Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Last updated March 05, 2025 North Departing were High Wycombe , promoted to Counties 1 Southern North . Banbury (11th) and Oxford Harlequins III (12th) were relegated.
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire 10th Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire 8th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire 5th Didcot Boundary Park Didcot , Oxfordshire 6th Faringdon Folly Sports Park Faringdon , Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington , Oxfordshire 3rd Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Counties 1 Southern North (12th) Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey , Oxford , Oxfordshire 2nd Tring II Pendley Sports Centre Tring , Hertfordshire 7th Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 9th Witney II Hailey Road Witney , Oxfordshire 4th
Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire
South Departing were Reading Abbey , promoted to Counties 1 Southern North .
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Amersham & Chiltern II Weedon Lane Amersham , Buckinghamshire Promoted from Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South) (Champions) Beaconsfield II Oak Lodge Meadow Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire 8th Crowthorne The Crows New Nest Crowthorne , Berkshire 9th Henley II Dry Leas Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire 2nd Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 4th Marlow II Riverwoods Drive Marlow , Buckinghamshire Promoted from Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South) (3rd) Newbury II Monks Lane Newbury , Berkshire 6th Rams III Old Bath Road Sonning , Reading , Berkshire Relegated from Counties 1 Southern North (11th) Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Berkshire 5th Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 3rd Thatcham Henwicky Worthy Sports Field Thatcham , Berkshire 7th
Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South teams in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South teams in Berkshire
North Departing were Oxford Harlequins II , promoted to Counties 1 Southern North . Faringdon (10th) together with Amersham & Chiltern II (11th) were relegated.
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire Level transfer from Counties 2 BBO (South) (3rd) Banbury II Bodicote Park Banbury , Oxfordshire 6th Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire 9th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire 3rd Didcot Boundary Park Didcot , Oxfordshire 8th Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington , Oxfordshire Relegated from Counties 1 Southern North (8th) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Counties 1 Southern North (10th) Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey , Oxford , Oxfordshire 2nd Oxford Harlequins III Horspath Sports Ground Horspath , Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 3 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North (Champions) Tring II Pendley Sports Centre Tring , Hertfordshire 4th Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 5th Witney II Hailey Road Witney , Oxfordshire 7th
Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire
North Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Amersham & Chiltern II Weedon Lane Amersham , Buckinghamshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (runners-up) Banbury II Bodicote Park Banbury , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (3rd) Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire 8th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire 4th Didcot Boundary Park Didcot , Oxfordshire 2nd Faringdon Folly Sports Park Faringdon , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 (North) (Runners-up) Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey , Oxford , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 (North) (Champions) Oxford Harlequins II Horspath Sports Ground Horspath , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (5th) Tring II Pendley Sports Centre Tring , Hertfordshire New entry Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 9th Witney II Hailey Road Witney , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (6th)
Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North teams in Buckinghamshire & Hertfordshire
South Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire 7th Aldermaston Recreational Society Aldermaston , Berkshire 6th Beaconsfield II Oak Lodge Meadow Beaconsfield , Buckinghamshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (12th) Henley III Dry Leas Henley-on-Thames , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 (South) (Champions) Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 10th Maidenhead III Braywick Park Maidenhead , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 (South) (runners-up) Newbury II Monks Lane Newbury , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (8th) Rams III Old Bath Road Sonning , Reading , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (4th) Reading II Holme Park Sonning , Reading , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (7th) Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Berkshire 5th Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 3rd
Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South teams in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South teams in Berkshire
Teams 2021–22In February 2022 Drifters RFC withdrew from the league with their fixtures liquidated meaning it will be completed with eleven teams.
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire 4th Aldermaston Recreational Society Aldermaston , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley , Buckinghamshire 7th Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (11th) Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire 3rd Crowthorne The Crows New Nest Crowthorne , Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 Didcot Boundary Park Didcot , Oxfordshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th) Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 9th Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Buckinghamshire 6th Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 8th Wheatley Holton Playing Field of Dreams Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 5th
Locations of the 2021–22 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams
Teams 2019–20Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire Promoted from BBO Championship (runners up) Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley , Buckinghamshire 10th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire Promoted from BBO Championship (champions) Drifters Farnham Common Farnham Common , Buckinghamshire 8th Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington , Oxfordshire 5th Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 9th Littlemore [ a] Oxford Academy Littlemore , Oxford , Oxfordshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th) Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire 3rd Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey , Oxford , Oxfordshire 6th Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (11th) Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 4th Wheatley Holton Playing Field of Dreams Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 7th
Locations of the 2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Berkshire
Locations of the 2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Buckinghamshire
Teams 2018–19Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire 8th Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire 3rd Didcot Edmunds Park Didcot , Oxfordshire 6th Drifters Farnham Common Farnham Common , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th) Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington , Oxfordshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (11th) Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 9th Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire 7th Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey , Oxford , Oxfordshire Promoted from BBO Championship (runners up) Risborough Princes Risborough School Princes Risborough , Buckinghamshire Promoted from BBO Championship (champions) Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 5th Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 4th
Locations of the 2018–19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2018–19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Berkshire
Locations of the 2018–19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Buckinghamshire
Teams 2017–18Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon , Oxfordshire 8th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th) Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham , Buckinghamshire 4th Didcot Edmunds Park Didcot , Oxfordshire 5th Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 6th Littlemore Oxford Academy Littlemore , Oxford , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (champions) Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End , Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (11th) Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Berkshire 3rd Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire 9th Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (runners up)
Locations of the 2017–18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2017–18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Berkshire
Locations of the 2017–18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Buckinghamshire
2015–16The 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier consisted of twelve teams; five from Oxfordshire , four from Berkshire and three from Buckinghamshire . The season started on 12 September 2015 and the last league matches were played on 23 April 2016.
