Chinnor League Champions

Match Report -Saturday, April 22, 2006
Powergen South West First Division
Spartans 6 – Chinnor 68

THIS top versus bottom clash eventually went the way that the form book would recognise, with Chinnor running out 68-13 winners to finish the season as League champions.
The first twenty minutes saw Chinnor on the back foot in their own half. The first points of the match went to Spartans? Teague, with a penalty goal as a result of a Chinnor indiscretion. Spartans continued to press and a smart drop goal by Teague saw them increase their lead to 6-0. Chinnor, managing to curb their habit of dropping the ball in promising positions, started to score regularly. Their first and second tries went to Jamie Hiscock after slick passing by the Chinnor backs. Tolich added a further, and then Ed Devine, one of several Chinnor players brought in from their equally successful second team, stormed Andy Ripley-style through the Spartans’ defence to lay on another try for Hiscock. At half time it was Spartans 6, Chinnor 26.

Chinnor brought on Ben Hewitt to join his brother James, whose near faultless place kicking contributed much to Chinnor?s score. Hewitt Senior was next to score before the two brothers combined unselflessly to allow Oxley in for Chinnor. A near length of the pitch break out by Tolich was Chinnor?s next try to make the score 45-5. Burns pounced on a Spartans’ mistake for another Chinnor try. Chinnor brought on their forward replacements who immediately caused problems for the Spartans? scrum. Spartans’ stuck in and, pinching the ball as Chinnor pressed their line, fed Daniel Norton, fresh back from England u18 duty. Norton?s pace saw an easy score under the posts, converted by Aaron Fowke, to bring the score to 13 -54. Chinnor scored next with a delightful dummy by Oxley and the day?s final score went to Hiscock ? his fourth of the match.
Final score: Spartans 13 Chinnor 68.

After a sticky start, Chinnor managed to show the difference between top and bottom in this league. With several players brought up from the seconds, Chinnor showed promising squad depth for their new challenges in National Three South next season.

Photo; Chinnor No.12, Darren Oxley Touches down a Try

Chinnor: M Buckley (rep B Hewitt 40) J Hewitt, D Oxley, R Tolich, J Hiscock, R Williams, D Burns, T Whelan, JP Immelman, J Winpenny (rep R Harris 60), C Burrows (c) (rep A Millburn 60), M Hutchings, R Maxwell, E Devine, P Hennessy