Winning Ticket numbers in Super Draw

35 lucky winners have all been notified and prizes distributed. Winning numbers were as follows:

1) 01556  2) 00445  3) 05947  4) 05147  5) 05135  6) 03682  7) 02360  8) 01522  9) 06160  10) 02754  11) 01125  12) 03610  13) 01915  14) 06069  15) 01081  16) 01686  17) 03678  18) 03855  19) 03396  20) 06721  21) 04198  22) 05163  23) 02258  24) 04139  25) 03790  26) 01785  27) 05124 28) 02402  29) 01708  30) 00933  31) 04134  32) 04029  33) 03825  34) 03260  35) 06830  36) 03623=

About 50% were won by villagers, many others from Bicester, and additionally a couple quite far afield which had to be posted namely a lady who lives in Aylesbury but works at BMW Cowley and another who lives in Oxford and bought the ticket at Impressions Beauty Salon in Bicester who were kind enough to be a sales pint for tickets.

For the record the Prizes from the top were as follows:

  • Flight in G-MIII, an Extra 300L aerobatic aircraft courtesy of Angels High from Enstone Aerodrome, angels-high.co.uk value £225
  • Monte Carlo half-day driving experience insurance at the London Rally School, Stratton Audley, www.rally-school.com over £200
  • Biagio Silver and Mother of Pearl necklace worth £194
  • Idlewild Hair Salon make-over gift voucher £150
  • Xerjoff Kobe Eau De Parfum for Men £150
  • £100 Bicester Village shopping voucher
  • 3 month membership at the Swan Pool & Leisure Centre in Buckingham worth £137
  • Bicester Horse Box Hire £105
  • Guinot Aromatic Facial plus mini pedicure £75
  • Two tickets for the Classic & Sports Car Flywheel Show at Bicester Heritage £50, plus entry to the Brightwells Auction £20
  • Bicester Hotel, Golf & Spa – Spa day for two £60
  • Cartier Polo Shirt by Crew Clothing £60
  • 3 bottles Baron de Beaupre Champagne £60
  • Red Barn Retreat in Fullwell full facial plus organic soap and hand cream £60
  • Pea Green 30 minute sports therapy session £59
  • Hamper from Wyevale Food Hall £50
  • The Old Post Office Clinic Food Intolerance Testing voucher £50
  • Box of Occitane Cherry Blossom indulgences £50
  • Case of 24 bottles of Estrella Damm Lager £48
  • 12 year old Glenfiddich Special Reserve £47
  • One hour sports/soft tissue massage with David Lucas £45
  • Chafor Winery (Gawcott) Tour & Taste voucher for 4 people £40
  • Two course lunch for two at Denis’ Traditional Turkish restaurant, Bicester + two VIP tickets for Vue Cinema Bicester £40
  • Pea Green 30 minute sports massage £37
  • Bicester Hotel, Golf & Spa – Afternoon tea for two £36
  • Laphroaig 10 Year Old Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky £36
  • The Old Post Office ClinicA. Chiropody session £36
  • Summer fresh floral arrangement by Stems of Marsh Gibbon £35
  • Stihl forestry axe courtesy of Turney Group £35
  • Butchers Arms, Fringford, meal for two £25
  • Bicester Heritage Scramble 7th October Family Ticket (4) £25
  • Peas Green Virgin pass 2 weeks unlimited access to Yoga studios £25
  • Stratton Audley Barn afternoon tea & cakes for 4
  • Preston Bissett Nurseries gift voucher £25
  • Audley Hat Hire voucher up to £25

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FESTIVAL ORGANISERS ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS

It was clear to everyone how much planning, energy and effort had gone into the Festival by the organisers;  the sheer variety of stalls and activities – with the amazing steam-engine rides being a master stroke;  the prizes for the raffle and tombola and the extensive and wide-ranging publicity.   They probably even had a hand in the wonderful weather which we all experienced.   With very many thanks on behalf of the residents and we look forward to the next one in two years time.

THOUSANDS FLOCK TO SENSATIONAL STREET FESTIVAL

The second Stratton Audley bi-annual Food Beer and Music Festival was held on Saturday 2nd June with some 3000 people attending including many from surrounding villages and Bicester as a result of a heavy publicity campaign to welcome everyone to the village, and in the process raise money for a number of good causes.

The weather stayed fine and the car parks filled up. Some 30+ local food, beverages & craft stalls together with a Pimms bar, Gin bar and Smoothie bar all did a roaring trade. With 12 cask ales and ciders there was something for the Dads and for the children there was a Bouncy Castle, Slide, face painting plus many other entertainments and as a special treat a beautiful 1917 Burrell steam traction engine offered  free rides in a trailer all day long for the children, courtesy of local couple Robert and Ann Herring.

Burgers, bangers and a hog roast ensured no-one went hungry whilst they listened to two live sixties groups and a set of country fiddlers.

At lunchtime the Marsh Gibbon Silver Band struck up for the first time and this was followed by an enthralling dance routine by local girls from the Just Dance Company in Bicester.

