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Durham/Northumberland 1
Current season or competition:
2018–19 Durham/Northumberland 1
SportRugby union
Number of teams14
Country England
HoldersConsett (2nd title) (2017–18)
(promoted to North 1 East)
Most titlesHorden, Northern (3 titles)
WebsiteEngland RFU

Durham/Northumberland 1 is an English Rugby Union league at the seventh tier of the domestic competition, the top level for local rugby union in North East England. The champions are automatically promoted to North 1 East, a division with a wider geographical area which also encompasses Yorkshire. The runners up participates in a playoff against the 2nd place team from the equivalent regional league, Yorkshire 1, for promotion to North 1 East. The bottom two clubs are relegated to Durham/Northumberland 2.

Clubs

Clubs in this league are mostly amateur clubs with no match fees paid to players. The club reportedly paying their players is Mowden Castle. Mowden castle are progressing well in DN1 even though their match reports suggest they are missing KEY players every week. They have an massive forward pack and biggest in the league although always claiming to have the smaller pack on their match reports when its going backwards.

Well known clubs competing in Durham/Northumberland 1 include Gosforth RFC who in the '70s enjoyed great success, winning the John Player Cup in 1975/76 and 76/77. Northern RFC, who in the past have produced lots of international player’s. Clubs such as Alnwick at the disco RFC, Stockton RFC and Horden RFC have traditionally played in higher leagues and tend to finish towards the top of Durham/Northumberland 1.

Participating Clubs 2018-19

Participating Clubs 2017-18

Participating Clubs 2016-17

Participating Clubs 2015-16

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Locations of the 2015-16 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in County Durham and North Yorkshire
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Locations of the 2015-16 Durham/Northumberland 1 teams in Northumberland & Tyne and Wear
Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season
Acklam Talbot Park Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2 (runners up)
Consett Amethyst Park Consett, County Durham 4th
Darlington Blackwell Meadows 3,000 Darlington, County Durham 12th
Durham City Hollow Drift Durham, County Durham 3rd
Gateshead Eastwood Gardens Gateshead, Tyne and Wear 6th
Gosforth Broadway West Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 8th
Hartlepool Rovers New Friarage Hartlepool, County Durham 5th
Horden The Welfare Park Horden, County Durham Relegated from North 1 East (14th)
Medicals Cartington Terrace 1,000 Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 9th
Middlesbrough Acklam Park 5,000 Acklam, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire Level transfer from Yorkshire 1 (4th)
Novocastrians Sutherland Park 1,150 Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 10th
Ponteland Ponteland Leisure Centre Ponteland, Tyne and Wear Promoted from Durham/Northumberland 2 (champions)
Ryton Main Road Ryton, Tyne and Wear 11th
Stockton The Grangefield Ground Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham 7th

Participating Clubs 2014-15

Participating Clubs 2013-14

Participating Clubs 2012–13

Participating Clubs 2009–10

  • Alnwick – Northumberland
  • Ashington – Northumberland
  • Consett – Durham
  • Gosforth – Northumberland
  • Hartlepool – Durham
  • Horden – Durham
  • Northern – Northumberland
  • Novocastrians – Northumberland
  • Redcar – Durham
  • Ryton – Durham
  • Stockton – Durham
  • Sunderland – Durham
  • Team Northumbria – Northumberland
  • Wallsend – Northumberland

Durham/Northumberland 1 Honours

Durham/Northumberland 1 Honours
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams League Name
1993-94 13 Mowden Park West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. Consett, Seaham Durham/Northumberland 1
1994-95
1995-96 12 Darlington Sunderland North Durham, Ponteland Durham/Northumberland 1
1996-97 12 West Hartlepool TDSOB Ryton Novocastrians, Guisborough, Hartlepool Durham/Northumberland 1
1997-98
1998-99[1] 10 Medicals Acklam Blyth, North Shields Durham/Northumberland 1
1999-00[2] 10 Consett Winlaton Vulcans Seghill, Novocastrians, Whitley Bay Rockcliff Durham/Northumberland 1
2000-01[3] 12 Westoe Durham City Medicals Durham/Northumberland 1
2001-02[4] 12 Horden Ashington Winlaton Vulcans, Consett Durham/Northumberland 1
2002-03[5] 12 Northern Hartlepool Rovers Ryton, Gosforth Durham/Northumberland 1
2003-04[6] 12 Hartlepool Rovers Alnwick Houghton, Gateshead Durham/Northumberland 1
2004-05[7] 12 Percy Park Durham City Ashington, Hartlepool Durham/Northumberland 1
2005-06[8] 12 Horden Malton and Norton Acklam, West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B. Durham/Northumberland 1
2006-07[9] 12 Gateshead Sunderland North Shields, Consett, Gosforth Durham/Northumberland 1
2007-08[10] 12 Billingham Northern West Hartlepool T.D.S.O.B., Ponteland Durham/Northumberland 1
2008-09[11] 12 Hartlepool Rovers Percy Park No relegation[a 1] Durham/Northumberland 1
2009-10[12] 14 Northern Team Northumbria Consett, Hartlepool Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2010-11[13] 14 Gateshead Darlington Redcar, Wallsend Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2011-12[14] 14 Darlington Alnwick Novocastrians, Ashington Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2012-13[15] 14 Alnwick Guisborough Sunderland, Ryton Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2013-14[16] 14 Horden Guisborough Bishop Auckland, Ponteland Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2014-15[17] 14 Guisborough Morpeth Sunderland, Blyth Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2015-16[18] 14 Durham City Middlesbrough Darlington, Ponteland Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2016-17[19] 14 Northern South Shields Westoe Ryton, Hartlepool Durham/Northumberland Division 1
2017-18[20] 14 Consett Durham City Redcar, Gosforth Durham/Northumberland 1
2018-19 14
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Durham/Northumberland 1 and Yorkshire 1 for the third and final promotion place to North 1 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2017–18 season Yorkshire 1 teams have been the most successful with thirteen wins to the Durham/Northumberland 1 teams five; and the home and way teams are tied with nine wins each.

