Author: Sonja Francis

THE Oxfordshire Golf Course, owned by Leaderboard, near Thame, has been selected to host next year’s Ladies English Open Championship.
No date has been confirmed for the event, which also took place at the course in the mid-’90s.
The tournement is expected to bring much welcomed business to Thame retailers, hotels and restaurants.

CHINNOR RFC Match Report – Away Friendly – September 29. Score: Chinnor 2nd, 18 Pts vs. Southend, 25 Pts.
Tries: Adam Winchester, Luke Wellbelove
Conversions: Gareth Duder x 1
Penalties: Gareth Duder x 2
THIS was a tough game played by two good teams but still a game that Chinnor seconds will be very disappointed to have lost. They had full control in the first half with a good try by Adam Winchester that was well converted by Gareth Duder.
Two successful penalties followed by Duder and the first half finished 13 points to nil in Chinnor?s favour and well in control.

The change came in the second half with a bad start and Chinnor gave away two soft converted tries a penalty as well as a drop goal, all within a fifteen-minute period. This was followed six minutes later with another try and Chinnor seconds were left chasing the game.
They were unlucky on a number of occasions with the ref blowing Chinnor up for wheeling the scrum, and were unaware that they weren?t allowed to. This also caused Chinnor to lose a lot of attacking moves where they could have scored.
Chinnor did score another try by Luke Wellbelove and the game finished 18 points to 25 for Southend.

Alan Cawston and Luke Wellbelove shared man of the match. Luke played his first game for Chinnor and his first in 3 years.

LEAGUE GAME – 29/09/07 – Match Report- Thame United 0, Englefield Green Rovers, 1.
A FEW weeks ago, Thame United had won five consecutive games but sadly this match saw their third successive defeat. It was an uninspiring game in which defences dominated.

The first half was fairly even with Thame?s best chance coming after five minutes when Nathan Jack played a long pass to Paul Reading, who beat his man, and laid the ball back to Jack, 15 yards from goal. Unfortunately for Thame, the normally deadly Jack scuffed his shot and the Englefield keeper easily saved. The game was goalless at half time with neither goalkeeper really tested.

The second half was initially a continuation of the same. Thame created few chances but Adam Rhodes in particular was unfortunate to see a strong long range shot deflected for a corner. At this stage the visitors seemed content to hit largely ineffective long range efforts.

The game needed a goal and it got one in the 59th minute when visiting midfielder, Paul Burrows, struck a glorious well placed, 25-yard shot which beat Thame goalkeeper Paul Searl. In an effort to restore parity Thame threw men forward but this opened up gaps at the back and Searl was forced to make a series of good saves to limit the deficit.

Despite sustained periods of Thame pressure, the home side lacked the ability to penetrate a packed Englefield defence and the visitors held out to take the points.

Thame United: Searl, Higgs, Jackman (Ansell), Boult, Hocking, Rhodes, Connelly, Braun, Reading (Leach), Jack, Graves (Watkins).

Thame United are away at Holyport on Saturday 6th October. The reserve team face Wokingham and Emmbrook reserves at Lord Williams School.

——————————————————————————–

No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.