Newbury Ladies League Hockey

Newbury Ladies League Hockey. (Later to become Newbury/Thatcham).Season 1987-88. League hockey first came to Newbury in the 1987-88 season when the Berks, Bucks and Oxon (BBO) League was formed for first XIs. It consisted of 3 Divisions, each containing 10 teams, playing each other once only. Based upon the past records of clubs, the very first League Committee made the initial selection of clubs to leagues. This Committee consisted of Amy Beasley, Pam Robinson, Evelyn Dawtry, Beryl Dann, Delta Clarke and Jacky Goodgame, with sponsorship at that time from Radley Windows. Each club had a representative to this Committee with Newbury’s being Agnes Carlisle. Newbury was selected for Division 2 as seen in the table below -BBO League for 1987-88 (with final League positions)BBO Division 1 Pos BBO Division 2 Pos BBO Division 3 Pos Aylesbury 10 Adastral (Oxford) 9 Aldermaston 5 Henley 8 Buckingham 4 Bicester 8 Maidenhead 5 City of Oxford 10 Brill 10 Marlow 9 Holmer Green (Wycombe) 8 Gerrards Cross 3 Milton Keynes 6 Newbury 5 Harlow (Wycombe) 6 Oxford Etceteras 4 Oxford University 1 Headington (Oxford) 4 Pressed Steel Fisher (Oxford) 1 Reading 2 Morris Motors (Oxford) 1 Ranelagh (Reading) 7 Wallingford 7 Phoenix (Reading) 9 West Witney 2 Wokingham 3 Pilgrims (Oxford) 7 Windsor 3 Wycombe Rye 6 Sonning 2In this same season, a South Clubs’ League was formed to sit above the BBO League and the other similar leagues formed in Hampshire, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. The South League is the one to which the Division 1 clubs of the County leagues should aspire. Initially it was formed with 8 clubs, 6 by invitation identified on the basis of 5 or 6 appearances in the quarter-finals of the South Clubs Championship since 1980. These 6 were Chelsea, Ealing, Portsmouth, Royal Ascot, Slough and Wimbledon. The other two clubs were found after play-offs between 8 invited clubs, one from each county (but 2 from Middlesex, identified as the strongest county), but I have not been able to identify the winning pair from these play-offs.Newbury’s record, as shown below, at the end of this first League season, was satisfactory rather than outstanding. In those days, when there was a 2-player offside rule, goals were at a premium. That is why a win was worth 4 points, a score draw (sD) 2 points and a no-score draw (nsD) 1 point. As League hockey was in its first season as an experiment, games between clubs were played once only, and not yet on a home and away basis.Pos Club P W sD nsD L F A Pts Result 1 Oxford University 9 6 1 0 2 40 8 26 D 1-1 (H) 2 Reading 9 6 0 2 1 24 9 26 D 0-0 (A) 3 Wokingham 9 6 1 0 2 28 8 26 D 1-1 (A) 4 Buckingham 9 5 1 0 3 18 10 22 D 1-1 (H) 5 Newbury 9 3 3 2 1 20 10 20 6 Wycombe Rye 9 3 1 2 3 34 14 16 D 0-0 (H) 7 Wallingford 9 2 3 0 4 13 13 14 L 0-1 (H) 8 Holmer Green 9 2 1 0 6 17 9 10 W 3-1 (A) 9 Adastral 9 1 2 0 6 9 17 8 W 1-0 (A) 10 City of Oxford 9 1 1 0 7 16 26 6 W 1-0 (H)1 Brill resigned from Division 3 before the season started.At the end of this first season, Pressed Steel Fisher and West Witney were promoted to the South League; Oxford University, Reading and Wokingham to Division 1; and Gerrards Cross, Morris Motors and Sonning to Division 2. The only relegations were Aylesbury to Division 2 and City of Oxford to Division 3. To show how the game has progressed over recent years, I quote from the handbook for 1987-88 - “All matches shall be played on grass unless by mutual consent. Earliest possible notice of the intention to play on other than grass shall be given to their opponents by the home club.”The introduction of League hockey brought more enthusiasm and interest in the game amongst both players and administrators and, with it, a desire to make it more popular. This encouraged the Hockey Board to review the rules of the game regularly. Season 1988-89. At the beginning of this season, the South League was extended to two Divisions, the first Division of 8 teams and the second of 10 teams. In a play-off, Pressed Steel went immediately from winning the BBO League into South League 1. A BBO ruling this season stated that umpires for League matches must be qualified. Other new rules were that upto 24 players can be registered per club and that they could not play until 14 days after registration.Compensating for the two promotions to the South League, and the resignation of Brill from BBO Division 3, was the acceptance of three new clubs, namely Banbury, Farnham Common and Westminster College (Oxford), all going into Division 3.BBO League for 1st XIs 1988-89 (with final League positions) BBO Division 1 Pos BBO Division 2 Pos BBO Division 3 Pos Henley 5 Adastral 5 Aldermaston 3 Maidenhead 8 Aylesbury 9 Banbury 1 Marlow 4 Buckingham 4 Bicester 8 Milton Keynes 9 Gerrards Cross 10 City of Oxford 6 Oxford Etceteras 6 Holmer Green 8 Farnham Common 4 Oxford University 10 Morris Motors 6 Harlow 9 Ranelagh 7 Newbury 1 Headington 2 Reading 1 Sonning 7 Phoenix 7 Windsor 2 Wallingford 3 Pilgrims 5 Wokingham 3 Wycombe Rye 2 Westminster College 10After only two seasons, Newbury, with captain Sally Harris, won Division 2 of the BBO League, as shown in the following table. 2 BBO League Division 2 1988-89 Pos Club P W sD nsD L F A Pts Result 1 Newbury 9 7 1 0 1 12 3 30 2 Wycombe Rye 9 7 0 1 1 19 5 29 W 1-0 (A) 3 Wallingford 9 6 1 0 2 17 12 26 D 1-1 (A) 4 Buckingham 9 5 1 0 3 15 7 22 W 1-0 (A) 5 Adastral 9 3 2 1 3 8 9 17 L 0-1 (H) 6 Morris Motors 9 3 1 1 4 6 13 15 D 0-0 (H) 7 Sonning 9 2 2 1 4 10 8 13 W 2-1 (H) 8 Holmer Green 9 2 1 2 4 4 14 12 W 5-0 (H) 9 Aylesbury 9 0 3 0 6 5 16 6 W 2-0 (A) 10 Gerrards Cross 9 1 0 0 8 4 13 4 W 3-0*When a game is conceded, the result is shown as W 3-0* or L 0-3*.Season 1989-90. The structure of the South League was retained as last season but some changes were made in the promotion and relegation between the League and with the top teams in the top Divisions of the County area Leagues. As a consequence, Reading was promoted from the BBO Division 1 to South Division 2 before the start of the season.Playing in Division 1 of the BBO League, still with captain Sally Harris, Newbury were immediately successful with a record of P9 W6 D2 L1 F11 A3, as shown in the following table. The Division winners, Marlow, would move into the South League Division 2 next season. BBO League Division 1 1989-90Pos Club P W sD nsD L F A Pts Result 1 Marlow 9 6 2 1 0 21 4 29 D 0-0 (H) 2 Newbury 9 6 2 0 1 12 3 28 3 Wycombe Rye 9 6 0 2 1 12 4 26 W 1-0 (H) 4 Windsor 9 5 1 0 3 13 7 22 W 1-0 (A) 5 Ranelagh 9 4 1 0 4 12 10 18 W 1-0 (A) 6 Wokingham 9 3 3 0 3 8 13 18 L 0-1 (H) 7 Henley 9 2 1 2 4 3 6 12 W 1-0 (A) 8 Oxford Etceteras 9 2 1 1 5 5 9 11 D 1-1 (H) 9 Maidenhead 9 1 2 0 6 3 10 8 W 1-0 (A) 10 Wallingford 9 0 1 0 8 2 25 2 W 5-0 (A)This was also the first season for a similar League structure made available to club second XIs, with Newbury placed in Division 3 of 7 teams. Newbury made a disappointing start as reflected by the record of P7 W1 D3 L3 F4 A5 although the defence appeared to be quite strong. The League structure and Newbury’s results are shown in the following table. 