Kent 1 Explained
Shepherd Neame Kent 1 |
Current Season: | 2019–20 Shepherd Neame Kent 1 |
Teams: | 10 |
Champion: | Southwark Lancers (1st title) |
Season: | 2019–20) (promoted to London 3 South East |
Most Champs: | Park House |
Count: | 4 |
Website: | englandrugby.com |
Kent 1 (known as Shepherd Neame Kent 1 for sponsorship reasons) is an English level 9 Rugby Union League[1] and is made up of teams predominantly from south-east London and Kent. The teams play home and away matches from September through to April. The league champions move up to London 3 South East while the runners up play against the runners up of Sussex 1 for the remaining place. Relegated teams drop down to Kent 2.
Each year some of the clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.
Participating clubs 2021-22
The teams competing in 2021-22 achieved their places in the league based on performances in 2019–20, the 'previous season' column in the table below refers to that season not 2020–21.
Despite finishing 7th in season 2019–20, HSBC did not return to the league for the current season.
Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area | Previous season |
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Brockleians | Civil Service Sports Ground | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (champions) |
Cliffe Crusaders | Recreation Ground | | | 6th |
Faversham | Recreation Ground | | | 5th |
| Footscray Playing Fields | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (runners up) |
Hastings & Bexhill | | | | 4th |
| Dulwich Sports Ground | | | 3rd |
New Ash Green | New Ash Green Sports Pavilion | | | 8th |
Old Williamsonians | | | | Relegated from London 3 SE (12th) |
Park House | Barnet Wood Road | | | Relegated from London 3 SE (11th) |
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Season 2020–21
On 30 October 2020 the RFU announced [2] that due to the coronavirus pandemic a decision had been taken to cancel Adult Competitive Leagues (National League 1 and below) for the 2020/21 season meaning Kent 1 was not contested.
Participating clubs 2019-20
Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area | Previous season |
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Cliffe Crusaders | Recreation Ground | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (champions) |
| Tomlin Ground | | | 4th |
Faversham | Recreation Ground | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (runners up) |
Hastings & Bexhill | | | | Relegated from London 3 SE (10th) |
HSBC | HSBC Sports Ground | | | 6th |
| Dulwich Sports Ground | | | 7th |
New Ash Green | New Ash Green Sports Pavilion | | | 9th |
Old Gravesendians | Fleetway Sports Ground | | | 5th |
Southwark Lancers | | | | 3rd |
Whitstable | Reeves Way | | | 8th |
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Participating clubs 2018-19
Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area | Previous season |
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Ashford | Kinney's Field | | | 11th (not relegated) |
| Tomlin Ground | | | 5th |
| Footscray Playing Fields | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (runners up) |
Gillingham Anchorians | Darland Banks | | | 4th |
HSBC | HSBC Sports Ground | | | 7th |
| Dulwich Sports Ground | | | 3rd |
New Ash Green | New Ash Green Sports Pavilion | | | 11th |
Old Gravesendians | Fleetway Sports Ground | | | 9th |
Sheppey | Stupple Field | | | Relegated from London 3 SE (11th) |
Southwark Lancers | | | | 10th |
Whitstable | Reeves Way | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (champions) |
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Participating clubs 2017-18
Team | Ground | Capacity | City/Area | Previous season |
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Ashford | Kinney's Field | | | Relegated from London 3 South East (12th) |
Beccehamian | Sparrow's Den | | | 4th |
| Tomlin Ground | | | 3rd |
Gillingham Anchorians | Darland Banks | | | Relegated from London 3 South East (10th) |
HSBC | HSBC Sports Ground | | | 5th |
| Dulwich Sports Ground | | | 6th |
New Ash Green | New Ash Green Sports Pavilion | | | 9th |
Old Gravesendians | Fleetway Sports Ground | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (champions) |
