A PULSATING 30-13 home victory gave Chinnor the South West 1 title, but this was nowhere near as comfortable as the scoreline suggests.
Maidenhead had already beaten Chinnor once this season and looked a good bet to complete the double when leading 13-0 after 55 minutes.
They used the wind well to dominate the first half and began the second defending well.
But just as they had done at Weston-super-Mare two weeks earlier, Chinnor never let their heads drop and responded magnificently in the final quarter.
Richard Williams had come off the bench to kick the winning penalty at Weston, and this time he was on hand to score the decisive try.
Chinnor had clawed their way back to 13-13, but it was not until the 76th minute that Williams found space to cross on the left.
Maidenhead were unlucky to concede ten points in stoppage time, as they contributed massively to the game.
Chinnor may have started the brighter, but were 6-0 down inside 20 minutes after two penalties from visiting winger Dan Walton.
Referee Richard James angered the home fans by blowing up for some questionable Chinnor infringements, which kept Maidenhead on top.
Their strong-running centre Simon Cripps had looked threatening from the start and he proved too hot to handle on 28 minutes when he powered over on the left.
Walton added the conversion and even the most ardent Chinnor supporters were starting to have doubts.
Full back James Hewitt narrowly missed a penalty on 32 minutes, but the hosts continued to make basic errors.
Lock Matt Hutchins was sin-binned in first-half stoppage time, but Chinnor held on to the break.
Flanker Raakai Maxwell could have joined him after a high tackle on Walton early in the second half.
Chinnor finally got a foothold when Hewitt calmly slotted a penalty on 55 minutes.
And they got lucky seven minutes later when Maidenhead full back Joe Plamus fumbled a bouncing ball on his own 22.
They quickly spun the ball wide from the resulting scrum, Rewi Tolich found Eric Brown on the left wing and he had more than enough pace to score.
Hewitt converted the try and equalised with his second penalty on 73 minutes.
The force was clearly with Chinnor by this stage and it was a case of whether Maidenhead could hold out.
Williams had given the hosts an extra attacking dimension and notched the crucial try, which Hewitt converted, after Maxwell had broken through in midfield.
His dramatic swallow-dive finish said it all there was no stopping Chinnor now.
After battling well, Maidenhead ran out of steam at the end as Hewitt kicked a third penalty and converted a second Brown try that brought his league total to 20.
The final whistle was the cue for champagne and mass celebrations following a thoroughly-deserved title.
Chinnor: Hewitt, Tolich, Soane (Williams 50), Oxley, Brown, Buckley, Thompson, Winpenny, Immelman, Harris (Whelan 73), Milburn, Hutchins, Maxwell (Devine 80), Rixon, Hennessy (capt).
Maidenhead: Plamus, Mackay, Hammond (Cox 64), Cripps, Walton, Ruddick (capt), Edwards, Riley, Craig, Johnston, Gallina, Mueller, Lynch, Parkhouse, Jones (Douglas 72).
Man-of-the-match: Hewitt.
Referee: R James (Hampshire).
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