Sussex Spitfire 1

Sussex Spitfire 1
Current season or competition:
2015–16 Sussex Spitfire 1
Sport Rugby union
Number of teams 12
Country  England
Holders Lewes (1st title) (2015–16)
(promoted to London 3 South East)
Most titles Uckfield (3 titles)
Website englandrugby.com

Sussex Spitfire 1, also known as Sussex 1 is an English level 9 Rugby Union League.[1] It is made up of teams predominantly from Sussex. Teams play home and away matches from September through to April. The league champions are automatically promoted up to London 3 South East, while the second placed team plays a promotion playoff against the second placed team from Shepherd Neame Kent 1. Relegated teams drop to Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate.

Teams for 2015-16

Teams for 2014-15

Teams for 2012-13

Sussex Spitfire 1 Honours

Sussex Spitfire 1 Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1998-99[2] 9 Hove Crowborough Burgess Hill, Ditchling, Old Brightonian Sussex 1
1999-00[3] 8 Bognor Crowborough No relegation[n 1] Sussex 1
2000-01[4] 10 Uckfield Hastings & Bexhill Holbrook, Newick, Seaford Sussex 1
2001-02[5] 10 Chichester Heathfield & Waldron St Francis, Sussex Police Sussex 1
2002-03[6] 9 Uckfield Hastings & Bexhill Chichester IHE, Hellingly Sussex 1
2003-04[7] 10 Hove Hastings & Bexhill Rye, Norfolk Arms Sussex 1
2004-05[8] 8 Horsham Hastings & Bexhill No relegation[n 2] Sussex 1
2005-06[9] 9 Crowborough Hastings & Bexhill Hellingly[n 3] Sussex 1
2006-07[10] 10 Hastings & Bexhill Horsham Plumpton[n 4] Sussex 1
2007-08[11] 9 Heathfield & Waldron East Grinstead Burgess Hill, Hellingly[n 5] Sussex 1
2008-09[12] 11 Brighton Uckfield No relegation Sussex 1
2009-10[13] 12 Crawley Uckfield Lewes II Sussex Spitfire 1
2010-11[14] 12 Uckfield Burgess Hill St Francis, Worthing III Sussex Spitfire 1
2011-12[15] 10 Pulborough East Grinstead II Eastbourne II[n 6] Sussex Spitfire 1
2012-13[16] 12 Burgess Hill Eastbourne Midhurst, Newick Sussex Spitfire 1
2013-14[17] 12 Pulborough Crawley Lewes II, Haywards Heath II Sussex Spitfire 1
2014-15[18] 12 Eastbourne Burgess Hill Holbrook, Rye Sussex Spitfire 1
2015-16[19] 12 Lewes Haywards Heath Crowborough II, Midhurst Sussex Spitfire 1
2016-17 12
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. No relegation as Sussex 3 would be abolished at the end of the season leading to the Sussex league being restructured and Sussex 1 increasing from 8 to 10 teams.
  2. No relegation as Sussex 2 and Sussex 3 would be abolished at the end of the season. Sussex 2 and 3's equivalents would reappearing in 2010-11 as Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate and the Asahi 2 East/Oranjeboom 2 West respectively.
  3. Hellingly drop out of league by season's end.
  4. Plumpton drop out of league by season's end.
  5. Burgess Hill and Hellingly drop out of league by season's end.
  6. Eastbourne II were relegated as Eastbourne first team would drop down to division.

See also

External links

References

  1. "League Make up". Sussex Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. "1998-1999 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. "1999-2000 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. "2000-2001 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. "1998-1999 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. "2002-2003 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. "2003-2004 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. "2004-2005 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  9. "2005-2006 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  10. "2006-2007 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  11. "2007-2008 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  12. "2008-2009 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  13. "2009-2010 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  14. "2010-2011 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  15. "2011-2012 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  16. "2012-2013 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  17. "2013-2014 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  18. "1998-1999 London South East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  19. "2015-2016 London South-East Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
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