Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
Current season or competition:
2015–16
Sport Rugby union
Number of teams 12
Country  England
Holders Gosford All Blacks (1st title) (2015–16)
(promoted to Southern Counties North)
Most titles Newbury Stags (2 titles)
Website englandrugby.com

Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier is an English rugby union league featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams tend to move up to Southern Counties North while relegated teams drop to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship.

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

2015–16

The 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier consists of twelve teams; five from Oxfordshire, four from Berkshire and three from Buckinghamshire. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end 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 runners 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
Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon, Oxfordshire 4th
Alchester Fritwell Playing Fields Fritwell, Oxfordshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (11th)
Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Playing Fields Chesham, Buckinghamshire 8th
Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 6th
Crowthorne The Crows New Nest Reading, Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (runners up)
Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire 3rd
Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford, Berkshire 5th
Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th)
Risborough Princes Risborough School Playing Fields Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (champions)
Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough, Berkshire 9th
Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston, Berkshire Relegated from London 2 South West (12th) & level transferred to league
Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton, Wheatley, Oxfordshire 7th

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating Clubs 2012-13

Participating Clubs 2011-12

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Honours

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[4] 7 Witney Drifters No relegation[n 1] Bucks/Oxon
1999-00[5] 11 Phoenix Grove Gosford All Blacks, Harwell, Abingdon, Didcot, Wheatley[n 2] Bucks/Oxon
2000-01[6] 8 Oxford Milton Keynes Berkshire Shire Hall, Littlemore Bucks/Oxon 1
2001-02[7] 10 Bicester Wallingford Wheatley, Chesham, Bletchley Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1[n 3]
2002-03[8] 10 Henley Wanderers Phoenix Farnham Royal, Littlemore, Drifters Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2003-04[9] 9 Bletchley Beaconsfield No relegation[n 4] Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1
2004-05[10] 12 Swindon Chipping Norton Thatcham, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2005-06[11] 12 Newbury Stags Milton Keynes Farnham Royal, Chesham, Littlemore Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2006-07[12] 11 Wallingford Slough Swindon College Old Boys Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2007-08[13] 12 Chipping Norton Bicester Wheatley, Farnham Royal, Crowthorne Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2008-09[14] 11 Newbury Stags Amersham & Chiltern No relegation Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2009-10[15] 11 Crowthorne Oxford Abingdon, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2010-11[16] 10 Alchester Slough No relegation Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2011-12[17] 11 Drifters Thatcham Phoenix Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2012-13[18] 11 Stow-on-the-Wold Swindon College Old Boys Risborough, Harwell Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2013-14[19] 11 Tadley Bicester Farnham Royal, Aylesbury Athletic Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2014-15[20] 10 Reading Abbey Swindon College Old Boys Phoenix Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2015-16[21] 12 Gosford All Blacks Milton Keynes Chipping Norton, Wheatley Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
2016-17 12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ No relegation as Bucks & Oxon would merge with Bucks & Oxon 2 to form one league - Bucks & Oxon - for the following season.
  2. ↑ There were a lot of relegated teams as Bucks Oxon would split back into two divisions for the following season.
  3. ↑ The league was renamed this season as teams from Berkshire joined from the Dorset & Wilts league.
  4. ↑ No relegation as league would expand to 12 teams for the next season.

References

  1. ↑ Drifters RFC
  2. ↑ Gosford All Blacks RFC
  3. ↑ Stow-on-the-Wold and District RFC
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/1998-1999/group/9153
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/1999-2000/group/9450
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2000-2001/group/9781
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2001-2002/group/10115
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2002-2003/group/10450
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2003-2004/group/10835
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2004-2005/group/11244
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2005-2006/group/11600
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2006-2007/group/11891
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2007-2008/group/12281
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2008-2009/group/1265
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2009-2010/group/13555
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2010-2011/group/14488
  17. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2011-2012/group/15334
  18. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2012-2013/group/16270
  19. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2013-2014/group/17176
  20. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2014-2015/group/18297
  21. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2015-2016/group/19734

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