3 BBO League for 2nd XIs 1989-90 (with final League positions)BBO Division 1 Pos BBO Division 2 Pos Result BBO Division 3 Pos Bracknell 2 Aylesbury 7 W 3-0 (A) Adastral 1 Henley 6 Marlow 5 D 0-0 (A) City of Oxford 7 Maidenhead 4 Newbury 6 Farnham Common 3 Milton Keynes 3 Oxford University 4 L 0-1 (H) Holmer Green 2 Pressed Steel 7 Reading 1 D 1-1 (H) Morris Motors 5 Ranelagh 8 Wokingham 2 L 0-1 (A) Phoenix 6 West Witney 1 Wycombe Rye 3 L 0-2 (A) Sonning 4 Windsor 5Season 1990-91. In Division 1 of the BBO League for first XI teams, Newbury, with captain Athene Richards, again finished second with a record of P9 W5 D2 L2 F25 A8, this time to Wycombe Rye who would move on to the South League next season. The wins were against Adastral 5-0(H), Henley 1-0(A), Milton Keynes 4-0(H), Windsor 4-0(H), and Sonning 6-0(A), the draws against Wokingham 1-1(A) and Oxford Etceteras 4-4(A), the defeats against Ranelagh 0-2(A) and Wycombe Rye 0-1(A). Remaining in Division 2, the second XI, with captain Rosemary Law, reversed their fortunes by finishing with a record of P7 W6 D0 L1 F11 A4, second only to Slough. Newbury’s wins were against Aylesbury 1-0(A), City of Oxford 2-0(H), Morris Motors 3-0(A), Ibis 1-0(H), Sonning 2-0(A) and Phoenix 2-0(H). The only defeat was against Slough 0-4(A).Season 1991-92. Unfortunately, the League was without a sponsor this season.A major change to the structure of the BBO League in that the two separate Leagues for first and second XI teams were merged into one League of six Divisions each of 10 teams. This enabled more Clubs to enter the League and to have more than two teams. This is thus an appropriate time to list the complete League structure as it was at the beginning of the 1991/1992 season. Prior to the start of the season, two of the Oxford clubs, Adastral and Etceteras, merged to form Oxford Hawks; this left Division 2 with only 9 teams.BBO League for 1991-92BBO Division 1 BBO Division 2 BBO Division 3 City of Oxford Aldermaston Aylesbury Farnham Common Banbury Bracknell 2 Henley Buckingham Harlow Milton Keynes Harwell Headington Newbury Maidenhead Holmer Green Ranelagh Morris Motors Reading University Sonning Oxford Hawks Richings Park West Witney Oxford University RMCS Shrivenham Windsor Phoenix Wallingford Wokingham West Witney 24 BBO Division 4 BBO Division 5 BBO Division 6 Bicester Henley 2 Buckingham 2 Boyne Hill Holmer Green 2 City of Oxford 2 Gerrards Cross Morris Motors 2 Farnham Common 2 Maidenhead 2 Newbury 2 Harwell 2 Marlow 2 Oxford University 2 Headington 2 Milton Keynes 2 Pressed Steel 2 Ibis Oxford Hawks 2 Slough 2 Little Chalfont Pilgrims Sonning 2 Phoenix 2 Reading 2 Windsor 2 Ranelagh 2 Wokingham 2 Wycombe Rye 2 Scarlet Runners Newbury’s first XI (captain Sally Harris) were again second in Division 1 with a record of P9 W4 D3 L2 F14 A8, behind West Witney, the team that had been relegated from the South League at the end of last season. The second XI (captain Agnes Carlisle) with a record of P9 W4 D1 L4 F6 A6 finished in the top half of Division 5.The table below gives the final League positions and the results of the Newbury teams against each opposition for season 1991-1992.Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 West Witney L 0-4 (H) Slough 2 L 0-1 (H) 2 Newbury Sonning 2 L 0-1 (H) 3 Wokingham D 0-0 (H) Pressed Steel 2 W 3-0 (A) 4 Windsor D 1-1 (A) Newbury 2 5 Milton Keynes L 0-1 (A) Holmer Green 2 L 0-2 (A) 6 Sonning W 1-0 (H) Windsor 2 W 1-0 (H) 7 Ranelagh D 1-1 (H) Morris Motors 2 W 1-0 (H) 8 Henley W 3-0 (A) Oxford University 2 L 0-2 (H) 9 Farnham Common W 1-0 (H) Wycombe Rye 2 D 0-0 (H) 10 City of Oxford W 7-1 (H) Henley 2 W 1-0 (A)West Witney will rejoin the South League next season after just one season’s absence from that League.Season 1992-93 (40th Anniversary of Newbury Hockey Club). The League now had a new sponsor in “Mud, Sweat and Tears Ltd” of Crowthorne, suppliers of Gryphon hockey sticks.With more clubs realising that League hockey was going to be the way forward, many clubs were introducing more teams and so all Divisions were made larger. New teams entering were Harlow 2, Maidenhead Mascots and Oxford Hawks 3, all in Division 5, and Reading 2, Milton Keynes 2A, Bracknell 3, Wokingham 3 and West Witney 3, all in Division 6. However there were three resignations: Reading University from Division 3, Bicester from Division 4, and Ibis from Division 6.5 For the fourth consecutive year, Newbury (captain Sally Harris) finished in second position in the top Division, this time to Oxford Hawks. The record was P10 W7 D1 L2 F16 A6. Wins were against Wokingham 1-0(A), Buckingham 4-0(H), Sonning 1-0(A), Henley 3-1(A), Harwell 1-0(A), Milton Keynes 2-1(A) and Windsor 3-0(H), the draw with Ranelagh 0-0(H) and the defeats by Oxford Hawks 0-2(H) and Farnham Common 0-1(A).In Division 4, the record for the second XI (captain Alison Ayto) was P11 W6 D2 L3 F17 A5. Wins were against Holmer Green 2-0(A), Morris Motors 2-0(H), Oxford University (walk-over 3-0), Ranelagh 1-0(H), Aylesbury (walk-over 3-0) and Pilgrims 5-0(A), the draws were against Farnham Common 1-1(H) and Wycombe Rye 0-0(A), and the defeats by Windsor 0-1(A), Sonning 0-1(H) and Pressed Steel 0-2(A). The two walk-overs did give the analysis an inflated look about it.Season 1993-94. Both Newbury captains were retained from last season, this being the third consecutive and fifth time in six years, for Sally Harris. Again the size of the Divisions was increased, some to 13 and others to 14 but with the complete removal of Division 6. New teams entering the League were three teams from Amersham and one each from Abingdon and Iver Heath; and both Phoenix and Sonning entered a third XI. There were also three departures, namely Little Chalfont from Division 5 and both teams from Holmer Green in Divisions 2 and 4. With such changes, it is worth while giving another complete Division structure -BBO Division 1 BBO Division 2 BBO Division 3 BBO Division 4 BBO Division 5 Aldermaston Amersham Farnham Common 2 Amersham 2 Abingdon Bracknell 