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Author: Sonja Francis

  • Invitation From Thame Runners

    Thame Runners Open Invitation Evening
    CAN you run/jog 10Km in 1 hour or less? Do you live in or around Thame and fancy running a running club? The Thame Runners welcome you to their open invitation evening from Thame Leisure Centre.

    The aim is to leave at 7.00pm on Wednesday, August 30, from the front of the centre and split into 3 groups varying in distance/speed. Regular members will be there with each group to ensure no one gets lost and the distances will vary from 5 to 8-9 miles.

    After the run, there will be a chance for a drink and snacks with the runners at the centre – a great chance to see what it?s like to run with a club. Contact Reg Koster on 01844 218888 for further information.

  • Thame Company Helps Protect Ancient Cathedral

    A THAME company, which specialises in fire protection equipment, has recently supplied smoke detection equipment to Durham cathedral.
    Kidde Products (formerly Anugus Fire Armour), based in Wenman Road, Thame, is set to invest millions of pounds in a new factory in the North East.
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  • Ringmaster Message Received

    THE following is a message distributed to Neighbourhood Watch members who are part of the Ringmaster network.
    An elderly resident of Queens Close, Thame, had two males call at the property at about 15:10 hours, on Thursday, 24th August, claiming to be from the Water Board. They tried to gain entry to test the water pressure, but were refused.

    As one stood slightly away from the door, a good description is only available for one of the men who is described as a white male aged in his late twenties to early thirties, stocky, clean shaven, wearing a blue checked shirt.

    If you saw, or heard, anything suspicious, please call 08458 505505, and quote U R N 8 6 6 of 24/8/06.

    Message ends.
    If you have any information about the above message that is of an urgent nature please contact the police enquiry centre on 0845 8505 505 and state you are responding to this Ringmaster message.

    There are currently 36 Neighbourhood Watch Schemes in Thame and enquiries have already been received for new schemes to be set-up in the New Year.
    If you are interested in joining Neighbourhood Watch and want to find out more, please contact your Regional Watch Administrator, Carol Rudd at Abingdon Police Station on 01235 556957 or E-Mail: carol.rudd@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

  • Chinnor RFC To Meet Local Rivals

    CHINNOR 1st rugby team play their last pre-season match this Saturday when Oxford Harlequins, the club’s local rivals, pay them a visit.

    The following Saturday, September 2, Chinnor will play Clifton in the first game of the National League three, both teams having won promotion from South West One.
    They are hoping for a big, local crowd to turn out to show support and cheer the team on!

  • Amputee To Cycle Across Cambodia

    LANDMINE amputee, Chris Moon MBE, is planning to cycle Cambodia to raise funds for a Thame-based charity.
    Chris, who lost an arm and a leg while clearing landmines in Mozambique, is setting off to cycle across Cambodia on August 31, hoping to raise thousands of pounds in support of Thame charity, the Cambodia Trust.
    Chris’s fundraising will help the Trust to provide artificial limbs for Cambodian landmine survivors. He explained: “In 1993 I was clearing landmines for a charity in Cambodia and I saw the terrible circumstances in which Cambodian, disabled people
    struggled to survive.
    “In 1995 I learned the importance of artificial limbs when I lost my lower right arm and leg walking in a supposedly clear area in a minefield in Mozambique.”

    Chris Moon has undertaken a number of extreme challenges to raise funds for the Cambodia Trust, including a 300-mile run across Death Valley.
    “I?ve witnessed the work of the Cambodia Trust first hand for more than ten years. It?s a very worthy organisation doing excellent work,? he says.

  • Another Epic Bike Challenge For Marjorie (Contributed)

    FIVE years after the Great Wall of China charity bike ride, a little older, five stone
    heavier, five times wiser? I don

  • Thame Post Boxes To Be Relocated

    TWO Thame post boxes, including one removed because of vandalism, are to be relocated.
    The post box in Park Street, currently situated in front of the recently-closed Post Office, is to be moved to a position on the pavement, outside the Sainsbury store further up the road.
    The move is to be made at the request of the new owners of the old post office at 26 Park Street, who intend to use the building as a residence.

    The post box in Wellington Street, removed some months ago after it was vandalised, is to be replaced at the request of residents in the area. Its location will be on the grass verge to the left of its previous position.

