Eastern Counties 1
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Sport | Rugby union |
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Number of teams | 24 (8 per divisional league) |
Country |
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Holders |
Fakenham (1st title) (2017–18) (promoted to London 3 Eastern Counties) |
Most titles | Thetford (3 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
Eastern Counties 1 is an English level 9 Rugby Union League. From the 2017-18 promoted teams move up to the newly created London 3 Eastern Counties with the league champions going up automatically, while relegated teams drop down to Eastern Counties 2. Teams in this league tend to be based in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk or Suffolk. In the past teams from Essex used to take part until the 2003-04 season when they formed a new league - with Essex 1 being the top division.
The division was split across three geographic areas (North, South & West) for the 2017-18 as part of an RFU reorganization of the London & South East regional league. The top two teams from each Area Division shall enter the Championship Phase to determine the final rankings for promotion to London 3 Eastern Counties.
Participating Clubs 2017-18
- Beccles (North)
- Brightlingsea (South)
- Bury St. Edmunds III (West)
- Cambridge Adventurers (West)
- Cantabrigian II (West)
- Colchester III (South)
- Cottenham Renegades (West)
- Diss II (North)
- Fakenham (North)
- Great Yarmouth-Broadland (North)
- Hadleigh (South)
- Haverhill & District (West)
- Ipswich Magpies (South)
- Ipswich Y.M. (South)
- Mistley (South)
- North Walsham II (North)
- Norwich Medics (North)
- Norwich Union (North)
- Saffron Walden II (West)
- Shelford III (West)
- Stowmarket II (South)
- Sudbury Talbots (South)
- Swaffham (North)
- Thurston (West)
Participating Clubs 2016-17
- Beccles (relegated from London 3 North East)
- Bury St Edmunds 3rd XV
- Colchester III
- Crusaders
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Newmarket
- Thetford
- Thurston
- Wisbech
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Participating Clubs 2015-16
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Swaffham
- Thetford
- Thurston
- Wisbech
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Participating Clubs 2014-15
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Southwold
- Swaffham
- Thetford (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Thurston (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Wisbech (relegated from London 3 North East)
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham (relegated from London 3 North East)
Participating Clubs 2013-14
- Broadland - Great Yarmouth (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Harwich & Dovercourt
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Swaffham (promoted from Eastern Counties 2)
- West Norfolk
- Woodbridge
Participating Clubs 2012-13
- Crusaders
- Ely
- Hadleigh
- Harwich & Dovercourt
- Ipswich Y.M.
- Mersea Island
- Newmarket
- Southwold
- Thurston
- West Norfolk
- Woodbridge
- Wymondham
Eastern Counties 1 Honours
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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1998-99[1] | 10 | Thetford | Ely | Wanstead, Ilford Wanderers II, Met Police Chigwell | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
1999-00[2] | 9 | Saffron Walden | Woodbridge | Old Cooperians, Westcliff | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2000-01[3] | 10 | Eton Manor | Upminster | Bancroft, Wanstead, Cantabrigian | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2001-02[4] | 10 | Mersea Island | Beccles | Old Edwardians, Newmarket | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2002-03[5] | 10 | Colchester | Ely | Canvey Island, Stanford Le Hope, Epping Upper Clapton | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2003-04[6] | 9 | Thetford | Stowmarket | No relegation[a 1] | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2004-05[7] | 10 | Wisbech | Crusaders | Woodbridge, Southwold, Ely | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2005-06[8] | 10 | Beccles | Mersea Island | Thetford, Ipswich Y.M., Cantabrigian | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2006-07[9] | 10 | Mersea Island | Thurston | Dereham, Newmarket | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2007-08[10] | 11 | Wymondham | West Norfolk | Ely | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2008-09[11] | 10 | Lowestoft & Yarmouth | Wisbech | No relegation[a 2] | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2009-10[12] | 11 | Newmarket | Stowmarket | Thetford, Fakenham | Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2010-11[13] | 10 | Stowmarket | Holt | Thurston | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2011-12[14] | 11 | Cantabrigian | Wisbech | Broadland - Great Yarmouth | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2012-13[15] | 12 | Wymondham | Ipswich Y.M. | Thurston, Hadleigh, Southwold | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2013-14[16] | 12 | West Norfolk | Newmarket | Broadland - Great Yarmouth, Harwich & Dovercourt | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2014-15[17] | 12 | Southwold | Ely | Woodbridge | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2015-16[18] | 11 | Ely | Wymondham | No relegation[a 3] | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2016-17[19] | 12 | Thetford | Wymondham[a 4] | Swaffham | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2017-18[20] | 24[a 5] | Fakenham | Ipswich Y.M.[a 6] | Broadland - Great Yarmouth (north), Stowmarket II (south), Haverhill & District (west)[a 7] | Greene King IPA Eastern Counties 1 | |||||||||
2018-19 | 24 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Promotion play-offs