2 Banbury Gerrards Cross Bracknell 3 Amersham 3 Buckingham Boyne Hill Maidenhead 2 City of Oxford 2 Aylesbury Farnham Common City of Oxford Newbury 2 Harwell 2 Buckingham 2 Henley Harlow Phoenix Headington 2 Harlow 2 Maidenhead Harwell Pressed Steel 2 Henley 2 Iver Heath Milton Keynes Headington Ranelagh 2 Maidenhead Mascots Marlow 3 Newbury Milton Keynes 2 Richings Park Marlow 2 Milton Keynes 2a Oxford Hawks Morris Motors RMCS Shrivenham Morris Motors 2 Oxford University 2 Ranelagh Oxford Hawks 1a Sonning 2 Phoenix 2 Phoenix 3 Sonning Oxford University Wallingford Pilgrims Scarlet Runners West Witney 2 Reading 1a Wokingham 2 Oxford Hawks 2 Sonning 3 Windsor Slough 2 Wycombe Rye 2 Reading 2 West Witney 3 Wokingham Windsor 2 Wokingham 3The record for the first XI, still in Division 1, was P13 W8 D3 L2 F32 A9. Once again, Newbury finished in second position for the fifth consecutive season, again beaten to top spot, this time, by Oxford Hawks. Wins were against Milton Keynes 2-0(H), Henley 2-0(A), Wokingham 3-1(A), Windsor 6-0(A), West Witney 2nd 3-0(H), Buckingham 3-0(H), Bracknell 2nd 5-1(H) and Farnham Common 4-0(H), draws were Aldermaston 1-1(A), Sonning 0-0(H) and Maidenhead 2-2(A), and the defeats were Ranelagh 0-1(A) and Oxford Hawks 1-3(H).The record for the second XI, still in Division 3, was P12 W2 D6 L4 F6 A9. Wins were against RMCS Shrivenham 4-0(A) and Ranelagh 1-0(H), draws against Wallingford 0-0(A), Farnham Common 0-0(H), Sonning 0-0(H), Wokingham 0-0(H), Richings Park 1-1(A) and Wycombe Rye 0-0(A), and defeats against Gerrards Cross 0-2(A), Maidenhead 0-2(A), Pressed Steel 0-2(H) and Phoenix 0-2(A). Unlike the success of the first XI, these second XI results meant relegation to Division 4 next season.6 Season 1994-95. With Marlow returning to the BBO League from the South League, this season, in theory, became the first time that two teams should be relegated from each Division but only one promoted. In practice, as in most seasons, some teams withdraw from the League, and others may enter, albeit into the bottom Division. In particular, after this season, the Morris Motors club with teams in Divisions 2 and 4 departed and Windsor reduced their Club to one team. On the other hand, three new teams entered Division 5, namely Chalfont St Peter, Gerrards Cross 2 and Reading 2a. Marlow almost faced the ignominy of dropping down yet another Division.The complete Division 1 league table at the end of the season for Newbury’s first XI (captain Athene Richards) is given below, with all the usual columns, but also a further final column giving the result of Newbury’s game against each of the opponents -Pos Club P W D L F A Pts Result 1 Maidenhead 13 11 0 2 40 8 33 L 0-2(H) 2 Milton Keynes 13 9 2 2 24 9 29 D 0-0(A) 3 Oxford Hawks 13 8 3 2 28 8 27 D 0-0(H) 4 Wokingham 13 8 3 2 18 10 27 L 0-1(A) 5 Oxford University 13 7 4 2 20 10 25 L 0-1(H) 6 Bracknell 1a 13 6 3 4 34 14 21 D 1-1(A) 7 Ranelagh 13 5 3 5 13 13 18 D 0-0(H) 8 Newbury 13 4 5 4 17 9 17 9 Sonning 13 4 1 8 9 17 13 W 3-0(H) 10 Farnham Common 13 4 1 8 16 26 13 W 3-0(H) 11 Henley 13 3 3 7 14 19 12 D 1-1(A) 12 Marlow 13 3 1 9 10 29 10 L 0-1(A) 13 Buckingham 13 3 1 9 16 38 10 W 5-2(A) 14 Aldermaston 13 0 2 11 5 54 0* W 4-0(A)An asterisk in the “Pts” column means that the club conceded a game and was deducted 2 points; the most common reasons for this was either that the club could not raise a team for the scheduled date, or that their nominated umpire (if there was one!) was not qualified. In the “Result” column, L 0-3* means that the game was conceded 0-3, and W 3-0* means that it was won 3-0 because the opposition conceded the game.In Division 4, after relegation at the end of last season, the second XI (captain Linda Greenall) finished unbeaten with a record of P12 W9 D3 L0 F27 A1, as shown in the table below, and thus winning the Division. These figures include a 3-0 walk-over against Headington 2 although this team resigned from the League before the end of the season. Only Maidenhead managed to crack a perfect defence.Pos Club P W D L F A Pts Result 1 Newbury 2 11 8 3 0 23 1 27 2 Oxford University 2 11 9 0 2 38 6 25* W 1-0(H) 3 Milton Keynes 2a 11 6 2 3 34 12 18* D 0-0(A) 4 West Witney 3 11 4 4 4 19 18 16 W 2-0(H) 5 Maidenhead Mascots 11 3 5 3 11 7 14 D 1-1(A) 6 Oxford Hawks 2 11 3 5 3 5 14 14 D 0-0(A) 7 Bracknell 3 11 3 4 4 18 9 13 W 3-0(A) 8 Phoenix 2 11 3 4 4 4 19 13 W 7-0(H) 9 Henley 2 11 3 3 5 7 13 12 W 2-0(A) 10 City of Oxford 2 11 2 5 4 11 24 11 W 3-0(H) 11 Pilgrims 11 2 2 7 4 30 8 W 4-0(A) 12 Harwell 2 11 1 1 9 4 25 4 W 1-0(H)7 Season 1995-96. From this season upto and including the current one, a new sponsor has been Trysports, hockey suppliers of Bicester.The first XI (captain Claire King) was still one of the leading clubs in Division 1 in finishing third with a record of P13 W7 D4 L2 F27 A17. Regrettably the same amount of detail as last season is no longer available but tables of final positions and scores from all Newbury games can be given. With Maidenhead being promoted to the South League, there were 2 teams promoted from Division 2, namely Reading 1a and West Witney 2, to replace Buckingham and Aldermaston. Note that some of the larger clubs are numbering their teams 1, 1a, 2, 2a, 3, etc.The second XI (captain Sue Leavett), now promoted to Division 3, finished in eleventh position of 14 teams with a record of P13 W3 D1 L9 F14 A20. The game against Windsor was a 1-1 draw but Newbury had to concede 0-3 in failing to provide an umpire. Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result 1 Oxford Hawks L 1-3(H) Rover (Cowley) 2 L 1-4(A) 2 Bracknell 1a L 0-4(H) Windsor L 0-3(H)* 3 Newbury Phoenix L 0-2(A) 4 Wycombe Rye W 3-0(H) Wokingham 2 L 1-3(H) 5 West Witney 2 D 1-1(A) Sonning 2 L 0-1(A) 6 Oxford University D 2-2(H) Boyne Hill L 1-2(A) 7 Wokingham D 1-1(A) Amersham 2 L 0-3(H) 8 Milton Keynes W 1-0(H) Headington L 0-1(H) 9 Farnham Common W 1-0(H) Farnham Common 2 W 2-1(H) 10 Ranelagh W 1-0(A) Wallingford W 2-0(A) 11 Sonning W 3-2(H) Newbury 2 12 Reading 1a W 3-1(A) Reading 2 W 4-0(A) 13 Henley D 3-3(A) Oxford University 2 L 0-1(A) 14 Marlow W 7-0(A) Richings Park * D 2-2(A)Rover (Cowley) was a rename of the Club previously known as Pressed Steel (Fisher).Richings Park resigned from Division 3 part way through the season.Season 1996-97. With Oxford Hawks returning to the South League and seven new teams entering the BBO League, including Newbury 3, the top two Divisions of the BBO League were increased to 16 teams each. Alongside Newbury 3 entering Division 5 were Banbury 2, City of Oxford 3, Maidenhead 3a, Oxford Hawks 3, Windsor 2 and Wycombe Rye 3. The results for all three Newbury teams are shown in the table below. These three teams were captained by Mary Phillips, Alison Ayto and Charlotte Plank respectively, the 2nd XI having been promoted to Division 3. The third XI struggled in its first season of League hockey but did manage to field a team for every game except for the long trip to Buckingham. 