Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier

Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier is a division at level 8 of the English rugby union system featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams usually move up to Southern Counties North while relegated teams used to drop to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship, although this division has been discontinued as of the end of the 2018–19 season. Each year three teams (one each from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions) are picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase (a level 8 national cup competition).

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
Current season or competition:
2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
SportRugby union
Number of teams11
Country England
HoldersGosford All Blacks (2nd title) (2019–20)
(promoted to Southern Counties North)
Most titlesGosford All Blacks, Newbury Stags (2 titles)
Websiteenglandrugby.com

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

Teams 2019–20

Teams 2018–19

Teams 2017–18

Teams 2016–17

2015–16

The 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier consisted of twelve teams; five from Oxfordshire, four from Berkshire and three from Buckinghamshire. The season started on 12 September 2015 and the last league matches were played on 23 April 2016.

Participating teams and location

Seven of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Reading Abbey were promoted to the Southern Counties North along with runner-up, Swindon College Old Boys, while Phoenix were relegated to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship.

Abingdon
Alchester
Chipping Norton
Gosford AB
Wheatley
Locations of the 2015-16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Oxfordshire
Crowthorne
Hungerford
Slough
Tadley
Locations of the 2015-16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Berkshire
Chesham
Risborough
Locations of the 2015-16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Buckinghamshire
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season
AbingdonSouthern Sports ParkAbingdon, Oxfordshire4th
AlchesterFritwell Playing FieldsFritwell, Oxfordshirerelegated from Southern Counties North (11th)
CheshamChiltern Hills Academy Playing FieldsChesham, Buckinghamshire8th
Chipping NortonGreystonesChipping Norton, Oxfordshire6th
CrowthorneThe Crows New NestReading, Berkshirepromoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (runner-up)
DrifteraOne Pin LaneAs many as you like.Farnham Common, Buckinghamshirerelegated from Southern Counties North
Gosford All BlacksStratfield BrakeKidlington, Oxfordshire3rd
HungerfordTriangle FieldHungerford, Berkshire5th
Milton KeynesEmerson ValleyMilton Keynes, BuckinghamshireRelegated from Southern Counties North (12th)
RisboroughPrinces Risborough School Playing FieldsPrinces Risborough, Buckinghamshirepromoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (champions)
SloughTamblyn FieldsSlough, Berkshire9th
Tadley TigersRed LaneAldermaston, Berkshirerelegated from London 2 South West (12th) & level transferred to league
WheatleyHolton Playing FieldsHolton, Wheatley, Oxfordshire7th

2014–15

Participating teams

2013–14

Participating teams

2012–13

Participating teams
  • Aylesbury Athletic
  • Bicester
  • Chipping Norton
  • Gosford All Blacks
  • Harwell
  • Hungerford
  • Littlemore
  • Phoenix
  • Risborough
  • Stow-on-the-Wold
  • Swindon College Old Boys

2011–12

Participating teams
  • Bicester
  • Chipping Norton
  • Drifters[2]
  • Gosford All Blacks[3]
  • Hungerford
  • Littlemore
  • Phoenix
  • Stow-on-the-Wold and District[4]
  • Swindon College Old Boys
  • Thatcham

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier honours
Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998–99[5]7WitneyDriftersNo relegation[a 2]Bucks/Oxon
1999–00[6]11PhoenixGroveGosford All Blacks, Harwell, Abingdon, Didcot, Wheatley[a 3]Bucks/Oxon
2000–01[7]8OxfordMilton KeynesBerkshire Shire Hall, LittlemoreBerks/Bucks & Oxon 1[a 4]
2001–02[8]10BicesterWallingfordWheatley, Chesham, BletchleyBerks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2002–03[9]10Henley WanderersPhoenixFarnham Royal, Littlemore, DriftersBerks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2003–04[10]9BletchleyBeaconsfieldNo relegation[a 5]Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2004-05[11]12SwindonChipping NortonThatcham, HarwellBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2005–06[12]12Newbury StagsMilton KeynesFarnham Royal, Chesham, LittlemoreBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2006–07[13]11WallingfordSloughSwindon College Old BoysBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2007–08[14]12Chipping NortonBicesterWheatley, Farnham Royal, CrowthorneBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2008–09[15]11Newbury StagsAmersham & ChilternNo relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2009–10[16]11CrowthorneOxfordAbingdon, HarwellBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2010–11[17]10AlchesterSloughNo relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2011–12[18]11DriftersThatchamPhoenixBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2012–13[19]11Stow-on-the-WoldSwindon College Old BoysRisborough, HarwellBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2013–14[20]11TadleyBicesterFarnham Royal, Aylesbury AthleticBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2014–15[21]10Reading AbbeySwindon College Old BoysPhoenixBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2015–16[22]12Gosford All BlacksMilton KeynesChipping Norton, WheatleyBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2016–17[23]11Swindon College Old BoysDriftersPhoenix, RisboroughBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2017–18[24]10SloughLittlemoreAbingdonBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2018–19[25]11CheshamDidcotRisboroughBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2019–20[26]11[a 6]Gosford All BlacksMilton KeynesOxfordBerks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2020–2111Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles
  • Gosford All Blacks (2)
  • Newbury Stags (2)
  • Alchester (1)
  • Bicester (1)
  • Bletchley (1)
  • Chesham (1)
  • Chipping Norton (1)
  • Crowthorne (1)
  • Drifters (1)
  • Henley Wanderers (1)
  • Oxford (1)[a 7]
  • Phoenix (1)[a 8]
  • Reading Abbey (1)
  • Slough (1)
  • Stow-on-the-Wold (1)
  • Swindon (1)
  • Swindon College Old Boys (1)
  • Tadley (1)
  • Wallingford (1)
  • Witney (1)[a 9]

Notes
  1. Littlemore dropped out of the league in December 2019.[1]
  2. No relegation as Bucks & Oxon would merge with Bucks & Oxon 2 to form one league - Bucks & Oxon - for the following season.
  3. There were a lot of relegated teams as Bucks Oxon would split back into two divisions for the following season.
  4. The league was renamed this season as teams from Berkshire joined from the Dorset & Wilts league.
  5. No relegation as league would expand to 12 teams for the next season.
  6. League reduced from 12 to 11 teams by December 2019 when Littlemore dropped out of the league.[1]
  7. Oxford's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1.
  8. Phoenix's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon.
  9. Witney's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon.

See also

References
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  2. Drifters RFC
  3. Gosford All Blacks RFC
  4. Stow-on-the-Wold and District RFC
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