Midlands 3 West (North)
Current season or competition: Uttoxeter (1st title) (2019–20) (promoted to Midlands 2 West (North)) | |
Most titles | Telford Hornets (3 titles) |
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Website | England RFU |
Midlands 3 West (North) is a level 8 English
Promoted teams tend to move up to Midlands 2 West (North) while demoted teams typically drop to Midlands 4 West (North). Each year all clubs in the division also take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a level 8 national competition.
2021-22
Participating teams & locations
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Locations of the 2021-22 Midlands 3 West (North) teams in Staffordshire and the West Midlands
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2020–21
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
2019–20
Participating teams & locations
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Wednesbury
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2018–19
Participating teams & locations
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Wednesbury
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2017–18
Participating teams & locations
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Uttoxeter
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Teams 2016-17
- Burntwood
- Cannock
- Clee Hill
- Cleobury Mortimer
- Eccleshall
- Edwardians
- Handsworth (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Harborne (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Ludlow
- Telford Hornets (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Uttoxeter (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Willenhall
Teams 2015-16
- Bloxwich
- Burntwood
- Cannock (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Clee Hill
- Cleobury Mortimer (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Eccleshall
- Edwardians
- Ludlow (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Newcastle (Staffs)
- Tamworth (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Wednesbury
- Willenhall
Teams 2014-15
- Aston Old Edwardians (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Bloxwich
- Burntwood
- Clee Hill (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Eccleshall
- Edwardians
- Handsworth
- Harborne (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Newcastle (Staffs)
- Uttoxeter
- Wednesbury
- Willenhall (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
Teams 2013-14
- Bloxwich
- Burntwood
- Eccleshall
- Edwardians
- Handsworth
- Market Drayton (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Newcastle (Staffs)
- Shrewsbury
- Uttoxeter (promoted from Midlands 4 West (North))
- Veseyans (relegated from Midlands 2 West (North))
- Wednesbury
- Yardley & District
Teams 2012–13
- Bloxwich
- Burntwood
- Cleobury Mortimer
- Eccleshall
- Edwardians
- Handsworth
- Newcastle (Staffs)
- Shrewsbury
- Stourbridge Lions
- Wednesbury
- Willenhall
- Yardley & District
Teams 2010–11
- Bishops Castle & Onny Valley
- Burntwood
- Eccleshall
- Handsworth
- Moseley Oak
- Newcastle (Staffs)
- Telford
- Uttoxeter
- Veseyans
- Wednesbury
- Wolverhampton
- Yardley & District
Original teams
Teams in Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) were originally part of a single division called Midlands 2 West, which contained the following sides when it was introduced in 1992:
- Aston Old Edwardians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (10th)
- Coventry Welsh - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (10th)
- Dixonians - promoted from North Midlands 1 (6th)
- Handsworth - promoted from Staffordshire 1(champions)
- Kenilworth - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (7th)
- Nuneaton Old Edwardians - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (6th)
- Old Laurentians - promoted from Warwickshire 1 (champions)
- Selly Oak[a] - promoted from North Midlands 2(champions)
- Shrewsbury - promoted from North Midlands 1 (11th)
- Stratford-upon-Avon - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (9th)
- Tamworth - promoted from Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 (8th)
- West Midlands Police - promoted from North Midlands 1 (8th)
- Woodrush - promoted from North Midlands 1 (7th)
Midlands 3 West (North) honours
Midlands West 2 (1992–1993)
Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) were originally part of a single tier 8 division called Midlands West 2. Promotion was to Midlands West 1 and relegation was to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1992–93 | 13 | Nuneaton Old Edwardians | Aston Old Edwardians | Handsworth | [1] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands West 2 (1993–1996)
The top six teams from Midlands 1 and the top six from North 1 were combined to create National 5 North, meaning that Midlands 2 West dropped to become a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Midlands West 1 while relegation was to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1993–94 | 13 | Old Laurentians | Newport (Salop) |
No relegation | [2] | |||||||||
1994–95 | 13 | Luctonians | Kenilworth | Coventry Welsh, Dunlop | [3] | |||||||||
1995–96 | 13 | Selly Oak |
Malvern[b] | No relegation[c] | [4] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands West 2 (1996–2000)
At the end of the 1995–96 season National 5 North was discontinued and Midlands West 2 returned to being a tier 8 league. Promotion continued to Midlands West 1 while relegation was to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1.
