Category: Sports News

FIVE Weeks of Summer Holiday Courses now available at Meadow View Park, Thame. Book early to avoid disappointment

FUN PACKED ENTERTAINMENT From JUST £12.50 PER DAY FOR UNDER 6 -12 YEARS  – Come and join in the fun at Meadow View Park! Five Summer Holiday Weeks
From July 28th to August 1st, August 4th to August 8th August 11th to 15th , August 18th to 22nd and August 26th to 29th. 

Kick-Off is at 9.00am to 3.00pm – Weekly discounts and SAVE £30 with our Special Offer if you book 3 weeks.

CALL 01844 214401 NOW or download a form from the website: http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/thameunited/news/summer-holiday-courses-at-mvp-1245171.html

LAST chance to join Raquets’ Squash Camp tomorrow! Meet new friends at Racquets fitness centre, North Street, Thame. All ages and abilities welcome. Play games, learn skills and get fit.

Lunch is included  – Equipment provided – Reduced rates for members! From 10am till 3pm.  Only have a few spaces left so contact racquets ASAP – email info: @Racquets-fitness-centre.com

NEAR perfect conditions prevailed for the Thame Triathlon 2014, last weekend, remaining overcast for the prep, swim and the cycle but then the heavens opened during the run to cool off the competitors!

The overall winner was Andrew Queralt from Oxford with an overall time of 57:30. The other main category winners were as follows:
U20
M- Stephen Burgess
F- Tyla Page

20-24
M- Simon Legood
F- Sarah McDade

25-29
M- Andy John
F- Suzy Robinson

30-34
M- Jonathon Gale
F- Gemma Bitaraf

35-39
M- Andrew Queralt
F- Heather Golla

40-44
M- Marc Preece
F- Annemarie Deboom

45-49
M- Ian Armstrong
F- Sara Taylor

50-54
M- Simon Dales
F- Julie Lambourne

55-59
M- Rory Reed
F- Jane Bell

60-64
M- Alastair Macfarlane

The full list of results can be found at: http://justracinguk.com/race-results?field_race_event_tid=16&field_race_year_tid=109

CHINNOR Football Club is hoping to get the whole community involved in it’s 24 hour Football Festival, open for all ages, male and female.

The event will run between 6pm on Friday, July 18 to 6pm on July 19, and will be a six a side event with participants playing four, 15 minute games. It’s non competitive and is all about the whole community having a bit of fun.

The cost to enter is £30 per team or £5 pound per player. Camping will be available and as there will be lots of children attending, a No Alcohol policy will be in place. There will, though be food available – burgers, sausages and bacon rolls and soft drinks for sale. The money will be split between the football club, the new Community Pavilion in Chinnor and a local charity to be decided.

There’ll be a raffle with some signed memorabilia and some great prizes. The festival will take place at White Field, Mill Lane, Chinnor OX39 4RF

So, if you fancy getting a team together or going along as a single competitor and teaming up with others, send your application to play, with your team name and age group, to Ben Davies,42 Beech Road, Chinnor,Oxon. and pop it through the letterbox; or Email: Chinnorfootballinthecommunity@hotmail.com

Please make payments payable to Chinnor Youth FC or cash in a sealed envelope with your application.

THAME town centre came to a stand-still for just a few minutes shortly after 9am this morning, as the CPM Thame 10K was run in near perfect conditions.

The first man home was James Bolton of Woodstock Harriers with a time of 33:14.  The full results can be seen here: LINK 

Apparently some finishers were unable to receive their medals when the organisers ran out!

THAME’S largest mass participation sporting event, the Thame CPM 10km Road Race, is on Sunday, (June 29), when there will be 1000 runners pounding a course through the town centre to Towersey and back along the Phoenix Trail, starting at 9.30am from Thame Leisure Centre.

The race is full and so there will be NO ENTRIES ON RACE DAY. There will be road closure in place on the Oxford Road for five minutes from 9.30 to 9.35 am, and then on the ring road from the rugby club to Chinnor Road from 9.40 to 10.30 am.

Thame 10K has been running since 1985 and has grown to be one of the key sporting fixtures in Thame and is sponsored by CPM. The public’s support is very important for the runners, many of them taking part to raise money for charities and several local charities will benefit from the funds raised by the organisers.

For more information about the race and for information after the race, visit Thame Runners’ website. http://thamerunners.co.uk/

EXCITING results from Racquets Graded Tournaments and excitement at playing British Closed Champion

Over last weekend 50 people played in the Racquets June Open Graded Tournament and enjoyed watching the British Closed squash champion exhibit how the game is played professionally in a social but competitive game with local professional Will John.

Our tournament, designed to allow everyone – of all standards and all ages – to play and enjoy the great games of squash and racketball, saw top county players playing alongside juniors and ladies who have only been playing the game for weeks and months.

The ladies grade was won by a relative new comer to the game, Alice Draycott from London, who had to borrow a racket for each game.  The junior beginners tournament was competed for by 5 boys and girls who have been playing only since the beginning of the year.  Chris Watts, from Barley Hill Primary School, won the grade which was played in true competitive but clean sporting fun.

Other grades, including a racketball doubles tournament, were entered by players ranging in experience from a few years of playing right up to those who’ve been playing for over 30 years !  One of two were back from a break from the game as the buzz of the club this year has been inspiring them to start playing again.  Beth John who has been playing squash at Racquets for 15 years won the Racketball doubles with Ossie Mustafa who is recovering from a back injury with help from the Racquets gym staff.

The winners of the tournaments walked away with some neat prizes sponsored by Meritus Hotels and a sense of achievement as many have played few, if any, tournaments before.

Alison Waters played 10 of the tournament entrants each including juniors who’ve been playing for a few months and Peter and Annabel, pictured here, were so excited to have the chance to play such a top professional player.

Alison Waters appears to have enjoyed visiting our Thame club as she tweeted ‘@Simonracquets great night @Racquetsfitness playing exhibition with @WillROJohn. Great club and people! Hope to be back…’ from @AliWat1.

CHINNOR RFC are running weekly Touch Rugby sessions for over 16’s and adults every Wednesday 7pm until 8pm over the summer, starting on Wednesday, May 28.

It’s aimed at all abilities and an opportunity for non-members to come along and join in too. No experience necessary, and no need to book in advance and sessions are completely free.

For more information please contact Adam Woodliffe at:  clubcaptain@chinnor-rfc.com.