Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
Current season or competition:; 2003–04 Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2000; 25 years ago
Ceased	2004; 21 years ago
Number of teams	10
Country	England
Holders	Ashfield (2nd title) (2003–04); (promoted to Midlands 4 East (North))
Most titles	Ashfield (2 titles)

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.^[a] Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West.

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:

Aylestone St James – promoted from East Midlands/Leicestershire 2 (champions)
Bakewell Mannerians – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (10th)
Castle Donington – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (11th)
Dronfield – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (15th)
East Leake – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (7th)
Leesbrook – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (10th)
Melbourne – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (9th)
Nottingham Casuals – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (6th)
Old Newtonians – transferred from East Midlands/Leicestershire 1 (9th)
Rolls-Royce – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (8th)
Tupton – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (6th)

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West honours

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West

Season

No of teams

Champions

Runners–up

Relegated teams

Reference

2000–01

11

Old Newtonians

Melbourne

Tupton, Rolls-Royce, Castle Donington

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2001–02

10

Ashfield

Nottingham Casuals

Aylestone St James, Leesbrook

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2002–03

11

East Leake

Amber Valley

Melbourne, Belper, Dronfield

^[3]

2003–04

10

Ashfield

Ashby^[b]

No relegation^[c]

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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

2003–04

Southwell

39-14

Ashby

Park Lane, Southwell

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Number of league titles

Notes

^ Despite the name Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, most Lincolnshire based teams would play in Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East.
^ 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.
^ 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.

References

^ "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2003-04". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.

External links

[1] Despite the name Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, most Lincolnshire based teams would play in Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East.

[5] 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.

[6] 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.

[2] "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[3] "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[4] "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[7] "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[8] "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2003-04". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.

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