Chinnor needed all their resolve to come from behind to gain victory in this exciting encounter at Braywick on Saturday. It was all the more laudable in that as well as trailing by two points with 15 minutes to go they were reduced to 14 players when Darren Oxley had to leave the field with Chinnor having already used  their full quota of substitutes. In this period they scored 10 pts when firstly they moved the ball to the left wing to give Richard Grimsdell room to round his opposite number and scorch over under the posts, and then added a well executed drop goal via the reliable boot of James Cathcart.

Chinnor looked the most likely to score in the early phases of play and it came as no surprise when Richard Grimsdell was put

away on a clear overlap to score the first of his two tries. Maidenhead then started to get their game together and looked dangerous on the outside with the powerful Cripps capitalising on some weak tackling to equalise matters. Cameron Shaw then got in on the act when he scythed through the Maidenhead mid-field defence to score neat the posts with Cathcart adding the extra points. Stuart MacKay rounded off a good passage of play for Maidenhead and with Walton converting it was all square at the half-time whistle. Chinnor now had the advantage of the breeze with Cathcart utilizing this with some prodigious kicking out of hand.

With James Hewitt breaking through the middle to score a fine individual try and Cathcart adding the conversion and kicking a penalty it appeared that Chinnor were pulling away. However Maidenhead had other ideas. A try by Martin , converted

by Walton narrowed the gap and when the busy Ben Ayres was on hand to finish off a movement that started in their own territory Maidenhead were in the lead for the first time. With Chinnor now down to 14 players, Maidenhead spurned the opportunity to kick a penalty preferring to go for a possible try and conversion to put the game safe. This tactic was thwarted by some solid defence before a final flourish saw Chinnor home and dry after this most thoroughly entertaining of games.