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Chess: All set for Kidlington event
The 25th Kidlington tournament takes place at Exeter Hall, Kidlington on February 2 and 3. There will be three five-round Swiss events - the Major (U225), the Intermediate (U170) and the minor (U125). First prize in each section is £200. The entry fee
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Cricket: Challow and Kingston in finals
Challow & Childrey and Kingston Bagpuize have claimed the top two places in the Wantage section of the Oxon Indoor Competition. Challow go through unbeaten, but had to settle for a tie with Shipton-under-Wychwood, who finished in third place after
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Ice hockey: Stars ready for test
Oxford City Stars will look to consolidate their position at the top of the English National League at Chelmsford tomorrow, and should ice their strongest line-up of the season. With the exception of the suspended James Cameron, Stars are at full strength
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Vote for your player of the moth
UNITED fans will have the chance to vote for their Guy Salmon Jaguar Player-of-the-Month through a voting form published in the Oxford Mail towards the end of the month. The forms, which will be sent to United, will be counted to determine the monthly
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Schools football: Swithuns spot-on in penalty drama
It took an amazing 26 penalties before St Swithuns, Kennington were crowned Vale of White Horse Primary Schools indoor five-a-side football champions in a dramatic spot-kick shoot-out. Tension gripped players and spectators at Wantage Leisure Centre as
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Mechanic wins top poetry prize
A retired mechanic has beaten an award-winning novelist to take first place in a community poetry competition. Reg Burnley, of Burchester Avenue, Barton, Oxford, won the top prize at the Headington Poetry Competition 2001. He beat former Fellow of the
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Kassam bids for fourth stand
FIROZ Kassam has asked Oxford United officials to begin the process of seeking funding for a fourth stand at The Kassam Stadium, writes JON MURRAY. The stadium, which United moved to from the Manor Ground at the start of the season, was initially built
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Netball: Oxon off to super start
Oxfordshire made a winning start to their county campaign with a 48-34 victory over Norfolk. The sides were closely matched for the first 45 minutes, but then Oxon pulled away. Impressive defending from the Oxon girls kept out the Norfolk attack, while
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Greyhounds: Stewards probe for Wills' flyer
The Sutton Courtenay trainer Ian Wills was on fire with a superb five-timer at Thursday's meeting, but one of the quintet, Unique Stuff, went a shade too fast for the stewards' liking. Stuff led every yard of the way, and victory was never in doubt once
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Brotherly donation
Leukaemia patient Steven Nutt has started a long recovery process after successfully receiving bone marrow from his brother. The 15-year-old Peers School pupil has an infection and a high temperature and will now be kept in quarantine for ten days at
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JP 'was blackmailed'
A former magistrate on bomb charges told police he was being blackmailed into buying bomb components, a trial heard. Jonathan Wilkes, 40, told police in interview that he was receiving demands for money from a mystery blackmailer who threatened to tell
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Atkins seeking killer instinct
Ian Atkins has asked his Oxford United players to show more quality where it counts - in the last third of the pitch - in today's Division 3 game against Swansea City at The Kassam Stadium. Since Atkins took over from former boss Mark Wright, United have
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Firemen praise blaze heroes
Two men were commended for their bravery during a mobile home fire that left a woman and her young son homeless. Firefighters who tackled the fire said Jeff Harris and Julian Tomkin were very brave for dragging propane gas cylinders away from the caravan
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Two new directors for United
OXFORD United have announced the appointment of two new associate directors. Richard Faulkner is a trustee of the Foundation for Sport and the Arts, a member of Sport England's safer sports group panel, a director of Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and member
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Greyhounds: Dream offer packs 'em in at Cowley
The Six Pack offer, the scourge of the regular punter, but the lifeblood for stadia up and down the country, attracted a record 20,000 to Cowley last year. The scheme, which offers punters a bet, a pint and a basket meal, has proved a popular venture
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Football: Discipline worries easing, say OFA
Football authorities in Oxfordshire have received more than 14,500 reports about amateur players from referees in the past three-and-a-half seasons. The figure was revealed after a second player was dealt with by the courts for violence on the pitch.
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Youth football: Chris bags five in dream debut
Giles Sports Witney Boys League The Witney and District Under 13 representative team started the annual SwanRay Inter-League competition with a 16-2 stroll past Cirencester Youth League at Bibury FC. On a heavy pitch, debutant Chris Betreen (Chesterton
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Snooker: Tattons on form as County hit top spot
County A cruised to the top of the Oxford & District League Premier Division with a resounding 6-0 victory over struggling Thame C. County have now picked up 17 points from their last 18, while by contrast, Thame C have now lost 17 from their last
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Pupils upset by theft
A school has appealed for donations after thieves stole £1,000 of play equipment. The toy shed of Emmanuel Christian School, Littlemore, Oxford, was broken into on Wednesday night. Thirteen toddlers' bicycles were stolen along with sit-on tractors, hockey
