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THAME?S own Martial Arts hero, Duncan Elliott, has returned from the WPKA Championships in Dundee, with yet another medal.
Despite suffering from a Chill over the week-end in Scotland, Duncan came home with a Bronze medal to add to his collection, which includes a Gold, won in Corfu in May, at the World Championships.
Duncan told ThameNews.Net: ?I was pleased to get a medal, despite not being 100% fit. All different experiences of fighting help me to develop personally and means I can pass that experience on to my students.?
The British Kick Boxing Premiership starts again in February for Duncan, who added that he would love a European or World title. His ?big one? will come next year at the World Championships in Cyprus.
Duncan?s Kick Boxing classes are held in Chinnor Village Hall on Tuesdays at 7pm, and Sundays at 5pm He can be contacted on 07803630067.

THE culmination of Thame Tennis Club?s year was celebrated in style last Friday, with a ?Green Ball? and Trophy presentation, at Knotley Farm Tythe Barn.
The gala evening included a sports picture quiz, a tennis themed table decoration competition, an auction and a disco.
The trophy winners were:-
Men?s Singles Doug Struthers
Ladies? Singles Ros Suter
Men?s Doubles Lee Wright + Marc Ashworth
Ladies? Doubles Clare Carder + Fiona Pidgeon
Mixed Doubles Ian Catchpole + Jenny Mcleod
President?s Trophy Mark Smith +
Christine Gray & Beryl Plater (Joint Ladies winners)
Pomeroy Cup Louis Clarence + Ros Suter

CHINNOR Kung Fu Club held its winter grading on
December 19, with success for all candidates ranging from white belt to brown belt, showing a good
standard in each component of the exam.
Ben Beames and Tom Way are now promoted to white
belt whilst Shaun Wingrove, Keiran Calvert and Phil Keavy all gained their orange belts.
Mel Codling and Alex Nesbitt both gained green belts, and Mark Doulin gained yellow.
Matt Vaughan gave a particularly powerful display to gain his brown belt, coming through four rounds
of sparring, stick defence, knife defence and wood
breaking.
Congratulations to all chinnor kung fu students.

Chinnor Kung Fu club held its winter grading on the
19th december and all candidates, ranging from
white belt to brown belt, were successful showing a good standard in each component of the exam.
Ben Beames and Tom Way are now promoted to white
belt whilst Shaun Wingrove, Keiran Calvert and Phil Keavy all gained their orange belts.
Mel Codling and Alex Nesbitt gained green belts and Mark Doulin yellow.
Matt Vaughan gave a powerful display to gain his brown belt, coming through four rounds of sparring, stick defence, knife defence and wood breaking.
Congratulations to all Chinnor Kung Fu students.

GUY Fotherby and Darren Withey, who are currently in the fourteenth hour of a Guinness World record attempt for a squash marathon, are holding up well on court at Racquets fitness Centre in Thame.

The two are battling to beat the current Guinness World Record for a Squash marathon of 31 hours and 2 minutes, held by a couple of players from Basingstoke. They are aiming to raise

GUY Fotherby and Darren Withey, who are currently in the fourteenth hour of a Guinness World record attempt for a squash marathon, are holding up well on court at Racquets fitness Centre in Thame.

The two are battling to beat the current Guinness World Record for a Squash marathon of 31 hours and 2 minutes, held by a couple of players from Basingstoke. They are aiming to raise