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Author: Sonja Francis

  • October 6 – A Dog’s Life At The Barns Centre

    WEST End stage and TV Star, John Leeson, the voice of Dr Who’s K9, goes backstage and behind the cameras with this engaging, and at times funny encounter with one of Dr Who’s closest companions as he talks about his diverting life on stage and screen and recalls his experiences with The Doctor.
    Directed by award-winning film and stage director, Richard Fawkes, the evening brings together the talents of two fine professionals from the field of entertainment.

    Tickets for the show, which is to be held on Friday, October 6, cost

  • Tough First Match For Chinnor Seconds

    Chinnor RFC – Match Report – By Walter McGuicken
    Chinnor 2nd Team 10 Pts vs. Hertford 2nd 52 Pts
    Date: 9th September, Home League Game
    Scorers:
    Tries: Martyn O,Mahony.
    Conversions: 1 Adam White
    Penalties: 1 Adam White

    CHINNOR 2nd played their opening league game in the in the Canterbury Shield this Saturday and rapidly realised that it?s going to be a very tough league, probably about three leagues higher than they played last year.

    Hertford 2nds proved to be a very well drilled, experienced team and straight from the kick off showed great support for their strong back line. With the benefit of a couple of bounces, Hertford found themselves in the lead and Chinnor worked hard to stay in touch with a penalty by Adam White and a try by Martyn O,Mahony in the corner converted by White.
    The half finished 19 points to ten to Hertford.

    Hertford looked the hungrier and more disciplined side and ten minutes into the second half scored their next try. The visitors were stringing together some well-worked moves and had Chinnor encamped in their own 22 metres for most of the second half. They were awarded a penalty try when Nick Grimsdell was deemed to have killed the ball and was sin binned for ten minutes. This was a little harsh because he was in his own goal area and had actually held up the ball to stop the try, so Chinnor was very unlucky.

    Hertford scored two further tries while Chinnor were down to fourteen men for ten minutes. Hertford scored again in the 10th minute of injury time, and they certainly deserved to be the winners in a 52 points to 10 total.

    At the end of the game the Chinnor boys looked very tired and out of sorts and will have to focus more with their effort and attitude in the future if they hope to emulate last year?s outstanding performance.

    The man of the match goes to Charlie McBeth who put in a usual dogged performance and harried everything that moved.

  • Harmony Fund-Raiser For Cancer Support

    ALL will be harmony at Thame Barns Centre later in the month, when the Thame branch of Macmillan Cancer Support hold a fundraising event.
    On September 30, The St James Singers, who are a group of male a cappella singers, will present “Atlantic Bridge”, a selection of songs covering hundreds of years, all in beautiful harmony.

    Tickets are

  • Text Your Right To Vote

    RESIDENTS in Southern Oxfordshire can now confirm their right to vote by text message in a new service being offered by South Oxfordshire and the Vale of White Horse District Councils.
    The councils, increasingly working together to save money by sharing agencies, are two of the first in the country to provide this service

    Both councils are currently sending out their annual electoral registration forms and are urging residents to respond as quickly as possible. The new service means residents can now confirm their details in one of four ways by text, post, telephone or through the internet.

    Ann Ducker, Leader of South Oxfordshire District Council, says:”Text messaging is becoming increasingly popular as a quick and easy method of communication and we?re delighted to be able to offer this service to our residents for confirming their right to vote. By getting this information back to us as quickly as possible we can keep the costs of the service to a minimum.”

    Jerry Patterson, Leader of the Vale of White Horse District Council, said: “In the Vale we are committed to making public contact with us as easy as possible, so even something as important as confirming your voting details are correct can be as simple as texting your friends and family. I hope as many voters as possible will take advantage of this innovative approach.”

  • Radio DJ To Turn On Christmas Lights

    LOCAL resident and DJ, Ken Bruce, has accepted an invitation to turn on Thame’s Christmas lights and launch a whole weekend of exciting festive activities.
    Ken, who lives in Towersey, is a long-standing and popular radio presenter, currently hosting his own show on BBC’s Radio two.

    Initial plans for the town’s Big Christmas event, being organised jointly by Thame Town Council, 21st Century Thame’s Economic Group and local church groups, are well under way and will include a Christmas shopping event on the Sunday (December 3) with street entertainment and the French market from Thame’s twin town, Montesson, who will be selling french galettes, wine and other local produce throughout the weekend.

    The lights will be turned on this year on Friday evening, December 1, but the weekend’s celebrations will begin at lunch time with a special carol service for office workers. The emphasis this year is on involving the whole community so the very popular tea party for the elderly of the town will be repeated between 2-4pm in the town hall chamber.

    The Crendon Morris Men and Haddenham Hoofers will be performing in the town centre over the weekend and it is hoped that the donkey-led nativity pageant that was so popular last year, will be repeated.

    The final programme for what promises to be an event to attract both locals and visitors to the town, will be published once the Christmas Working Group has finalised its plans.

  • Rock Nights Back At The TLC (Contributed)

    THE very popular Thame Rock nights are back at the Thame Leisure Centre.
    Saturday September 23 is the big night, with a better than normal line up.
    Headlining the event are the Wailing Jacks, promoting their new single. The rest of the line up will include:

    * Dr Slaggleberry tweak,funk, metal band, well loved on the local music scene, dosing out their special blend of medicine.

    * Hotel Bad Boys, fun rock and roll type band

    * Shed Sound alternative grunge

    * Proliem heavy pop rock

    * The Russian Dolls and Residue

    Ticklets are

  • What’s On At The Social?

    Saturday, October 7 – Full Moon Party – 8pm – 2am – Tickets

  • Rugby Fun Day Success

    AROUND 500 families enjoyed a fun day in the sun on Saturday, in the build up to Chinnor Rugby Club’s first League match of the season against Hertford.
    The final score was Chinnor 1st XV 30 vs. Hertford 1st XV 34.
    This was Chinnor First team’s first match since they were promoted to National League three, South at the end of last season.
    Full match report coming soon.

  • Three Pidgeons Stab Victim Out Of Danger

    A 22 year-old man who was stabbed during an altercation at the Three Pigeons, Milton Common, over the weekend, is expected to recover.
    A spokesman for the Oxfordshire Ambulance Service said today:”The man suffered multiple injuries to his neck, chest and abdomen. His injuries are thought to be serious, but not life-threatening.”

    Police are still appealing for witnesses to the incident.

    See yesterday’s (11/09) report on the incident.

  • Quiz Raises Profile And Funds For Thame CAB

    A quiz night, hosted by Thame’s Citizens Advice Bureau, has raised much-needed funds for the charity -and gained the group’s new organisation, the Friends of Thame CAB, a new Trustee.
    The winning team of the quiz, which raised