Chinnor R.F.C.

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Chinnor
Chinnor rfc logo.png
Full nameChinnor Rugby Football Club
UnionRFU
Nickname(s)The Villagers
Founded1962; 60 years ago (1962)
RegionOxfordshire Rugby Football Union
Ground(s)Kingsey Road, Thame (Capacity: 2,000)
ChairmanSimon Vickers
PresidentJohn Ashfield
Director of RugbyRichard Thorpe
Captain(s)Bertie Hopkins
League(s)National League 1
2019–204th
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 (Wasps), 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[]

2021–22 National League 1 Table · · discuss
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1 Rosslyn Park 16 14 0 2 540 289 251 11 2 69
2 Caldy 17 12 2 3 419 361 58 7 1 60
3 Sale FC 17 12 0 5 468 326 142 7 3 58
4 Cinderford 17 10 0 7 477 388 89 9 6 55
5 Cambridge 16 9 3 4 393 324 69 10 2 54
6 Chinnor 15 7 1 7 427 363 64 12 7 49
7 Rams 15 9 0 6 342 318 24 7 4 47
8 Taunton Titans 17 7 2 8 418 525 −107 10 3 45
9 Birmingham Moseley 16 7 0 9 282 383 −101 3 3 34
10 Bishop's Stortford 17 5 2 10 377 407 −30 6 3 33
11 Blackheath 16 5 0 11 333 380 −47 4 9 33
12 Darlington Mowden Park 15 5 1 9 345 394 −49 4 3 29
13 Plymouth Albion 16 5 0 11 352 427 −75 6 3 29
14 Leeds Tykes 15 5 0 10 294 431 −137 4 5 29
15 Tonbridge Juddians 15 2 1 12 289 440 −151 3 6 19
  • 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 will be promoted to the RFU Championship.
Yellow background (row 2) will be promoted, should the winner of the Championship be promoted.
Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 22 January 2022
Source: "National League 1". RFU.

Notes[]

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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 2007-2008".

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