The Brazil World Cup is still more than a month away but children at a Witney school have been getting ready by learning a South American version of football. Coaches from Witney-based activities company Smooga and Oxford United Women’s first team
A CHIPPING Norton family moved home free of charge after the removal company worked out that they were its millionth customers. Philippa and Simon Worne, both 44, were moving from Chipping Norton to Great Missenden, in Buckinghamshire, and booked
Callum Davies, Connor O’Hickey, Zak Farrow and Finlay Heritage were on target for North Leigh as they drew 4-4 at Banbury Irish in the Giles Sports Witney Under 14 A Youth League. Jekhio Ryan (2), Lewis Langan and Niall Kenny scored for the hosts
Former Burnley footballer Paul Fletcher was guest speaker at the 16th West Oxfordshire Diners Club sports dinner at Witney Lakes Resort. The event raised £3,100 for the charity which helps youth sports development. To apply for funding contact
WEEKEND RESULTS CRICKET SERIOUS CRICKET HOME COUNTIES PREMIER LEAGUE Division 2 Falkland 19-1 (9.1 ovs) v Shipton-under-Wychwood – abandoned. Chesham 146-9 (41 ovs), Great & Little Tew 62. Chesham win by 78 runs (D/L method) CHERWELL
Burford moved to a point off top spot in Section 1 of the Shaw Gibbs Oxfordshire Foursomes League following a 3-0 win at home to leaders The Oxfordshire. The closest contest was in the opening match, where Mark Oliver and Richard Connor won 3 &
Chipping Norton’s Sean Walkinshaw just missed out on a brace of top-ten finishes in the first two rounds at the Nurburgring, Germany. Driving for the Campos Racing team, the 20-year-old twice finished 11th, with some mixed fortune in qualifying
Burford Orchestra is holding a Come and Play event on Sunday to encourage more musicians to join its ranks. Louise Woods explains how she took up playing the French horn again after a 25-year gap and rediscovered the joy of performing as part of a
Great & Little Tew proved too strong for Cropredy as they sealed a six-wicket victory in the second round of the Davidstow Village Cup on Sunday. They now face the winners of the Shipton-under-Wychwood v Oxford Downs tie which was postponed
West Witney completed an historic treble as they ground out a tough 6-3 extra time win over Hailey in the Witney & District FA Senior Cup final at Carterton. It means Witney have now completed back-to-back trebles. Karl Dodds (2) and Ian
PRIME Minister David Cameron faced a different kind of question time when he visited Witney Community Primary School. The Witney MP, who was greeted by the oldest and youngest children in the school, talked about his own days at school and answered
PUPILS from five schools came together in Witney to perform in a concert at The King’s School. The school’s choir was joined by pupils from Witney Community Primary School, The Batt School, Tower Hill Primary School and Leafield Primary School.
CHARLBURY now has a permanent reminder of the town’s role in making navigation at sea safer and more accurate. A blue plaque to honour the celebrated Charlbury-born watchmaker Larcum Kendall has been unveiled. It will take pride of place in Market
The Chipping Norton-based Sean Walkinshaw Racing team are targeting its first win of the season when the BRDC Formula 4 campaign resumes at Brands Hatch this weekend. They secured a superb podium finish in the second race of the year at Silverstone
Romain Grosjean celebrated his 50th grand prix start by scoring the first points of the season for Lotus, thanks to an eighth place finish at the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Pastor Maldonado finished 15th for the Enstone-based team
WITH plans to build 270 homes in Witney’s Windrush Valley set to be considered by West Oxfordshire District Council, it is crucial that all voices are heard. So it is refreshing that a group of residents have created an organised and professional
Sir – What has gone wrong with nightlife in Witney? Witney needs a nightclub urgently. What is the sense of sending all of the younger generation to Oxford for a night out when they could keep all the trade in the town? The taxis drivers are
Sir – Although county council leader Ian Hudspeth in his letter in the Witney Gazette on April 30 considers that I “accused” Witney East Conservatives of being out of touch, a more careful reading of my letter would confirm that I actually wrote that
Sir – The current applications for large-scale housing developments will, if approved, change Carterton and the surrounding villages forever, to say nothing of the impact on our already over-congested roads. Concern among residents is clearly illustrated
OSCAR Wilde’s classic Victorian comedy The Importance of Being Earnest is brought to the stage by Eynsham’s Bartholomew Players this week. When Jack Worthing goes to London from his Hertfordshire estate he says he is going to see his (fictitious
Chris Thompson hit 75 and Greg Pearson scored 38 as Sandford St Martin made 171-7 to beat Didcot with 11 balls to spare in Division 3. The visitors were bowled out for 168, Ross Fryatt hitting 48 as Danny Smith took 4-54. Rob Keat (4-56) almost
Charlbury lead the OCA League Division 1 table after they successfully chased down Oxenford’s 181-6 to make it two wins from two starts. Skipper Josh Hornsby and opener Ajit Shah were unbeaten on 43 and 48 respectively while teammate, Ben Geeson-Brown
Sir –Both Railfuture Thames Valley and Bus Users Oxford support Witney Oxford Transport (WOT), which campaigns for an Oxford-Witney rapid transit. In 2001 civil and transport engineers Mott MacDonald compared options for reopening the former Witney
Sir – Why has the bench been removed from outside the former Post Office in Market Square? I can see the need for the post box, but why did we lose the bench? On that side of the road, the bench was a nice break between The Eagle Vaults and
Windrush Valley’s Nathan Hall was crowned Home Counties junior champion for the second successive year. Hall, 14, who moved up to the 54-57k weight category, saw off Reading’s Callum Duckett at Aylesbury. It was a hard-fought bout that was
Great & Little Tew slumped to a 78-run defeat under the Duckworth/Lewis Method in their Serious Cricket Home Counties Premier League Division 2 opener at home to Chesham on Saturday. After winning the toss and electing to bowl, Tew restricted
BLUE Cross horse welfare expert Jenna Martyn has been been named the national Animal Charity Employee of the Year. Miss Martyn, who works at the charity’s Burford centre, found out she had won the title at the Petplan and Association of Dogs and
Rachel Masser continued her strong recent form with victory in the Oxford Town and Gown 10K. The 40-year-old Woodstock Harriers athlete clocked a gun time of 38mins 24secs to finish 54th overall. Masser powered home in windy conditions, beating
