FOOTBALL
ROYALS' ROUND-UP — Fight to maintain Premier League status goes to the wire
Reading travel to Derby County on Sunday with their Premier League fate no longer in their own hands after losing to Tottenham Hotspurs at Madejski Stadium last Saturday.

Town's future is bright!
HENLEY TOWN manager Roddy Slater has hailed his players after a ‘tremendous’ first season at the club.

Ladies season extended
As the week opened, Henley Town Football Club found themselves with more games still remaining than they had bargained for, writes John Bailey.

United lose out in cup final
Rotherfield’s season culminated in them playing in the Woodley and Earley District League final on Sunday evening. A big crowd at Henley Town Football Club saw two sides, well matched, put on a superb game of football.

Dutch counterparts DVE Tranus take the honours
Henley U14s welcomed DVE Traunus from Nijmegen, Holland, to the town last week for the first leg of their summer exchange trip.

Marcus's late strike secures league title
With Henley needing a draw and Oxford needing a win to become Division 1 champions, the scene was set for a highly competitive match on Sunday.



FOOTBALL RESULTS
Senior Leagues


RUGBY
10s success for U14s
Henley U14s took part in the Oxfordshire 10s tournament recently. Their first game was against Banbury with Henley running out 39—0 winners.



BOWLS
Peppard lose out to Suttons
On Thursday PEPPARD visited SUTTONS for a six rink friendly match, which Suttons won by 131 points to 97.


ROWING
Boys triumph at Dorney Lake
Henley Rowing Club’s junior boys had a successful day on Bank Holiday Monday at Marlow Spring Regatta, which was relocated at short notice from the river at Marlow to Dorney Lake in Eton.

Bethan and Rachel excel at Wallingford regatta
The 56th Wallingford regatta was held at Dorney Lake on Sunday over the London 2012 Olympic 2,000 metre course, where Henley Rowing Club’s women’s squad competed in their first regatta of the season.

CRICKET
Hurley get league campaign off to a winning start
There was renewed optimism at HURLEY as they got their Chilterns League campaign underway with an emphatic 137 run victory over COLESHILL.

Southgate struggle against Chamberlain's fast bowling
In an excellent spell of fast bowling on an unresponsive pitch, HENLEY 2nds’ Tim Chamberlain took five wickets as Henley beat SOUTHGATE 2nds by 13 runs to finish their warm up games unbeaten at the start of a season which promises much.

Kidmore grind out hard fought victory
KIDMORE END 2nds visited AMERSHAM on Saturday and came away with a hard fought 46 run victory.

Baxter's fine knock helps Ibstone make progress
IBSTONE’s National Village Knock Out Cup second round match was against last year’s regional finalists BLEDLOW RIDGE.

BEST OF THE WEEK
Best local batting and bowling figures of the week

RESULTS and FIXTURES

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