OXFORD United continue to report brisk business as they sell season tickets for their first campaign at the new Kassam Stadium. "Season tickets have been really selling well," admitted United secretary Mick Brown. "We had our first Thursday night opening
A Midsummer's Night ball will be held at Langford Village Hall in Bicester on June 23. The dress code is black tie and there will be music and surprises. Tickets, priced £25 per couple, are available from Tony on 07771557086.
OPEN race greyhound fans are in for some great action now that the racing office have finalised plans for the three remaining big events at Oxford Stadium this year. The 2001 William Hill Oxfordshire Gold Cup will start the ball rolling with the Trial
ST BIRINUS School, Didcot served up a clean sweep in the boys' competition at the Vale of White Horse Schools' tennis tournament. Tom Jacobs and Sam Parham triumphed at under 14, Laurence Tailford and Robert Hayden came out on top at under 13 and Adam
TRIPLE jumpers Nathan Douglas and Rachel Brenton stole the show at the Oxfordshire Schools' Track and Field Championships at Tilsley Park, Abingdon. Douglas, Oxon's only gold medallist at the English Schools' Championships in Sheffield last July, warmed
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Honda Owners Club (GB), members are planning to raise over £20,000 for charity. Two deserving causes that will benefit from their efforts are the Macmillan Cancer Relief and the National Spinal Injuries Unit at
The motorcycle industry has been given a boost by the Government, which has said it intends to take a positive approach to motorcycling and will publish a dedicated motorcycling strategy in 2003. Road safety is to be further improved by enhancing training
There were celebrations throughout Oxfordshire today as those honoured by the Queen received their accolades. Among those in the county to receive an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List was former architect John Ashdown for services to conservation
Oxford Cheetahs 38, Peterborough Panthers 34 (abandoned after 12 heats, result stands) JT/Fox Oxford Cheetahs moved back to the top of the Sky Sports Elite League with this narrow victory at the Stadium last night, but they can count themselves fortunate
Abingdon Amblers had three runners at the hilly and windy Wargrave 10k and two at the Warndon 15k. At Wargrave, John Harvey recorded 37.35, John Oliver 40.18 and Dave Roberts in 52.10. In the Warndon 15k, Barry Wheat recorded 1.06.13 and Zo Thornburgh
Folk music enthusiast Denis Manners had every reason for the spring in his step today, after being awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for his services to morris dancing in Oxfordshire. The 81-year-old former 'squire' of the Oxford City Morris
BRITISH No 1 Tim Henman cruised through his quarter-final with Paradorn Srichaphan to reach today's semi-finals of the Stella Artios Championships at Queen's Club. Henman, who had beaten Srichaphan in four sets in the first round at Wimbledon last year
HORSPATH Moores Companies enjoyed their best performance for many years at Leicester, before eventually slipping to a 94-84 defeat in the British Premier League. For most of the match just four or five points separated the teams, with the return of Andy
The premier national bike championship in the world comes to the full Grand Prix circuit at Brands Hatch on Saturday and Sunday. The last half-decade has seen the British Superbike Championship go from strength to strength, consistently producing exciting
A new version of Suzuki's popular middleweight commuter bike, the GS500, offers a host of updated features for 2001. Suzuki's sporting pedigree is apparent in the styling of the new GS500, with its short one-piece handlebars, sculpted fuel tank, rigid
Families hoping for a glimpse of the new Mini were disappointed. BMW failed to show up to a fete at Templars Square Shopping Centre in Cowley, Oxford. The company had promised to show off the new Mini and C1 motorbike. The display of motor vehicle engineering
A teenage driver who killed four people while travelling back from an Oxfordshire rave was yesterday sentenced to two and a half years behind bars. Charlotte Frankham, 19, was driving from the Gatecrasher Festival, at Turweston Park, on the Oxfordshire
The biggest rock star in the world is slightly smaller than you might think, writes George Frew. Smaller, but going by the admiring female glances he attracts as he arrives to address the Oxford Union, still beautifully formed. Jon Bon Jovi will be 40
