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Chinnor 2nd team 58 Pts vs. Bracknell 2nd 0 Pts
November 11 – Home Game – Friendly;
Scorers
Tries: Joe Iosefo x 2, Pip Seymour x 2, Rob Fenwick, Jake Carter, Phil Scott-Priestley, Gareth Duder, Nick Grimsdell, Darren Oxley.
Conversions: Gareth Duder x4
MATCH REPORT
Chinnor seconds had a good win against Bracknell 2nd winning 58 to 0. The team played far better than they did last week against League leaders Ealing 2nd.
This week both the focus and the will was there and some of the missing leaders, who were unavailable last week, were there to make a presence.
Chinnor showed their intention from the start of the game by taking control of the scrums as well as the lose play which kept Bracknell on the back foot. Although the score does not reflect it, Bracknell was a very good team and did not stop coming at Chinnor.
The first try came in the eighth minute with Rob Arthur breaking through the line and passing the ball to Pip Seymour to score. Three minutes later it was the turn of Jake Carter to break the line and score, and Gareth Duder duly converted.
No matter what Bracknell tried, the Chinnor boys closed them down and in defence they were awesome. After some good forward drives the ball went out to Nick Grimsdell who finished off the move and scored. Yet again, it was Duder who converted. Chinnor lead 19 points to Nil after 20 minutes.

For the next 15 minutes, Bracknell threw in everything but were unable to break through the Chinnor defence. Chinnor then counter attacked with some great moves between backs and forwards, and Joe Iosefo barged over the line to score. Once again converted by Duder, this was followed three minutes later with a try by Phil Scott-Priestly, and Chinnor finished the first half 31 points to Nil in the lead.

Chinnor had a explosive second half start with Duder scoring within just two minutes followed by Pip Seymour three minutes later with a fantastic individual try from his own 22 for his second, increasing the Chinnor lead to 41 points to Nil.

For the next 20 minutes the game was all attack and counter attack but the Chinnor boys were in no mood to let Bracknell get points on the board.
Then Iosefo went over for his second of the game followed three minutes later by Darren Oxley, converted by Duder. A break from his own try line by Richard Grimsdell ended in a try, followed by second row Fenners, who was on hand to take the pass and score.

This was a good game played by a very motivated Chinnor team. Man of the Match for the third time this season and stand in, captain Joe Iosefo.
Walter McGuicken
Second Team Manager

Chinnor 1st XV 15 vs. Rosslyn Park 1st XV 44
National League League 3 South – Saturday, November 11.
See Chinnor RFC Website for pictures:
Link

THAME Angling Club were fishing an inter-club match against Wycombe Thames, down at crendon Bridge this weekend.
The prospects were looking good after last week’s results in the Thame Tackle teams of fours. There was a little extra water flowing through the river after the rain on Friday night although the cold wind on the day put the fish down a bit.
Top rod for the Wycombe Thames and overall winner was Eddie Wilson with 7.9.0 off the fancied Basin swim, with Tim Eele of the Thame club coming home in second place with 6.5.0 which put him 29 points clear in the league standings with 4 matches remaining.
On the team front, Thame came out on top taking the top four anglers from each side 11.14.0 to 9.13.0.
Thame are holding a team of threes event this coming Sunday, November 19.
To book your team in, call Ian Horrocks at Thame Tackle on 0184421.

Thame United 1, Milton United 2. 7/11/06 MATCH REPORT (Contributed)
THE young Thame team narrowly lost to a more experienced Milton United side on Tuesday evening.

The opening exchanges were fairly even with neither goalkeeper troubled for the first 25 minutes. Milton were then awarded a free-kick about 35 yards from the Thame goal. As the ball was floated into the Thame box, Milton midfielder Matt Styles rose high to head it just under the Thame crossbar from about eight yards. Thame went close a few minutes later when Nick Gibson side footed a low cross from the left towards the corner of the goal but Milton keeper, Gareth walker, reacted well and pulled off a good save.

The visitors increased their lead eight minutes into the second half when a defence-splitting pass found Vince Rusher unmarked about 10 yards from goal. Rusher finished confidently, giving Thame goalkeeper Paul Searl no chance. Thame fought back and pulled a quality goal back in the 65th minute. Nick Gibson picked the ball up midway inside the visitors half and ran at goal but was forced to go left. He played a 1-2 with Joe Da Silva before heading for the by-line and crossing for Adrian Smith to volley home from five yards.

