Chinnor R.F.C.

Chinnor
Full name Chinnor Rugby Football Club
Union RFU
Nickname(s) The Villagers
Founded 1962 (1962)
Region Oxfordshire Rugby Football Union
Ground(s) Kingsey Road, Thame (Capacity: 2,000)
Chairman Doug Humphries
President John Ashfield
Captain(s) Ian Stock
League(s) National League 1
2017–18 Promoted from National League 2 South (play-off)
Team kit
Official website
www.chinnor-rfc.com

Chinnor Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union club based in Thame, Oxfordshire. They currently play in the third tier of the English league system, National League 1 following their promotion from National League 2 South via the promotion play-off win the end of the 2017-18 season. The club regularly runs five senior teams as well as a full youth setup from age 5 upwards. Chinnor's youth setup is widely thought of as one of the best in the country having produced top Premiership players such as Tom Varndell (Leicester Tigers), Tom Johnson (Exeter Chiefs), Dave Seymour (Saracens), Paul Volley (Harlequins) and Sam Jones (Wasps). Chinnor became the first club in Oxfordshire or Buckinghamshire to establish an under-19 academy.

History

Chinnor RFC was formed in 1962 and played their first game the following year. The 1970s saw the club expand to include junior and youth teams and in 1976 the club won the Oxfordshire Cup. When the English league system started the club was placed in Bucks and Oxon Division 1 and have progressed through the Southern Counties section to gained promotion to the National Leagues in 2006; the youngest club to do so.[1] The club gained a further promotion from National League 3 South West in 2012.

During the 2016–17 National League 2 South season, the club achieved a record attendance at Kingsey Road of 1,580 during a top of the table clash against Bishop's Stortford, a game Chinnor won 27–25.[2]

Honours

1st team:

2nd team:

3rd team:

Current standings

2018–19 National League 1 Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Old Elthamians7502234195395126
2Caldy7502188167213124
3Sale FC741221520784123
4Chinnor7403168157114323
5Blackheath7502170120502022
6Rotherham Titans7403205174314222
7Cinderford7403175146293322
8Darlington Mowden Park740319418865122
9Rosslyn Park740318517874121
10Ampthill7304173163104319
11Cambridge7313155164-92218
12Plymouth Albion730413413403318
13Bishop's Stortford7304196141553217
14Esher7304133169-362216
15Birmingham Moseley7106171234-633411
16Loughborough Students7007129288-159213
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 13 October 2018
Source: "National League 1". NCA Rugby.

Chinnor DMP Mosele Bishop Stortford

References

  1. ↑ "Club History" by former player John Gardner, at official website
  2. ↑ "Bittersweet victory for Chinnor in pulsating match". Chinnor RFC (Pitchero). 1 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. ↑ http://www.trelawnys-army.org.uk/ta/tables078.html
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