are now gathering pace.

    The final form of the Memorial is open to ideas and suggestions from the local community and a design brief is now available to anyone, amateurs and professionals alike, who would like to submit a proposal. Without wishing to constrain imaginative ideas, it had to be recognised that the site is within a conservation area and that any construction must be in keeping with its surroundings and the two other memorials (War Memorial and Pearce Memorial) in the immediate vicinity, so minimum criteria have been laid down as a guide.

    The design brief can be downloaded from the Trust’s web site at LINK HERE
     and is also available in hard copy from Thame Town Hall. The competition is open until 28 March 2010 and then the designs submitted will be on display at Thame Town Hall and at Thame Museum, inviting further input from the community. The Memorial Trustees will finally select 4 – 6 designs and refer to professionals to work up into functional designs and costings.

    The objective is that a Memorial should be in place by Summer 2011 but, in the meantime, the Gardens will be formally dedicated as a place of remembrance and reflection for those who died too young, The ‘Lost Youth of Thame’, at a ceremony on Sunday January 3, 2010.

  • Festive Shopping Experience & Christmas food 27/11/09

    TODAY! Friday, 27 November 2009 – 5pm-9pm – Thame Barns Centre, Church Road – (Parking also available at Priest End):

    A variety of different Gift Stalls, Chocolates, Books, Stocking Fillers, Jewellery, Handbags, Swedish Homestyles, Ladies Clothing, Soaps & Bath time treats, Cards, Mulled Wine & Christmas Foods and lot?s more??

  • Thame fire fighters fill their buckets charity

    FIRE FIGHTERS based in Thame were out and about for most of the afternoon and evening last Friday, and through the generosity of the townspeople raised

  • Latest Neighbourhood update from Police Community Support Officers

    HERE is the latest Thame neighbourhood update from Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), Diane Jackson C9610, and Lucy Thorne C8966.

    Crime info; Thame has had two separate thefts of poppy appeal collection boxes, from the library and the Fuji shop.
    There have been two incidents of attempted distraction burglaries in Thame. Distraction burglars prey on the elderly and vulnerable by using the excuse a child had lost his ball in the back garden. Please also remember that agencies and utility companies will always make a appointment to visit. Do not answer the door if you are not expecting them. Please use a window to look out of if possible before answering the door and if in doubt keep them out. Thame Neighbour hood team have identified vulnerable areas and will be conducting high visible patrols in these areas. Any concerns at all please contact: 0845 8 505 505

    Anti social behaviour info: There has been one section 59 Order served for causing alarm, distress, and annoyance in a motor vehicle. There have been six alcohol seizures in the Thame area, from youths under age.

    Offenders brought to justice: Two 16 year-old boys who stole a poppy appeal charity box from a shop in Thame, have been sentenced. One boy received a six month extension on his existing referral order and ordered to pay