Fixtures
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| 30 Jun 2011 | Home | Report | KO | |||||
| 20 Aug 2011 | Friendly | Woodford RFC | Home | Draw | 5 | 5 | Report | KO 3 pm, 4 quarters, unlimited substitution |
| 3 Sep 2011 | League | Old Colfeians RFC | Home | Win | 29 | 18 | Report | Half Time: 15 - 8 Scorers: James Moy (T), Dan Boughtwood (C), Dan Boughtwood (P), Donagh Fitzgerald (T) Donagh Fitzgerald (T), Dan Boughtwood (C), Matt Lockwood (T), Dan Boughtwood (C) |
| 10 Sep 2011 | League | Eton Manor RFC | Away | Win | 14 | 3 | Report | KO 3pm 1. Wesley MbeweScorers: K Forward (T,C) M Lockwood (T) D Boughtwood (C)
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| 17 Sep 2011 | League | Ruislip RFC | Home | Win | 10 | 7 | Report | KO 3pm 1. Wesley MbeweScorers: Brandon Hart (T,C,P)
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| 24 Sep 2011 | League | Brentwood RFC | Away | Loss | 21 | 29 | Report | KO 3pm 1. Wesley MbeweA see-saw tussle on the infamous slope at Brentwood saw the home side register Chingford’s first defeat of the season. On a windless sunny day Chingford played down the hill first half only to be caught asleep in the first five minutes by a marauding run from the tight head prop finished off by the blind side flanker and duly converted. Chingford then started their own assault which led first to a penalty converted by Brendan Hart, followed soon after by a deserved try wide right from Donagh Fitzgerald, unfortunately not converted. After this Chingford should have scored many more tries but due to bad handling had to be content with a late strike wide left by Ted pike. This conversion was also missed which would have repercussions later on, but left Chingford 13 – 7 up at half time. As expected the second half saw Brentwood play to their strengths, aiming everything at the bottom right hand corner but good defence by Chingford meant their line was only broached once and duly converted. Chingford pressure then led to a penalty which Hart converted to retake the lead. This was sacrificed soon after when Brentwood’s own penalty was slotted home to make it 17-16. A five minute burst then by Brentwood saw a push over rolling maul try followed by a kick and rush try which killed the match dead With only seconds remaining a fine threequarter move by Chingford resulted in another try for Fitzgerald but now Hart needed the kick for a losing bonus point but his kick was off target and the final whistle went signifying a well deserved victory by Brentwood 29-21
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| 1 Oct 2011 | League | Braintree RFC | Home | Win | 25 | 22 | Report | KO 3pm 1. Wesley Mbewe Chingford welcomed Braintree to the Valley Playing fields for the first time in 10 years with 7 changes to last week and 2 more on the bench. The first 20 minutes saw both teams with fine chances frittered away due to bad handling. Unfortunately Chris Garstin’s first match this season was to finish soon after with a leg injury replaced by the indubitable Duncan Haywood. He immediately had a penalty in front of the posts which he converted to open the scoring. Braintree went straight back up the other end and scored from a good three-quarter movement to take a 7-3 lead which they still held at half-time even though Haywood had had 2 more kickable penalties to reduce the deficit. In the second half Ollie Hoad came on for his first game this season post marriage to replace Ben Jeynes, with an injured hand, and Chingford dominated for long periods which firstly led to a push over try from debutant Dave Brown, calmly converted by Haywood. Braintree recovered the lead again with a converted try before losing it again with a penalty from Haywood to make it 13-12. Braintree again retook the lead with a penalty but then another push over try was scored by John Burnage again converted by Haywood. At this point it looked like Chingford were going to cut loose and score again immediately but a freak injury saw Guy Gavan suffer an horrendous dislocated knee which took some 30 minutes for the ambulance to clear the pitch. From the eventual restart, with Tom Regan on for Gavan, Chingford kicked into the corner and then pushed their third try over for Dave Brown to score. At 25-15 and nearly time you might have expected Braintree to buckle but no they came back again to score after multiple phases in front of the posts. This was duly converted but they were never to get any closer to winning and Chingford held on for the 25-22 result. Scorers: Duncan Haywood (2P,2C), Dave Brown (2T), John Burnage (T)
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| 8 Oct 2011 | League | Bury St. Edmunds RFC | Away | Loss | 6 | 64 | Report | KO 3pm 1. Wesley Mbewe
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| 15 Oct 2011 | League | Diss RFC | Home | Loss | 11 | 30 | Report | KO 3pm Chingford welcomed Diss, after a 3 year gap, to Waltham Way in more ways than one on a bright sunny afternoon. An early penalty was the least of their gifts, and although equalising a Dan Boughtwood penalty, constant pressure on the Diss line was squandered and a try was allowed when all their pressure should have built a first half lead of at least 4 tries. In extra time penalties were exchanged to make the half time score 13 - 6 to Diss. The second half promised a complete surrender and Diss were not let down as they scored three tries to Chingford's one. There was only one side who wanted the 5 points and they didn't have to work too hard to get them. Lack of motivation and spirit allowed Diss to score a simple victory, little extra is expected of the long away match to North Walsham next week. 1. Wesley MbeweScorers:Dan Boughtwood (T,2P)
