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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Thame face ‘outstanding’ goalkeeping at Rayners Lane

    LEAGUE GAME: 19/04/08 – Rayners Lane 3, Thame United 1; Match Report:
    THAME United visited Rayners Lane on Saturday having not played a competitive game for three weeks, and it showed. Although Thame had more than their fair share of possession, the home side were faster on the break and looked more dangerous. On the occasions when Thame threatened, they met a home keeper, Richard McCabe, who was in outstanding form.

    Rayners Lane went ahead in the fifth minute with their first attack. Thame were awarded a corner and, as usual, their taller defenders went forward into the home penalty area. When the corner was quickly cleared, it fell to home striker Josh Hunt, who ran at the Thame goal from the halfway line. Thame keeper, Mike Higgs came to meet the threat and parried Hunt?s shot but as the Thame defence, recovered Hunt collected the ball and played it to Paul Mitchell who finished clinically from 10yards.

    After about 20 minutes, the visitors started to take control and created several good chances with Paul Searle and Pete Way, in particular forcing excellent saves from McCabe. Thame were perhaps unlucky to go in for half time a goal down.

    Two minutes into a more even second half, Way headed a goal-bound shot off the Thame goal line. A few minutes later, Thame found the back of the home net but, rather than playing advantage, the referee blew for a foul and awarded the visitors a free kick just outside the area. Thame?s equaliser came in the 63rd minute when Matt Leach met a ball from the left with a strong 10-yard shot that gave McCabe no chance.

    The home team regained the lead Three minutes later when, following a defensive slip, Mitchell got his second with a 15-yard shot which went in off the underside of the Thame crossbar. Thame piled on the pressure and substitute Luke Ricketts forced another outstanding save from McCabe. The visitors forced three successive corners and, following the third, Lane mounted an attack but this time it was Thame keeper, Mike Higgs, who made an excellent save.

    It was effectively ?game over? for Thame when, with six minutes remaining, home substitute Charlie Antwi met a cross with a glorious 15-yard header that gave Higgs no chance.

    Thame United: Higgs, L. Thompson, Watkins (Ricketts), Ansell, Hocking (F. Thompson), Cowan, Connelly, Rhodes, Leach, Searle (West), Way

    Thame United play their final game of the season at Wallingford next Saturday 26th when Henley Town are the visitors. Please note that kick off has been brought forward to 2.00pm.

  • Lord Bill’s pupil to sail for Great Britain

    A pupil at Lord Williams’s school in Thame will sail for Great Britain in the World Championship in Denmark in August, following their overall win in the recent RYA Youth Championships.
    Claire Lasko, from Thame, and her sailig partner, Frances Peters, became 29er RYA national youth ladies champions in the event at Pwllheli.

    The pair finished 14 points clear of their nearest rivals.

  • Have your say at the annual town meeting tomorrow

    ALL the electors of Thame are invited to the Annual Town Meeting, to be held tomorrow (22/04, which is one of the few opportunities to air your views and to question representatives from the town, district and county councils, and other sectors of the community.
    The meeting will be chaired by the Town Mayor, David Bretherton, and will begin at 7.30pm, in the town hall.
    Speakers will include:

    Thame Show: Another Hundred Years?
    Andrew Duffy, Chairman, Thame Show

    Preserving Our Market Town
    Alun Rowe, Chairman, Thame First (formerly the Chamber of Commerce)

    Snags and NAGs (Neighbourhood Action Groups)
    Peter Butt, Facilitator,

    Neighbourhood Action Group

    Twinning: Can It Survive?
    Cllr Nigel Champken-Woods, Chairman, Thame and District Twinning Association

  • The best choral music in Thame – Possibly !

    THAME CHORAL SOCIETY’S next concert will be its first under the direction of Colin Spinks, Director of Music at St Mary-le-Strand and assitant organist at St Albans Holburn, and promises to be one of its best yet.
    Though not a large Choral Society, rehearsals for Rossini’s Stabart Mater, with its unaccompanied sections, auger well for a great musical experience.

    Also on the programme are Handel’s magnificent Coronation Anthems, including the majestic ‘Zadoc the Priest,’ composed for the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline on October 11, 1727.

    The Trumpet Concerto by Hummel, also on the programme, was written for Viennese trumpet virtuoso and inventor of the keyed trumpet, Anton Weidinger. It was written in the December of 1803 and performed on New Year’s Day 1804 to mark Hummel’s entrance into the Esterh

  • Host a French visitor and have fun !

    FOR the sixth year in a row, our French friends from Montesson are coming to stay in Thame for a weekend in May, and the Twinning Association is looking for a few more local people to put up one or two (mostly adult) guests.
    The dates for the visit are three nights from Thursday, May 8, through to Sunday afternoon, May 11th.

    On Friday the visitors will be going to Brighton for the day on their own coach so will require meeting at the town hall on Friday evening, given an evening meal before retiring for the night.

    The Association have a full programme for them on Saturday, which hosts may join in if they like, and on Sunday, a group lunch is provided at Thame town hall, before they are waved off home at around 2pm.

    This is fun weekend with our twinning friends who, in most cases, have some English language skills, and a chance to perhaps brush up your own French, or to just take part in a cultural experience that could mean a return visit to Montesson, near Paris, in September.

    To offer accommodation or for more information, contact David Laver on 01844 212753.

