North Lancashire/Cumbria

North Lancashire/Cumbria
Current season or competition:
2015–16 North Lancashire/Cumbria
Sport Rugby union
Number of teams 14
Country  England
Holders St Benedicts (1st title) (2015–16)
(promoted to North 1 West)
Most titles Oldham, Fleetwood, Blackburn, Wigton (2 titles)
Website clubs.rfu.com

North Lancashire/Cumbria is an English Rugby Union League at the seventh tier of club rugby union for teams from North Lancashire and Cumbria. Promotion from this division is into North 1 West with the champions going straight up and the league runners up facing the league runners up from South Lancs/Cheshire 1 for their place. Clubs at the bottom of the table are relegated either to North Lancashire 1 or the Cumbria League depending on their geographical location.

Participating Clubs 2015-16

Fleetwood
Hawcoat Park
Silloth
St Benedicts
Upper Eden
Whitehaven
Wigton
Greater Manchester teams

Aldwinians
Ashton under Lyne
Bolton
De La Salle
Oldham
Tyldesley

Locations of the 2015-16 North Lancashire/Cumbria teams
Aldwinians
Ashton-under-Lyne
De La Salle
Oldham
Tyldesley
2015-16 North Lancashire/Cumbria teams in Greater Manchester
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Aldwinians Audenshaw Park Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 6th
Ashton-under-Lyne Gambrel Bank Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester Promoted from North Lancashire 1 (playoffs)
Aspatria Bower Park Wigton, Cumbria 4th
Bolton Avenue Street Bolton, Greater Manchester Relegated from North 1 West (12th)
De La Salle De La Salle Sports & Social Club Salford, Greater Manchester 5th
Fleetwood Melbourne Avenue Fleetwood, Lancashire 8th
Hawcoat Park Hawcoat Lane Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria 9th
Oldham Manor Park Oldham, Greater Manchester Promoted from North Lancashire 1 (champions)
Silloth The Jim Brough Rugby Park Silloth, Cumbria Promoted from Cumbria League (champions)
St Benedicts Newlands Avenue Mirehouse, Whitehaven, Cumbria 3rd
Tyldesley St Georges Park Tyldesley, Greater Manchester Promoted & level transferred from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 (2nd)
Upper Eden Pennine Park Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria 10th
Whitehaven Richmond Terrace Whitehaven, Cumbria 11th
Wigton Lowmoor Road Wigton, Cumbria Relegated from North 1 West (14th)

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating clubs 2012−13

North Lancs/Cumbria Honours

North Lancs/Cumbria Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[1] 10 Blackpool Oldham Keswick North Lancs/Cumbria
1999-00[2] 10 Oldham[n 1] De La Salle (Salford)[n 2] Furness, Millom, Ambleside, Windermere, Hawcoat Park, Trafford MV, Tyldesley, Ormskirk[n 3] North Lancs/Cumbria
2000-01[3] 12 Workington Carlisle Egremont, Fleetwood, Burnley North Lancs/Cumbria
2001-02[4] 12 Rochdale Oldham Cockermouth, Netherhall, St Benedicts North Lancs/Cumbria
2002-03[5] 12 Oldham Penrith Bury, De La Salle (Salford) North Lancs/Cumbria
2003-04[6] 12 Fleetwood Rossendale Windermere, Blackpool, Hawcoat Park North Lancs/Cumbria
2004-05[7] 12 Rossendale Tyldesley Egremont, Kirkby Lonsdale, Aldwinians North Lancs/Cumbria
2005-06[8] 12 Carlisle St Benedicts Netherhall, Workington, Heaton Moor North Lancs/Cumbria
2006-07[9] 12 Aldwinians Blackburn Trafford MV, Whitehaven North Lancs/Cumbria
2007-08[10] 11 Blackburn Rossendale St Benedicts, Didsbury Toc H, De La Salle (Salford) North Lancs/Cumbria
2008-09[11] 12 Tyldesley Vale of Lune No relegation[n 4] North Lancs/Cumbria
2009-10[12] 14 Wigton Kirkby Lonsdale Netherhall, Burnley, Aldwinians North Lancs/Cumbria
2010-11[13] 14 Aspatria Fleetwood Oldham, Keswick, Whitehaven North Lancs/Cumbria
2011-12[14] 14 Fleetwood Kirkby Lonsdale Furness, Millom, De La Salle (Salford) North Lancs/Cumbria
2012-13[15] 14 Wigton Eccles Egremont, Didsbury Toc H, Heaton Moor North Lancs/Cumbria
2013-14[16] 14 Eccles Bolton Littleborough, Workington, Keswick North Lancs/Cumbria
2014-15[17] 14 Blackburn Leigh Furness, Tarleton, Heaton Moor North Lancs/Cumbria
2015-16[18] 14 St Benedicts Aspatria Ashton-under-Lyne, Whitehaven, Aldwinians North Lancs/Cumbria
2016-17 14
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. ↑ Oldham were not promoted due to Northern League restructuring.
  2. ↑ Despite finishing 2nd De La Salle (Salford) were demoted to North Lancs 1 due to league restructuring caused by the cancellation of North West 1, North West 2 and North West 3.
  3. ↑ Due to restructuring of the Northern League all teams in the division aside from champions Oldham were relegated. Furness, Millom, Ambleside, Windermere and Hawcoat Park all joined the Cumbrian League, Trafford MV and Tyldesley joined North Lancs 1 while Ormskirk joined South Lancs/Cheshire 2.
  4. ↑ There was no relegation due to the division increasing from 12 to 14 teams for the next season.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1998-1999/group/9109
  2. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/1999-2000/group/9406
  3. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2000-2001/group/9731
  4. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2001-2002/group/10065
  5. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2002-2003/group/10400
  6. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2003-2004/group/10785
  7. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2004-2005/group/11185
  8. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2005-2006/group/11541
  9. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2006-2007/group/11852
  10. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2007-2008/group/12305
  11. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2008-2009/group/12766
  12. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2009-2010/group/13577
  13. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2010-2011/group/14449
  14. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2011-2012/group/15358
  15. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2012-2013/group/16296
  16. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2013-2014/group/17226
  17. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2014-2015/group/18264
  18. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/northern-division/2015-2016/group/19756

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