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Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship

Current season or competition: 2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Bucks/Oxon 2)
Ceased	2019; 5 years ago (2019)
Number of teams	7
Country	England
Holders	Chipping Norton (1st title) (2018–19) (promoted to Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
Most titles	Drifters, Wheatley (4 titles)
Website	englandrugby.com

Berks, Bucks and Oxon Championship was a division at level 9 of the English rugby union system featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams moved up to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier and there was no relegation. Each year three teams (one each from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions) were picked to take part in the RFU Junior Vase (a national cup competition for clubs at levels 9-12).

Originally the league was set up as Bucks & Oxon 2 and then Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 before being disbanded in 2003–04 as the league was restructured to cater for the joining of many second, third and fourth teams and was split into regional divisions. The league returned in 2011–12 to contain only first teams (along with Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier) while the second, third and fourth teams were transferred to newly created regional leagues with Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 at the pinnacle and no possibility of promotion to the championship or the league system above it.

At the end of the 2018–19 the league was discontinued. Teams that were not promoted into the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier were transferred into regional Berks/Bucks & Oxon leagues.

Teams 2019–20

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Aldermaston AWE Recreation Society Aldermaston, Berkshire 3rd Berkshire Shire Hall Berkshire County Sports Club Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 6th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Relegated from BBO Premier (10th) Faringdon Folly Sports Park Faringdon, Oxfordshire 5th Harwell AEA Sports Ground Harwell, Oxfordshire 7th Phoenix The Sports Ground Taplow, Buckinghamshire 4th Risborough Princes Risborough School Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire Relegated from BBO Premier (11th)

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BletchleyPhoenixRisboroughclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019-20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Buckinghamshire

Teams 2018–19

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Abingdon Southern Sports Park Abingdon, Oxfordshire Relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (10th) Aldermaston AWE Recreation Society Aldermaston, Berkshire 3rd Berkshire Shire Hall Berkshire County Sports Club Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 6th Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 4th Faringdon Folly Sports Park Faringdon, Oxfordshire 8th Harwell AEA Sports Ground Harwell, Oxfordshire 7th Phoenix The Sports Ground Taplow, Buckinghamshire 5th

AbingdonChipping NortonFaringdonHarwellclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018-19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Oxfordshire AldermastonShire Hallclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018-19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Berkshire

Phoenixclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018-19 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Buckinghamshire

Teams 2017–18

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Aldermaston AWE Recreation Society Aldermaston, Berkshire 8th Berkshire Shire Hall Berkshire County Sports Club Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 3rd Chipping Norton Greystones Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire 4th Faringdon Folly Sports Park Faringdon, Oxfordshire 7th Farnham Royal Farnham Park Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire 9th Harwell AEA Sports Ground Harwell, Oxfordshire 6th Oxford St. Peter's Recreation Ground North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire 5th Phoenix The Sports Ground Taplow, Buckinghamshire Relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (10th) Risborough Princes Risborough School Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire Relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (11th)

Chipping NortonFaringdonHarwellOxfordclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017-18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Oxfordshire AldermastonShire Hallclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017-18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Berkshire

PhoenixFarnham RoyalRisboroughclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017-18 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship teams in Buckinghamshire

Participating clubs

2016–17

• Aldermaston
• Berkshire Shire Hall
• Chipping Norton (relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
• Faringdon
• Farnham
• Harwell
• Littlemore
• Oxford
• Wheatley (relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)

2015–16

The 2015–16 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship consisted of nine teams; five from Oxfordshire and two each from Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. The season started on 12 September 2015 and was due to end on 23 April 2016.

Participating teams and location

Six of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Risborough were promoted to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier along with runners up, Crowthorne while Oxford are new to the league having previously been playing friendly matches over the past season. As the basement league in Berks/Bucks & Oxon there was no relegation - although there are a number of leagues below it, mainly for second teams.