The last 20 minutes saw Thame pressurising the Milton goal, but they defended well and Walker pulled of several good saves. When the final whistle blew, the Milton veterans had done just enough to collect the points.

Thame United: Searl, Smith, Watkins, Graves, Bell, Kitson, Gibson, Connelly, (Cairns) Weaver (Redding), Jack, Da Silva.

LAST weekend saw the Thame tackle teams of four on the river Thame, on Thame and Wycombe Thames stretches of the Thame.
There were 15 teams of four, with some good returns. Nick Newitt was the overall individual winner with 23.03.0 of Chub, with Thame Tackle’s owner and organiser Ian Horrocks coming in second with 21.14.0 and Sheldon Camden 3rd with 11.00.0.
Top team was the dads and lads of Wycombe Thames with a total of 53 points from a possible 60. In second place was another Wycombe Thames team, the Thames Tigers, with 43 points followed by Cuddeson in third with 39 points.

Thame Angling Club will be holding there own Team of Threes open on the 19th November. for tickets phone Thame Tackle on 01844 212221

Photo: for illustrative purposes only

Chinnor 1 Thame United 3 !! Match Report
THIS eagerly awaited local derby, in the preliminary round of the League Challenge Cup saw the game watched by the largest crowd of the day – 127, with a close encounter anticipated given that Thame United lie 19th in the Hellenic Premier League and Chinnor are in fourth place in the league below.

It was Thame United who started the brightest with a Jordan Weaver shot deflected for a corner on five minutes, and Ben Clarke in the Chinnor goal saving well from Adrian Smith two minutes later. However, it was Chinnor who took the lead on 10 minutes, when leading scorer Gary Marshall collected the ball on the wide right and hit a powerful shot that caught Goalkeeper Paul Searl out of position. Although Searl got a hand to the ball, the shot crept in at the near post.

Thame equalised 10 minutes later when the ever dangerous Nathan Jack hit an unstoppable shot from wide right to beat Clarke low to his left. It was 2-1 to Thame in the 33rd minute when, following good passing between Weaver and Jack, Jack calmly placed the ball beyond the approaching Clarke for his ninth goal of the season. By now Thame were beginning to get the upper hand and following a shot just wide from Nick Gibson in the 35th minute, Thame extended their lead a minute later with young centre back Marc Bell powerfully meeting a Joe Da Silva corner to give Clarke in the Chinnor goal no chance.

With the score 3-1 to Thame at half time, the crowd were looking forward to an entertaining game in the second half. Indeed, it was Chinnor who came out the stronger of the two sides, with Searl doing well to parry a powerful shot in the 50th minute. Five minutes later the Thame centre back Matt Graves was lucky to receive only a yellow card for a heavy challenge. However, in the ensuing fracas former Thame United player and Chinnor chairman, Richard Carr, was sent from the field. He was followed five minutes later by Gary Marshall for a second bookable offence.

This effectively finished the game as a spectacle, with the Thame side content to play possession football and see out the remaining half an hour. Nevertheless, Jack, Weaver, Da Silva and Sion Kitson all went close to extending the lead, with Weaver also having a good claim for a penalty turned down in the 83rd minute.

Team:
Searl, Smith, Watkins, Bell, Graves, Kitson, Connelly, Gibson, Da Silva, Jack, Weaver
Sub (not used): Hocking.

The result sees Thame travel to Rayners Lane in the next round of the Cup on 25th November, before which they have important league games away at Harrow Hill this Saturday and at home to Abingdon Town on 18th November.

The victory against Chinnor was followed by news that Thame United Reserves, who play in Reserve Division 2 of the Hellenic League, had beaten their first division opponents, Didcot Town, 5-2 in the first round of the Chairmans? Challenge Cup, rounding off a winning weekend for Thame United.
4th November 2006

EVERY picture tells a story and this one captures the excitement of the Christmas Fayre held at Chinnor Rugby Club last Friday, attended by ‘Sting’, the Wasps mascot. The magnificent Zurich premiership Trophy was greatly admired by visitors to the fayre who enjoyed a terrific evening which included lots of high quality goods and foods for sale.

