NOEFC Statistics 2007/08 

 

P: 24 W:13 D:1 L:10

 

Name

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

G.Hoskins

16

7

1

8

S.Chapman

12

8

1

3

J.Shaw

10

8

0

2

P.Scholey

8

3

2

3

N.Cox

8

3

1

4

A.Bishop

6

3

1

2

G.Pulsford

6

3

0

3

C.Davies

5

5

0

0

C.Lloyd

5

3

0

2

P.Talbot

5

2

0

3

N.Shaw

4

3

0

1

E.Thompson

4

2

0

2

J.Knight

3

3

0

0

T.Bossom

3

2

0

1

T.Swerling

3

2

0

1

J.Hindle

3

1

0

2

I.Mitchell

3

1

0

2

M.Millership

3

0

0

3

A.Millership

2

1

0

1

J.Rogers

2

1

0

1

M.Fairbanks-Smith

2

0

0

2

J.Nelmes

2

0

0

2

G.Sethia

2

0

0

2

D.Davis

1

1

0

0

A.Erskine

1

1

0

0

R.Hobbs

1

1

0

0

P.Leveque

1

1

0

0

R.Black

1

0

0

1

R.Cooper

1

0

0

1

C.Michaels

1

0

0

1

EFA Trophy group stage results have been counted as one match (individual points scored on the day counted as W, D or L)

 

Season Review

This has been a season of real progress for North Oxford Eton Fives Club. Our Monday night sessions at Summer Fields continue to be well attended and we are even managing to lower the average age thanks to the Scholey, Shaw and Millership clans. The current strength of the club can clearly be seen by the fact that thirty players represented us in fixtures during the course of the season.

Having achieved promotion from Division 3 at the first attempt last year, we exceeded expectations in our first season in Division 2, getting off to a flying start and turning our “home” courts at Eton into something of a fortress. The flow of league points slowed up slightly after Christmas but we still managed to finish in third place with an extremely respectable points total. Two teams were entered in the EFA Trophy with yet another semi-final defeat for the A team – surely our name is going to be on the trophy one year! In fact, the group stages day of the EFA Trophy saw a remarkable 16 North Oxford members playing for various teams at Eton. Elsewhere, Nick Shaw reached the final of the Barber Cup with the Old Harrovians and Gareth Hoskins the semi-finals with the Old Ipswichians; Chris Davies and Chris Lloyd were runners-up in the Veterans’ Championships.

An increased number of friendly fixtures were played this year, including several at Summer Fields as well as our annual fixture against the Old Edwardians at a venue that is “off the beaten track” – this year at RGS High Wycombe. We also improved our ties with the Oxford University club, with several fixtures between the clubs and a good smattering of University players past and present turning out for us from time to time.

Progress has also been made off the court – the club now has sponsored shirts thanks to Spencer Chapman and Aston House Stud as well as its own website (http://northoxfordefc.googlepages.com). The Christmas Dinner was well attended and at the time of writing we are looking forward to the first end of season club barbecue and family day at Summer Fields.

Thanks are due to Andy Bishop and Summer Fields for letting us play there, to the club sponsor for his immense generosity and to everyone who has donned the gloves at some stage this season.