Category Archives: sport

1 lb 13 oz Bream wins Mayors Junior Fishing Competition

Mayors Junior Fishing Competition

You can see him here breaming from ear to ear!!! The winner Rhys Griffin, aged 7, caught the Bream.

Mayors Junior Fishing Competition

The competition is organised by Abingdon’s water bailiff, Mick Foster, with the blue cap. Next to him is the legendary Fat Phil, who owns the fishing tackle shop on the Abingdon Road in Oxford- who donated some of the prizes. Phil is not quite so fat any more.

World Cup – Final Group Match

Queen Victoria with St George Flag
Her Majesty has not been amused by the display of her countrymen on the football fields of South Africa. She expects that her loyal countrymen will show their true spirit today against Slovenia – which she understands is an administrative district of the Duchy of Carinthia, and a small part of the Habsburg Kingdom.

If they fail in the third group match then they will have to come home early and face her Majesty’s displeasure.

Sky Diving Mayor and Deputy

Sky Dive
The Mayor of Abingdon and his Deputy took part today in sky dive to raise money for the Mayor’s Charities, one of which is the Fire Fighters Charity. The fund raising was joined by firemen from Bicester.
Sky Dive
All did a tandem jump which involves being strapped to an instructor.
Sky Dive
and taken by a very cramped aircraft up to about 13,000 feet over Royal Air Force – Weston on The Green. The cloud level was about 5,000 feet. Then they threw themselves out of the plane, fell for about 30 seconds to just above the clouds. The parachutes were then successfully opened.
Sky Dive
Not much more to tell. There was a lot of wheeling round as the parachutes came near the ground. After landing, the Mayor was raring to have another go, but his Deputy felt a little sick – being somebody who can’t even do a fairground ride normally.