Durham/Northumberland 1 v Yorkshire 1 promotion play-off results
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Attendance
2000–01[21] Wheatley Hills (Y) 21-19 Percy Park (DN)[a 2] Brunel Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
2001–02[22] Ashington (DN) 17-23 Scarborough (Y) Recreation Ground, Ashington, Northumberland
2002–03[23] York (Y) 29-15 Hartlepool Rovers (DN) Clifton Park, York, North Yorkshire
2003–04[24] Alnwick (DN) 25-18 Pontefract (Y) Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2004–05[25] Durham City (DN) 26-13 Wheatley Hills (Y) Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2005–06[26] Malton and Norton (DN) 19-39 Old Crossleyans (Y) The Gannock, Malton, North Yorkshire
2006–07[27] Sunderland (DN) 16-18 York (Y) Ashbrooke Sports Club, Ashbrooke, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
2007–08[28] Northern (DN) 24-28 Ilkley (Y) McCracken Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2008–09[29] Percy Park (DN) 36-3 Bridlington (Y) Preston Avenue, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
2009–10[30] Team Northumbria (DN) 34-13 Sheffield (Y) Coach Lane Sports Ground, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
2010–11[31] Darlington (DN) 17-18 Sheffield (Y) Blackwell Meadows, Darlington, County Durham
2011–12[32] Alnwick (DN) 16-18 Keighley (Y) Greensfield, Alnwick, Northumberland
2012–13[33] Huddersfield Y.M.C.A. (Y) 33-12 Guisborough (DN) Laund Hill, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
2013–14[34] Dinnington (Y) 34-20 (aet) Guisborough (DN) Lodge Lane, Dinnington, South Yorkshire
2014–15[35] Morpeth (DN) 14-11 Malton and Norton (Y) Mitford Road, Morpeth, Northumberland
2015–16[36] Middlesbrough (DN) 17-25 Malton and Norton (Y) Acklam Park, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
2016–17[37] South Shields Westoe (DN) 14-19 West Leeds (Y) Wood Terrace, South Shields, Tyne and Wear
2017–18[38] Durham City (DN) AWO[a 3] Scarborough (Y) Hollow Drift, Durham, County Durham
2018–19
Green background is the promoted team. DN = Durham/Northumberland 1 and Y = Yorkshire 1

Number of league titles

Notes

  1. ^ No relegation as division set to expand from 12 to 14 teams for the following season.
  2. ^ Despite finishing third in the 2000-01 Durham/Northumberland league, Percy Park went into the promotion playoff instead of runners up Durham City.[3]
  3. ^ Scarborough won by default as Durham City were unable to raise a team.[38]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "1999-00 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b "2000-01 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  4. ^ "2001-02 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2002-03 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  6. ^ "2003-04 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  7. ^ "2004-05 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  8. ^ "2005-06 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. ^ "2006-07 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  10. ^ "2007-08 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  11. ^ "2008-09 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  12. ^ "2009-10 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2010-11 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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  15. ^ "2012-13 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  16. ^ "2013-14 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  17. ^ "2014-15 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  18. ^ "2015-16 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  19. ^ "2016-17 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  20. ^ "2017-18 Northern Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  21. ^ "2000-01 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 5 May 2001.
  22. ^ "2001-02 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 18 May 2002.
  23. ^ "2002-03 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 26 April 2003.
  24. ^ "2003-04 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.
  25. ^ "2004-05 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 30 April 2006.
  26. ^ "2005-06 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 29 April 2006.
  27. ^ "2006-07 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 28 April 2007.
  28. ^ "2007-08 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 26 April 2008.
  29. ^ "2008-09 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 25 April 2009.
  30. ^ "2009-10 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 1 May 2010.
  31. ^ "2010-11 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 7 May 2011.
  32. ^ "2011-12 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 28 April 2012.
  33. ^ "2012-13 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 27 April 2013.
  34. ^ "2013-14 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 26 April 2014.
  35. ^ "2014-15 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 25 April 2015.
  36. ^ "2015-16 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 30 April 2016.
  37. ^ "2016-17 North Playoffs". England Rugby. 29 April 2017.
  38. ^ a b "Skipper Jones' delight at promotion success". The Scarborough News. 4 May 2018.
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