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
2021–227th
Team kit
Official website
www.chinnor-rfc.com

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
2022–23 National League 1 Table
Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points diff Try bonus Losing bonus Points
1Rams242004851536315222104
2Sale FC242103739467272181103
3Cambridge23191383051131918399
4Rosslyn Park23150872762110616278
5Plymouth Albion24130116845958918373
6Cinderford24122106616025915572
7Bishop's Stortford24121115945841014771
8Chinnor2410113648664−1615461
9Birmingham Moseley239212629656−2713457
10Darlington Mowden Park249015626657−3113756
11Esher249015653753−10013352
12Taunton Titans248016616739−12311750
RLeeds Tykes234217432726−2945631
RHull240123405984−5795512
  • 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: 1 April 2023

Source: "National League 1". RugbyEngland.

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. "South West 1". Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
  4. "Trelawny's Army Final League Tables 2007-2008".
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