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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3

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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3
Current season or competition:
1995–96 Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3
SportRugby union
Instituted1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Ceased1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Number of teams12
Country England
HoldersBurntwood (1st title) (1995–96)
(transferred to Staffordshire[a])
Most titlesMultiple teams (1 title)

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 was a tier 12 English Rugby Union league with teams from Staffordshire and Warwickshire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 and relegated teams dropped to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4. Restructuring of the Staffordshire/Warwickshire leagues at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that the league was cancelled and all teams transferred into either the Staffordshire or Warwickshire regional divisions.

Original teams

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When this division was introduced in 1992 as part of a merger of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues, it contained the following teams:

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 honours

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Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 (1992–1993)

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The original Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 was a tier 11 league. Promotion was to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1992–93 12 Atherstone Harbury Coventry Technical [3]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 (1993–1996)

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The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3 dropped to become a tier 12 league. Promotion continued to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 and relegation to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 4. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1995–96 season and all teams transferred into either the Staffordshire or Warwickshire league.

Staffordshire/Warwickshire 3
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
1993–94 13 Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire Police No relegation[e] [4]
1994–95 12 Old Warwickians Alcester Warwick, Old Oaks, Standard [5]
1995–96 12 Burntwood[f] Linley & Kidsgrove[g] No relegation[h] [6]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Number of league titles

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Typically champions Burntwood would be promoted to Staffordshire/Warwickshire 2 but the splitting of the Staffordshire and Warwickshire leagues meant they were transferred to Staffordshire instead.
  2. ^ In 2004 Old Warwickians RFC would merge with Warwick RFC to form Warwickian RUFC.[1]
  3. ^ In 2004 Warwick RFC would merge with Old Warwickians RFC to form Warwickian RUFC.[1]
  4. ^ Wulfrun would later merge with Old Oaks and Rubery Owen in 1998 to form Essington RUFC.[2]
  5. ^ Although there was no relegation, 5th place Wulfrun would be transferred to North Midlands 3 ahead of the 1994–95 season.
  6. ^ Restructuring meant that champions Burntwood were transferred to Staffordshire 1.
  7. ^ Restructuring meant that clubs would be transferred to different leagues. Linley & Kidsgrove (2nd), Rubery Owen (4th), Rugeley (5th), Bloxwich (6th) and Wheaton Aston & Penkridge (7th) would go into Staffordshire, while Claverdon (3rd), Shottery (8th), Standard (9th), Rugby Welsh (10th), Harbury (11th) and Coventry Technical (12th) would go into Warwickshire.
  8. ^ Restructuring meant there was no relegation.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Warwickian Rugby Club to mark 80th birthday". Coventry Telegraph. 16 July 2009.
  2. ^ "Club History". Essington RUFC. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  4. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993-94. Headline. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-7472-7891-1.
  5. ^ Jones, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1995). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994-95. Headline. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
  6. ^ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John (1996). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. pp. 192–195. ISBN 0-7472-7816-4.