Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4
| Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 | |
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Current season or competition: 2014–15 Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 (North & South) | |
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Instituted | 2011 |
| Number of teams | 11 |
| Country |
 England |
| Holders |
Hungerford II (North) Redingensians IV (South) (2014–15) (both promoted to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3) |
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Division 4 is an English rugby union league featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire which is currently divided into two regional divisions - Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North and Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South. As with all of the divisions in this area at this level, the entire league is made up of second, third and fourth teams of clubs whose first teams play at a higher level of the rugby union pyramid. Promoted teams move up to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 and since the disbanding of the short-lived Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 at the end of 2011-12 there has been no relegation.
The league was created in 2011-12 as a single division but split into north and south regions for 2013-14.
Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 Honours
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| Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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| 2011-12[1] | 9 | Newbury III | Drifters II (and 6 others also promoted)[n 1] | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 | |||||||||
| 2012-13[2] | 9 | Grove III | Reading IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4[n 2] | |||||||||
| 2013-14[3] | 7 | Gosford All Blacks II | Abingdon II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
| 2013-14[4] | 5 | Reading IV | Windsor IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
| 2014-15[5] | 8 | Hungerford II | Buckingham III | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
| 2014-15[6] | 7 | Redingensians IV | Slough II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
- ↑ Due to the folding of Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 multiple teams were promoted from this division into either Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 North or Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 South depending on geographical location. Teams from the discontinued division would then populate Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 for the following season.
- ↑ The following season the league would split into two regional divisions - north and south.
References
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2011-2012/group/15338
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2012-2013/group/16292
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2013-2014/group/17198
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2013-2014/group/17203
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2014-2015/group/18318
- ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2014-2015/group/18321
See Also
- English Rugby Union Leagues
- English rugby union system
- Rugby union in England