To add to the sense of an old-fashioned street party, a large celebratory cake for the royal wedding was made by local baker Graham Nash and given out freely to everyone. In attendance to cut the cake were local MP for Bicester & Banbury Victoria Prentis, the Mayor of Bicester Sean Gaul and his wife, plus Miranda Markham, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

There was an brief auction of some super items and the day concluded with 35 lucky winners being picked out of the drum in the Super Summer Draw. Winning numbers were:

1) 01556  2) 00445  3) 05947  4) 05147  5) 05135  6) 03682  7) 02360  8) 01522  9) 06160  10) 02754  11) 01125  12) 03610  13) 01915  14) 06069  15) 01081  16) 01686  17) 03678  18) 03855  19) 03396  20) 06721  21) 04198  22) 05163  23) 02258  24) 04139  25) 03790  26) 01785  27) 05124 28) 02402  29) 01708  30) 00933  31) 04134  32) 04029  33) 03825  34) 03260  35) 06830  36) 03623=

About 50% were won by villagers, many others from Bicester, and additionally a couple quite far afield which had to be posted namely a lady who lives in Aylesbury but works at BMW Cowley and another who lives in Oxford and bought the ticket at Impressions Beauty Salon in Bicester.

Many traders sold out and the hog roast and beer were the first to run out and later in the day the burgers.

Do check out the Facebook pages for Stratton Audley Parish Council and also the Stratton Audley Food Beer & Music Festival as there are some great photos to view.

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS WHO LIVE AND WORK IN STRATTON AUDLEY

On behalf of the Festival organising committee may I thank everyone for their support in making the Festival such a great success. It is no exaggeration to say that virtually everyone was involved in some way, big or small, in supporting this event and we should all be proud of our collective achievement.

As you may have heard we exceeded the financial targets set by a considerable margin and whilst we still don’t know the final net amount, we hope to clear about £15,000. The Child Brain Injury Trust and Macmillan’s will receive donations and the remainder will go to the Little Lambs pre-school play group that meets in the church every week, the church building fund for updating the facilities to make it more of a community centre and a general village improvement fund. The final figures and money to be distributed will be verified and published soon.

Compliments have been streaming in from many quarters and it is clear that the whole event has enhanced the image of Stratton Audley throughout the area. Hopefully this has given a little boost to each and every one of us who live and work in the Parish.

Do check out the Facebook pages for Stratton Audley Parish Council and also the Stratton Audley Food Beer & Music Festival as there are some great photos to view.

John Honsinger, Chairman of the Organising Committee.

 

EWR Construction Traffic – Latest projected movement figures revealed.

Mr Charles Hurst has been back in touch with the following information.

In the village itself

EWR has now completed its detailed traffic analysis and firmed up on the likely figures for the peak three month intensive build period likely to be in early 2020. Currently (with an allowance for future developments) there are 1145 traffic movements (combined two way traffic figures) per day along Church Street passing the pub and EWR will contribute an extra 11 per day to this number. There is an LGV route along Mill Road although we have stated we will not be using this for light lorries; there are currently 518 vehicle movements along this road per day and EWR will be contributing 15 per day. These figures are notably less than the quantities discussed in the meeting but were not available at that time. The only other point to add is that by redirecting most of the LGV traffic away from the road through Stratton Audley onto the HGV route we have to allow it to go past Stratton Audley Park and that being so, a few vehicles are bound to turn right at the crossroads and come down Mill Road to access the Launton compound.

Despite the revised proposals to re-route construction traffic away from the village, there will be significantly increased levels of traffic in the immediate area and the Parish Council will be discussing reparations and traffic calming measures and signage. It has also been agreed that a liaison group will be formed with other affected villages to meet regularly with EWR .

Stratton Audley Park Road

With regard to the traffic numbers along the road past S-A Park from the junction of the 4421 towards Poundon,  a figure of 1200 was banded about and some took this to mean as many as 1200 HGV likely movements in the peak  three month intensive period in 2020. At the time Mr Hurst knew this not to be the case but could not substantiate it. Since then further studies have been carried out  and the latest figures are:

Current traffic numbers total 940 vehicle movements (combined for both directions) per day.

EWR HGV vehicle movements will total 156 per day.

EWR LGV vehicle movements will total 53 per day.

EWR staff operative car movements will total 87 per day.

Total EWR traffic numbers is forecast to be 267 vehicle movements per day which will be an increase of 28.4% on the current levels. On the assumptions that they have a 10 hour working day there are likely to be around 16 HGV vehicles per hour or one every 4 minutes. This is still an extremely high and concerning figure but not as bad as two every minute of the day.

Clearly there are going to be many conversations and meeting with regard to the lay-bys and reparation works required both before and after the construction period, but for now the matter is in the hands of the Secretary for State to approve or reject the proposed scheme.

Previously at the Annual Open meeting on 2nd May……………………We invited Mr Charles Hurst, East West Rail Stakeholder Manager to address the meeting and provided an opportunity for members of the community  to put  questions to him and get a further update. In the main these were polite although some questions were quite direct.

The key issues for Stratton Audley has been the proposal to route LGV vehicles (both trucks and vans up to 7.5 tonnes) through the village and the plan to route HGV and LGV traffic flows from Bicester along the A4421 to its’ right hand intersection with Park Road to Charndon Compound via Stratton Park.

With the latter issue of traffic to the Charndon Compound apart from the volumes which  may be as high asd 1200 movement a day in the most intensive 3 month period, the main concern is how to make the junction safe and effective plus other mitigation measures necessary.

Regarding traffic through the village, the Parish Council suggested that LGV’s could follow the same route as for HGV’s to get to the no.2 Launton Compound and we are pleased to report that an undertaking to progress this idea was given by Mr Hurst. The route from Stoke Lyne into and through the village, onto the Launton Road will still have to be shown on their maps as they are required to indicate at least two alternative routes. But the assurance which  has been put in writing  is that the bulk of LGV vehicles will be directed away from the village. This plus other mitigation measures including suitable signage will be a requirement. The likely date for intensive disruption is early 2020 for some 12 weeks. This is subject to the whole plan being put to the Secretary of State and being  approved.

For full details read the Minutes from the meeting on 7th Marc