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Chinnor Parish Council is running a short survey as part of its fight against a planning appeal relating to 150 houses between Chinnor and Sydenham.
Aston Rowant Parish Council was not a statutory consultee to the application, but since many parishioners will use health services in Chinnor this is relevant.
The survey is here.
Janet Atkins along with Di Eaton have supplied a number of photos from yesteryear that they collected when writing a book on the history of the parish some years ago. They’ll be uploaded in batches of five every week.
Navigate to Community > History > Historic Images to see what’s new. New batches will be notified via a post on this website which in turn will appear on the weekly newsletter.
This is the last weekend of the league season and we have important games for all four teams.
At home we have the second team needing to win to prevent the unlikely prospect of being relegated. They are playing Didcot, at home, starting at 12pm.
On the bottom field we have the fourth team playing Haddenham first team. A win for them would leave them a very creditable third place. The game begins at 12.30.
Away from Butts Way, the first team are away at Finchampton and a win would guarantee them at least fourth place which is important for qualifying for next season’s National Cup.
The third team, who are guaranteed to finish second in their league finish, are at Dinton.
But before that, on Friday night, we have the junior presentation night with player of the season and most improved player awards for the under 9’s,11’s, 13’s and 15’s, The bar and BBQ will be open from 6pm with the awards at 6.30. It will be a good night and all are welcome.
We are now at the end of the season with only two league games to go.
This weekend the first team are at home to Datchet with the game starting at 11am. Whilst the first team cannot retain their title, they can still finish in their current second place. The game against Datchet – who are currently third – will go a long way to settling who finishes a very creditable second.
The other game at Butts Way is the local derby between our third team and Thame second team. The third team are also second in their league and the visitors are also third. The game starts at noon. Again, this result will be very important in deciding the end of the season final positions.
Aston Rowant second team are away at Buckingham Town while the fourth team are away at Westcott.
Friday night training continues this weekend. Next weekend, which is the last Friday of the season, is also Junior Presentation Night. This starts at 6.30 and is always a memorable night.
Can we also remind that next weekend the final league game of the season is also the last of the Payday Saturdays. More details on both next week.
Many years ago – in the mid-late 1980s – Di Eaton, who lives in Aston Rowant, and Jan Atkins, who lives in Kingston Blount, were researching for a book about the parish. As part of this they held and recorded interviews with selected residents. These recordings and transcripts are now on the website under Community > History > Audio Recordings.
In time, a page with historic images will be populated. It can be found through the same navigation on this site.
The Aston Arms is to reopen on Saturday 9 September from 1800 to 2300hrs… for the Last Night of the Proms.
Soft drinks, beers, cider, and wines at an affordable price – bring the family.
See the attachment below for more information.
The main event of next week is the consultation meeting on Thursday 24 August – see the separate post on this website.
To the cricket itself. With three weekends of league cricket left all four senior teams have plenty to play for. Whilst the weather forecast for Friday is not good it is much better for both Saturday and Sunday.
The 1st team, who are third in the league, are at home to second place Wargrave who are only one point in front of them. This should be one of the games of the season and starts at 11.30 with the bar open from 2pm.
The 2nd team are away at Dinton.
The 3rd team who are second in their league are at home to local rivals Teddington, starting at 12.30.
The 4th team, who despite having 5 games washed out, are fourth and away at Chesterton.
We also have a game on Sunday when Sydenham host Brentham.
Aston Rowant Cricket Club is holding an open consultancy meeting, in the clubhouse, on Thursday 24thAugust at 8.00pm. The meeting is open to all club members and members of the public.
The meeting is to allow the club to explain the three-phase approach to the re-development of the club off-field facilities. These are very different to the previous plans.
Phase 1: The purchase and installation of a wooden pavilion on the north field (the Sydenham side of the Moors Path).
Phase 2: The relocation of the groundsmen’s equipment sheds.
Phase 3: The replacement of the current pavilion on the south field (by the B4009) on the site of the current pavilion.
Draft plans for phase 1 are available on both the club website, astonrowantcc.com, and the notice boards outside on the club walls and inside the clubhouse.
These drawings are for discussion and we are looking for feedback on them prior to a planning application later in the year.
We need to make it clear that the Aston Rowant Parish Council has not made a decision on whether to support this plan and cannot comment until a formal planning application is made.
Please try and look at the drawings and we look forward to comments.
ARCC
Once again we are in the hands of the weather gods after all four senior games last weekend were washed out. As these notes are being written the forecast is not good for Saturday but may be better for the usual junior training on Friday night.
If the rain does hold off, the 2nd and 4th teams are at home. The 3rd team will play Westbury 2nds starting at 12.30, while the 4th team play Bicester and North Oxford play the 3rd team – starting at 1pm.
We also have two games of cricket on Sunday with Oxford U16’s playing Staffordshire U16’s and on the other pitch, Sydenham are playing a friendly against Turville.
The latest issue of the Parish Notes is now available.
Look under Community > Parish Notes.