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RESULTS Division 1 Challow 213-8 (J Penney 47, I Demain 36, D Maroske 30no, G Lumb 30, N Packard 4-91, J Clark 3-32), Milton Keynes Park 214-4 (P Strong 86no, N Packard 56no). Oxford Downs 169 (C Sandbach 80, A Grubich 5-56), Banbury Twenty 170-2

DAVE Freeman's maiden century helped Great & Little Tew 2nd overtake Bourton Vale 2nd and go top with a five-wicket home win in Division 6. Freeman hit 106 and Jack Taylor 31 as Tew made 253-5 in reply to Bourton's 252 all out. Mat Walton (104) and

THAME Town 2nd's decision to ask Banbury Twenty 2nd to bat first backfired in a big way in Division 5. Twenty posted 208-2, Barry Grant hitting an unbeaten 82 and Mike Wedderburn not out on 61. Wedderburn then took 4-16 as Thame crashed to 134 all

CHALLOW & Childrey 2nd scored too many runs in their clash with Princes Risborough, and were forced to take a draw in Division 4. Robbie Owen (91) dominated an opening partnership of 120 in 19 overs with James Phillips, before both fell on the same

LEADERS Horspath got back to winning ways at home to Cropredy but were given an almighty scare in Division 3. Ben Cook took 5-50 and Ben Thompson 4-23 as Cropredy were reduced to 151. But despite 37 from Robbie Eason, Horspath could only limp past

A THRILLING game at Kingston Bagpuize saw the home side end with the scores level against Leighton Buzzard Town in Division 2. After choosing to bat first, Bagpuize racked up 233-7 with South African Mo Seedat smashing a superb 117. Seedat hit 16

BANBURY Twenty closed to within two points of top spot after romping to an eight-wicket victory at Oxford Downs in Division 1 on Saturday. Aussie Andrew Grubich claimed 5-56 as Downs were skittled for 169, despite 80 from Chris Sandbach. Luke List had

Dozens of Oxfordshire teenagers spent a week finding out if they have got what it takes to be the next apprentice. But this was not a contest to see if they could run one of millionaire entrepreneur Alan Sugar's companies, but an equally competitive

Weston-on-the Green racer Graham Fennymore maintains the overall lead of the Autosport Caterham Superlight Challenge despite failing to win either race at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk. Fennymore was beaten into second place by youngster Guy Harrington

Banbury-based Aston Martin Racing claimed a second successive American Le Mans Series (ALMS) GT1 victory in the Utah Grand Prix at Miller Motorsports Park, Salt Lake on Saturday. The team's brace of DBR9s crossed the finish line first and second after

Scorpio Motorsport driver Will Bratt produced an excellent drive at Croft Circuit to reaffirm his status as a genuine Formula Renault UK front-runner, with fourth position in round ten of the series. Bratt, 18, from Adderbury, made a faultless start

Oxford racing driver Jason Plato, Matt Neal and James Thompson were the winners of Sunday's three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire. Neal, whose win came in his 300th BTCC race, leaves having

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City of Oxford swimmers are preparing to say farewell to their head coach Jim Walker. Walker has been at the club for the past two years, having originally joined the coaching team in 2003, but is now moving to the West Country following his retirement

Justin Barrett was the star as George Bar B moved joint second in Section 3 of the Men's League with a 5-4 victory over Morris Motors SC A Barrett hit an amazing 170 finish when he beat Martin Andrews to inspire their success. The top-of-the-table

Two Oxfordshire youngsters were selected to play for for the south against the north section in the Youth Darts Challenge at Willenhall on Sunday. Daniel Ford,sponsored by the Quarry Gate, helped the under 18's to a 7-4 victory. Nicola Slay, who was

Oxford racing driver Jason Plato, Matt Neal and James Thompson were the winners of Sunday'sjul 16 three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds at the Croft circuit in North Yorkshire. Neal, whose victory came in his 300th BTCC race, extended

Schoolboy motorcycling sensation Bradley Smith secured his best ever finish in just his tenth 125cc grand prix appearance with a superb 12th place in the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring on Sunday. But he still was not satisfied. "I should have

