Sussex Spitfire 1

Sussex Spitfire 1
Sport Rugby Union
Number of teams 12
Country  England
Website

Sussex Spitfire 1, also known as Sussex 1 is an English level 9 Rugby Union League.[1] It is made up of teams predominantly from Sussex. Teams play home and away matches from September through to April. The league champions are automatically promoted up to London 3 South East, while the second placed team plays a promotion playoff against the second placed team from Shepherd Neame Kent 1. Relegated teams drop to Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate.

Teams for 2014-15

Teams for 2012-13

Sussex Spitfire 1 Honours

Sussex Spitfire 1 Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[2] 9 Hove Crowborough Burgess Hill, Ditchling, Old Brightonian Sussex 1
1999-00[3] 8 Bognor Crowborough No relegation[n 1] Sussex 1
2000-01[4] 10 Uckfield Hastings & Bexhill Holbrook, Newick, Seaford Sussex 1
2001-02[5] 10 Chichester Heathfield & Waldron St Francis, Sussex Police Sussex 1
2002-03[6] 9 Uckfield Hastings & Bexhill Chichester IHE, Hellingly Sussex 1
2003-04[7] 10 Hove Hastings & Bexhill Rye, Norfolk Arms Sussex 1
2004-05[8] 8 Horsham Hastings & Bexhill No relegation[n 2] Sussex 1
2005-06[9] 9 Crowborough Hastings & Bexhill Hellingly[n 3] Sussex 1
2006-07[10] 10 Hastings & Bexhill Horsham Plumpton[n 4] Sussex 1
2007-08[11] 9 Heathfield & Waldron East Grinstead Burgess Hill, Hellingly[n 5] Sussex 1
2008-09[12] 11 Brighton Uckfield No relegation Sussex 1
2009-10[13] 12 Crawley Uckfield Lewes II Sussex Spitfire 1
2010-11[14] 12 Uckfield Burgess Hill St Francis, Worthing III Sussex Spitfire 1
2011-12[15] 10 Pulborough East Grinstead II Eastbourne II[n 6] Sussex Spitfire 1
2012-13[16] 12 Burgess Hill Eastbourne Midhurst, Newick Sussex Spitfire 1
2013-14[17] 12 Pulborough Crawley Lewes II, Haywards Heath II Sussex Spitfire 1
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ No relegation as Sussex 3 would be abolished at the end of the season leading to the Sussex league being restructured and Sussex 1 increasing from 8 to 10 teams.
  2. ↑ No relegation as Sussex 2 and Sussex 3 would be abolished at the end of the season. Sussex 2 and 3's equivalents would reappearing in 2010-11 as Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate and the Asahi 2 East/Oranjeboom 2 West respectively.
  3. ↑ Hellingly drop out of league by season's end.
  4. ↑ Plumpton drop out of league by season's end.
  5. ↑ Burgess Hill and Hellingly drop out of league by season's end.
  6. ↑ Eastbourne II were relegated as Eastbourne first team would drop down to division.

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "League Make up". Sussex Rugby Union.
  2. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1998-1999/group/9021
  3. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/1999-2000/group/9318
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2000-2001/group/9643
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2001-2002/group/9977
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2002-2003/group/10312
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2003-2004/group/10697
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2004-2005/group/11097
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2005-2006/group/11453
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2006-2007/group/11801
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2007-2008/group/12209
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2008-2009/group/12792
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2009-2010/group/13690
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2010-2011/group/14531
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2011-2012/group/15548
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2012-2013/group/16249
  17. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/london-se-division/2013-2014/group/17266