Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West was a tier 9 English Rugby Union league with teams from Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and the western region of Leicestershire taking part[lower-alpha 1]. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West.

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
Current season or competition:
2003–04 Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
SportRugby union
Instituted2000 (2000)
Ceased2004 (2004)
Number of teams10
Country England
HoldersAshfield (2nd title) (2003–04)
(promoted to Midlands 4 East (North))
Most titlesAshfield (2 titles)

The division was created in 2000, along with its counterpart Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East, following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and the subsequent merging of the Leicestershire and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire leagues. After four seasons the league was discontinued following further restructuring and the majority of teams moved into the newly created Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire and Derbyshire/North Leicestershire divisions.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 2000 it contained the following teams:

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West honours
Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated teams Reference
2000–0111Old NewtoniansMelbourneTupton, Rolls-Royce, Castle Donington[1]
2001–0210AshfieldNottingham CasualsAylestone St James, Leesbrook[2]
2002–0311East LeakeAmber ValleyMelbourne, Belper, Dronfield[3]
2003–0410AshfieldAshby[lower-alpha 2]No relegation[lower-alpha 3][4]
Green backgrounds are the promotion places.

Promotion play-offs

During the 2003–04 season there was a promotion playoff between the runners up of Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West for the third place to Midlands 4 East (North). The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie.

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 (East v West)
Season Home team Score Away team Venue Reference
2003–04Southwell39-14AshbyPark Lane, Southwell[5]

Number of league titles
  • Ashfield (2)
  • East Leake (1)
  • Old Newtonians (1)

Notes
  1. Despite the name Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, most Lincolnshire based teams would play in Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East.
  2. League restructuring meant that all non-promoted teams were transferred to new divisions. Clubs ranked 2nd to 5th, Ashby (playoff losers), Antsey, Castle Donington and Nottingham Corsairs were transferred to Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire while Aylestonians (7th) would go into East Midlands/South Leicestershire 1.
  3. Although there was no relegation, Worksop (6th) would be transferred a level down into the new Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire division, while Long Eaton (8th), Bakewell Mannerians (9th) and Leesbrook (10th) would go down into the new Derbyshire/North Leicestershire division.

See also

References
  1. "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2003-04". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.
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