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| 22 Oct 2011 | League | North Walsham RFC | Away | Win | 25 | 20 | Report | 1. Wesley Mbewe 2. James Griffiths 3. Adam Raby 4. Mike Lee 5. Kenton Simms 6. Matt Hastings 7. Dave Brown 8. Ollie Hoad 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood 11. Dave Knight 12. Steve Hollis 13. Brandon Hart 14. James Moy 15. Donagh Fitzgerald Subs: 16. Tom Regan 17. Billy Raby 18. Tom |
| 29 Oct 2011 | League | Colchester RFC | Home | Loss | 11 | 33 | Report | KO 3pm Scorers: D Brownn Try, Dan Boughtwood 2Pen
The strong westerly breeze determined to have a large say in this match and although Chingford had it behind them in the first half they did not dominate. Indeed Colchester missed a kickable penalty while Chingford missed a long range effort from their opponents half as well as one much closer. The break came in the 27th minute when the Colchester tight head was yellow carded for a professional foul. Chingford then cascaded attack after attack and were eventually rewarded 5 minutes before the break with a push over try by David Brown. Unfortunately this was followed by a missed conversion and another penalty failure by the opposition to leave the score at half time 5 nil to Chingford. Chingford started the second half as if they had the even stronger breeze behind them culminating in 2 penalties in front of the posts by Dan Boughtwood to give an 11 nil lead which they held for 18 minutes. At this point home wing forward Matt Hastings went off with a dislocated shoulder and Colchester swapped their Fly Half for their left wing and staged a complete about turn. They scored 2 quick tries, one converted to take the lead 12 – 11 which remained the score until 5 minutes before the end when Chingford ran out of juice and allowed 3 converted scores with some very slack tackling. For over 60 minutes Chingford showed the determination and defence to be deserving of points from this fixture but unfortunately this Colchester team proved to be a little fitter in the last quarter 1. Wesley Mbewe 17. Ben Jeynes18.
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| 5 Nov 2011 | Report | KO | ||||||
| 12 Nov 2011 | League | Rochford RFC | Away | Win | 22 | 16 | Report | KO 2.30pm A grey damp day greeted Chingford back to Rochford after a season’s wait for them to get re-promoted. Their backs and their loose forwards looked quick and very eager and this provided them with a solid base on which to launch attacks. However the wind and hill assisted Chingford in the first half and they used a rare visit into their opponents half after 15 minutes to grab a long range penalty by Dan Boughtwood. This released their defensive pose and after a flurry of phases, debutant Andre Cabrera dived over but the wide out conversion was missed. The game subsided into one of limited ability and constant infringements leading to a penalty to Rochford in front after half an hour which they converted. That looked like being that until half time but in injury time Rochford converted another penalty to make it 8 – 6 to Chingford. Rochford started the second half as they did the first with constant pressure and this allowed them to take the lead after 54 minutes with a penalty. For the last quarter, however, Chingford took full control and won penalties every 5 minutes from the 65th, converting 3, to leave them leading 17 – 9 entering injury time. Rochford then kicked off and scored a dubious charge down try from the restart which they converted. Not to be outdone Chingford through Cabrera again scored from their restart and ran out comfortable winners 22 – 16. 1. Wesley Mbewe
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| 19 Nov 2011 | League | Thurrock RFC | Home | Loss | 3 | 59 | Report | KO 2.30pm 1. Billy Raby18. James Griffiths Second in the league Thurrock RFC visited Valleyside on Saturday and from the off showed why they are firm promotion favourites this season. Had it not been for poor handling their early pressure would have led to tries but a surprise move by the home team after 10 minutes into their opponents half brought a generous penalty which was converted by Dan Boughtwood. This settled Chingford down and there followed a sustained period of end to end forays leading to another penalty to Chingford in front of the posts but unfortunately missed. After half an hour Thurrock broke the home side resistance with the first of many superb three-quarter tries adding another before half time making the score 14 – 3 at the interval. In the second half Thurrock used their superior fitness, technique and teamwork to score 7 unanswered tries mostly converted to run out 59 – 3 winners. Chingford never gave in but they were completely outclassed by the best team seen in the league this season. The next league match is away against high flying Letchworth, when Chingford will need their many injuries to have healed and yet more resolve.