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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1996–97 | 17 | Telford Hornets | Woodrush | Trinity Guild, Newcastle (Staffs), Rugby St Andrews | [5] | |||||||||
1997–98 | 17 | Shrewsbury | Evesham | Coventry Saracens | [6] | |||||||||
1998–99 | 17 | Newcastle (Staffs) | Birmingham Exiles | Manor Park, GPT Coventry, Warley | [7][d] | |||||||||
1999–00 | 17 | Kidderminster Carolians[e] | Old Yardleians[f] | No relegation[g] | [8][h] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are the promotion places. |
Midlands 4 West (North) (2000–2004)
Restructuring ahead of the 2000–01 season saw Midlands West 2 split into two tier 8 regional leagues - Midlands 4 West (North) and Midlands 4 West (South). Promotion was now to Midlands 3 West (North)[i] and relegation to either North Midlands 1 or Staffordshire 1[j].
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2000–01 | 10 | Bridgnorth | Lordswood Dixonians | Warley, Edwardians | [9] | |||||||||
2001–02 | 10 | Burntwood | Willenhall | Handsworth |
[10] | |||||||||
2002–03 | 10 | Telford Hornets | Old Saltleians | No relegation | [11] | |||||||||
2003–04 | 10 | Wednesbury |
Newport (Salop) |
Uttoxeter |
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Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Midlands 4 West (North) (2004–2006)
At the start of the 2004–05 season Midlands 4 West (North) remained at tier 8 of the league system, with promotion continuing to Midlands 3 West (North). However, the restructuring of the leagues below meant that relegation was now to either North Midlands (North)[k] or Staffordshire[l]
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2004–05 | 10 | Newcastle (Staffs) | Ludlow | Selly Oak |
[13] | |||||||||
2005–06 | 10 | Old Saltleians | Burntwood | No relegation[m] | [14] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Midlands 4 West (North) (2006–2009)
At the start of the 2006–07 season Midlands 4 West (North) remained at tier 8 of the league system, with promotion continuing to Midlands 3 West (North). The cancellation of the Staffordshire league meant that relegation was now to the newly introduced Midlands 5 West (North).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2006–07 | 12 | Leek | Lordswood Dixonians | Old Griffinians, Aldridge | [15] | |||||||||
2007–08 | 12 | Old Halesonians | Bournville | Telford Hornets, Harborne | [16] | |||||||||
2008–09 | 12 | Willenhall | Shrewsbury | Cleobury Mortimer | [17] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Midlands 3 West (North) (2009–present)
League restructuring by the RFU meant that Midlands 4 West (North) and Midlands 4 West (South) were renamed as Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South), with both leagues remaining at tier 8. Promotion was now to Midlands 2 West (North) (formerly Midlands 3 West (North)) and relegation to Midlands 4 West (North) (formerly Midlands 5 West (North)).
