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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox rugby league football competition

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 (split into three regional divisions - north, south, west). 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. Each year some of the 1st XV clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.

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 (Shield) to determine the final rankings for promotion to London 3 Eastern Counties. Other teams will play in the Plate, Bowl and Salver competitions, depending on league position, with clubs finishing bottom of the Salver being relegated to Eastern Counties 2.

Participating Clubs 2021-22

North

  • Beccles
  • Diss II
  • Lowestoft & Yarmouth
  • North Walsham II
  • Norwich II
  • Southwold II
  • Watton
  • Wymondham II

South

  • Braintree II
  • Brightlingsea
  • Colchester III
  • Hadleigh
  • Mistley
  • Ipswich II
  • Stowmarket II
  • Sudbury II

West

  • Bury St Edmunds III
  • Cambridge III
  • Cantabrigian II
  • Cottenham Renegades
  • Haverhill and District
  • Mildenhall & Red Lodge
  • Shelford III

Season 2020–21

On 30 October the RFU announced [1] that a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Eastern Counties 1 was not contested.

Participating Clubs 2019-20

North

  • Diss II
  • Holt
  • North Walsham II
  • Norwich II
  • Norwich Medics
  • Norwich Union
  • Watton
  • Wymondham II

South

  • Braintree II
  • Colchester III
  • Hadleigh
  • Halstead Templars
  • Mersea Island
  • Ipswich II
  • Stowmarket II
  • Sudbury II

West

Participating Clubs 2018-19

North

  • Beccles
  • Diss II
  • Lowestoft & Yarmouth
  • North Walsham II
  • Norwich II
  • Norwich Medics
  • Norwich Union
  • Wymondham II

South

West

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

Participating Clubs 2015-16

  • Crusaders
  • Ely
  • Ipswich Y.M.
  • Mersea Island
  • Newmarket
  • Swaffham
  • Thetford
  • Thurston
  • Wisbech
  • Woodbridge
  • Wymondham

Participating Clubs 2014-15

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

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:

Eastern Counties 1 honours

Eastern Counties 1 (1987–1993)

The original Eastern Counties 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North East and relegation down to Eastern Counties 2.[2]

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
1987–88 11 Met Police Chigwell Cambridge Thetford
1988–89 11 Harlow Romford & Gidea Park Lowestoft & Yarmouth
1989–90 11 Canvey Island Old Edwardians Ipswich YMCA
1990–91 11 Chelmsford Basildon Redbridge
1991–92 11 Rochford Hundred CampionШаблон:Efn No relegationШаблон:Efn
1992–93 13 Bury St Edmunds Shelford Met Police Chigwell, Crusaders
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Eastern Counties 1 (1993–1996)

The creation of National 5 South meant that Eastern Counties 1 dropped from a tier 8 league to a tier 9 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 North East and Eastern Counties 2 respectively.

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
1993–94 13 Maldon West Norfolk Wanstead, Cantabrigian
1994–95 13 Lowestoft & Yarmouth Canvey Island Westcliff, Ravens
1995–96 13 Diss Woodbridge Loughton, Bancroft
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Eastern Counties 1 (1996–2000)

The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Eastern Counties 1 reverted to being a tier 8 league. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 North East and Eastern Counties 2 respectively.

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
1996–97 13 Basildon CampionШаблон:Efn No relegationШаблон:Efn
1997–98 10 Hadleigh Bancroft Harwich & Dovercourt
1998–99[3] 10 Thetford Ely Wanstead, Ilford Wanderers, Met Police Chigwell
1999–00[4] 9 Saffron Walden Woodbridge Old Cooperians, Westcliff
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Eastern Counties 1 (2000–2009)

The introduction of London 4 North East ahead of the 2000–01 season meant Eastern Counties 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league with promotion to this new division. Relegation continued to Eastern Counties 2 - split into north and south regional divisions between 2000 and 2003.

