SERVICEMEN and women from RAF Brize Norton helped to raise £16,500 for charity at a giant duck race. More than 30 RAF personnel and 20 members of the 2267 (Brize Norton) Squadron of the Air Training Corps helped as marshals at the event in Lechlade
LATEST RESULTS SHAW GIBBS OXFORDSHIRE FOURSOMES LEAGUE Section 2 Cotswolds Club 2 (3), Chiltern Forest 1 (1) (Cotswolds scores first): P Schofield & C Dyer lost to N Taylor & Smith 6 & 4, A Johnson & D Howlett bt R Sponder &
Lotus driver Romain Gros-jean is aiming to build on the Enstone-based team’s points finish in the Spanish Grand Prix when they race around Monaco’s street circuit this weekend. Up until Barcelona, Lotus had failed to register a point in the opening
Witney A were pipped to third place by a point at the at Gareth Jeans Gala at Dunstable, Bedfordshire. The swimmers of the match award went to Ella Frost, Rosie Mul-ling, Maja Sikorska and Eva Moody, who won both their relays by a big margin.
Windrush Valley’s Nathan Hall controversially lost out on points to Gloucester’s Brad Ingram in the pre-quarter finals of the England Boxing Junior Championships at Banbury’s Woodgreen leisure centre on Saturday. In a tough battle that saw some
Zak Farrow scored five goals to help North Leigh beat Banbury Irish 10-0 in the Giles Sports Witney Youth Under 14 A League. A brace from Finlay Heritage plus other goals from Jake Denton, Callum Davies and Brendan Neale completed their tally.
Chipping Norton trainer Charlie Longsdon could run Vulcanite at Royal Ascot after his versatile charge continued his revival with victory at Market Rasen on Sunday. The seven-year-old gelding, who won his previous start over hurdles after a spell
Oxford Downs looked on course for victory when they amassed 239-6 from their 53 overs after being asked to bat at Twyford in Cherwell League Division 1. Darryl Woods (57), Phil King (46no), Wasim Mehmood (40) and Justin Cantrell (38) were all in
DAISY Hubert, a pupil at Madley Brook Primary School in Witney, was among the award-winners in Blenheim Palace’s annual Heritage Education Awards. The six-year-old, was among pupils from a dozen primary schools recognised for work inspired by visits
Kingham Hill were bang on target to triumph at the National Schools’ Championship Clay Shooting Competition. The team of Charlie Bryant, Benjamin Taylor, Neil Taylor, Samuel Osborne, Archie Fox and Joshua Goddard triumphed at the EJ Churchill Shooting
Joe White hit a century as Great & Little Tew bounced back from a disappointing opening-match defeat with a thumping 146-run victory over Oxfordshire rivals Shipton-under-Wychwood. White shared a second-wicket partnership of 175 with Harry
PATIENCE is something James Gray knows all about. During a career as a natural history cameraman he has filmed polar bears in the Arctic, anacondas in Venezuela, gorillas in Rwanda, crocodiles in South America, elephants in Thailand and pandas
COTSWOLD Line rail passengers could see more and faster trains as early as next year, they were told on Saturday. Train operator First Great Western’s franchise bid director Matthew Golton told the annual meeting of the Cotswold Line Promotion
Simon Hole hit an unbeaten 57 as Shipton-under-Wychwood beat west Oxfordshire rivals Oxford Downs by seven wickets at home in the Davidstow Village Cup. They now visit Great & Little Tew in the Oxfordshire semi-final on Sunday. Justin Cantrell
Steve Naylor admitted “the wheels fell off”, despite winning the Hook 10-mile road race by almost four minutes. The 35-year-old, from Cassington, clocked 52mins 34secs for victory in hot conditions, with Matthew King (Hook) second in 56.25.
Minster Lovell went top of OCA League Division 1 following a 68-run defeat of Cowley Internationals. Charlie Fisher was the star of the show, top-scoring with 35, as Minster set Cowley 145 to win and claiming 6-31 as they capitulated to 76 all
OPPOSITION candidates are hoping to make a splash in the Conservative stronghold of West Oxfordshire tomorrow. Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the UK Independence Party and the Greens are all fielding candidates in a majority of the 17 West Oxfordshire
Standlake's Katie Nutt has been selected for the Under 14s British Team for the European and African Junior Championships in Sesena, Spain, inAugust. Nutt, 13, who attends Barth-olomew School and trains at Oxford Wake and Ski Club with coach Steve
Neil Lyon achieved every aunt sally player’s dream with a magical maximum 18 dolls. Lyon’s landmark display came for the Three Pigeons (Witney) in their 3-0 home win over Yarnton British Legion in Section 1 of the Greene King Oxford & District
Sir – Justine Garbutt’s letter (Make sure you have a say on housing plans, Gazette, May 7), makes many valid points on the proposal for a 1,000-homes scheme at Carterton West. Your editorial (April 23) was spot on when it said that critical decisions
Sir – I am writing to voice my objection to the planning application by Crest Nicholson to build 1,000 homes on Alvescot Downs, to the west of Carterton. As has already been made clear, this application is not welcomed by the majority of the residents
Sir – Congratulations to all the team who put together the Witney Festival of Food and Drink on Saturday. What a fantastic event for the town to be really proud of. Local producers and retailers showing off what’s best in the local marketplace,
Sir – I am still trying to make some sense of the flooding problem. Having now talked to a lot of people, I understand that some boats in the summer have a problem getting under the Swinford toll bridge when the River Thames gets lower, because
WITNEY Music Festival takes over The Leys for its showpiece event, called Better Together, on Saturday, with 10 hours of live music on two stages. The free event features the pick of local musicians, with acts including The Standard and Twisted
AFTER years of uncertainty, hopes of a better future for West Witney Sports Ground are growing. The complex’s tennis courts, which have long been a bone of contention between the players who use them and the town council, are now getting a new
SPORTS clubs which use West Witney Sports Ground are joining forces to negotiate a long-term lease for the site, so they can improve its facilities. At present football, cricket, tennis, bowls and shooting clubs all have separate agreements with