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Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated teams | Reference | |||||||||
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2009–10 | 12 | Leek | Tamworth |
Bloxwich | [18] | |||||||||
2010–11 | 12 | Burntwood | Moseley Oak |
Bishop's Castle & Onny Valley, Telford Hornets | [19] | |||||||||
2011–12 | 12 | Veseyans | Wolverhampton | Uttoxeter |
[20] | |||||||||
2012–13 | 12 | Willenhall | Stourbridge Lions | Cleobury Mortimer, Eccleshall | [21] | |||||||||
2013–14 | 12 | Veseyans | Shrewsbury | Market Drayton, Yardley & District | [22] | |||||||||
2014–15 | 12 | Handsworth |
Harborne | Uttoxeter |
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2015–16 | 12 | Tamworth |
Newcastle (Staffs) | Wednesbury |
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2016–17 | 12 | Ludlow | Cleobury Mortimer | Eccleshall, Clee Hill | [25] | |||||||||
2017–18 | 12 | Telford Hornets | Stafford | Barton-Under-Needwood, Willenhall | [26] | |||||||||
2018–19 | 12 | Shrewsbury | Burntwood | Cannock, Trentham | [27] | |||||||||
2019–20 | 12 | Uttoxeter |
Old Saltleians | Wednesbury |
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2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Number of league titles
- Telford Hornets (3)[n]
- Burntwood (2)
- Leek (2)
- Newcastle (Staffs) (2)[o]
- Shrewsbury (2)[p]
- Veseyans (2)
- Willenhall (2)
- Bridgnorth (1)
- Handsworth(1)
- Kidderminster Carolians (1)[q]
- Ludlow (1)
- Luctonians (1)[r]
- Nuneaton Old Edwardians (1)[s]
- Old Halesonians (1)
- Old Laurentians (1)[t]
- Old Saltleians (1)
- Selly Oak (1)[u]
- Tamworth(1)
- Uttoxeter(1)
- Wednesbury(1)
See also
Notes
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby Club.
- ^ Due to the cancellation of National 5 North at the end of the season, nine clubs were promoted including Old Coventrians, Ludlow, Stratford-upon-Avon, Nuneaton Old Edwardians, Tamworth, Stoke Old Boys and Dixonians.
- ^ Due to widespread restructuring caused by the cancellation of National 5 North there was no relegation.
- ^ Midlands West 2 is mistakenly referred to as Midlands 4 East (South) on RFU website for 1998–99 season.
- ^ Champions Kidderminster Carolians would be promoted into the new Midlands 3 West (North).
- ^ Due to Midlands league restructuring four clubs would be promoted including Old Yardleians (2nd) and Leek (4th) who would go into Midlands 3 West (North), while Nuneaton Old Edwardians (3rd) would go into Midlands 3 West (South).
- ^ As Midlands West 2 was to split up into two regional leagues there was no relegation. Clubs that were not promoted were transferred into either Midlands 4 West (North) or Midlands 4 West (South).
- ^ Midlands West 2 is mistakenly referred to as Midlands 4 East (South) on RFU website for 1999–00 season.
- ^ Prior to the 2000–01 season Midlands 3 West (North) and Midlands 3 West (South) were part of a Midlands West 1.
- ^ Staffordshire/Warwickshire 1 was split into Staffordshire 1 and Warwickshire 1 at the end of the 1999–00 season.
- ^ North Midlands 1 was divided into North Midlands (North) and [North Midlands 1
- ^ Formerly Staffordshire 1.
- ^ No relegation as the division would be increased from 10 to 12 teams for the following season.
- ^ One of Telford Hornets titles was won when division was unified as Midlands West 2.
- ^ One of Newcastle (Staffs) titles was won when division was unified as Midlands West 2.
- ^ One of Shrewsbury titles was won when division was unified as Midlands West 2.
- ^ Kidderminster Carolians title was won when division was unified as Midlands West 2.
- ^ Luctonians title was when league was single division known as Midlands West 2.
- ^ Nuneaton Old Edwardians title was when league was single division known as Midlands West 2.
- ^ Old Laurentians title was when league was single division known as Midlands West 2.
- Selly Oak'stitle was when league was single division known as Midlands West 2.
References
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- ^ "1998-1999 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "1999-2000 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2004-2005 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2005-2006 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2006-2007 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2007-2008 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2008-2009 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2009-2010 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2010-2011 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2011-2012 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2012-2013 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2013-2014 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ "2014-2015 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "2015-2016 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ^ "2016-2017 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
- ^ "2017-2018 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "2018-19 Midlands Division". England Rugby. RFU. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ "Men's Midlands Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20" (PDF). England Rugby. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- English RFU (2008). "Rugby First". RFU. Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- Rugby First: To view previous seasons in the league, search for any club within that league then click on to club details followed by fixtures and then select the appropriate season.