Participating teams and location Seven of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Reading Abbey were promoted to the Southern Counties North along with runner-up, Swindon College Old Boys , while Phoenix were relegated to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship .
Locations of the 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Oxfordshire
Locations of the 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Berkshire
Locations of the 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier teams in Buckinghamshire
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon, Oxfordshire 4th Alchester Fritwell Playing Fields Fritwell , Oxfordshire relegated from Southern Counties North (11th) Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Playing Fields Chesham , Buckinghamshire 8th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire 6th Crowthorne The Crows New Nest Reading , Berkshire promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (runner-up) Driftera One Pin Lane As many as you like. Farnham Common , Buckinghamshire relegated from Southern Counties North Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington , Oxfordshire 3rd Hungerford Triangle Field Hungerford , Berkshire 5th Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Milton Keynes , Buckinghamshire Relegated from Southern Counties North (12th) Risborough Princes Risborough School Playing Fields Princes Risborough , Buckinghamshire promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (champions) Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough , Berkshire 9th Tadley Tigers Red Lane Aldermaston , Berkshire relegated from London 2 South West (12th) & level transferred to league Wheatley Holton Playing Fields Holton , Wheatley , Oxfordshire 7th
2012–13Participating teams Aylesbury Athletic Bicester Chipping Norton Gosford All Blacks Harwell Hungerford Littlemore Phoenix Risborough Stow-on-the-Wold Swindon College Old Boys 2011–12Participating teams Bicester Chipping Norton Drifters [ 2] Gosford All Blacks [ 3] Hungerford Littlemore Phoenix Stow-on-the-Wold and District [ 4] Swindon College Old Boys Thatcham Original teams When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Bucks/Oxon 1) contained the following teams from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire :
Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier honours Bucks/Oxon 1 (1997–1999)Bucks/Oxon would revert to its former name of Bucks/Oxon 1 for the 1997–98 season, remaining a tier 8 league. Promotion continued to Southern Counties North and relegation to Bucks/Oxon 2
Bucks/Oxon (1999–2000)Once again Bucks/Oxon 1 became a single league known as Bucks/Oxon, remaining at tier 8. Promotion continued to Southern Counties North , while relegation would be to the new Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 . [ m]
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated team(s) Ref 1999–00 11 Phoenix Grove Multiple teams [ n] [ 17] Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (2000–2004)Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season would see Berkshire based clubs join the Bucks & Oxon leagues. [ o] This meant that Bucks/Oxon 1 would be renamed Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1, remaining a tier 8 league. Promotion would continue to Southern Counties North , while relegation was to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 .
Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (2009–present)Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier remained a tier 8 league, with promotion continuing to Southern Counties South and relegation to the newly introduced Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (last known as Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 [ q] ).
Notes ↑ Littlemore dropped out of the league in December 2019. [ 1] ↑ Chiltern were renamed as Amersham & Chiltern in 1992. [ 5] ↑ Pennanians were renamed as Farnham Royal RFC in 2005. [ 6] ↑ Berkshire based clubs would not join the division until 2000, having originally been involved in the Berks/Dorset/Wilts leagues . ↑ Due to restructuring of the majority of south west leagues increasing from 11 to 13 teams for the following season, there was no relegation. ↑ Despite winning the league, champions Oxford Marathon would not be promoted. ↑ Oxford Old Boys would merge with Oxford Marathon the following season to form Oxford Harlequins . ↑ The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that seven clubs were promoted including Slough , Buckingham , Oxford Marathon , Grove and Milton Keynes . ↑ Restructuring caused by the cancellation of National League 5 South meant that there was no relegation. ↑ Southern Counties was split into Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South as part of RFU restructuring at the end of the 1995–96 season. ↑ Although Bucks/Oxon 2 was cancelled for the 1996–97 season it would return the following year, meaning that was still relegation from Bucks/Oxon. ↑ No relegation as Bucks & Oxon would merge with Bucks & Oxon 2 to reform as a single division – Bucks & Oxon – for the following season. ↑ Berkshire based clubs would leave the Dorset & Wilts leagues at the end of the 1999–00 season to join the Bucks/Oxon leagues. ↑ The reintroduction of Bucks/Oxon 2 for the following season, meant that fives clubs were relegated, including Gosford All Blacks , Harwell , Abingdon , Didcot and Wheatley . ↑ Previously Berkshire clubs played in the Berks/Dorset/Wilts leagues . ↑ No relegation as league would expand to 12 teams for the next season. ↑ Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 was cancelled at the end of the 2003–04 season. ↑ League reduced from 12 to 11 teams by December 2019 when Littlemore dropped out of the league. [ 1] ↑ Both of Amersham & Chiltern's titles were won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1, and one of the titles when the club was Chiltern RFC. ↑ One of Bicester's titles was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ One of Chipping Norton's titles was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon. ↑ One of Slough's titles was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Chinnor's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Cholsey's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Grove's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Olney's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Oxford's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. ↑ Oxford Marathon merged with Oxford Old Boys in 1996 to form Oxford Harlequins . ↑ Oxford Old Boys merged with Oxford Marathon in 1996 to form Oxford Harlequins . ↑ Phoenix's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon. ↑ Witney's title was won back when the league was known as Bucks/Oxon 1. 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