South West 1 East
South West 1 East is an English, level six, rugby union league in south and south-west England; mainly Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. The champions are promoted to National League 3 South West and the runners-up play the second team in South West 1 West, with the winning team gaining promotion. Relegated sides usually play in one of the two seventh-tier leagues (depending on location) – Southern Counties North or Southern Counties South. The current champions are Towcestrians and will play in National League 3 South West in season 2016–17 along with the runner-up and play-off winner Salisbury.
2016-17
2015–16
The 2015–16 South West 1 East consists of fourteen teams; four from Berkshire, three from Oxfordshire, three from Wiltshire and one each from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Northamptonshire. The season started on 5 September 2015 and ended on 23 April 2016.
Participating teams and location
Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Chippenham were promoted to National League 3 South West while Bletchley and Buckingham were relegated to Southern Counties North and Devizes to Southern Counties South.
Locations of the 2015-16 South West 1 East teams
Team |
Ground |
Capacity |
Town/Village |
Previous season |
Grove | Cane Lane | | Grove, Oxfordshire | 10th |
High Wycombe | Kingsmead Road | | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire | promoted from Southern Counties North (champions) |
Leighton Buzzard | Wright's Meadow | | Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire | 7th |
Maidenhead | Braywick Park | 1,750 | Maidenhead, Berkshire | 11th |
Newbury Blues | Monk's Lane | 8,000 | Newbury, Berkshire | 6th |
Oxford Harlequins | Marston Ferry Road | | Oxford, Oxfordshire | relegated from National League 3 South West (13th) |
Reading | Holme Park | | Sonning, Reading, Berkshire | 9th |
Salisbury | Castle Road | | Salisbury, Wiltshire | promoted from Southern Counties South (play-off) |
Swanage & Wareham | Bestwall Road | | Wareham, Dorset | promoted from Southern Counties South (champions) |
Swindon | Greenbridge Road | | Swindon, Wiltshire | 4th |
Towcestrians | Greens Norton Road | | Towchester, Northamptonshire | 2nd (lost promotion play-off) |
Trowbridge | Doric Park | | Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire | 8th |
Windsor | Home Park | | Windsor, Berkshire | 3rd |
Witney | Witney Road | | Hailey, Witney, Oxfordshire | 5th |
League table
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2015–16 South West 1 East Final Table[1] |
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Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points for |
Points against |
Points diff |
Try bonus |
Loss bonus |
Points |
1 | Towcestrians (P) | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 980 | 310 | 670 | 19 | 1 | 106 |
2 | Salisbury (P) | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 732 | 395 | 337 | 11 | 3 | 96 |
3 | Newbury Blues | 26 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 583 | 260 | 323 | 7 | 1 | 94 |
4 | Witney | 26 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 717 | 379 | 338 | 12 | 4 | 88 |
5 | Maidenhead | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 662 | 454 | 208 | 10 | 4 | 80 |
6 | Oxford Harlequins | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 559 | 493 | 66 | 9 | 2 | 79 |
7 | Swindon | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 592 | 583 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 64 |
8 | Windsor | 26 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 554 | 635 | –81 | 10 | 4 | 62 |
9 | Leighton Buzzard | 26 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 549 | 588 | –39 | 7 | 5 | 56 |
10 | Grove | 26 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 452 | 718 | –266 | 6 | 5 | 43 |
11 | Reading | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 446 | 592 | –146 | 5 | 8 | 39 |
12 | High Wycombe | 26 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 418 | 849 | –431 | 5 | 3 | 38 |
13 | Trowbridge | 26 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 340 | 750 | –410 | 2 | 5 | 30 |
14 | Swanage & Wareham | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 338 | 916 | –578 | 1 | 4 | 17 |
- Points are awarded as follows: four points for a win; two points for a draw; no points for a loss; one bonus point for scoring four tries or more in a match; one bonus point for losing by seven points or less.
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
- Number of matches won
- Difference between points for and against
- Total number of points for
- Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
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Green background is the promotion place.
Blue background is the play-off place.
Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 28 May 2016 |
Each season, the runners-up in South West 1 East and Tribute South West 1 West, participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 3 South West. The team with the best playing record, in this case Salisbury, host the match and their opponents are Thornbury.