Between 2004 and 2017 there was a play-off between the runners-up of Eastern Counties 1 and Essex Canterbury Jack 1 for the third and final promotion place to London 3 North East. The team with the superior league record had home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the Essex Canterbury Jack 1 teams had been the most successful with seven wins to the Eastern Counties 1 teams five; and the home team has won promotion on eight occasions compared to the away teams four. Since the introduction of London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex at the 2017-19 season the playoff has been cancelled.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance | |||||||||
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2004-05[21] | Crusaders (EC) | 41-24 | Upminster (EX) | Beckhithe, Little Melton, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2005–06[22] | Canvey Island (EX) | 31-18 | Mersea Island (EC) | Tewkes Creek, Canvey Island, Essex | ||||||||||
2006–07[23] | Thurston (EC) | 22-33 | South Woodham Ferrers (EX) | Robinson Field, Thurston, Suffolk | ||||||||||
2007–08[24] | Maldon (EX) | 15-20 | West Norfolk (EC) | Drapers Farm Playing Fields, Heybridge, Essex | ||||||||||
2008–09[25] | Wisbech (EC) | 38-14 | Campion (EX) | Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2009–10[26] | Bancroft (EX) | 37-29 | Stowmarket (EC) | Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst Hill, Essex | ||||||||||
2010–11[27] | Holt (EC) | HWO[a 8] | Millwall (EX) | Bridge Road, Holt, Norfolk | ||||||||||
2011–12[28] | Wisbech (EC) | 38-12 | Maldon (EX) | Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire | ||||||||||
2012–13[29] | Ipswich Y.M. (EC) | 20-27 | Old Cooperians (EX) | The Street, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, Suffolk | ||||||||||
2013–14[30] | Newmarket (EC) | 17-18 | Clacton (EX) | The NSDA Pavilion, Newmarket, Suffolk | ||||||||||
2014–15[31] | Epping Upper Clapton (EX) | 36-22 | Ely (EC) | Upland Road, Thornwood, Essex | 400 | |||||||||
2015–16[32] | Ilford Wanderers (EX) | 66-17 | Wymondham (EC) | Ilford Wanderers Sports Ground, Barkingside, Greater London | ||||||||||
2016–17 | No promotion playoff this season due to restructuring of Eastern Counties and Essex leagues.[33] | |||||||||||||
Green background is the promoted team. EC = Eastern Counties 1 and EX = Essex Canterbury Jack (formerly Essex 1) | ||||||||||||||
Number of league titles
- Thetford (3)
- Mersea Island (2)
- Wymondham (2)
- Beccles (1)
- Cantabrigian (1)
- Colchester (1)
- Ely (1)
- Eton Manor (1)
- Fakenham (1)
- Lowestoft & Yarmouth (1)
- Newmarket (1)
- Saffron Walden (1)
- Southwold (1)
- Stowmarket (1)
- West Norfolk (1)
- Wisbech (1)
Notes
- ↑ No relegation as league increased from 9 to 10 teams for the following season.
- ↑ No relegation as league increased from 10 to 11 teams for the following season.
- ↑ No relegation as league increased from 11 to 12 teams for the following season.
- ↑ Due to London 3 North East being split into London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex, six teams would be promoted this season instead of the usual 1 or 2, including Thetford, Wymondham, Crusaders, Newmarket, Woodbridge and Wisbech.
- ↑ Divided into 3 regional divisions (north/south/west) with 8 teams in each.
- ↑ 3rd placed Thurston also promoted.
- ↑ Bottom group in each regional division (north, south & west) relegated.
- ↑ Holt were promoted as Millwall did not manage to raise a team for the 2010-11 play-off game.
See also
References
- ↑ "1998-1999 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "1999-2000 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2000-2001 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2001-2002 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2002-2003 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2003-2004 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2004-2005 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2005-2006 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2006-2007 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2007-2008 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2008-2009 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2009-2010 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2010-2011 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2011-2012 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2012-2013 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2013-2014 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ↑ "2014-2015 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ↑ "2015-2016 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
- ↑ "2016-2017 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ↑ "2017-2018 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2004-05". England Rugby. 30 April 2005.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2005-06". England Rugby. 29 April 2006.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2006-07". England Rugby. 28 April 2007.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2007-08". England Rugby. 26 April 2008.
- ↑ "Rugby: Wisbech's fine win secures promotion". Peterborough Today. 27 April 2009.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2009-10". England Rugby. 24 April 2009.
- ↑ "London & SE Division Play-Offs 2010-11". England Rugby. 30 April 2010.
- ↑ "Long delighted as Wisbech Rugby Club win promotion play-off in his final game as skipper". Eastern Daily Press. 27 April 2012.
- ↑ "OLD COOPERIANS PROMOTED to London North East 3". Old Cooperians RFC (Pitchero). 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "Newmarket stay down with a narrow defeat to Clacton". Newmarket Journal. 1 May 2014.
- ↑ "Epping v Ely 25.04.15". Epping Upper Clapton RFC (Pitchero). 25 April 2015.
- ↑ "Wanderers earn their place in London 3 NE". Ilford Wanderers RFC (Pitchero). 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Wymondham v Wisbech EC1 - Sat 8th Apr". Wymondham RFC (Pitchero). 8 April 2017.