Category: Sports News

THAME Town Cricket Club were beaten away by Gerrards Cross CC – 1st XI on Saturday (May 17), the home team winning by 6 wickets in this Home Counties Premier Cricket League Division w West match.
Gerrards Cross won the toss and decided to bowl.
The highlight of the match for Thame was Adam Kroll’s (TTCC) 65 runs.

For the full scorecard, visit LINK

THAME Runners was founded back in 1983 and this is the club’s 25th anniversary.
A dinner and dance to commemorate this milestone is being held at The Oxfordshire Golf Club. The club is encouraging anyone who has been a member of the club to join the festivities.
For more information, please visit the club website www.thamerunners.co.uk

A member of the Thame Football Partnership endeavouring to bring a new stadium and facilities for Thame football to the town, has spoken of his frustration with the speed of the beaurocracy involved in the project.
Speaking at last week’s meeting of Thame Town Council’s Planning committee, who were considering an amendment to the plans, Nigel Parkinson from the Football Association, said: “It is very frustrating; this feels more like a commercial enterprise rather than a community project.
“But make no mistake, we have the tenacity to deliver it.”

Nigel was speaking in favour of amendments to plans already passed unanimously by Thame Town Council, amendments that will see two pitches moved, so that they will be less over-hung by trees and more trees and landscaping on the west and south sides to soften the view from the by-pass, as asked for by SODC.

The committee voted unanimously for the amendments to be approved and the plan will now go to South Oxfordshire District Council’s Planning committee on June 4, when, Nigel said, “coach loads” of local supporters will be going along to lobby the council to support the ‘Partnership’s application.

CONGRATULATIONS to the Chinnor RFC U13s for their victory in the Oxfordshire Junior 10s tournament held at Chinnor’s ground on April 27.
Having won all their pool matches against Banbury, Grove, Henley and Witney (the Witney match being a thriller where the lead changed several times), they were victorious against Oxford Harlequins in the semi-final to set up a final showdown against perennial rivals, Bicester, on the first team pitch.
Played in bright sunshine and under the watchful eye of former Chinnor, now Leicester Tiger Tom Varndell, Chinnor took an early lead and reached the break with a 14-5 lead, with tries from Nick Barker and Joe Baldwin.

In the second half Chinnor played some scintillating rugby and Nick Barker completed his hat-trick before Ollie Wingfield touched down after the ball had passed through almost every pair of hands in the Chinnor team for what must surely have been the try of the tournament. Credit to Bicester for never giving up but in the end Chinnor were just too strong and ran out comfortable winners with a score of 35-10.

It really was a fantastic team effort by all 15 players in the squad. Even the Bicester coaches and players applauded their success, and the manner in which it was achieved, and it was a very proud captain, Guy Carter, who received the trophy from Tom Varndell on behalf of the whole squad.

It is a fitting tribute to a well-organised tournament that the Chinnor U13s were crowned champions at the end of a day in which they scored 30 tries and entertained us royally. Thanks to all those involved for their efforts, and well done once more to the victorious U13s.

THAME Bowls Club is inviting local people to go along to their green in Queens Road, Thame, and try out the sport for themselves.
The club is holding two open evenings, one on Monday, May 12, and the other on Tuesday, May 20, from 6.30pm.

So why not go along and give it a try? Shoes and bowls will be provided.

OXFORDSHIRE RFU were given a grubbing over the weekend by Cornwall, losing 68-8 at Redruth.
But the team, consisting of a number of Chinnor RFC players, insist that they are not down-hearted.
See full story from the Oxford Mail

THAME’S first XI will face rivals, Kidlington CC away on Sunday, May 4, in the first round of the ECB Cockspur Cup.

THAME United?s annual awards dinner took place at the Thame Tandori last Saturday evening, and Adam Rhodes took all three ‘Player of the season’ awards. The winners were:

YOUTH TEAM

Most improved player ? Zak Wiggins
Player?s player of the season ? Luke Ricketts
Manager?s player of the season ? Matt Gibbs

RESERVES

Most improved player ? Tommy Hoskins
Player?s player of the season ? Adam Rowley
Manager?s player of the season ? Oliver Gasgoine.

FIRST TEAM
Most improved player ? Sam Cowan
Player?s player of the season ? Adam Rhodes
Manager?s player of the season ? Adam Rhodes
Supporter?s player of the season ? Adam Rhodes

Both the Chairman?s supporter of the season, and the players’ supporter of the season award went to 11 year-old George Collingwood. Congratulations went to George and his father Tony, who, earlier in the day, had earned over

LEAGUE GAME – 26/04/08 – MATCH REPORT – Thame united 2, Henley Town 1.

THAME United rounded off the season with a deserved win against sixth placed Henley Town, last Saturday. As a result Thame finished the season mid-table, in 10th place. In many ways, this game summed up the season, as with better finishing, they could have won by a much wider margin.

The opening exchanges were fairly even but then Thame started to control the game. Matt Graves almost put Thame ahead in the 11th minute when he cheekily met a kick by the Henley goalkeeper with a superb volley, from the half way line, which just went wide. Thame piled on the pressure and forced three successive corners. The home side took the lead in the 34th minute when Luke Ricketts played a great ball over the defence into the path of Matt Leach. Leach collected the ball and ran at on the visitor?s goal before hitting the ball pass the oncoming Henley keeper. It was one-way traffic and Adam Rhodes, Sam Cowan, and Matt Ansell all had shots deflected or saved. Just before half time, Leach put a good chance wide. The teams went in for half time with the Thame goal largely unthreatened.

Henley came out fired up for the second half, changed their formation to play with three strikers, and as a result immediately put Thame under pressure. They were however vulnerable on the break and Thame almost increased the lead when Ricketts made a superb run on the left and hit a cross creating a difficult heading chance for Leach, but he failed to make contact. The unfortunate Leach missed a good chance a few minutes later when he did well to win a 50/50 ball near the half way line and ran at goal, but then seemed to trip over the ball. A visiting defender collected it, played it to striker Lorenzo Medford who made a run of the left before passing to John Donegan, who finished well from 10 yards. It was therefore 1-1 with 25 minutes to play. Thame came back and Adam Rhodes got on the end of a Ricketts cross but his goal-bound header was cleared off the line. Ben Connelly made Thame?s winner in the 77th minute. The tenacious Connelly picked the ball up at the half way line and beat two defenders before crossing from the right by line to Ricketts who met the ball at the far post, and headed to substitute Paul Searle, who in turn headed in from close range.

The last 10 minutes were full of incident with both goalkeepers forced to make good saves but it was however Thame who took the points.

Thame United: Higgs, Thompson, Graves, N. Rhodes, Hocking, Cowan, Connelly, A. Rhodes, Ansell (Watkins), Leach (Searle), Ricketts.

RICHARD HARDING, from Great Haseley, achieved 4th place in both the 100m and 200m backstroke events at the XII FINA World Masters Swimming Championships which have just finished in Perth, Western Australia.
75 year-old Richard, an ex-motorcycle racer and an enthusiastic member of Thame Choral Society, was swimming in the hotly-contested 75-80yrs age group.

Richard was one of 209 members in the British Team which has achieved many medals and records already in the event which finishes later in the week.