SHIPLAKE College student has launched his bid for the LA 2028 Paralympics with a top-12 finish against Europe’s elite wheelchair fencers at the 2026 European Para Fencing Championships in Cardiff. James Middlehurst, 17, Shiplake’s head of college, is...
FOLLOWING your team has never been easier. I must have been the only Reading fan in Harare excitedly following the team’s win against Leyton Orient last week. Then, three days later, 60 miles south of Bulawayo in the most remote location I have ever...
NOT for the first time this season, a spirited second half comeback fell short for Henley Hawks as they were outgunned by a strong Dorking side in their National Division 2 East clash on Saturday. It was a frustrating afternoon for Luke Allen’s team...
A fundraising event for one of Oxfordshire’s smallest primary schools turned into a 'disaster' in the aftermath of the UK’s first storm of the autumn. The South Stoke School Parents Association’s main fundraiser only had a third of its usual attendees due to Storm Austen’s impact on the area.
AFC HENLEY HORNETS U16s battled hard to come back and earn a 1-1 draw at Harpsden against Whitegrove and Warfield U16s Lions last Saturday. On a muddy surface following considerable recent rain, the first half ended goalless. Much of the action was...
LEANDER Club’s George Bourne and Upper Thames’ Imogen Grant both retained their respective men’s and women’s Wingfield Sculls titles last Sunday. In challenging conditions raced over the four miles and 374 yards championship course from Putney to...
MODEL and actress Jerry Hall was banished from reality TV show The Celebrity Traitors in Episode Seven on Thursday last week. Hall, 70, who lives in Binfield Heath, had survived in the show for three weeks. She was one of 21 celebrities competing in the BBC programme to win up to £100,000 for a charity of their choice. The majority of the contestants in the game are Faithfuls, tasked with identifying the Traitors, who must deceive and eliminate Faithfuls while hiding their identities.
THE Phyllis Court season-long competitions have all been racing to a close with the second-tier 3+ events both taking a turn in the spotlight last week. Rob Eagle beat Dianne Browne 7-5, 4-7, 7-4 in a close final of the 3+ singles competition to...
Spooky Season is set to take centre stage as the Kenton Theatre prepares to embrace the Halloween spirit this weekend.
THE Adventure Golf Course in Henley will no longer accept online bookings. The facility in Mill Meadows is owned and operated by the town council. The course, which opened in April 2022, previously accepted both walk-ins and customers who had booked online on the Adventure Golf website. Now, walk-ins will be allowed but groups will only be able to reserve sessions in advance by email.
A BUSINESS which has brought a historic Japanese relay race to the UK has opened its new office in Henley.
HENLEY town councillors have disagreed over the make-up of a working group to oversee proposals to illuminate the town’s historic bridge. Make Henley Shine, a group of businesspeople, wants to light up the Grade I listed bridge with LED lights, which it says will revitalise the town. Daniel Bausor, who lives in Bix, chairs the group and says the project could “reinvent the experience” of Henley for visitors and residents.
TWO industry accolades have beckoned for Henley solicitors Blandy and Blandy. The firm, based in Thames Side, were shortlisted at a family law award ceremony and are finalists at the Thames Valley Deal Awards.
Unnecessary aggression I visited Henley today to see my elderly parents and came away feeling...
THE MP for Henley visited a primary school in Kidmore End to see its new sporting facilities. Freddie van Mierlo went along to Kidmore End Primary School, in Chalkhouse Green Road, on Friday afternoon to see the school’s new running track. The track, which cost about £20,000, was funded by the Parent-Teacher Association and officially unveiled on Friday, September 25.