8 Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Slough 2 L 0-3(A) City of Oxford 2 L 1-6(H) City of Oxford 3 L 0-5(A) 2 Wycombe Rye L 1-3(A) Henley 2 L 0-1(H) Maidenhead 3a L 0-2(A) 3 Oxford University D 3-3(H) West Witney 3 L 1-4(A) Wycombe Rye 3 L 0-3(H) 4 Newbury Oxford University 2 L 1-4(A) Windsor 2 L 1-4(H) 5 Bracknell 1a L 0-1(H) Aylesbury D 0-0(H) Pilgrims L 0-3(H) 6 West Witney 2 W 3-1(A) Amersham 2 L 1-3(H) Reading 2a L 1-2(A) 7 Milton Keynes W 2-1(H) Bracknell 2 D 1-1(H) Oxford Hawks 3 L 1-2(H) 8 Henley D 1-1(A) Maidenhead 3 W 3-0(H) Iver Heath D 0-0(A) 9 Ranelagh W 3-0(A) Milton Keynes 2a W 2-1(H) Marlow 2 D 2-2(A) 10 Sonning W 1-0(A) Newbury 2 Buckingham 2 L 0-3(A)* 11 City of Oxford W 3-1(H) Harlow D 3-3(A) Newbury 3 12 Reading 1a D 3-3(H) Reading 2 W 2-0(A) Phoenix 3 W 1-0(A) 13 Maidenhead 2 W 6-2(H) Wallingford L 0-1(A) Rover (Cowley) 3 W 3-0(H)* 14 Farnham Common W 5-0(H) Farnham Common D 0-0(A) Banbury 2 D 0-0(H) 15 Amersham W 5-0(H) Headington W 2-1(A) 16 Wokingham W 3-1(A)Season 1997-98. Oxford Hawks returned to the BBO League whilst Slough 2 replaced them in the South League. New teams to the BBO League, all going into Division 5, were Abingdon 2, Aylesbury 2, Bicester, Carterton, Henley 3, Kidlington and Wychwood. Harwell moved from the Atomic Energy site to Abingdon, renaming as Atomix Abingdon but fielding only one team.For the first time since League hockey started, all three Newbury teams dropped into the bottom half of their respective Divisions, admittedly only just in the case of the 1st and 2nd XIs (captains respectively Mary Phillips and Jane Sampson). However the 3rd XI (captain Marion Walley) really struggled to survive, having to concede three games 0-3.Newbury’s results are given in the following table. Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Bracknell 1a L 0-2(H) Abingdon L 0-5(H) Kidlington L 0-10(A) 2 Milton Keynes L 0-3(A) Milton Keynes 2a L 0-3(A) Abingdon 2 L 0-4(A) 3 West Witney 2 L 0-1(A) Bracknell 2 L 0-3(A) Bicester L 0-7(A) 4 Wycombe Rye L 0-1(A) Wallingford L 0-3(H) Henley 3 L 0-1(H) 5 Oxford Hawks L 2-5(A) Maidenhead 3 D 3-3(H) Harlow 2 D 3-3(A) 6 Windsor W 2-1(H) Harlow L 0-3(H) Carterton L 1-3(A) 7 Henley L 1-2(A) Reading 2 W 1-0(A) Wychwood L 1-3(H) 8 Farnham Common L 0-3(H) Phoenix 2 L 0-3(H)* Marlow 2 W 3-0(H)* 9 Sonning W 2-1(H) Oxford University L 0-2(H) Banbury 2 L 0-3(H)* 10 Newbury Newbury 2 Oxford Hawks 3 L 0-3(A)* 11 Ranelagh D 1-1(A) Atomix Abingdon D 0-0(H) Phoenix 3 L 0-3(A)* 12 City of Oxford L 2-4(A) Oxford Hawks 2 L 0-3(A)* Rover (Cowley) 3 W 3-0(H)* 13 Oxford University W 3-2(H) RMCS Shrivenham W 1-0(H) Iver Heath D 0-0(H) 14 Reading 1a L 0-1(H) Aylesbury L 1-4(A) Buckingham 2 L 3-4(A) 15 Maidenhead 2 W 2-1(A) Farnham Common 2 L 1-2(A) Newbury 3 16 Milton Keynes 2 W 2-1(A) Amersham 2 W 3-0(A)* Aylesbury 2 W 5-0(H)9 Season 1998-1999. There were four team resignations from last season, namely Atomix Abingdon, Amersham 3, Iver Heath and Wycombe Rye 4, plus both Aylesbury 2 and Buckingham 2 for incurring too many penalty points. Six new teams, Banbury 3, Cherwell, Reading Rogues, Wallingford 2, West Witney 4 and Windsor 3 entered Division 5. The 3 Phoenix teams and 2 Ranelagh teams merged into 4 teams under the name Phoenix- Ranelagh.Newbury’s 1st XI (captain Jo Symes) returned to their “regular” position of second in Division 1 but both the 2nd XI (captain Jane Sampson) and 3rd XI (captain Marion Walley) had an even worse season than last but both finished higher in their respective Divisions!A ruling from the BBO League stated that all games being played in Divisions 1-3 should preferably be played on a synthetic surface.The 1998 official removal of offside from the game should now see the scoring of more goals!Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Bracknell 1a D 1-1(A) Wallingford L 0-5(A) Marlow 2 L 0-9(A) 2 Newbury Reading 2 L 1-2(H) Cherwell L 0-9(H) 3 Oxford Hawks L 1-2(H) Chalfont St Peter L 0-2(A) Banbury 2 L 0-10(A) 4 West Witney 2 W 3-2(H) Headington L 1-3(H) Windsor 3 L 0-9(A) 5 Windsor L 0-3(A) Oxford University 2 L 0-1(A) Reading Rogues L 0-12(A) 6 Phoenix-Ranelagh W 2-1(H) Bracknell 2 L 0-3(H) Wychwood L 1-3(A) 7 Wycombe Rye L 0-1(H) Gerrards Cross L 0-2(A) Wallingford 2 L 0-3(H) 8 Milton Keynes W 3-2(A) Harlow D 1-1(A) Harlow 2 L 0-9(H) 9 Oxford University W 2-1(A) Maidenhead 3 W 1-0(A) Henley 3 L 0-5(A) 10 Sonning W 3-2(A) Newbury 2 West Witney 4 L 0-3(A) 11 Henley W 4-1(H) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2 W 2-0(H) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a L 0-4(H) 12 Wokingham W 3-0(H) Boyne Hill W 3-2(H) Newbury 3 13 Reading 1a W 1-0(A) City of Oxford 3 W 7-0(A) Hawks Harriers W 3-0(H)* 14 Farnham Common W 6-3(A) RMCS Shrivenham W 2-0(A) Banbury 3 W 3-2(H) 15 City of Oxford W 3-0(H) Oxford Hawks 3 L 2-3(H) Carterton W 3-0(H)* 16 Rover (Cowley) 2 W 6-1(A) Aylesbury W 3-1(H) Rover (Cowley) 3 W 8-0(H)Season 1999-2000. Another interchange of teams between the South League and the BBO League with Slough 2 being relegated and Bracknell 1a promoted. The two clubs, Rover (Cowley) and Headington merged to form Rover Oxford, now with one team in the South League and two in the BBO League. Resignations were Hawks Harriers and West Witney 4 but additions were Buckingham 2 and Chalfont St Peter 2. Unfortunately Buckingham 2 had problems and had to be disqualified.Newbury 1st XI (captain Jo Symes) dropped one place to third in Division 1, the 2nd XI (with a new concept of two joint captains, namely Penny Maughan and Alison Woolley), finished in the middle of Division 3, and the 3rd XI (captain Charlotte Plank) had another poor season but the keenness to play was still there. 