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2000–01[5] 10 Eton Manor Upminster Bancroft, Wanstead, Cantabrigian
2001–02[6] 10 Mersea Island Beccles Old Edwardians, Newmarket
2002–03[7] 10 Colchester Ely No relegationШаблон:Efn
2003–04[8] 9 Thetford Stowmarket No relegationШаблон:Efn
2004–05[9] 10 Wisbech Crusaders Woodbridge, Southwold, Ely
2005–06[10] 10 Beccles Mersea Island Thetford, Ipswich Y.M., Cantabrigian
2006–07[11] 10 Mersea Island Thurston Dereham, Newmarket
2007–08[12] 11 Wymondham West Norfolk Ely
2008–09[13] 10 Lowestoft & Yarmouth Wisbech No relegationШаблон:Efn
2009–10[14] 11 Newmarket Stowmarket Thetford, Fakenham
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Eastern Counties 1 (2009–2017)

Eastern Counties 1 remained a tier 9 league despite national restructuring by the RFU. Promotion was to London 3 North East (formerly London 4 North East) and relegation to Eastern Counties 2, which split into three regional divisions - north, south, west - from the 2014–15 season onward.

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2010–11[15] 10 Stowmarket Holt Thurston
2011–12[16] 11 Cantabrigian Wisbech Broadland - Great Yarmouth
2012–13[17] 12 Wymondham Ipswich Y.M. Thurston, Hadleigh, Southwold
2013–14[18] 12 West Norfolk Newmarket Broadland - Great Yarmouth, Harwich & Dovercourt
2014–15[19] 12 Southwold Ely Woodbridge
2015–16[20] 11 Ely Wymondham No relegationШаблон:Efn
2016–17[21] 12 Thetford WymondhamШаблон:Efn Swaffham
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Eastern Counties 1 (2017–present)

The cancellation of London 3 North East and subsequent introduction of London 3 Eastern Counties ahead of the 2017–18 meant that Eastern Counties 1 remained a tier 9 league with promotion to this new division. Relegation continued to the regionalised Eastern Counties 2 (north, south, west).

Eastern Counties 1
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2017–18[22] 24Шаблон:Efn Fakenham Ipswich Y.M.Шаблон:Efn Broadland-Great Yarmouth, Stowmarket II, Haverhill & DistrictШаблон:Refn
2018–19[23] 24 BecclesШаблон:Efn Hadleigh Ely II, Harwich & Dovercourt IIШаблон:Efn
2019–20[24] 24
2020–21 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 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 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 end of the 2016–17 season the playoff has been cancelled.

Eastern Counties 1 v Essex Canterbury Jack promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2004-05[25] Crusaders (EC) 41-24 Upminster (EX) Beckhithe, Little Melton, Norfolk
2005–06[26] Canvey Island (EX) 31-18 Mersea Island (EC) Tewkes Creek, Canvey Island, Essex
2006–07[27] Thurston (EC) 22-33 South Woodham Ferrers (EX) Robinson Field, Thurston, Suffolk
2007–08[28] Maldon (EX) 15-20 West Norfolk (EC) Drapers Farm Playing Fields, Heybridge, Essex
2008–09[29] Wisbech (EC) 38-14 Campion (EX) Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
2009–10[30] Bancroft (EX) 37-29 Stowmarket (EC) Buckhurst Way, Buckhurst Hill, Essex
2010–11[31] Holt (EC) HWOШаблон:Efn Millwall (EX) Bridge Road, Holt, Norfolk
2011–12[32] Wisbech (EC) 38-12 Maldon (EX) Chapel Road, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
2012–13[33] Ipswich Y.M. (EC) 20-27 Old Cooperians (EX) The Street, Rushmere St Andrew, Ipswich, Suffolk
2013–14[34] Newmarket (EC) 17-18 Clacton (EX) The NSDA Pavilion, Newmarket, Suffolk
2014–15[35] Epping Upper Clapton (EX) 36-22 Ely (EC) Upland Road, Thornwood, Essex 400
2015–16[36] 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.[37]
Green background is the promoted team. EC = Eastern Counties 1 and EX = Essex Canterbury Jack (formerly Essex 1)

Number of league titles

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See also

Notes

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References

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