Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4

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Rugby football current event.svg 2016–17 Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 (North & South)
Sport Rugby union
Instituted2011;13 years ago (2011)
Number of teams17
7 (North)
10 (South)
CountryFlag of England.svg  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.

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The league was created in 2011-12 as a single division but split into north and south regions for 2013–14.

Participating Clubs 2016-17

North

South

Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 Honours

Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 Honours
SeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated TeamsLeague Name
2011-12 [1] 9 Newbury III Drifters II (and 6 others also promoted) [n 1] No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4
2012-13 [2] 9 Grove III Reading IV No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 [n 2]
2013-14 [3] 7 Gosford All Blacks II Abingdon II No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North
2013-14 [4] 5 Reading IV Windsor IV No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South
2014-15 [5] 8 Hungerford II Buckingham III No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North
2014-15 [6] 7 Redingensians IV Slough II No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South
2015-16 [7] 8 Buckingham III Abingdon II No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North
2015-16 [8] 7 Reading Abbey III Windsor IV No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South
2016-17 [9] 7 Banbury III Wheatley II No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 North
2016-17 [10] 10 Reading Abbey IV [n 3] Hungerford II No relegationBerks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South
2017-187
2017-1810
Green backgrounds are promotion places.
  1. Due to the folding of Berks/Bucks & Oxon 5 multiple teams were promoted from this division into either Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 North or Berks/Bucks & Oxon 3 South depending on geographical location. Teams from the discontinued division would then populate Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 for the following season.
  2. The following season the league would split into two regional divisions - north and south.
  3. Despite winning Berks/Bucks & Oxon 4 South, Reading Abbey IV were not promoted as Reading Abbey III were in the division above.

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