10 Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Windsor D 2-2(H) Chalfont St Peter L 1-4(H) Wallingford 2 L 0-8(A) 2 Oxford Hawks W 2-1(A) Windsor 2 L 2-5(H) Banbury 2 L 1-13(H) 3 Newbury Gerrards Cross L 1-3(H) Windsor 3 L 0-9(A) 4 Oxford University W 2-0(H) Bracknell 2 D 1-1(A) Harlow 2 L 0-3(A) 5 Banbury L 4-5(H) Phoenix-Ranelagh 1a D 3-3(H) Wychwood L 0-2(H) 6 Phoenix-Ranelagh L 0-2(A) Harlow L 0-1(H) Banbury 3 L 0-2(A) 7 Reading 1a W 3-1(H) Maidenhead 3 D 0-0(H) Henley 3 L 2-3(H) 8 Milton Keynes W 2-0(H) Oxford University 2 L 0-5(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a L 1-4(H) 9 Henley D 2-2(A) Newbury 2 Bicester L 1-8(A) 10 Sonning W 6-2(H) Wokingham 2 W 2-0(H) Scarlet Runners L 1-3(A) 11 Wycombe Rye W 4-0(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2 W 2-0(A) Reading 3 W 1-0(H) 12 Marlow W 5-0(H) RMCS Shrivenham W 2-1(A) Chalfont St Peter 2 D 2-2(A) 13 West Witney 2 W 5-0(A) Hungerford W 3-0(A) Wallingford 3 W 3-0(H) 14 Slough 2 W 2-0(A) Rover Oxford 2 D 0-0(A) Newbury 3 15 Wokingham W 5-2(A) City of Oxford 3 W 13-0(H) Carterton L 0-4(A) 16 Farnham Common W 4-0(H) Boyne Hill W 2-0(A)Windsor would go forward to the South Division 2 in the last year before a restructure of the South League.Season 2000-2001. Much to the frustration of the BBO Committee, three teams dropped out after everything had been organised, most annoying was Slough 2 from Division 1, the others being RMCS Shrivenham from Division 3 and Wokingham 3 from Division 5. However Reading 3a (Rogues) filled the final spot together with Maidenhead 4 and Wycombe Rye 4. Also during the season Cherwell amalgamated with Bicester to form Bicester 2.This was probably the best League season so far for the Newbury Club as a whole with all three teams in the top half of their relevant Divisions, particularly with the 1st XI winning the top Division. With Jo Symes still at the helm, the team was unbeaten in the League.Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Newbury Maidenhead 3 L 3-4(A) Wychwood L 0-4(A) 2 Phoenix-Ranelagh D 0-0(H) Harlow L 1-5(A) Henley 3 L 0-2(A) 3 Oxford Hawks W 1-0(H) Sonning 2 D 0-0(A) Wycombe Rye 4 L 1-2(H) 4 Oxford University D 0-0(A) Newbury 2 Banbury 3 W 3-2(H) 5 Reading 1a W 4-1(H) Reading 2a W 5-1(H) Reading 3 L 1-2(H) 6 Henley W 5-2(H) Bracknell 2 W 8-1(H) Harlow 2 L 1-10(H) 7 Wycombe Rye W 4-1(A) Pilgrims W 4-2(H) Wallingford 3 L 1-2(A) 8 Milton Keynes W 2-1(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 1a W 3-1(H) Newbury 3 9 Banbury W 3-1(A) Rover Oxford 3 W 3-0(H)* Chalfont St Peter 2 W 4-2(A) 10 Maidenhead 2 W 5-1(H) Hungerford W 4-1(H) Scarlet Runners W 2-1(H) 11 Sonning W 2-0(A) Wokingham 2 W 3-1(A) Kidlington L 1-3(A) 12 Wycombe Rye 2 W 8-1(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2 W 7-0(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a L 2-3(H) 13 West Witney 2 W 6-0(H) West Witney 3 D 2-2(A) Reading 3a W 1-0(H) 14 City of Oxford W 2-1(A) Rover Oxford 2 L 0-1(H) Carterton W 4-0(A) 15 Marlow W 9-2(A) Oxford University 2 L 0-1(H) Bicester W 10-0(H) 16 Marlow 2 W 6-0(A) Maidenhead 4 W 3-2(A)11 On winning Division 1, Newbury went forward to a round-robin competition on the weekend of 21-22 April at the University of Surrey, Guildford, to play against the other South Counties winners, for two places in the South 2 League. Newbury’s results were - Saturday, 21 April Newbury (BBO) v Staines (Middlesex 1) W 5-4 Newbury v Lewes (Sussex Premier) D 1-1Sunday, 22 April Newbury v Basingstoke (Hants 1) L 0-1 Newbury v Surbiton (Surrey Premier) L 0-2The final table was P W D L F A Pts Basingstoke 4 3 1 0 6 3 10 Surbiton 4 3 0 1 10 2 9 Newbury 4 1 1 2 6 8 4 Staines 4 1 1 2 10 13 4 Lewes 4 0 1 3 6 12 1 As a result, Basingstoke and Surbiton were promoted to South Division 2. Newbury would remain in the BBO Division 1.Season 2001-2002. Amersham with 2 teams, one winning Division 2 last season, and the other in the top half of Division 4, merged with Chalfont St Peter, also with 2 teams, one being second in Division 2 and the other in the middle of Division 5, to form Amersham/Chalfont with 2 teams in Division 1 and also teams in Divisions 4 and 5.Hungerford withdrew from Division 3 before the start of the season and Bracknell 3 withdrew from Division 5 during the season. New teams to this Division were Henley 4 and Windsor 4.As Newbury had now moved permanently to the astro pitch at Thatcham and building a clubhouse there, the club name was changed to Newbury/Thatcham.Pos BBO Division 1 Result BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Reading 1a L 1-3(H) Oxford University 2 L 1-2(A) Harlow 2 L 1-4(H) 2 Oxford Hawks 1 L 1-2(H) Banbury 2 L 0-2(A) Wallingford 2a L 0-4(A) 3 Oxford University 1 L 2-4(H) Reading 2a L 1-3(H) Reading 3a W 3-2(H) 4 Banbury 1 L 2-3(A) Pilgrims L 1-4(H) Kidlington L 0-1(H) 5 Wycombe Rye 1 L 1-3(A) City of Oxford 2 D 1-1(H) Windsor 4 W 5-0(A) 6 Henley 1 L 2-4(A) Windsor 3 L 3-4(H) Newbury/Thatcham 3 7 Newbury/Thatcham 1 Wycombe Rye 3 W 3-1(H) Scarlet Runners W 2-1(H) 8 Phoenix-Ranelagh 1 W 5-0(H) Milton Keynes 2a L 0-1(A) City of Oxford 3 L 0-3(A) 9 Sonning 1 D 2-2(A) Newbury/Thatcham 2 Amersham-Chalfont 4 L 0-1(A) 10 Milton Keynes 1 W 4-1(H) Wokingham 2 W 2-1(H) Bicester 2 W 1-0(A) 11 Wycombe Rye 2 W 3-0(H) West Witney 3 W 4-0(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a D 1-1(A) 12 Maidenhead 2 W 3-0(H) Rover Oxford 2 L 0-3(A)* Henley 4 W 4-3(A) 13 Amersham-Chalfont 1 W 2-0(H) Bracknell 2 W 3-0(A) Carterton W 3-0(H)* 14 West Witney 2 W 4-2(A) Wallingford 2 W 2-1(H) Maidenhead 4 W 3-0(H) 15 Amersham-Chalfont 2 W 1-0(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 1a D 1-1(H) 16 Reading 2 W 2-0(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2 W 4-0(A)12 Perhaps the disappointment in not gaining promotion to the South League affected the club as both the 1st XI (captain Kate Smith) and the 2nd XI (captains Sam Ayres and Marion Foster) finished in mid-table positions. In fact the 3rd XI (captain Jo Hassall) finished in a higher League position.Season 2002 - 2003 (50 th Anniversary). This was the first season under a new structure where the top Division was renamed Premier and the other Divisions as 1-5. However the Premier and Division 1 were reduced to 10 teams each so that these teams would play each other both home and away during the season. The winners of last season’s Division 1 (now Premier), Reading 1a, gained entry to South League 2 from the play-offs. For reasons known only to the League Committee, Buckingham asked not to be promoted to Division 1 and so the position was taken by Abingdon. Carterton withdrew from last season’s Division 5 and new teams to this Division were Reading 4 and Wokingham 2a.Pos BBO Premier Results BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Henley 1 H L 0-6 Bicester 1 L 0-3(A)* Reading 4 L 0-10(H) A L 0-3 2 Wycombe Rye 1 H L 1-6 Wycombe Rye 3 L 1-4(A) Wokingham 2a L 0-7(H) A L 2-3 3 Oxford Hawks 1 H D 1-1 Wychwood L 1-2(H) Bicester 2 W 4-1(H) A L 2-7 4 Oxford University 1 H L 0-4 Milton Keynes 2a D 0-0(H) Boyne