Banbury
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Local sport
- Rugby
Banbury has a thriving sporting culture and is home to many teams who play at both local and national levels. Banbury Rugby Union Football Club play at Bodicote Park, in Bodicote. Banbury Cricket Club also has its homeground in Bodicote, at White Post Road Pavilion.
- Football
Banbury is also home to a football team known formally as Banbury United F.C. who play at the Spencer Stadium located within Banbury, and informally as The Puritans, a reminder of Banbury's strong historical link to Puritanism. They play in the Southern League Premier Division, one tier below the Conference South and three tiers below full Football League status. Banbury are one of the most northerly teams in this division.
- Canoeing
Banbury is home to two thriving Canoe clubs. Banbury & District Canoe Club which is based on the Oxford Canal at Cropredy Wharf is one of England's most successful clubs and was voted "Club of the Year" by the British Canoe Union in 2006. Primarily a competition club, BDCC focuses on flatwater racing (sprint and marathon) and wildwater racing. There is also a strong touring side to the club. The club has a number of past and present international paddlers and national champions at various age groups and the junior section is currently very strong, with a number of potential Olympians for 2012. The club has a robust coaching system and runs regular courses for beginners and for experienced paddlers. Cherwell Canoe Club which caters mainly for canoe polo, playboating and slalom and is based at Woodgreen. It is one of the parties involved in the fight to re-open Woodgreen Swimming Pool. The club's teams play canoe polo in the national leagues.
- Golf
Banbury Golf Club is situated five miles south of Banbury on the B4100 at Adderbury and under 15 minutes from Junction 10 of the M40. Opened in 1993, it now has 3 separate 9-hole loops.
- Cricket
Re-formed in 1949 Banbury Cricket Club has developed into the leading club side in Oxfordshire, winning the inaugural Home Counties Premier League in 2000.
The club runs several sides of varying age groups and abilities with four Saturday sides. The First XI play in the ECB Home Counties Premier League, the highest standard of club cricket. The Second, Third and Fourth XI play in the Cherwell League competing against other club sides in the county. The club also manages a Sunday side, which competes in ECB National Club Championship, which has seen the club, reach the last 16 in recent years. A midweek side play in the Brackley & District Midweek League a 20 over competition on Wednesday evenings throughout the summer.
Banbury Cricket Club also has a comprehensive youth set up coached by qualified coaches including club professional and Director of Cricket, Paul Taylor (Northants & England) offering cricket at under 11, 13, 15, 17 levels. Several of the players from the youth set up have gone on to represent their counties at their age group and the club has now seen a few of these youth players go on to play in the clubs First XI. The club has also been the breeding for some of this talent to go onto play senior county cricket at Minor Counties and First Class level.
Banbury Twenty Club was formed in 1932 by an original twenty members. It is a founder member of the Cherwell Cricket League and still competes in the League's highest division.
The Club run two Saturday sides which compete in Cherwell League Divisions one and four respectively. The club also play in the Brackley & District Midweek League on a Wednesday evening.
The Club runs two youth teams (U13/U15) who compete in Oxfordshire and South Northants competitions and are coached by ECB qualified coaches. The Club's youth policy is proud to have produced players such as Rob Cunliffe who played for the all-conquering Gloucestershire side that won the treble in 2000.
Two other notable names from the Club include Keith Arnold and Mike Wedderburn. Arnold is an Oxfordshire seam bowler and 2nd highest minor counties wicket taker ever, while Sky Sports News presenter Wedderburn used to play county cricket for Hampshire and rugby for Harlequins.
Many of these sporting clubs have close ties with local schools, encouraging children of all abilities to participate. Blessed George Napier RC Secondary School in Banbury was recently granted specialist status as a sports college.
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People associated with Banbury
- Anthony Burgess, the celebrated novelist, taught at the now-defunct Banbury Grammar School for several years during the 1950s.
- Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, British physiologist and biophysicist and Nobel Prize winner, was born in Banbury
- Lancelot Holland, the admiral who lost his life in HMS Hood in 1941 commanding the fleet which engaged the German battleship, Bismarck, grew up in the Banbury area.
- Gordon Ramsay went to local secondary school Drayton in Banbury.
- Larry Grayson was born in Banbury but grew up in Nuneaton.
- The former Prime Minister Lord North was also the MP for Banbury.
- Richie Hawtin – better known as Plastikman – was born in the town in 1970.
- John Brooke-Little was a former officer of arms who lived in Banbury at the end of his life.
- Dermot Gallagher Irish football referee is a current resident.
- Chris Hutchings Former resident and ex Wigan Athletic coach.
- Benjamin Geen was born in Banbury and employed as a staff nurse at the Horton General Hospital. During December 2003 and January 2004 Geen poisoned 17 patients for the thrill of trying to resuscitate them. He was found guilty of two murders and 15 charges of grievous bodily harm in April 2006. Source: the Banbury Guardian newspaper [5], BBC News [6].
- Gary Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, glam rock star and convicted paedophile.
- Helen Anker West End theatre actress and singer and star of Beautiful and Damned.
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Companies based in Banbury
Vodafone Limited
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Twinnings
Banbury is twinned with:
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References
- ^ 2001 urban areas headcounts
- ^ http://www.banburyguardian.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=687&ArticleID=1510960
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