Current season or competition: 2016–17 Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 (North & South) | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 2011 |
Number of teams | 17 7 (North) 10 (South) |
Country | England |
Holders | Banbury III (North - 1st title) Reading Abbey IV (South - 1st title) (2016–17) (both promoted to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3) |
Berks, Bucks and Oxon Division 4 is an English rugby union league featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire which is currently divided into two regional divisions - Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North and Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South. As with all of the divisions in this area at this level, the entire league is made up of second, third and fourth teams of clubs whose first teams play at a higher level of the rugby union pyramid. Promoted teams move up to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 and since the disbanding of the short-lived Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 at the end of 2011-12 there has been no relegation.
The league was created in 2011-12 as a single division but split into north and south regions for 2013–14.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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2011-12 [1] | 9 | Newbury III | Drifters II (and 6 others also promoted) [n 1] | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 | |||||||||
2012-13 [2] | 9 | Grove III | Reading IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 [n 2] | |||||||||
2013-14 [3] | 7 | Gosford All Blacks II | Abingdon II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
2013-14 [4] | 5 | Reading IV | Windsor IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
2014-15 [5] | 8 | Hungerford II | Buckingham III | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
2014-15 [6] | 7 | Redingensians IV | Slough II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
2015-16 [7] | 8 | Buckingham III | Abingdon II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
2015-16 [8] | 7 | Reading Abbey III | Windsor IV | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
2016-17 [9] | 7 | Banbury III | Wheatley II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North | |||||||||
2016-17 [10] | 10 | Reading Abbey IV [n 3] | Hungerford II | No relegation | Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South | |||||||||
2017-18 | 7 | |||||||||||||
2017-18 | 10 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
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