Hill D 1-1(H) A L 0-2 5 Sonning 1 H D 4-4 Marlow 2 D 0-0(A) Scarlet Runners L 0-2(A) A L 1-3 6 Banbury 1 H L 1-3 Wokingham 2 L 0-2(A) City of Oxford 3 L 0-2(H) A L 2-5 7 Phoenix-Ranelagh 1 H W 2-1 Phoenix-Ranelagh 1a W 1-0(A) Windsor 4 L 0-1(A) A W 2-1 8 Newbury/Thatcham 1 Bracknell 2 L 0-1(H) Henley 4 L 3-9(H) 9 Milton Keynes 1 H W 2-1 Sonning 3 W 1-0(H) Amersham-Chalfont 4 D 0-0(A) A L 1-2 10 Wycombe Rye 2 H W 1-0 West Witney 3 D 0-0(A) Newbury/Thatcham 3 A W 3-2 11 Wallingford 2 W 2-0(H) Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a L 0-3(A) 12 Wycombe Rye 4 L 1-2(A) Maidenhead 4 W 1-0(A) 13 Newbury/Thatcham 2 14 Maidenhead 3 L 3-4(H) 15 Amersham-Chalfont 3 L 2-4(H) 16 Rover Oxford 2 W 1-0(H)Both Newbury’s 1st XI (captains Kate Smith and Lisa Flux) and 2nd XI (captains Michelle Davis and Anne Costain) were dangerously close to relegation, as too was the 3rd XI (captain Jo Hassall), had there been another Division!Season 2003 - 2004. The winners of last season’s Premier Division, Henley 1, failed to gain entry to South League 2 from the play-offs. Bracknell 1A were relegated from South League 2 into the Premier Division. In theory, this meant that two teams would be promoted and three relegated between BBO Divisions.13 Because of a large exodus of players from their club, Phoenix-Ranelagh 1 asked to drop to Division 1 from the Premier Division; this saved Newbury from relegation. Phoenix-Ranelagh 2a withdrew from Division 5 during the season. Because of the creation of Slough in Division 5, taking many players from Windsor, the latter were allowed to disband Windsor 3 from Division 2 (from which they would have been relegated) and Windsor 4 from Division 5, and introduce a new Windsor 3 into Division 4. Reading 4 remains in Division 5 as the club already has two teams in Division 4. Banbury 4 are new to Division 5. Maidenhead 4 withdrew from Division 5 before the League started. After the fixture list had been produced, Phoenix-Ranelagh changed their team numbers from 1, 1A and 2 to 1, 2 and 3. Also after the fixture list was produced, Pilgrims changed their name to Abingdon Pilgrims having moved their base from Oxford. Farnham Common also changed their name to South Bucks.Pos BBO Premier Results BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Oxford Hawks 1 H W 6-1 Wokingham 2 L 1-2(A) Slough L 0-15(A) A L 1-3 2 Henley 1 H L 3-4 Wychwood D 0-0(H) Bicester 2 L 1-5(A) A L 0-1 3 Marlow 1 H D 2-2 City of Oxford 2 L 0-6(A) Kidlington L 4-0(A) A L 2-4 4 Newbury/Thatcham 1 Marlow 2 L 1-2(H) Reading 4 W 3-0(H)* 5 Wycombe Rye 1 H W 3-2 West Witney 3 W 4-3(H) Abingdon 2 L 0-2(A) A L 3-2 6 Oxford University 1 H W 2-1 Gerrards Cross 2 L 2-4(A) City of Oxford 3 L 0-1(A) A L 1-2 7 Sonning 1 H W 4-1 Reading 2a L 0-4(A) Newbury/Thatcham 3 A W 5-1 8 Banbury 1 H W 2-0 Milton Keynes 2a L 0-1(H) Amersham-Chalfont 4 L 1-3(H) A L 1-2 9 Amersham-Chalfont 1 H W 3-1 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Boyne Hill W 1-0(A) A W 6-2 10 Bracknell 1a H L 1-2 Wallingford 2 W 4-2(H) Scarlet Runners W 4-2(H) A W 5-1 11 Sonning 3 W 2-1(A) Banbury 4 W 5-1(H) 12 Maidenhead 3 W 3-0(H) Henley 4 W 2-0(A) 13 Henley 3 L 1-2(A) 14 Phoenix-Ranelagh 1a W 2-0(A) 15 Bracknell 2 W 4-0(H) 16 Wycombe Rye 4 L 1-2(H)Thankfully all three of Newbury/Thatcham’s teams did better than last season with 1st XI captains Liz Wood and Lisa Flux, 2nd XI Michelle Davis and Anne Costain, and even the 3rd XI now with 2 captains, Sharon Pierce and Isy Tomlinson. The 3rd XI could feel aggrieved about the 0-15 defeat at Slough as this team was in the South League 4 seasons ago and even now had an ex-England player dominating the middle of the pitch.14 Season 2004-2005. The winners of last season’s Premier Division, Oxford Hawks 1 gained entry to South League 2 from the play-offs. This meant that three teams would be promoted and two relegated between BBO Divisions. In Division 4, Reading 3a, the lower side, finished above Reading 3 in a relegation position. Hence Reading 3a were relegated to Division 5, with the consequence that Reading 4 withdrew from that Division. Bicester 3, Milton Keynes 3 and Sonning 4 were new to Division 5. Reading 4 of Division 5 withdrew before the League started, as did Bracknell from the South League 1. Harlow 1 resigned from Division 2 for one season only, due to lack of players, but expressed a wish to return in season 2005-2006. Consequently, Harlow in Division 4 was allowed to play friendly matches only. Wokingham 3 resigned from Division 4 after playing two games only.Pos BBO Premier Results BBO Division 3 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Newbury/Thatcham 1 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Henley 4 L 1-3(H) 2 Oxford University 1 H W 3-1 Henley 3 W 4-1(H) Amersham/Chalfont 4 D 0-0(A) A D 1-1 3 Henley 1 H D 3-3 Amersham/Chalfont 3 W 3-0(A) Milton Keynes 3 L 0-2(A) A D 2-2 4 Buckingham H W 4-1 Abingdon Pilgrims W 4-2(A) Newbury/Thatcham 3 A W 2-1 5 Wycombe Rye 1 H W 3-1 Aylesbury W 5-2(A) Abingdon 2 W 1-0(H) A L 1-2 6 Sonning 1 H W 4-0 Reading 2a W 3-0(H) City of Oxford 3 W 1-0(H) A L 0-1 7 Marlow 1 H W 1-0 Marlow 2 W 4-1(A) Phoenix-Ranelagh 3 W 3-1(A) A L 1-3 8 Banbury 1 H W 3-1 Wallingford 2 W 4-0(A) Reading 3a L 2-4(H) A W 4-1 9 City of Oxford 1 H W 5-1 Maidenhead 3 W 2-0(A) Sonning 4 W 1-0(A) A W 2-0 10 Wokingham 1 H W 6-0 Milton Keynes 2a W 6-1(A) Scarlet Runners W 3-2(A) A W 5-0 11 Gerrards Cross 2 W 12-1(H) Banbury 4 W 6-0(H) 12 Windsor 2 W 2-0(H) Boyne Hill W 3-0(H)* 13 Sonning 3 W 1-0(H) Bicester 3 W 3-0(H)* 14 West Witney 3 W 11-1(A) 15 Wallingford 2a W 4-2(H) 16 Phoenix-Ranelagh 2 W 8-1(H)On winning Division 1 again, Newbury/Thatcham (captains Louise Wolsey and Kate Jordan) went forward to a round-robin competition on the weekend of 21-22 April at the University of Surrey, Guildford, to play against the other South Counties winners, for two places in South 2. The results were - Saturday, 16 April Aldershot/Farnham (Hants) v Richmond (Surrey) 3-5 Eastbourne (Sussex) v Southgate (Middlesex) 2-1 Newbury/Thatcham (Berks) v Aldershot/Farnham 3-2 Richmond v Eastbourne 2-1 Southgate v Newbury/Thatcham 1-015 Sunday, 17 April Newbury/Thatcham v Eastbourne 2-2 Southgate v Richmond 3-2 Eastbourne v Aldershot/Farnham 1-0 Richmond v Newbury/Thatcham 3-2 Aldershot/Farnham v Southgate 0-4As a result of the tournament, both Richmond and Southgate had 9 points and were promoted to South Division 2. Newbury/Thatcham will, however, enter a newly created South League Division 3A, for teams from the BBO and Middlesex areas. There will also be a Division 3B for