    Thame Town Council has approved the changes, with the proviso that the Park Street box be of the same style as the existing one, and that the Wellingston Street box be of adequate size and with a wide enough aperture to accommodate the post of local businesses as well as local residents.

    The time scale for both post boxes is four to five months.

  • No Comment From ‘Silly Celebrity’ Boris

    THAME’S MP, Boris Johnson, has declined to comment after coming second in a recent Poll to find Britain’s Silliest Celebrity.
    This dubious honour was bestowed on Boris after 2000 ‘Readers Digest’ readers were asked to vote for who they considered to be our nation’s silliest celebrity.
    Looney luminary, Boris was pipped at the post by Black Sabath rock star turned nuttiest dad, Ozzie Osborne, following the reality TV series that recorded the ups and downs of his family’s life.

    Despite some less controlled moments, like his below-the-belt rugby tackle of an opponent during a charity football match, allegedly driving around in an open-topped sports car with his two sons strapped in one seat belt and his appearances on comedy programmes like ‘Have I got news for you’, Boris is generally well respected for his Constituency work and holds a place in the affections of many of his constituents who may or may not share his politics.

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  • Thame School’s GCSE Passes Up 3%

    LORD WILLIAMS’S Year 11 students were whooping with joy and mostly crying into their mobile phones with relief today, after 66% of them discovered that they had achieved five or more GCSE passes at grades A* to C.
    This creditable result is 3% up on last year, 2005.

    Among the more notable successes were an impressive 21 students achieving 9 or more A* and A grades. They were Harry Allen, Zoe Batt, Lucy Burgess, Sarah Clayton, Ashley Cooke, Bonnie Cooke, Ruth Crescenzi, Laura Crowland, Elisabeth Greaves, Bethany Hamlin, Mikayala Herbert, Ellie Jones, Harriet Lockyear, Eilise Norris, Charlotte Pearson, Rachel Rice, Rosie Sherrington, Suzannah Watson, Daniel Wazynski, Harriet Westby and Christopher Williams.

    Sarah Clayton received special congratulations from the AQA Examination Board for achieving one of the top five marks out of 362,448 entrants in the English Literature paper.

    Deputy Headteacher, Karen Vear, said: “Many students should be very proud of their results. They have worked hard, completing their coursework and revising carefully. They have been helped by their dedicated teachers, teaching assistants, parents and support staff.
    “These youngsters should be congratulated on their achievements and we wish them well for the future.”

  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks ! – Chilton Music Fest Update

    ‘THE Gift’ help, Charity Music Festival out of a Jam! Best unsigned bands in Britain get shown the way by one of the best.
    Chilton Music Festival, with all of its proceeds going to the British Heart Foundation, will happen on Saturday, September 2, thanks to the ?Gift?.
    The festival was always going to have a laid back, non commercial vibe, after some advice from Glastonbury?s founder, Mr Michael Eavis.
    ?We wanted to get the very best unsigned bands in the country, along with some of the excellent talent in South Central Britain and top it all off with an experienced and influential band, that everybody knows and loves?, said festival organisers. ?When the Buzzcocks offered their services FoC, we were delighted. However travel logistics between European festivals and essential promotional work for their new album ?Flat Pack Philosophy? meant that they had to pull out of this year?s proceedings.
    However, all was not lost and at the 11th hour Rick Buckler Esq, drummer of the legendary and influential Jam, confirmed his involvement.

    Rick?s new band the Gift, playing their own original material along with all the old Jam classics ?Going Underground?, ?Down in the tube station at Midnight? and ?That?s Entertainment? to name but a few, will be there to head up a great lineup of acts, as well as former Boo-Radleys? front-man Sice, with his latest music outfit Paperlung, as championed by Ms Janice Long on BBC Radio Two.
    Add to this the very Best Unsigned Bands in Britain, as discovered via new online phenomenon WWW.TOURDATES.CO.UK and a healthy inclusion of local talent, Chilton Music Festival is shaping up to be a fantastic inaugural event and looks set to become one of the more special gigs on the British Summer Music calendar.

    Organisers have thrown in all the usual festival fayre, with bucking broncos, family activities, jewelry and clothes stalls, and bouncy castles galore, available during the day to keep the family happy:

    Tickets are priced at