Phoenix History 2 of 3

2. History 2


The Club Headquarters moved to The George Hotel in Burnham High Street in 1967 and by this time, the club fielded two teams regularly. The Landlord Ray Thuilliez played on at least one occasion and his son Steve played for many years taking over as captain of the Second XV in the late 90's. A third XV was soon born with the intitial enthusiasm coming from Noel Harford. The first third XV result was a 64 points to nil victory.

The search for a permanent home started seriously in 1970 and continued for 14 years, until appropriately in the Club's 21st year, the lease of the present ground at Taplow was signed in conjunction with Claires Court School. The people who worked to make this possible included Geoff Mould, Simon Porter and Alistaire Crawford. The clubhouse was built shortly after the lease was signed and was largely due to the initiative of Ron Jones (the second).