Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
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Berks, Bucks & Oxon Premier is a division at level 8 of the English rugby union system featuring teams from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. Promoted teams usually move up to Southern Counties North while relegated teams used to drop to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Championship, although this division has been discontinued as of the end of the 2018–19 season. Each year three teams (one each from the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire unions) are picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase (a level 8 national cup competition).
Current season or competition: 2019–20 Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Bucks/Oxon 1) |
Number of teams | 11 |
Country | England |
Holders | Gosford All Blacks (2nd title) (2019–20) (promoted to Southern Counties North) |
Most titles | Amersham & Chiltern, Bicester, Chipping Norton, Gosford All Blacks, Newbury Stags, Slough (2 titles) |
Website | englandrugby.com |
When the league was introduced in 1987 it was known as Bucks/Oxon 1 and was set up originally for teams from Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. It was expanded to include teams from Berkshire (who had been playing teams from Dorset and Wiltshire) from the 2000–01 season onwards.