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| 26 Nov 2011 | Report | KO | ||||||
| 3 Dec 2011 | League | Letchworth Garden City RFC | Away | Loss | 0 | 39 | Report | KO 2.15pm
1. Peter Spink 2. Nick Boraster Wright 3. Adam Raby 4. Reece Miller 5. Kenton Simms 6. Joe Perks 7. Tom Regan 8. Dave Brown (Capt) 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood 11. Andre Cabrera 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Brandon Hart 14. James Moy 15. Abdel Giles
Subs: Tom Lowry and David Knight
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| 10 Dec 2011 | League | Hammersmith & Fulham RFC | Home | Win | 22 | 19 | Report | KO 2.15pm
What a game at Valleyside this afternoon in the bright sunshine and freezing conditions, it had everything for anyone but the faint hearted, Chingford faced Hammersmith and Fulham for the first ever time and it will be long remembered. The first half flattered to deceive with H&F pressing for the first quarter and missing 2 decent penalty chances, only for tries to be exchanged as if by arrangement. Chingford then took control and showed why their backs need to be shown respect as slick passing and good lines gave Brandon Hart a brace of tries. One conversion by Dan Boughtwood added to his earlier try gave Chingford a comfortable 17 – 7 lead at half time. The light breeze behind them and the dazzling sun made Chingford the big favourites in the second half but H&F had not read the script and quickly converted a try to put things within 3 points. There followed a period of crushing tackles which caused substitute after substitute to bolster each side such that after 29 minutes H&F were reduced to 14 men. A speculative forward punt shortly after crossed the H&F line and the full back contrived to not touch it down allowing Andre Cabrera to take advantage of the situation to restore Chingford’s lead. The restart was a comedy of errors with Joe Perks missing the easy kick off and presenting the onrushing 14 man H&F with an easy score in the corner. Now with only 5 minutes remaining and the numeric advantage against them, it seemed impossible for H&F to come back but incredibly they picked up a stray attacking pass and their second row kicked through and again only to leave himself to dive on the prone ball to score. Yet even more incredibly he missed the score and allowed Chingford the opportunity to clear. Only seconds now remained and H&F were further reduced to 13 by another injury but they pressed and pressed with their scrum half and right winger leading attack after attack. How Chingford weathered the storm is difficult to portray but in pitch darkness and with drained and frozen spectators the referee had finally had enough. A comfortable 22- 19 win said the locals but the travelling hoards from H&F were still bemoaning their fate some hours later but the real winner was rugby football.
