Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
Current season or competition:
2014–15
Sport Rugby union
Number of teams 10
Country  England
Holders Reading Abbey (2014–15)
(promoted to Southern Counties North)
Website RFU.com

Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier is an English rugby union league featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams tend to move up to Southern Counties North while relegated teams drop to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship.

The league was set up originally for teams from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire only but expanded to include teams from Berkshire (who had been playing teams from Dorset and Wiltshire) from the 2001-02 season onwards.

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating Clubs 2012-13

Participating Clubs 2011-12

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Honours

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[4] 7 Witney Drifters No relegation[n 1] Bucks/Oxon
1999-00[5] 11 Phoenix Grove Gosford All Blacks, Harwell, Abingdon, Didcot, Wheatley[n 2] Bucks/Oxon
2000-01[6] 8 Oxford Milton Keynes Berkshire Shire Hall, Littlemore Bucks/Oxon 1
2001-02[7] 10 Bicester Wallingford Wheatley, Chesham, Bletchley Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1[n 3]
2002-03[8] 10 Henley Wanderers Phoenix Farnham Royal, Littlemore, Drifters Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2003-04[9] 9 Bletchley Beaconsfield No relegation[n 4] Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2004-05[10] 12 Swindon Chipping Norton Thatcham, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2005-06[11] 12 Newbury Stags Milton Keynes Farnham Royal, Chesham, Littlemore Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2006-07[12] 11 Wallingford Slough Swindon College Old Boys Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2007-08[13] 12 Chipping Norton Bicester Wheatley, Farnham Royal, Crowthorne Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2008-09[14] 11 Newbury Stags Amersham & Chiltern No relegation Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2009-10[15] 11 Crowthorne Oxford Abingdon, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2010-11[16] 10 Alchester Slough No relegation Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2011-12[17] 11 Drifters Thatcham Phoenix Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2012-13[18] 11 Stow-on-the-Wold Swindon College Old Boys Risborough, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2013-14[19] 11 Tadley Bicester Farnham Royal, Aylesbury Athletic Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2014-15[20] 10 Reading Abbey Swindon College Old Boys Phoenix, Slough Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ No relegation as Bucks & Oxon would merge with Bucks & Oxon 2 to form one league - Bucks & Oxon - for the following season.
  2. ↑ There were a lot of relegated teams as Bucks Oxon would split back into two divisions for the following season.
  3. ↑ The league was renamed this season as teams from Berkshire joined from the Dorset & Wilts league.
  4. ↑ No relegation as league would expand to 12 teams for the next season.

References

  1. ↑ Drifters RFC
  2. ↑ Gosford All Blacks RFC
  3. ↑ Stow-on-the-Wold and District RFC
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/1998-1999/group/9153
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/1999-2000/group/9450
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2000-2001/group/9781
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2001-2002/group/10115
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2002-2003/group/10450
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2003-2004/group/10835
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2004-2005/group/11244
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2005-2006/group/11600
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2006-2007/group/11891
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2007-2008/group/12281
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2008-2009/group/1265
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2009-2010/group/13555
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2010-2011/group/14488
  17. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2011-2012/group/15334
  18. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2012-2013/group/16270
  19. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2013-2014/group/17176
  20. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2014-2015/group/18297

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