  • Information wanted about cold calling fish sellers – (Source: Ringmaster message)

    THIS is a Ringmaster message from Thames Valley Police, sent on behalf of Oxfordshire Trading Standards.

    Fish sellers are believed to be in the area going door to door cold calling and selling fish.

    The sellers are from the Newcastle area and have broad Northern accents.

    Trading Standards are interested in their whereabouts. If spotted please call Trading Standards on 0845 051 0845, selecting option 2 and inform them of location and if possible vehicle details, including, make, colour & registration.

    Thank you.

  • Council vows to be tough on Thame fair negotiations

    THAME town council has promised to be tough with the Showmens Guild, when drawing up a new agreement for the operation of Thame fair.
    At an Extraordinary meeting of the full council on Tuesday (15/04), the Clerk, Helen Stewart, warned councillors that all other council business “will have to go on the back burner” as officer time to work on the council’s new responsibilities for the September fair’s smooth running, its policing and safety, will incur considerable costs – costs that will have to be passed on to the fairs itself. This, apparently is how St Giles’ fair in Oxford and others are run.

    Because of the recent Review of Fairground Safety (2001) legislation, the town council has to now take full responsibility for ‘best practice’ as layed out by the Health and Safety Commission, and will have to employ 16 Security Officers, and council officers will have to be present the whole time the fair is operating.

    Some fairground ride operators have apparently been known to use spray paint to falsify the agreed placement lines of their equipment or to move their rides once the fire service, which is the enforcement body and advises where the rides should go, have gone. Others have pushed to the legal limit the size and weight of their attractions for a town centre location.

    Cllr Rob Parker said: “All this puts us in a high risk situation. If anthing goes wrong, it will be our responsibility.”

    “We will have to be tough,” said the Clerk, “or we will be opening ourselves up for claims and problems. But if we don’t take this responsibility, the fair won’t happen!”

    A new agreement between the Showmen’s Guild and the Town Council must be in place before the September fair, 2009.

    Photo: Thame’s Town Clerk, Helen stewart

  • Disappointment over Thame drinking ban area

    THAME councillors are disappointed that Park Street has not been included in an extended Designated Drinking Area Order (DDAO), that seeks to prevent anti-social behaviour associated with alcohol use in the town.
    According to the Town Clerk, Helen Stewart, speaking at a meeting of the town’s Planning Committee, the Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) also regrets the omission of Park Street but the police have apparently said that they would be unable to police Park Street.

    That particular street has been the focus of vandalism and anti-social behaviour, associated with alcohol mis-use by young people who have obtained alcohol from a near-by store.

    Southern Road and Moreton Lane have also been left out of the revised DDAO.

    Those streets and recreational areas included in the new DDAO can be viewed by going to the TEXT

  • All about bikes!

    FOR second year running, the 21st Thame Partnership is organising a bike event for buying, selling or swapping bicycles.
    Also on hand at the event, called ‘All about bikes’, will be the Bike Repair van and Thames Valley Police to postcode your bike.

    The date for ‘All about bikes’ at Lord Williams?s Lower School Sports Hall Car Park, off Queens Road, is Saturday, April 19, 10am to 12 noon.

    If you are selling a bike, the organisers say to please bring it labeled with price and contact details.

    For more information contact: Alison Isherwood on 01844 215215 or email her on: ai@21stcenturythame.org.uk

  • Planning decisions by Thame Town Council April 15

    8424
    P07/E1669 CHURCH FARM, KINGSEY ROAD
    Creation of a community football club comprising of a clubhouse,
    floodlit main pitch and all weather training pitch, seven additional
    pitches, car parking, new vehicular and pedestrian access with
    associated earthworks.
    Amendment No. 1
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL
    Comment: This was a unanimous recommendation.

    8437
    P08/E0213/A
    (Advertisement Consent) THE SIX BELLS, 43 HIGH STREET
    Erection of 7 signs and replacement floodlighting.
    Amendment No. 1
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8438
    P08/E0214/LB THE SIX BELLS, 43 HIGH STREET
    Replacement public house signage and external lighting.
    Amendment No. 1
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8445
    P08/E0324/0 FORMER THAME UNITED FC GROUND, WINDMILL ROAD
    (deferred from 1.4.08. meeting)
    Outline residential development.
    Correspondence was received and noted from the Thame
    Conservation Area Advisory Committee, Nos 9, 20 & 24 Nelson
    Street, 74 Southern Road and 1 & 16 Windmill Road.
    RECOMMEND REFUSAL
    1. Over-development of the site
    2. Traffic generation, parking and safety
    3. Lack of adequate sewage/drainage provision

    8448
    P08/E0347 THE HAWTHORNS, MORETON
    Two-storey gable extension, and single-storey extension.
    Correspondence was received and noted from the Thame
    Conservation Area Advisory Committee.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8449
    P08/E0322 30 LUDSDEN GROVE
    Side car port.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8450
    P08/E0372 17 COOMBE HILL CRESCENT
    Conservatory to rear of property.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8451
    P08/E0350 CHINNOR RUGBY CLUB, KINGSEY ROAD
    Erection of two-storey extension to include disabled access lift to
    the communal area, disabled toilet, club shop and store.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8452
    P08/E0381 31 TOWERSEY DRIVE
    Single storey rear extension.
    RECOMMEND APPROVAL

    8453
    P08/E0403 29 TOWERSEY DRIVE
    Single storey rear extension.
    RECOMMMEND APPROVAL