1. Billy Spink 2. Ikenna Onwuka 3. Adam Raby 4. Ben Jeynes 5. Kenton Simms 6. Joe Perks 7. Ollie Hoad 8. Dave Brown (Capt) 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood (T.C) 11. Andre Cabrera (T) 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Brandon Hart (2T) 14. James Moy 15. Abdel Giles Subs: 1. Nick Boraster Wright 2. Tom Regan 3. Tom Lowry |
| 17 Dec 2011 | League | Eton Manor RFC | Home | Loss | 3 | 48 | Report | KO 2.15pm
Anyone expecting a rerun of the close fought away win by Chingford earlier in the season were to be disappointed as Eton Manor tore the injury ravaged home side to shreds. Only six players from the first meeting this season were fit enough to play for Chingford whilst Eton Manor had most evidently a vastly improved set of three-quarters. Right from the off it was obvious that with over 20 of Chingford’s first fifteen squad out injured, Eton Manor could dictate play as they wished. They scored their first converted try after 5 minutes but this was immediately pegged back to 7 – 3 with a penalty from Dan Boughtwood. There then followed an horrendous ankle dislocation to the Chingford hooker Nick Boraster Wright which forced the match to be moved to the spare pitch not being used, whilst the ambulance was awaited. For the rest of the match Eton Manor scored regular tries taking their eventual tally to 48 points albeit stout defence by Chingford including, at the end, 5 colts managed to avoid a complete rout and with a little more luck could have seen a couple of tries in response. There now follows a three week break which will hopefully allow a stronger team to be picked from the returning injured but with 2 more injured in this match it remains to be seen if the situation will actually improve in the short term. “I’m really impressed with the way the boys stuck at it and especially with the youngsters that stepped up to the plate, it bodes well for the future”, said Coach Nick Starling.
1. Billy Spink 2. Nick Boraster Wright 3. Wesley Mbewe 4. Ben Jeynes 5. Kenton Simms 6. Joe Perks 7. James Griffiths 8. Tom Regan 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood (Capt) 11. David Knight 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Brandon Hart 14. Tom Lowry 15. Ted Pike Subs: 1. Reece Miller 2. Akeem Callum 3. Chris Moore |
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| 7 Jan 2012 | League | Ruislip RFC | Away | Loss | 15 | 62 | Report | Scorers: Brendon, Calum and Dave 1 try each |
| 14 Jan 2012 | League | Brentwood RFC | Home | Win | 21 | 15 | Report | KO 2.15
Chingford 1st team were shattered from comprehensive defeats in 4 of their last 5 matches and then suffered a further hammer blow with the untimely passing this week of their assistant manager and club stalwart, Gary Hollis. A minutes silence preceded the fixture but the next 80 minutes or so pulsated with end to end rugby and raucous verbal encouragement from both sets of supporters. Chingford welcomed back four players to strengthen their squad and bring much needed resilience and spirit to their play. Early pressure by Chingford saw them rewarded with a kickable penalty but this was squandered by Dan Boughtwood. Brentwood reacted to this by creating two excellent scoring chances with multiple overlaps available but greed by their centres brought them nothing. Chingford came back strongly and deliberate foul play by Brentwood got them a yellow card and brought Chingford two more kickable penalties which this time were ably slotted by Boughtwood. This settled Chingford and even with even numbers they began to take control with a fine three-quarter move seeing Barnaby Bury going over in the corner. The conversion missed, the next 10 minutes passed off fairly quietly except for Chingford’s injury jinx to strike again with flanker Joe Perks limping off just before half time to be replaced by the returning Matt Lockwood. If Chingford thought this 11-0 advantage would see them home, they were rudely awakened by Brentwood scoring a penalty and a converted try in the first ten minutes of the second half to bring it to 11-10. As if it were their turn Chingford monopolised the next ten minutes scoring their own penalty and a brilliantly converted try in the corner by the returning Kurt Forward. The eleven point gap, replaced, was seemingly yet another spur to Brentwood and their marauding forwards eventually punctured the Chingford defence to set up a thrilling last quarter. With just five points now between them, Brentwood pressed and Chingford resisted sometimes with great skill, sometimes with good fortune but always with the last ounce of their strength. One of these saw a fatal indiscretion by Lockwood and his return match performance was at an end. The last few minutes of injury time saw Chingford face 5 metre line out after line out and scrum after scrum with their reduced numbers but their resolve was immense and their reward a 21-15 victory. “I’m sure Gary was watching that thrilling encounter and it was plain for all to see that his team spirit was very much in evidence. The team won today whilst in previous weeks our side has lost”, said Chingford President, John Garrett. 1. Steve Piper 2. James Williams 3. Wesley Mbewe 4. Ben Jeynes 5. Barnaby Bury 6. Joe Perks 7. Dave Brown 8. Ollie Hoad 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood (Capt) 11. James Moy 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Brandon Hart 14. Andre Cabrera 15. Kurt Forward Subs: 1. George Hall 2. Matt Lockwood 3. Abdel Giles
