Enstone Village News
Powell finishes runner-up at national awards
Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:22
CHIPPING Norton-based racing driver Alice Powell was honoured at the 2009 Women of the Future Awards in London.
Powell was runner-up in the Young Star Award category, which was won by 19-year-old inventor and businesswoman Ruth Amos, who developed a revolutionary mobility aid while studying for her GCSEs.
The Cotswold School student said: “It’s a real honour to get recognition.
“Few women have made it in motorsport and no one has made a real impact in Formula One, that is my ambition.
“I think the time is right, if a girl is out there doing well then more women would watch F1, it would definitely make it more exciting.
“I’d like to be a role model for girls entering motor sport.
“A successful woman in motor sport would be a true ambassador for the sport and women wanting to enter it and do well. I am breaking new ground.”
By: Evesham Journal
POINT-TO-POINT: Meeting moved in revamp
Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:21
The popular Dunthrop course, near Chipping Norton, has lost one of its three meetings in a reorganisation of fixtures in the South Midlands Area.
The Bicester with Whaddon Chase Hunt meeting has been switched to the new course at Whitfield, near Brackley, allowing the Farmers Bloodhounds fixture to move from its traditional pre-Christmas slot at Dunthrop to Sunday, February 21.
Kingston Blount, near Chinnor, will also host one less meeting.
2010 LOCAL FIXTURES
Sun, Jan 24: Heythrop (Dunthrop, nr Chipping Norton). Sun, Feb 7: South Midlands Area Club (Whitfield, nr Brackley). Sun, Feb 21: Farmers Bloodhounds (Dunthrop). Sat, Mar 13: Oxford University Hunt Club (Kingston Blount, nr Chinnor). Sun, Mar 21: Bicester with Whaddon Chase (Whitfield). Sat, April 3: Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks (Kimble, nr Aylesbury). Mon, April 5: Old Berks (Lockinge, nr Wantage). Sat, May 8: Vale of Aylesbury with Garth & South Berks (Kingston Blount, nr Chinnor). Sun, May 16: Grafton (Whitfield). Sun, May 30: Berks & Bucks Draghounds (Kingston Blount).
Two arrested over thefts from Chipping Norton gardens
Saturday, 21 November 2009 19:20
Police have seized a stash of ornaments believed to have been stolen from gardens in the Chipping Norton area.
A van was stopped by police in Over Norton on Saturday by police investigating a spate of thefts from gardens.
Two men aged 19 and 25 arrested on suspicion of theft have been released on bail until January 2, 2010.
Anyone who believes they may have been a victim should call police on 08458 505505.
By: Oxford mail