Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4
Current season or competition: 2014–15 Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 (North & South) | |
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| Instituted | 2011 |
| Number of teams | 20 10 (North) 10 (South) |
| Country |  England |
| Holders | Buckingham III (North - 1st title) Reading Abbey III (South - 1st title) (2015–16) (both promoted to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3) |
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Division 4 is an English rugby union league featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire which is currently divided into two regional divisions - Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North and Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South. As with all of the divisions in this area at this level, the entire league is made up of second, third and fourth teams of clubs whose first teams play at a higher level of the rugby union pyramid. Promoted teams move up to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 and since the disbanding of the short-lived Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 at the end of 2011-12 there has been no relegation.
The league was created in 2011-12 as a single division but split into north and south regions for 2013-14.
Participating Clubs 2016-17
North
- Abingdon II
- Aylesbury III
- Banbury III
- Bicester III
- Chipping Norton II
- Gosford All Blacks II
- Grove III
- Harwell II
- Wheatley II
- Witney IV
South
- Didcot II
- High Wycombe III
- Hungerford II
- Marlow III
- Phoenix II
- Reading Abbey IV
- Slough II
- Tadley III
- Thatcham III
- WIndsor IV
Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 Honours
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| Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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| 2011-12[1] | 9 | Newbury III | Drifters II (and 6 others also promoted)[n 1] | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 | |||||||||
| 2012-13[2] | 9 | Grove III | Reading IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4[n 2] | |||||||||
| 2013-14[3] | 7 | Gosford All Blacks II | Abingdon II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
| 2013-14[4] | 5 | Reading IV | Windsor IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
| 2014-15[5] | 8 | Hungerford II | Buckingham III | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
| 2014-15[6] | 7 | Redingensians IV | Slough II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
| 2015-16[7] | 8 | Buckingham III | Abingdon II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
| 2015-16[8] | 7 | Reading Abbey III | Windsor IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
| 2016-17 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 2016-17 | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. | ||||||||||||||
- ^ Due to the folding of Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 multiple teams were promoted from this division into either Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 North or Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 South depending on geographical location. Teams from the discontinued division would then populate Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 for the following season.
- ^ The following season the league would split into two regional divisions - north and south.
References
- ^ "2011-2012 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "2012-2013 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "2013-2014 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2013-2014 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2014-2015 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2014-2015 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "2015-2016 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ^ "2015-2016 South-West Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
See also
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