Chinnor R.F.C.

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 at 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.

Chinnor
Full nameChinnor Rugby Football Club
UnionRFU
Nickname(s)The Villagers
Founded1962 (1962)
RegionOxfordshire Rugby Football Union
Ground(s)Kingsey Road, Thame (Capacity: 2,000)
ChairmanNick Stainton
PresidentSimon Vickers
Director of RugbyNick Easter
Coach(es)Craig Hampson, Tom Knibbs, Caolan Ryan, Daz Oliver
Captain(s)George Grose
League(s)National League 1
2022–238th
Team kit
Official website
www.chinnor-rfc.com

History

Chinnor RFC was formed in 1962, by Frank Angel, Cyril Perry and Marcus Cann at the Bird in Hand pub in Chinnor, playing its first game the following year.[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]

Honours

1st team:

2nd team:

3rd team:

Current standings
2023–24 National League 1 Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Rams7601242166767132
2Chinnor75022471121355126
3Plymouth Albion7502234157775126
4Sedgley Park7502215242-274024
5Richmond7403217188295223
6Blackheath7403214164504222
7Birmingham Moseley7403191209-182119
8Cinderford7403137194-570117
9Rosslyn Park7304214218-43116
10Darlington Mowden Park7304154185-312115
11Bishop's Stortford7205192224-325215
12Taunton Titans7106201244-436313
13Leicester Lions7205130205-751211
14Sale FC710696176-80037
  • 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 the relegation places.
Updated: 14 October 2023

Source: "National League 1". RugbyEngland.

References
  1. "Welcome To The Bird In Hand". chinnor-rfc.com. 30 March 2021.
  2. "Club History" by former player John Gardner, at official website
  3. "Bittersweet victory for Chinnor in pulsating match". Chinnor RFC (Pitchero). 1 April 2017.
  4. "South West 1". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  5. "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 2007-2008".
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