August 2008 Archives

by Martyn Pritchard and Polly Manser

AN EIGHTEEN year old and his father are a step closer to opening a new 76 seat restaurant at Hill Avenue, Amersham.
Can Ay and his father Riza Ay plan to open the restaurant, on the site of a former charity shop, in September. It will be open all day, starting with breakfast from 10am and closing after dinner at 11pm on Monday to Saturday and 10.30pm on Sunday.

AMERHAM Town Council are pleased to announce it's continuing adoption of 'green technology' by installing 'Air Source Heat Pumps' in the 17th Century Market Hall.
These units extract heat from the surrounding air and transfer it to heat the hall.
They can be operated in reverse and thereby provide cooling in the summer. It is anticipated this technology will allow the Market Hall conditions to be improved when in the past it has been extremely hot in the summer months and extremely cold in winter.

Police have released an e-fit image of a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Amersham.

Four people have been arrested and a large amount of cannabis seized after police raided a house in Amersham.

Chiltern District Council is getting ready to welcome the preparations for the London 2012 games.

Gerrards Cross-based Fiona Castle, widow of the late entertainer Roy Castle, will open the Cancer Research Relay for Life event on Saturday August 30 at the Royal Masonic School in Rickmansworth starting at 2pm.

Stratstone, the Amersham-based Aston Martin dealership, have entered a car with a reserve price into a charity auction on the day.

Consideration of the proposed £1.5 million Barn Meadow Project has been delayed until October following a meeting of the working group overseeing the scheme.

Students of all ages celebrated A Level success at Amersham and Wycombe College.

In an age group ranging from 16 to 60 and including a large mix of nationalities, 100 per cent of the students gained pass grades in subjects including English Literature, Biology, History and Maths.

Gerry Montague, head of A Levels and general education, said: "It is a great pleasure each year to see how the determination, talent and hard work of our students confounds the negativity which a few pundits seem to attach to A Levels."

Revd John McCorkell is the Pastor of two churches in Sacramento, California and is here in Amersham taking part in a month-long exchange program with David Jebb.
Visit him at St John's Methodist church.

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We ran a successful 2-day at Ashridge, near Berkhamsted, and 2-day at Lotts Wood, Amersham near with 12 young people including help from a new Level 1 coach from The Chalfonts Community College. Most took part in an open race night at Lotts Wood last night and all rode very commendably especially for their first event.

This is being followed up by a Race Day with coaching open to all young people on Sunday 14 September, organised by Summit Mountain Bike Club who lease the woods from the Forestry Commission. Moving on from that we have a half term holiday week at Green Park and Wendover Woods/Aston Hill.

We have a current focus on this area to build up the opportunities for the new British Cycling Go-Ride Clubs who have registered for Clubmark to attract more young people into cycling - Hemel Hempstead Cycling Club and (shortly) the Amersham Road Cycling Club. We have also recently registered a number of local schools as Go-Ride School Clubs