Scorers: Boughtwood (3P, C), Bury (T), Forward (T) |
| 21 Jan 2012 | League | Braintree RFC | Away | Win | 15 | 12 | Report | KO 2.15pm
Chingford arrived at Braintree with only 4 of the team that won the early season fixture at home due to their ongoing injury frustrations. The game could not have started any worse as they didn’t attack their own kick off leaving Braintree to run the ball to within 3 yards of their line. They managed to win the ruck but then Kurt Forward had his kick charged down and Braintree scored in the corner. An excellent conversion followed seeing Chingford 7 – 0 down within a minute. Chingford then weathered a near 20 minute spell of pressure by Braintree and on breaking out, won a kickable penalty. This was missed by Dan Boughtwood but he atoned for his error two minutes later as further pressure was finished off by the three-quarters and Kurt Forward scored the, duly converted, try. Braintree went back on the attack for the rest of the half and were themselves rewarded just before half time with a push over try. It seemed to have taken this long for Braintree to realise that Chingford did not have a second row on the pitch and their scrum was definitely creaking. This made the score 12 - 7 to Braintree at half time. The second half started just as disastrously for Chingford with first Chris Moore yellow carded and then another penalty miss. They rode the imbalance of numbers well however and after 15 minutes Chris Moore’s return was heralded with Braintree’s fly half’s turn in the bin. Chingford then won a penalty in front of the posts which Boughtwood slotted. Chingford looked to have thrown it all away again as Ollie Hoad was yellow carded but the ever more weakened scrum was put under extreme pressure by Braintree but they didn’t buckle and indeed even won one against the head in their own 22. After Hoad’s return another bright three-quarter movement was rounded off with a Brendan Hart unconverted try. The last five minutes and 2 more of injury time were played in the Chingford 22 with 5 meter line outs and scrums the focus of Braintree’s attack but try as they might they couldn’t break the steely resolve of the Chingford team who for the second week running won a close fought battle.
1. Steve Piper 2. Ikenna Onwuka 3. Wesley Mbewe 4. Lawrence Macredes 5. Chris Small 6. Chris Moore
7. Dave Brown (Capt) 8. Ollie Hoad 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood 11. James Moy 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Brandon Hart 14. Andre Cabrera 15. Kurt Forward Subs: 1. Billy Spinks 2. Tom Regan Abdel Giles |
| 28 Jan 2012 | League | Bury St. Edmunds RFC | Home | Loss | 5 | 59 | Report | KO 2.15pm
Bury arrived with a strong squad boosted by returning players from relegation stricken Cambridge nearby whilst Chingford welcomed back Ben Bolton Smith and a new squad member Joe Shimizu. The Bury three-quarters looked awesome, the Chingford pack makeshift at best and yet further injury induced changes elsewhere. It took only 4 minutes for Bury to score, on their first attack of the match, straight under the posts as were pretty well all of their further 8 tries to come. Chingford had the best of the possession in the first half and for long periods they kept Bury penned in their own 22 but it was 32 minutes before scrum half JP Sharp was able to convert this pressure into points, diving over from close range. At this point the score was 12 – 5 to Bury but now Chingford’s fly half Dan Boughtwood went off with a hamstring pull, and the third Colt of the day joined the field to gain valuable experience in the 1st XV. The Chingford pack played heroically the whole game and quite overshadowed their illustrious visitors but try as they might they could not withstand the quality of the Bury running game and succumbed to a further 38 unanswered points in the second half. “I was very impressed with the spirit in the Chingford side that fought right up to the very last minute and gave nothing away easily !”, said Bury Chairman Phil Torkington
1. Steve Piper 2. James Williams 3. George Hall 4. John Burnage 5. Reece Miller 6. Barnaby Bury 7. Dave Brown 8. Ollie Hoad 9. JP Sharpe 10. Dan Boughtwood (Capt) 11. Abdel Giles 12. Kalem Abbott 13. Ben Bolton-Smith 14. Andre Cabrera 15. Joe Shimizu Subs: 1. Billy Spinks 2. Tom Regan 3. Tom Lowry
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| 4 Feb 2012 | League | Diss RFC | Away | Report | KO 2.30pm |



