Durham/Northumberland 3

Durham/Northumberland 3
Sport Rugby Union
Number of teams 12
Country  England
Website clubs.rfu.com

Durham/Northumberland 3 is an English Rugby Union league at the ninth tier of the domestic competition and is currently the basement league of club rugby in North East England. Any club in the north east wishing to join the rugby union club hierarchy must begin at the bottom so all new teams from the north east start in this division - although up until 2005-06 there was relegation to the now defunct Durham/Northumberland 4. The champions and runner-up and promoted to Durham/Northumberland 2.

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating clubs 2012–13

Durham/Northumberland 3 Honours

Durham/Northumberland 3 Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[1] 10 Wallsend Richmondshire Hartlepool B.B.O.B. Durham/Northumberland 3
1999-00[2] 9 Guisborough[n 1] Seaton Carew Hartlepool Athletic, Seaham Durham/Northumberland 3
2000-01[3] 12 Guisborough Barnard Castle Durham Constabulary Durham/Northumberland 3
2001-02[4] 12 Seaton Carew Novocastrians Newton Aycliffe, Wensleydale Durham/Northumberland 3
2002-03[5] 12 Ponteland Yarm Wearside Samurai, Jarrovians Durham/Northumberland 3
2003-04[6] 12 Richmondshire Whitby West Hartlepool Amateurs, Hartlepool Athletic Durham/Northumberland 3
2004-05[7] 10 Sunderland Whitley Bay Rockcliff Seaham, South Tyneside College Durham/Northumberland 3
2005-06[8] 10 Blyth Yarm No relegation[n 2] Durham/Northumberland 3
2006-07[9] 13 Medicals Barnard Castle No relegation Durham/Northumberland 3
2007-08[10] 11 Hartlepool Team Northumbria No relegation Durham/Northumberland 3
2008-09[11] 11 Seaton Carew Bishop Auckland No relegation Durham/Northumberland 3
2009-10[12] 12 Guisborough Prudhoe & Stocksfield No relegation Durham/Northumberland Division 3
2010-11[13] 11 North Shields Whitby No relegation Durham/Northumberland Division 3
2011-12[14] 11 Prudhoe & Stocksfield Seaham No relegation Durham/Northumberland Division 3
2012-13[15] 12 Hartlepool B.B.O.B. Whitby No relegation Durham/Northumberland Division 3
2013-14[16] 12 South Tyneside College Winlaton Vulcans No relegation Durham/Northumberland Division 3
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ Guisborough were not promoted despite being champions as the division was to increase from 9 to 12 teams for the following season.
  2. ↑ No relegation as Durham/Northumberland 4 to be abolished for the following season.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1998-1999/group/9119
  2. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1999-2000/group/9416
  3. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2000-2001/group/9741
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2001-2002/group/10075
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2002-2003/group/10410
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2003-2004/group/10795
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/group/11195
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/group/11551
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/group/11862
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2007-2008/group/12315
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2008-2009/group/12776
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2009-2010/group/13585
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2010-2011/group/14457
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2011-2012/group/15366
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2012-2013/group/16304
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2013-2014/group/17234

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