Oxford United is promising to make this year's fun day bigger and better with events for the whole family. Fans will get the chance to go behind the scenes on a tour of the club, meet with players and get autographs and watch as the squad trains.
The stand-in chairman of Blackbird Leys Parish Council has urged as many people as possible to attend its next meeting on Tuesday. Oxford city councillor Lee Cole said the area needed eight new councillors and he hoped people from all parts of the community
Six youths are being targeted by police trying to break problems with yobs in east Oxford. Antisocial behaviour has been listed as the main concern with people in Cowley - much like many of the other areas police have recently polled across the county
New Oxford speedway owner Allen Trump has reacted angrily to previous Cheetahs owner Colin Horton claiming that he is still the rightful owner of Oxford Speedway. In a statement to the Oxford Mail yesterday, Horton, who closed the club down at the end
Oxfordshire's tennis ace Tim Henman has been handed a difficult first-round draw at Wimbledon, which starts on Monday. Henman, who lives at Aston Tirold near Didcot, will pit his wits against former world No 1 and 1998 French Open champion Carlos Moya
Trainer Michael Peterson takes his marathon dog Wilkos Mate to Coventry for a run over 625 metres, probably far too short, in preparation for a tilt at the big guns in the forthcoming Tech-Shop UK Marathon over 845m. The two principals for the event
Oxon Under 15 Club Championship Great & Little Tew rattled up 160 without loss as they crushed Freeland by 92 runs in Group D. Both Jack Taylor and Curtly Slatter retired on 50, before Freeland were restricted to 68-7 in reply. In Group A, Tiddington
Oxfordshire Under 13s found it tough going against a strong Wales side at Newport as they lost by eight wickets in their second ECB Championships match of the season. They were invited to bat first on a very wet wicket, and found runs hard to come by
A depleted Oxfordshire Under 14s lost their last six wickets for eight runs as they fell to a 68-run defeat against Cambridgeshire at Kidlington. It was tough on Robbie Nicholson, who had defied bowler-friendly conditions to top score for Oxon with
The duathlon season may be drawing to a close, but Oxford's athletes proved they are far from finished at the recent European Duathlon Championships. Newcomer Rachel Stokes crossed the line in second place to take the silver medal in the women's 20-
Oxfordshire will have high hopes of striking gold at the English Schools' Sainsbury's Track & Field Championships at Birmingham's Alexander Stadium on July 13 and 14. The county were restricted to choosing 25 ahtletes - even though 31 youngsters achieved
Oxford and Cherwell Valley College are celebrating a league and cup double. They hammered Henley College 9-4 in the Oxfordshire Under 19 League play-off final at Brasenose College. And then, two days later, they returned to the same venue to beat
West Ilsley trainer Mick Channon saddled Nijoom Dubai and Championship Point to land a massive 1,325-1 double on day four of Royal Ascot. Nijoom Dubai set the ball rolling for the former England footballer by springing a 50-1 surprise in the Albany
Oxfordshire's motorcycling star Bradley Smith is confident he can carry on his remarkable progress when he appears before a massive home crowd in tomorrow's British Grand Prix at Donington. It's his one and only appearance on a race track in England
Oxford speedway is back in action with a bumper programme of at least 27 races for Oxford Cheetahs-starved fans tomorrow night (7.30pm). It will be the first time the wheels have turned at the stadium since Colin Horton pulled the plug on Oxford four
Oxford angler Geoff Adams has recorded what must be one of the best catches of tench so far this season with four doubles to his name. Geoff spent four days on a southern pit and was rewarded with 27 tench, including specimens of 11.10.0, 11.2.0 10.4.0
Oxfordshire under 15 skipper Jack Taylor took five wickets in a magnificent 20-over spell as his side outplayed Wiltshire for a nine-wicket victory in the ECB Championship match at Challow & Childrey. Taylor lost the toss, but was delighted when Wiltshire
Miles Hammond starred with both bat and ball, but could not prevent Oxfordshire Under 11s from an 11-run defeat against Buckinghamshire at Westbury. Hammond bowled a superb spell to finish with 3-7 from eight overs as Bucks were restricted to 110 all
Oxfordshire Under 13 competition There was a tremendous finish to the match at North Cotswolds, where Banbury won by three wickets with one ball to spare. Batting first, the home side rattled up 103-4 from their 20 overs, Robbie Shumer hitting 35 not
Aston & Cote won the Wood Green/Henry Box Partnership kwik cricket tournament at Witney for the second successive year. Twelve schools took part, and in the final, Aston & Cote beat Witney Community in a last-ball thriller to retain the Witney Town
Kings Meadow (Bicester) were crowned champions in the Cherwell area district kwik cricket festival. They beat Hillview (Banbury) in the final after topping their group with wins over Bloxham, St Thomas More (Kidlington) and Langford Village. Now they
Jack Davies (4-5) and Lee Townsend (4-11) set Wood Green (Witney) on the way to a five-wicket win over Oxford in the Oxfordshire quarter-finals of the Daily Telegraph Under 15 Twenty20 Cup. Despite their superb spells, Oxford still mustered 81, before
Burford marked hosting the first West Oxfordshire Schools Partnership athletics meeting by claiming victory in the team event. They came out on top from Marlborough (Woodstock) with Wood Green (Witney) third. George Miller, who has been called up
A DECISION on Bicester's long-awaited £70m town centre redevelopment has been delayed by another month. Cherwell District Council was due to consider the application on Thursday last week, but the decision has been pushed back to allow for extra consultation
THE summer arts exhibition at Wood Green School, Witney, is in the main hall from June 25 to 29. On show will be work by senior art and design students on the theme of Freedom and Boundaries, including painting, photography and 3D work. Also showing
THE Trustees of Wheatley Charities have invited residents under the age of 25 to apply for educational grants. There are three grants for preparing or training for a trade, occupation or profession, or to further education. For details or to apply
RAIL services between Oxford and London will be affected by engineering work between Didcot Parkway and Reading over the coming week. A number of First Great Western trains on Saturday will be retimed to leave London Paddington between five and ten
FINSTOCK'S annual fun day on August 18 will be raising money to maintain the adventure playground and village school, shop, community hall and parish church.
MOTORSPORT clubs, organisers, participants, marshals and spectators are all gearing up for National Motorsport Week 2007 - August 11-19 - for which all manner of activities are planned, nationwide. The purpose of National Motorsport Week is to increase
FOUR roads in Headington will be closed to traffic during a mid-summer celebration today. Lime Walk, Bickerton Road, Stapleton Road and Latimer Road will be closed from 7.30am to midnight. Events at the funday, which is organised by Highfield Residents
THE annual summer fete at Bartholomew School, Eynsham, is raising money for the new sports hall due to open later this year. The fete is on Friday, June 29, from 3.30 to 6pm at the school.
A MEETING to get a new West Oxon Rotaract Club for young Rotarians under way is being held at Witney Rugby Club on July 5, at 8pm. It is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Witney and Windrush Valley and is for 18 to 30-year-olds.
THE Springfield and Madley Brook School summer fete, in Witney, is on Sunday July 1, 1pm to 4pm, with stalls, children's rides, competitions and a raffle.
WALLINGFORD must resign itself to having a post office in a temporary cabin in Goldsmiths Lane car park for at least 18 months, town clerk Andrew Rogers told town council members. He praised efforts by post office managers to get the town a permanent
NHS watchdogs are getting ready to navigate their way around the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, to make sure signs are up to scratch. The Oxford Radcliffe Hospital Patient and Public Involvement Forum has been invited to do a survey on signposting
