2011 Championship 1

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2011 Championship 1
League Championship 1
Duration18 games each
Teams10
Broadcast partners SKY Sports
2011 Season
Play-off Winners Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars
Champions Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions
Top point-scorer(s) Swintoncolours.svg Ian Mort (292)
Top try-scorer(s) Swintoncolours.svg Ian Mort (21)

The 2011 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, along with the play-off winners will be promoted to the 2012 Rugby Football League Championship. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.

Contents

All of the teams competed in the 2011 Challenge Cup but the South Wales Scorpions did not compete in the 2011 National League Cup.

2011 structure

The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2010. The exceptions being that the Hunslet Hawks and the York City Knights were both promoted to compete in the 2011 RFL Championship. The Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated from the 2010 RFL Championship. The competition was to contain 11 teams, however, the Blackpool Panthers went into administration and were thus omitted from the competition for 2011

Championship 1
Team 2010 Season StadiumCapacityCity/Area
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 9th Keepmoat Stadium 15,231 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 11th Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 10th (Championship) Cougar Park 6,800 Keighley, West Yorkshire
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 10th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 2nd Whitebank Stadium 1500Limeside, Oldham Greater Manchester
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 5th Spotland Stadium 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 6th The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 8th The Willows
(Shared with Salford for this season)		N/A Swinton, Greater Manchester
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 11th (Championship) Recreation Ground 7,500 Whitehaven, Cumbria
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 7th Derwent Park 10,000 Workington, Cumbria

Season table

2011 Championship 1
#TeamPldWDLPFPAPDBnsPts
1 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 201415720479+241347
2 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 201307663412+251443
3 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 201118659443+216641
4 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 201208652498+154440
5 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 201208531433+98440
6 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 201325566425+141236 [lower-alpha 1]
7 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham 201109641533+108336
8 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 206014536674−138422
9 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 205114433678−245421
10 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 2001192681094−82602
 Teams qualifying for promotion
 Teams qualifying for the Play-offs
updated 7 October 2011

Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20111005000040/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl2.php

Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.

Season Results

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 30–22 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 13 March, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground A 704
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 22–10 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 13 March, 15:00 GMT The Willows 681
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 66–12 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 13 March, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 562
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 66–6 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 13 March, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 640
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 40–10 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 13 March, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 895
Source: [1]

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 31–12 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 20 March, 15:00 GMT Derwent Park A 473
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 18–22 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 20 March, 13:00 GMT The Gnoll 271
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 26–46 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 20 March, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 743
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 22–42 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 20 March, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 326
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 10–44 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 20 March, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 305
Source: [2]

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 24–10 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 27 March, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground A 754
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 60–20 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 27 March, 13:00 GMT The Gnoll 302
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 40–20 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 27 March, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 434
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 24–68 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 27 March, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 744
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 26–16 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 27 March, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 493
Source: [1]

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 38–24 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 3 April, 13:00 GMT Derwent Park A 376
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 48–24 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 3 April, 15:00 GMT The Willows 493
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 16–48 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 3 April, 15:00 GMT New River Stadium 542
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 40–14 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 3 April, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 995
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 8–24 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 3 April, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium 589
Source: [1]

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 38–30 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 9 April, 17:00 GMT The Willows A 395
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 49–18 Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 10 April, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium A 457
Source: [1]

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 26–16 Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 17 April, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground A 727
Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 22–74 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 17 April, 15:00 GMT The Gnoll 370
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 32–40 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 17 April, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 515
Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 52–26 Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 17 April, 15:00 GMT Whitebank Stadium 566
Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 0–64 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 17 April, 15:00 GMT Gateshead International Stadium 273
Source: [1]

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenueReferee
Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 32–36 Swintoncolours.svg Swinton Lions 25 April, 15:00 GMT Keepmoat Stadium A 649
Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars 38–18 Workingtoncolours.svg Workington Town 25 April, 15:00 GMT Cougar Park 892
Skolscolours.svg London Skolars 32–32 Gthundercolours.svg Gateshead Thunder 25 April, 14:00 GMT New River Stadium 263
Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets 40–18 Scorpions.png South Wales Scorpions 25 April, 15:00 GMT Spotland Stadium 402
Haven colours.svg Whitehaven 40–24 Oldhamcolours.svg Oldham R.L.F.C. 25 April, 15:00 GMT Recreation Ground 946
Source: [2]

Statistics

The following are the top points scorers in Championship 1 during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs. [3]

Most tries
PlayerTeamTries
Andy Saywell Rochdale Hornets 22
Ian Mort Swinton Lions 21
Scott Kaighan Workington Town 21
Dale Bloomfield Rochdale Hornets 19
Gavin Dodd Swinton Lions 17
Andrew Gay South Wales Scorpions 16
Craig Calvert Whitehaven 15
Chris Spurr Doncaster 13
Mark Brocklehurst Oldham R.L.F.C. 13
Ben Heaton Oldham R.L.F.C. 13
Steve Parry South Wales Scorpions 13
Neil Frazer Workington Town 13
Most goals
PlayerTeamGoals
Ian Mort Swinton Lions 104
Paul Crook Rochdale Hornets 100
Darren Holt Workington Town 73
Scott Spaven Doncaster 70
Carl Forber Oldham R.L.F.C. 63
Danny Lawton Keighley Cougars 58
Lewis Palfrey Whitehaven 56
Lewis Reece South Wales Scorpions 54
Dylan Skee London Skolars 36
Chris Baines Keighley Cougars 33
Most points
PlayerTeamTriesGoalsDGsPoints
Ian Mort Swinton Lions 211040292
Paul Crook Rochdale Hornets 101005245
Scott Spaven Doncaster 7701169
Darren Holt Workington Town 1735155
Danny Lawton Keighley Cougars 9580152
Carl Forber Oldham R.L.F.C. 5630146
Lewis Palfrey Whitehaven 5560132
Lewis Reece South Wales Scorpions 5540128
Scott Kaighan Workington Town 21161117
Dylan Skee London Skolars 636197

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Whitehaven were deducted 9 points for entering administration.

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  2. 1 2 "Super League XVI 2011 – Round 1" Rugby League Project; retrieved 13 February 2011
  3. ↑ Tim Butcher; Daniel Spencer. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011–12. League Publications Limited. ISBN   978-1-901347-24-1.
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