The threat of a breakaway league being set up is expected to be discussed at an emergency OCA Executive Committee meeting at Tetsworth CC tonight. The idea has been mooted to form a new league in protest at the way the OCA have handled recent high-profile

The captain of Twyford's second team, Mike Roberts, has called for the Osberton Radiators and Centenary Cup competitions to be scrapped, claiming "unfair treatment" by the OCA League. Twyford were booted out of the Centenary Cup for fielding an ineligible

Former Oxford Cheetahs star Lukas Dryml (pictured) has pulled out of the Czech Republic team for tonight's World Team Cup second-round clash against Denmark, Sweden and USA, to be at his badly-injured brother Ales's hospital bedside. Ales, who was due

Summer truly is the season for cycling. While other forms of transport really suffer in the heat, cycling comes into its own. Shanks's pony, punting (for those being punted) and cycling apart, elevated temperatures have been causing all kinds of problem

I was amazed at the misleading item from George Morton, The Moors, Kidlington, in which he claimed that deaths had fallen at 2000 a year since speed cameras had been imposed. On the contrary deaths have remained almost static and risen fractionally

You will be happy to know that there is absolutely no need to introduce a residents' parking scheme in the north Summertown/Cutteslowe area. There is plenty of parking space for residents and their visitors art all times. Any interference on the part

We're never happy are we? Too cold and we start moaning about the price of gas, too hot and it is time to start worrying about the state of our gardens. But the truth of the matter is that for the very young and the elderly hot temperatures can be

People in Oxfordshire are being warned to brace themselves for some of the hottest July temperatures ever as the mercury is set to rise to a scorching 37C tomorrow. The last major heatwave in the UK in 2003 was blamed for the deaths of around 2,000

As dawn broke over Magdalen Bridge yesterday morning, a beaming, red-haired 23-year-old woman rode naked towards High Street. But this wasn't an alcohol-induced student prank, but a modern re-enactment of the legend of Lady Godiva. And they were filming

A scheme aimed at getting Oxford in to a culture of recycling has been branded confusing and potentially very costly. The city council's so-called 'recycling revolution' got off to a bumpy start when its finer details were agreed yesterday, after it

A joyrider whose blood-caked face was featured in the Oxford Mail as a warning to others after an almost fatal crash is likely to be sentenced to community punishment. Tony Smith, 19, of Deer Walk, Greater Leys, had 130 stitches, almost lost the sight

Three hundred and sixty five children helped get across a visual message about the number of lives that could be saved by a crusade to cut deaths on Oxfordshire's roads. Pupils at John Mason School, in Abingdon - some classmates and friends of a teenager

Bullies and vandals at an Oxford school have fewer places to hide following the installation of CCTV cameras. Cameras have been put in each of the eight girls and boys toilets at Cheney School in Headington, with a further 17 installed in corridors

A row has erupted at Oxford City Council over plans by its leader, John Goddard, to employ a personal assistant on a salary of £24,000. It is the first time a Town Hall leader has proposed employing a PA. Opposition councillors claim the move shows

Desperate homeowner Andy Nutt, who claims he has been waiting a year for Thames Water to repair a faulty stopcock, has taken the matter - and a shovel - into his own hands. Speaking from a chest-deep hole in his front garden in West End, Launton, near

It was dogged by health fears over power lines when it was built - but 12 years on, does Didcot's Ladygrove estate hold the secret of long life? The development, home to about 7,000 people, has the third highest life expectancy of any council ward in

A motorist said his car was clamped while he was away from it for less than a minute and a half. Phil Wallen, of Oxeye Court, Greater Leys, Oxford, said he was clamped while he went into the Royal Mail delivery office, at the Nuffield industrial estate

Would-be castaways the Crosthwaites are among hundreds of people who have paid to join a utopian 'tribe' on an uninhabited Fijian island. David Crosthwaite, 37, his wife Nicky, 40, and their daughter Holly, three, from French Laurence Way, Chalgrove