The team beat of very stiff competition from the Abingdon Vale Swimming Club Under 18s and the Banbury Rugby Club Under 11s to take the title, a category sponsored by Oxford City Council Leisure Services.

Chinnor have had an extremely successful year, having won the Oxfordshire League Championship trophy in March 2009, beating their old rivals, Henley RFC at Henley's ground. They also won the International Under 17 competition when the squad travelled to Provins in France, on the early May Bank Holiday.

The Under 16s have become role models at Chinnor Rugby Football Club and have put a marker down for all younger age groups to aim for. Many of the squad have been playing together since the Under 7s Mini-Rugby at Chinnor, and as a result of solid coaching from the team of volunteers have built an unrivalled team spirit together. All of the boys have developed into outstanding athletes with a strong sense of playing by the rules and supporting their fellow team members.

Councillor Bob Timbs, Executive Board Member for Leisure and Sport, presented the team with their trophy in front of more than 320 guests. The team received a surprise gift from Dave Larham, Community Rugby Manager, London Wasps who invited the whole of the winning team together with their coaches to watch London Wasps in action versus Llanelli Scarlets on January 31 at Adams Park.

The 35 finalists in the 12 award categories were chosen from over 80 nominations in 2009. The amount of talent and true devotion and
enthusiasm for their sport that was seen on the evening was enormous.