MATCH REPORT – Chinnor 2nd, 24 Pts vs. Cambridge Uni 2nd, 17 Pts; Saturday, 28th October- Away Friendly Game.
Scorers:
Tries: Darren Oxley x 2, Richard Grimsdell and Jamie Hiscock.
Conversions: 2 by Richard Grimsdell

CHINNOR seconds added another great scalp to their list of wins when they beat Cambridge University seconds in a friendly game at Kingsey Road on Saturday.
A friendly is a contradiction of terms when it refers to a rugby game with no quarter given, even if one of the opposition is a Chinnor Club player doing his degree at Cambridge, as was the case with Alex Thompson.
It was always going to be a tough and fast game which is just what transpired from the first kick. However, Chinnor had a bit more of an advantage up front, which is one of the team?s strengths.
An interception by Cambridge gave them the first points on the board after 15 minutes, but the teams were evenly matched and it was not untill the 30th minute that Chinnor broke the Cambridge defence with Darren Oxley breaking inside to score. A conversion by Richard Grimsdell gave Chinnor the lead, 7 points to 5.
Ten minutes later Oxley made the same break to split the Cambridge defence and scored under the post, followed again by a Grimsdell conversion. This was followed just two minutes later by a great run by Jamie Hiscock who added another five points. All this was due to some good teamwork being carried out by both forwards and backs. The first half finished with Chinnor 19 points to 5 in the lead.
The second half was a carbon copy of the first with both sides attacking and defending as if their lives depended on it. Cambridge drew first blood with another interception try from their own 22 metre line with a converted try which cut the deficit to 19 points to 12. This was followed with another try and the points were 19 to 17 in Chinnor?s favour.

It was a very tight game that could go any way at that stage and, although Chinnor seemed to be in control at all times, the Uni defence held up well. With five minutes to go and after some great play between forwards and backs, Grimsdell scored in the corner and took the game away from Cambridge University.

Chinnor seconds finished the game 24 points to 17.
All 19 players played well and man of the match was awarded to Joe Iosefo for his consistent outstanding play, not only this week but every time he dons the Chinnor shirt. It can?t be long before we lose him to the first team.

Thanks to Cambridge for travelling so far; hopefully we will be able to reciprocate at some stage for a return game.
Walter McGuicken
Second Team Manager

Chipping Norton 0, Thame United 3 – 21/10/06 – League Match Report (Contributed)
THAME United recorded their first victory since September 9 on Saturday, with a convincing win at ninth placed Chipping Norton Town. They also kept their first clean sheet this season.
The Thame back four, which comprised newcomers Mark Bell and Matt Groves, together with Chris Watkins and Patrick Johnson, played well and the defensive problems of recent weeks seem to have been eliminated.

Initial possession was even, but Thame were beginning to get the upper hand when, in the 24th minute, a long ball found Thame?s Jordan Weaver whose header fell to Magpie defender Gary Morrison. Seemingly unaware that his goalkeeper had come off his line, Morrison attempted a back pass but only succeeded in passing into his own undefended net. Thame put together some quality moves and on 37 minutes, one was rewarded when Graham Jackson played a defence- splitting ball to the unmarked Ben Connelly who confidently fired home from 15 yards. Five minutes before half time, Chris Watkins took a free kick from just inside the Thame half, and Nathan Jack rose to impressively head it in from 12 yards.

Thame went in for half time winning 3-0, a completely different situation to last week when at half time they were losing 0-5. Although Thame were playing into a strong wind the visitors controlled the second half and with better finishing could have scored more.
Jordan Weaver, Nathan Jack, Nick Gibson, and substitute Paul Reading all had good chances to increase Thame?s margin and with two minutes remaining, Joe Da Silva was unlucky to see his shot hit the crossbar.

Thame United: Searl (Capt.) Johnson, Watkins, Groves, Bell, Connolly (Trip), Jackson, Da Silva, Weaver (Reading), Jack, Gibson.

Thame United entertain 10th placed Carterton next Saturday (28th) at Hithercroft Stadium, Wallingford.