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THAME under 13s have beaten East & West Hendred by 30 runs in the Oxon under 13s Ron Maudslely Trophy and will now meet Kennington in the quarter-finals.
The final score was Thame Tn 99, E&W Hendred 69.

THAME United will have a team playing in the Allied Counties Youth Football League next season. The re-election of Thame United at the League AGM on Monday evening (June 11), sees the Club return to the league following their resignation at the end of the 2004/05 season due to the off the field problems that resulted in the loss of their ground in Thame.
The team have been placed in the Central division of the league, that will see them compete against teams such as Maidenhead, Windsor and Eton, and Marlow.

Given that league matches take place on week nights under floodlights, the recent ground share Agreement with AFC Wallingford was designed to accommodate a team playing in the Allied Counties League. As such, ?home? matches will be played at AFC Wallingford on a Thursday evening. Although playing under the name of Thame United, the team will be largely administered and organised by Thame Boys and Girls FC. Tim Green, chairman of Thame Boys and Girls, was pleased with the result of the AGM and said: “This is a very important outcome since it ensures that we maintain opportunities for the youth of the town to continue their footballing progression. Not only does the move back in to the Allied Counties Youth League enable us to do this, it also enhances the close ties between Thame United and Thame Boys and Girls through the work of the Thame Football Partnership”.

THAME Tennis Club’s Men?s 3 pair team are continuing to have a very strong summer season in the Oxford League, the result of their latest match being a resounding victory of 8.5 sets to 0.5 sets over North Oxford D. Team: T Moore, N King, N Morgan, R Bradley (c), L Wright, I Catchpole.
Also in Division 2, the Ladies 3 pair have been achieving victories ? their first, a 5 sets to 4 win in a close match played at home against North Oxford C and, last weekend an overwhelming 9 sets ? 0 win against Oxford Sports C. Team: F Pidgeon, R Suter, C Carder (c), K Pinner, D Munro, C Gray, J Kelly. Elsewhere in the league, the Mixed 3 pair secured a draw at home to Witney B over the Bank Holiday weekend.

In the 2 pair matches, the Mixed team of J McLeod, S Nannery, N Belcher and R Tupper were away to Henley, winning 3 of their 4 rubbers. On a very hot Saturday, the Men?s B 2 pair, captained by Adrian Broadway dropped only 2 sets in their 4 rubbers to 0 win over Goring B, with Adrian and John Patrick managing to claw back from set point against them at the tiebreak going on to win their match against Goring?s 2nd pair 7-5, 4-6, 7-6. First pair: F Moore, R Wilkins. Unfortunately, the Ladies 2 pair, in Division 3 could not overcome Banbury A, losing 2 sets to 6, with Marianne Izzat-Brown and Pip Barfield taking the 2 sets against the hosts? second pair. First pair: L Broadway (c), J McLeod.

Finally, injuries to one player in each of the pairs in the Men?s C 2 pair match against Mapledurham C, meant, frustratingly, that after being all square after the first 2 matches, Thame then had to concede the 2 final sets in each of their second matches. Team: J Ansell (c), K Bowers, D Still, T Morgan.

THAME United striker, Nathan Jack, scooped the top award of Premier League Player of the Season at the Hellenic League awards evening last Friday, June 1, held in Oxford.
Jack, who scored over twenty goals for Thame United last season, received the award following votes cast by all opposing teams across the course of the season. The award completes a hat-trick for Jack, who also received the Players Player and Managers Player of the Season awards at the Thame United awards evening last month.
The award is all the more significant given that it followed a difficult season for Thame and with fierce competition from a number of more experienced players.
Guest speaker at the awards evening was FA Premier League referee and former commercial manager at Thame United, Dermot Gallacher.

GROUNDSHARE AGREEMENT 2007/08

Thame United’s groundshare agreement with AFC Wallingford has been extended for another year. Chairman of Thame United, Jake Collinge, said: “We have a very good relationship with all the Committee Members at AFC Wallingford, particularly Chairman Gerry O?Garr, and the continuation of the Agreement is very much a product of that relationship. The facilities will be one of the best in the League and resolving the matter swiftly enables us to concentrate on returning Thame United to Thame through the work of the Thame Football Partnership. I would, however, like to express my great thanks to Gerry and all at AFC Wallingford for their on-going support.”

PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT

Thame United have accepted an invitation to a four-team tournament at Witney United on the weekend of 4/5 August. The matches, which will be played at Witney United, will include a semi-final on Saturday 4th August with the 3rd/4th place play off and final on Sunday 5th August.
In addition to Thame United and Witney United, Southern League side Abingdon United and Wessex Division 1 side Tadley Calleva will be competing in the tournament. The tournament will provide useful match practice in advance of the season kick-off on 12th August.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the successful students who passed
their gradng at the weekend, May 27, at chinnor village hall.
Jad Salaam took his purple belt and Merrell Vaughan
took her brown belt in Kung Fu, the Lau Gar syllabus which incorporates sparring (kickboxing).
Both students showed excellent technical skill in
the performance of the set movements and the kicking
drills.
Both were required to defend against knife attack and
for her brown belt, Merrell had to show her skill at stick and staff defence.
The sparring was particularly impressive, Jad showing good control and placement of his techniques while Merrell showed good movement and combinations.
The grading ended with Merrell breaking a board with
a sidekick.
A very good standard has been achieved through hard
work and perserverance.

Photo: Members of Chinnor Kick boxing Club at a recent competition in Windsor.

CHINNOR and Thame Golf Society members have launched their own drive for charity and have chosen Macmillan Cancer Support to benefit from their fundraising efforts which have raised

OXFORDSHIRE lost in the semi final of the county Championship Shield (south pool) on saturday at Weston Super Mare.
The final score was Oxfordshire 27, Somerset 60. See full story

THAME Town will play away tomorrow (19/05) against Kidlington, their Oxfordshire rivals in Division 2, West.
The team will be: Krol (capt), C Wynd, A Wynd, S Merry, Parmar, Dhabi, Meredith, Heath, Lachlan, Bhatt and Layton.

THE growing relationship between Thame United FC and Thame United Social FC, was further built on last weekend, when they held a joint presentation evening at Racquets in Thame.
With over sixty people attending, chairman of Thame Boys and Girls FC, Tim Green, introduced the evening and along with Jake Collinge, Chairman of Thame United FC, outlined the work carried out by the Thame Football Partnership over the last year in relation to the creation of a sustainable Community Football Club on a single 20-acre site in the town.

In a presentation of awards that followed, Nathan Jack, who had scored over 20 goals for Thame United this season, picked up both the Players Player and the Managers Player of the Year awards. Matt Higgs, who joined the Club at the same time as manager Mark West in late January, was named Most Improved Player for his performances at Centre Back, whilst defender Matt Graves picked up the coveted Supporters Player of the Year award.

A special mention was given to Club stalwart, Fred Saulsbury who, after many years as Football Secretary for both Thame United FC and Thame United Social FC, stood down at the end of the season to concentrate on his business interests. Thanks were also given to manager Mark West and assistant Steve Meredith for their hard work during the latter half of the season.

The awards for the Thame United Reserve team, which was set up this year to provide a footballing outlet for the youngsters progressing from Thame Boys and Girls, were presented by manager Marcus Walker. Sam Cowan and Marc Bell, both of whom also played a number of games for the first team across the season, received the Players Player and Managers Player of the year award respectively. Mike Gibbs received the award for the Most Committed Player of the Year.

Matt Leach received the awards of Managers Player and Top Goalscorer for Thame United Social FC, who play in Division 2 of the High Wycombe Sunday Combination. The awards for Most Committed Player and Players Player of the Year went to Chris Morbey and Steve Clarke respectively, with a special award to Club Man of the Year, Steve Wallington.

Club Chairman, Jake Collinge, said: “The evening was well attended and represented a further step in the joint working between the footballing interests in the town as they strive to create the Community Football Club that Thame richly deserves.”