teams from Hampshire, Surrey and Sussex.It must not be overlooked that Newbury/Thatcham’s 2nd XI (captains Lizzie Elmes and Rachel Lockwood) won every game in Division 3 and the 3rd XI (captains Sharon Pierce and Annie Stride) were not far off the top of Division 5 so that both teams did gain promotion.Season 2005 - 2006. The top four teams from last season’s Premier Division, Newbury/Thatcham 1, Oxford University 1, Henley 1 and Buckingham 1, were automatically promoted to the new South Division 3A for teams from the BBO and Middlesex Leagues. They were joined by Wycombe Rye 1 who won a place in a play-off with teams from Middlesex, Hants, Surrey and Sussex. Harlow 1 was allowed to enter BBO Division 3 after the Club had pulled out its teams from Divisions 2 and 4 at the beginning of the previous season. Boyne Hill resigned from Division 5 but many of its players moved to Marlow, creating the latter’s 3rd XI. Windsor 3 resigned from Division 5 before the season started. Other newcomers to the Division were Amersham/Chalfont 5, Gerrards Cross 3, Oxford Hawks Harriers and our own Newbury/Thatcham 4.Pos Points South Division 3A Results 1 50 Buckingham 1 H L 0-2 A L 1-3 2 46 Oxford University 1 H W 3-0 A L 1-2 3 40 Newbury/Thatcham 1 4 29 West Hampstead 1 H W 5-0 A L 2-3 5 26 Teddington 1 H W 3-1 A W 2-0 6 23 Wycombe Rye 1 H W 2-0 A W 4-0 7 19 Henley 1 H W 4-0 A W 2-1 8 19 Ashford 1 H W 6-0 A D 3-3 9 15 Hampstead & Westminster 2 H W 3-2 A W 1-0 10 0 Windsor 1 H W 12-0 A W 8-016 This first season of the South 3A Division was dominated by three of the BBO teams, including Newbury/Thatcham, still with Louise Wolsey and Kate Jordan as joint captains.The BBO League Committee reduced the size of the middle Divisions, increasing their number, but now there were more games within the Divisions as all teams played both home and away against their oppositions. Newbury/Thatcham were going through a good period with both 2nd XI (captains Katy Hall and Kris McDonald) and 3rd XI (captains Hayley Evans and Claire Gilmore) in the higher echelons of Divisions 1 and 4 respectively. Optimism was high enough to field a 4th XI in Division 5 organised by Agnes Carlisle. Pos BBO Division 1 Results BBO Division 4 Result BBO Division 5 Result 1 Gerrards Cross 1 H D 1-1 Bracknell 2 H W 4-0 Reading 3a H L 0-6 A L 2-4 A L 2-3 A L 0-7 2 Henley 2 H W 4-0 Newbury/Thatcham 3 Sonning 4 H W 2-0 A L 1-5 A L 1-9 3 City of Oxford 2 H W 3-2 Milton Keynes 3 H D 6-6 Marlow 3 H L 0-9 A W 3-1 A D 2-2 A L 0-5 4 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Abingdon 2 H D 1-1 Gerrards Cross 3 H L 0-5 A W 4-0 A L 2-7 5 Amersham/Chalfont 3 H L 1-3 Kidlington 1 H L 1-5 Oxford Hawks Harriers H L 1-4 A L 0-1 A W 3-0 A W 4-0 6 Bicester 1 H W 4-0 City of Oxford 3 H W 6-4 Amersham/Chalfont 5 H L 0-3 A D 3-3 A L 4-5 A W 4-0 7 Wycombe Rye 3 H W 2-0 Amersham-Chalfont 4 H W 4-0 Newbury/Thatcham 4 A L 1-4 A L 1-3 8 Milton Keynes 2 H W 5-1 Henley 4 H W 4-1 Scarlet Runners H W 2-0 A L 0-3* A W 3-2 A L 1-3 9 Henley 3 H W 4-0 Wycombe Rye 4 H W 1-0 Bicester 3 H W 3-2 A W 3-0 A D 1-1 A W 4-0 10 Wychwood 1 H W 3-0 Phoenix/Ranelagh 3 H W 3-1 Banbury 4 H W 3-0* A L 0-1 A W 3-0 A L 1-2 11 Wokingham 2 H W 3-0 A W 4-017 Season 2006 - 2007. Last season’s excellent performance in South Division 3A was not repeated this season (captains Mireille Cook and Sarah Pearce) with the team just managing to avoid relegation.Pos Points South Division 3A Results 1 48 Oxford University 1 H L 2-8 A L 1-3 2 36 Teddington 1 H L 1-2 A W 4-0 3 32 Henley 1 H L 1-4 A L 3-7 4 29 Banbury 1 H W 3-2 A L 2-4 5 28 Staines 2 H W 2-1 A L 1-5 6 26 West Hampstead 1 H L 0-2 A L 2-3 7 24 Wycombe Rye 1 H L 1-2 A L 1-2 8 18 Newbury/Thatcham 1 9 16 Hampstead & Westminster 2 H L 1-2 A W 4-1 10 -1* Ashford 1 H W 6-0 A W 4-2In BBO Division 1, Wychwood asked to be relegated in place of Wokingham as they had a shortage of players. Gerrards Cross 3 dropped out of Division 5 before the season started, and Sonning, who were standing by in such an event, entered a 5th XI. Other new teams in this Division were Aylesbury 2, City of Oxford 4, Maidenhead 4 and Reading 4.Pos BBO Division 1 Results BBO Division 3 Results BBO Division 5 Results 1 Slough 2 H L 2-4 Newbury/Thatcham 3 Oxford Hawks Harriers H L 0-4 A L 0-3 A L 0-3* 2 Milton Keynes 2 H W 1-0 Reading 3 H W 3-1 Reading 4 H D 2-2 A L 0-4 A W 2-1 A D 1-1 3 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Bracknell 2 H W 5-4 Banbury 4 H L 0-2 A L 1-7 A L 0-2 4 Aylesbury 1 H D 2-2 Phoenix/Ranelagh 2 H L 1-3 Newbury/Thatcham 4 A L 0-1 A W 3-2 5 West Witney 2 H W 3-2 Maidenhead 3a H W 2-1 Sonning 5 H D 0-0 A W 2-1 A D 1-1 A W 3-1 6 Amersham/Chalfont 3 H W 3-2 Wallingford 3 H W 5-2 Amersham/Chalfont 5 H W 2-1 A W 2-0 A W 6-3 A L 0-3* 7 Bicester 1 H W 2-1 West Witney 3 H W 4-1 Aylesbury 2 H W 2-0 A L 0-3 A L 1-2 A W 3-1 8 Wycombe Rye 3 H L 2-4 Harlow 1 H W 2-0 Scarlet Runners H L 0-1 A L 0-1 A W 6-2 A W 3-1 9 Henley 3 H W 5-1 Bicester 2 H W 13-0 Maidenhead 4 H W 5-4 A W 2-1 A W 3-1 A L 0-2 10 Wallingford 2 H D 2-2 Milton Keynes 3 H W 4-2 City of Oxford 4 H W 6-0 A D 1-1 A W 5-0 A W 1-0 11 Marlow 2 H W 5-0 Bicester 3 H W 12-1 A W 4-0 A W 3-1 12 Wokingham 2 H W 3-1 A W 7-118 In contrast to the 1st XI, the three teams in the BBO League did very well, with the 2nd XI (captains Sharon Pierce and Jess Apperley) finishing in third position in Division 1, and the 4th XI (captain Agnes Carlisle) finishing in fourth position in Division 5. In particular, the 3rd XI (captains Clare Gilmour and Kirsty Wood) won Division 3. Season 2007 - 2008.Pos Points South Division 3A Results 1 51 Teddington 1 H L 0-5 A L 0-6 2 35 Henley 1 H L 1-6 A L 2-9 3 34 Banbury 1 H L 0-9 A L 1-7 4 28 Bracknell 1a H L 0-2 A L 1-2 5 27 West Hampstead 1 H D 2-2 A L 2-6 6 24 Staines 2 H L 0-3 A L 0-5 7 21 Wycombe Rye 1 H D 0-0 A L 0-6 8 17 Southgate 2 H W 4-3 A L 0-5 9 12 West Witney 1 H L 1-3 A L 1-4 10 5 Newbury/Thatcham 1Pos BBO Premier 2 Results BBO Division 2 Results BBO Division 5 Results 1 Phoenix/Ranelagh 1 H L 0-5 Maidenhead 3 H L 0-10 Phoenix/Ranelagh 3 H L 1-2 A L 0-12 A L 1-11 A L 0-3* 2 Slough 2 H L 0-5 Abingdon Pilgrims H L 2-6 Scarlet Runners H W 2-1 A L 1-6 A L 0-3* A L 2-3 3 Henley 2 H L 2-3 Sonning 3 H L 0-6 City of Oxford 4 H L 2-5 A L 1-6 A L 1-3 A L 0-3* 4 Amersham/Chalfont 2 H L 0-4 Reading 3 H L 0-6 Sonning 5 (Vets) H L 2-3 A L 0-8 A L 0-3* A L 1-2 5 Banbury 2 H L 1-3 Bracknell 2 H L 0-9 Aylesbury 2 H W 2-1 A L 0-7 A L 0-7 A L 0-9 6 Sonning 2 H L 0-4 Marlow 2 H L 0-1 Bicester 3 H W 3-1 A L 1-4 A L 0-3* A D 0-0 7 South Bucks 1 H W 3-0* Banbury 3 H W 6-1 Amersham/Chalfont 