Team |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Points for |
Points against |
Points diff |
Try bonus |
Loss bonus |
Points |
Salisbury (P) | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 732 | 395 | 337 | 11 | 3 | 96 |
Thornbury | 26 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 779 | 411 | 368 | 14 | 5 | 95 |
Salisbury |
26 – 24 |
Thornbury |
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Castle RoadAttendance: 500 [2] |
Teams 2014–15
Teams 2013–14
Teams 2012–13
South West 1 East honours
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South West 1 East Honours |
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Season |
No of teams |
Champions |
Runners–up |
Relegated teams |
League name |
1998–99[3] | 12 | Dorchester | Swanage & Wareham | Bournemouth | South West Division 2 East |
1999–00[4] | 12 | Swanage & Wareham | Chippenham | Salisbury | South West Division 2 East |
2000–01[5] | 12 | Chinnor | Slough | High Wycombe, Witney | South West Division 2 East |
2001–02[6] | 12 | Marlow | Chippenham | Olney, Redingensians, Slough | South West Division 2 East |
2002–03[7] | 12 | Oxford Harlequins | Swanage & Wareham | Grove, Amersham & Chiltern, Dorchester | South West Division 2 East |
2003–04[8] | 12 | Maidenhead | Swanage & Wareham | High Wycombe, Frome, Stow-on-the-Wold | South West Division 2 East |
2004–05[9] | 14 | Reading Abbey | Chippenham | Ivel Barbarians, Amersham & Chiltern, Windsor | South West Division 2 East |
2005–06[10] | 12 | Cleve | Swanage & Wareham | Oakmeadians, Wimborne, Keynsham | South West Division 2 East |
2006–07[11] | 12 | Redingensians | Bournemouth | Aylesbury, Swindon, Frome | South West Division 2 East |
2007–08[12] | 12 | Chippenham | Salisbury | Tadley, Windsor, Marlow | South West Division 2 East |
2008–09[13] | 12 | Maidenhead | Reading | Henley Wanderers | South West Division 2 East[n 1] |
2009–10[14] | 14 | Cheltenham | High Wycombe | Royal Wootton Bassett, Trowbridge, Salisbury | South West Division 1 East |
2010–11[15] | 14 | Amersham & Chiltern | Maidenhead | Wimborne, Oakmeadians, Wallingford | South West Division 1 East |
2011––12[16] | 14 | Maidenhead | Salisbury | Olney, Buckingham, Reading Abbey | South West Division 1 East |
2012–13[17] | 14 | Bracknell | Old Centralians | High Wycombe, Swanage & Wareham, Bletchley | South West Division 1 East |
2013–14[18] | 14 | Oxford Harlequins | Towcestrians | Salisbury, Marlow, Cheltenham | South West Division 1 East |
2014–15[19] | 14 | Chippenham | Towcestrians | Bletchley, Buckingham, Devizes | South West Division 1 East |
2015–16[20] | 14 | Towcestrians | Salisbury | Swanage & Wareham, Trowbridge, High Wycombe | South West Division 1 East |
2016–17 | 14 | | |
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
- ↑ The division would be renamed South West Division 1 East for the next season and along with the whole national restructure of the league system by the RFU lead to mass changes at all levels.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of South West 1 East and South West 1 West for the third and final promotion place to National League 3 South-West. The team with the superior league record has home advantage. As of the end of the 2015–16 season the South West 1 West teams' have been the stronger with 11 wins to the South West 1 East teams' 5.
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South West 1 (east v west) promotion play-off results |
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Season |
Home Team |
Score |
Away Team |
Venue |
Attendance |
2000–01[21] | Stroud (SW2W) | 37-8 | Slough (SW2E) | Fromehall Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire | |
2001–02[22] | Chippenham (SW2E) | 5-20 | Berry Hill (SW2W) | Allington Fields, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
2002–03[23] | Clevedon (SW2W) | 22-8 | Swanage & Wareham (SW2E) | Coleridge Vale Playing Fields, Clevedon, Somerset | |
2003–04[24] | Swanage & Wareham (SW2E) | 19-23 | Penryn (SW2W) | Bestwall Road, Dorset | |
2004–05[25] | Chippenham (SW2E) | 24-18 | Coney Hill (SW2W) | Allington Fields, Chippenham, Wiltshire | |
2005–06[26] | Swanage & Wareham (SW2E) | 10-26 | St Ives (SW2W) | Bestwall Road, Dorset | |
2006–07[27] | Bournemouth (SW2E) | 43-12 | Brixham (SW2W) | Chapel Gate, Bournemouth, Dorset | |
2007–08[28][29] | Barnstaple (SW2W) | 17-6 | Salisbury (SW2E) | Pottington Road, Barnstaple, Devon | |
2008–09[30][31] | Reading (SW2E) | 16-10 | Newton Abbot (SW2W) | Holme Park, Sonning, Reading, Berkshire | |
2009–10[32][33] | Newton Abbot (SW1W) | 23-14 | High Wycombe (SW1E) | Rackerhayes, Newton Abbot, Devon | |
2010–11[34][35] | Old Redcliffians (SW1W) | 52-8 | Maidenhead (SW1E) | Scotland Lane, Brislington, Bristol | |
2011–12[36][37] | Salisbury (SW1E) | 13-13 (a.e.t.)[a 1] | Avonmouth Old Boys (SW1W) | Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire | |
2012–13[39][40] | Old Centralians (SW1E) | 25-15 | Camborne (SW1W) | Saintbridge Sports Centre, Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 500 |
2013–14[41][42] | Towcestrians (SW1E) | 18-22 | Chard (SW1W) | Greens Norton Road, Towcester, Northamptonshire | |
2014–15[43][44] | Towcestrians (SW1E) | 20-25 | Ivybridge (SW1W) | Greens Norton Road, Towcester, Northamptonshire | |
2015–16[45][46] | Salisbury (SW1E) | 26-24 | Thornbury (SW1W) | Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire | 500 |
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Green backgrounds represent promoted teams. SW1E stands for South West 1 East while SW1W stands for South West 1 West (or SW2E/SW2W for versions prior to 2009). |
- ↑ After extra time the game was tied with each sides having 2 tries each. As a result Avonmouth Old Boys were awarded the victory by virtue of being the away side.[38]
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