2014–15

• Aldermaston
• Berkshire Shire Hall
• Crowthorne
• Didcot
• Faringdon
• Farnham Royal (relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
• Harwell
• Risborough

2013–14

• Abingdon
• Aldermaston
• Berkshire Shire Hall
• Crowthorne
• Didcot
• Faringdon
• Harwell (relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
• Kingsclere
• Risborough (relegated from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
• Wheatley
• Winslow

2012–13

• Abingdon
• Aldermaston
• Berkshire Shire Hall
• Chesham
• Crowthorne
• Didcot
• Farnham Royal
• Faringdon
• Kingsclere
• Wheatley
• Winslow

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Bucks/Oxon 2) contained the following teams from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire:

• Chesham
• Chipping Norton
• Cholsey
• Drifters
• Gosford All Blacks
• Harwell
• Milton Keynes
• Olney
• Phoenix
• Wheatley

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship honours

Bucks/Oxon 2 (1987–1993)

Originally known as Bucks/Oxon 2, it was a level 9 league for clubs based in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promotion was to Bucks/Oxon 1 and there was no relegation.

Bucks/Oxon 2 (1993–1996)

The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Bucks/Oxon 2 dropped to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Bucks/Oxon 1 and there was no relegation. The division would be cancelled after the 1995–96 due to the merging of the two Bucks/Oxon divisions into a single league known as Bucks/Oxon.

Bucks/Oxon 2 (1997–1999)

The resplitting of Bucks/Oxon into two divisions ahead of the 1997–98 season, saw the return of Bucks/Oxon 2 after a single season - this time as a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Bucks/Oxon 1 and there was no relegation. After two seasons the division was cancelled again due to the remerging of Bucks/Oxon 1 and Bucks/Oxon 2 into a single Bucks/Oxon division.

Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 (2000–2004)

Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season would see Berkshire based clubs join the Bucks & Oxon leagues. This also saw the reintroduction of Bucks/Oxon 2, remaining a tier 9 league, but this time called Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2. Promotion was to Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (formerly Bucks/Oxon 1) and there was no relegation. At the end of the 2003–04 season, the renaming of Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 to Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier, meant that Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 would be cancelled and all clubs transferred to the new regionalised Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (replacing Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2).

Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship (2011–2019)

The Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship was introduced as a tier 9 league ahead of the 2011–12 season, replacing Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 as the second division Berks/Bucks & Oxon league. Promotion was to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier and there was no relegation.

Number of league titles

• Drifters (4)
• Wheatley (4)
• Littlemore (3)
• Phoenix (2)
• Risborough (2)
• Abingdon (1)
• Bicester (1)
• Bletchley (1)
• Chesham (1)
• Chipping Norton (1)
• Cholsey (1)
• Farnham Royal (1)
• Harwell (1)

Notes

1. Berkshire based clubs would not join the division until 2000, having originally been involved in the Berks/Dorset/Wilts leagues.
2. Due to the restructuring of Bucks/Oxon 1 to 13 teams, four teams were promoted including 3rd and 4th place Abingdon and Buckingham.
3. Due to the merging of Bucks/Oxon 1 and Bucks/Oxon 2 into a single division ahead of the 1996–97 season, all clubs were promoted including Gosford All Blacks, Cholsey, Abingdon, Hanwell and Didcot. Winslow would drop out before the start of the new season.
4. Bucks & Oxon 2 and the league above merged into one division – Bucks & Oxon – for the following season.
5. Previously Berkshire clubs played in the Berks/Dorset/Wilts leagues.
6. Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 would be split into regional divisions for the next season - the top 5 teams (Drifters, Harwell, Gosford All Blacks, Farnham Royal and Littlemore) would be promoted up to the newly named Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier.
7. Due to the restructuring of the Berks/Bucks & Oxon leagues, Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2 would be split into regional divisions for the next season - 4 teams would be relegated to one of the newly created divisions - what is now Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1. The relegated clubs were Winslow, Berkshire Shire Hall, Abingdon and Wheatley
8. Would reduce from 9 to 7 teams after Farnham Royal dropped out and only one team was relegated into the league from the division above.
9. Drifters titles include three wins when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.
10. Wheatley's titles include three wins when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.
11. One of Littlemore's titles was won when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2, another when league was known as Berks/Bucks & Oxon 2.
12. One of Phoenix's titles was won when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.
13. Bicester's title was won when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.
14. Chesham's title was won when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.
15. Cholsey's title was won when league was known as Bucks/Oxon 2.

See also

• South West Division RFU
• Berkshire RFU
• Buckinghamshire RFU
• Oxfordshire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

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