5 H W 6-1 A L 0-3* A L 0-3* A L 0-3* 8 Wokingham 1 H L 1-5 Wokingham 2 H W 6-1 Kidlington H W 4-0 A L 2-3 A L 0-7 A W 5-1 9 Gerrards Cross 1 H D 2-2 Gerrards Cross 2 H L 1-6 Newbury/Thatcham 4 A L 0-2 A L 2-6 10 Windsor 1 H L 1-3 Milton Keynes 2a H D 1-1 Maidenhead 4 H D 1-1 A L 0-3 A L 2-4 A L 0-3* 11 Milton Keynes 2 H L 4-6 Newbury/Thatcham 3 A L 0-2 12 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Rover Oxford 3 H W 3-0* A W 6-119 Under usual regulations, the 1st XI (an unfortunate captain, Sharon Pierce, thrown in at the deep end) would have been relegated at the end of this season but the South League decided not to relegate any team from the Divisions 3A and 3B but to extend the size of the two Divisions by a further 2 teams each.The worst season that the Club has ever had; the basic reason being that, apart from two players, there was a complete walk-out of the previous season’s 1st XI for one reason or another. This meant that the vast majority of players remaining in the Club were selected for a team higher than should be expected. Consequently the first three teams are, in theory, all relegated and the 4th team may well not exist for the new season. The 1st team, however, will remain in an extended South League Division 3A. Season 2008 - 2009. The changes to South Division 3A were - promotion of Teddington 1 to Division 2 and the additions of Teddington 2 from Middlesex and both Oxford Hawks 2 and City of Oxford 1 from the BBO Premier 1 Division, now giving a league of 12 teams. Could it get worse for Newbury/Thatcham? Yes!! Newbury/Thatcham 1 continued in the South League for a few weeks but eventually withdrew. Results as far as to this decision in November are shown in the final League table below.Pos Points South Division 3A Results 1 48 Henley 1 2 41 City of Oxford 1 3 37 Wycombe Rye 1 H L 2-6 4 34 Staines 2 H L 0-1 5 30 West Hampstead 1 6 25 Banbury 1 7 24 Bracknell 1 8 23 West Witney 1 H L 0-7 9 18 Southgate 2 10 16 Teddington 2 A L 0-11 11 10 Oxford Hawks 2 A L 0-420 The 2nd and 3rd XIs finished at the bottom , or very nearly, of their Divisions, and the 4th XI were withdrawn.Pos BBO Division 1 Results BBO Division 2 Results 1 Aylesbury 1 H L 1-2 Henley 3 H L 0-10 A L 0-6 A L 1-7 2 Maidenhead 3 H L 2-3 Marlow 2 H L 0-4 A L 0-8 A L 2-5 3 Oxford Hawks 3 H L 1-3 Maidenhead 3A H L 2-3 A L 1-9 A L 0-14 4 Wychwood 1 H L 1-6 Reading 3 H D 3-3 A L 0-3* A L 0-3* 5 Wallingford 2 H W 5-0 City of Oxford 3 H L 0-6 A L 1-3 A L 1-12 6 Bicester 1 H W 5-0 Banbury 3 H L 2-3 A L 0-8 A L 0-3 7 Sonning 3 H W 2-0 Gerrards Cross 2 H L 1-4 A D 1-1 A L 0-3 8 Wycombe Rye 3 H L 0-4 Phoenix/Ranelagh 2 H D 0-0 A D 0-0 A W 2-1 9 Abingdon Pilgrims H L 2-7 Wokingham 2 H L 0-4 A W 2-1 A D 3-3 10 Newbury/Thatcham 2 Bracknell 2 H W 2-0 A L 2-6 11 West Witney 2 H W 4-1 Milton Keynes 2A H W 7-1 A D 2-2 A L 1-2 12 Amersham/Chalfont 3 H W 4-0 Newbury/Thatcham 3 A D 2-221 Appendix 1.This appendix contains, in one page, a convoluted table illustrating the Divisional structure of the BBO League for each season in one line, giving the number of teams in each Division. The Division in which each of the Newbury (or Newbury/Thatcham in the later seasons) teams were located is indicated, in brackets, by N1, N2, N3 or N4.1st XIs Season Teams Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 1987-88 30 10 10(N1) 10 1988-89 29 10 10(N1) 9 2nd XIs Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 1989-90 54 10(N1) 10 10 8 8 8 1990-91 56 10(N1) 10 12 8 8 8(N2)All XIs Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 Div 6 1991-92 59 10(N1) 9 10 10 10(N2) 10 1992-93 64 11(N1) 12 12 12(N2) 11 6Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 1993-94 68 14(N1) 13 13(N2) 14 14 1994-95 69 14(N1) 14 14 13(N2) 14 1995-96 70 14(N1) 14 14(N2) 14 14 1996-97 74 16(N1) 16 14(N2) 14 14(N3) 1997-98 80 16(N1) 16 16(N2) 16 16(N3) 1998-99 80 16(N1) 16 16(N2) 16 16(N3) 1999-00 80 16(N1) 16 16(N2) 16 16(N3) 2000-01 80 16(N1) 16 16(N2) 16 16(N3) 2001-02 79 16(N1) 16 16(N2) 16 15(N3)Prem Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 2002-03 78 10(N1) 10 16 16(N2) 14 12(N3) 2003-04 78 10(N1) 10 16 16(N2) 14 12(N3) 2004-05 80 10(N1) 10 16 16(N2) 14 14(N3)Prem1 Prem2 Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 2005-06 76 11 11 11 11(N2) 11 11(N3) 10(N4) 2006-07 79 12 12 12(N2) 12 10(N3) 10 11(N4) 2007-08 78 12 12(N2) 12 12(N3) 10 10 10(N4)Prem1 Prem2 Div 1 Div 2 Div 3 Div 4 Div 5 Div 6 2008-09 80 12 12 12(N2) 12(N3) 10 10 7 522 Appendix 2.This appendix is an attempt to identify the Committee members of the BBO Committee, without which there would be no League hockey, but the source of information is rather sparse for the first three seasons.One name, in particular, that I would like to mention, is that of Pam Robinson who, I believe, has been the Treasurer from, or very near, the beginning.Trysports Committee membersBarlow, Jacqui 2008-2009 Oxon Rep Beasley, Amy 1987-1988 Berks Rep Binaccioni, Sonia 1988-1990 Berks Rep Bowden, Erica 2004-2005 Oxon Rep Burrell, Sue 2001-2007 Oxon Rep Busse, Ruth 1992-1995 Berks Rep Cain, Gill 2002-2007 Berks Rep Cary, Alison 1999-2002 Berks Rep Claringbold, Mike 2002-2007 Player Registration Clarke, Delta 1987-1988 Oxon Rep Cottrell, Hilary 1990-1993 Berks Rep Dann, Beryl 1987-1988 Bucks Rep D’Arcy, Pam 1990-1994 League Organiser/Berks Rep Dawtry, Evelyn 1987-1989 Bucks Rep Dudgeon, Helen 1994-1999 League Organizer Edwards, Clare 2000-2003 Bucks Rep Frick, Heidi 2001-2003 Bucks Rep Gardiner, Amanda 2004-2009 Bucks Rep Goodgame, Jacky 1987-1991 Oxon Rep Green, Natalie 2004-2005 Bucks Rep Hardingham, Suzy 2004-2008 Bucks Rep, Results Secretary Harper, Angie 1991-1997 Oxon Rep Hatfield, Sharon 1997-1999 Berks Rep Hilton, Elaine 1989-1999 Bucks Rep Hobbs, Debbie 1994-1998 Berks Rep Howard, Jenni 1997-2001 Oxon Rep Jeans, Sally 1988-1990 Oxon Rep Keck, Lesley 1989-1996 Bucks Rep Martin, Caroline 2006-2008 Bucks Rep Meads, Caroline 1999-2004 Results Secretary Merrill, Suzanne 1990-1991 Oxon Rep Miller, Leanne 2008-2009 Oxon Rep Newman, Sue 2007-2009 Player Registration Notman, Gemma 2008-2009 Berks Rep Patterson, Sue 1993-1994 Berks Rep Porter, Kate 1999-2004 Committee Member Robinson, Pam 1987-2008 Berks Rep At least 1992-2009 Treasurer Simpson, Joey 2004-2006 Oxon Rep Stamp, Elaine 1996-2004 Bucks Rep Swan, Pauline 1990-2001 Assistant Organiser/Oxon Rep23 Vine, Jane 1999-2000 Bucks Rep Whitford, Gemma 2008-2009 Secretary Woolley, Alison 2000-2003 Berks Rep Yates, Sue 2003-2009 Berks Rep Yih, Ruth 1995-1997 Berks Rep24

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