Royal Bank of Scotland | Goals Beckenham | | | Promoted from Kent 2 (runners up) |
Sittingbourne | Gore Court Cricket Club | | | 10th |
Southwark Lancers | | | | 7th |
Vigo | Swanswood Field | | | 8th |
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Participating clubs 2016-17
- Beccehamaian
- Brockleians
- Hastings & Bexhill
- HSBC
- King's College Hospital
- Lordswood
- New Ash Green
- Old Gravesendians
- Sittingbourne (promoted from Kent 2)
- Southwark Lancers
- Snowdon C.W. (promoted from Kent 2)
- Vigo
Participating clubs 2015-16
Participating clubs 2014-2015
Participating clubs 2010-2011
Original teams
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Kent 1 honours
Kent 1 (1987–1993)
The original Kent 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 South East and relegation down to Kent 2.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
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1987–88 | 11 | Charlton Park | | |
1988–89 | 11 | Gillingham Anchorians | | |
1989–90 | 11 | Park House | | |
1990–91 | 11 | Thanet Wanderers | | Met Police Hayes, Dover, Snowdown C.W. |
1991–92 | 11 | Erith | | No relegation |
1992–93 | 13 | Canterbury | | Sittingbourne, Tonbridge |
Green backgrounds are promotion places. | |
Kent 1 (1993–1996)
The creation of National 5 South meant that Kent 1 dropped from a tier 8 league to a tier 9 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 South East and Kent 2 respectively.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
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1993–94 | 13 | Park House | | |
1994–95 | 13 | Sevenoaks | | |
1995–96 | 13 | Tunbridge Wells | | |
Green backgrounds are promotion places. | |
Kent 1 (1996–2000)
The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Kent 1 reverted to being a tier 8 league. Promotion and relegation continued to London 3 South East and Kent 2 respectively.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
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1996–97 | 12 | Cranbrook | | No relegation |
1997–98 | 16 | Folkestone | | |
1998–99[3] | 17 | Dartfordians | | |
1999–00[4] | 15 | Old Dunstonians | | Sheppey, HSBC, Ashford, Dover |
Green backgrounds are promotion places. | |
Kent 1 (2000–2009)
The introduction of London 4 South East ahead of the 2000–01 season meant Kent 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league with promotion to this new division. Relegation continued to Kent 2.
Kent 1 (2009–present)
Kent 1 remained a tier 9 league despite national restructuring by the RFU. Promotion was to London 3 South East (formerly London 4 South East) and relegation to Kent 2.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
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2009–10[14] | 12 | Dartfordians | | Guys' Kings' & St Thomas' Hospital, Erith |
2010–11[15] | 11 | Ashford | | |
2011–12[16] | 12 | Gillingham Anchorians | | |
2012–13[17] | 11 | Dartfordians | | |
2013–14[18] | 12 | Park House | | Footscray, Shooters Hill |
2014–15[19] | 12 | Cranbrook | | |
2015–16[20] | 12 | Sheppey | | |
2016–17[21] | 12 | Hastings & Bexhill | | Snowdown C.W., Brockleians |
2017–18[22] | 12 | Beccehamian | | |
2018–19[23] | 11 | Ashford | | |
2019–20[24] | 10 | Southwark Lancers | | |
2020–21 | |
Green backgrounds are promotion places. | |
Promotion play-offs
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Kent 1 and Sussex 1 for the third and final promotion place to London 3 South East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season the Kent 1 teams have been the most successful with fourteen wins to the Sussex 1 teams five; and the home team has won promotion on eleven occasions compared to the away teams eight.
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Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance |
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2000–01[25] | Hastings & Bexhill (S) | 12-29 | Betteshanger (K) | | |
2001–02[26] | Heathfield & Waldron (S) | 25-12 | Whitstable (K) | | |
2002–03[27] | Ashford (K) | 10-0 | Hastings & Bexhill (S) | | |
2003–04[28] | Hastings & Bexhill (S) | 13-21 | Old Elthamians (K) | | |
2004–05[29] | Hastings & Bexhill (S) | 0-22 | Sittingbourne (K) | | |
2005–06[30] | Hastings & Bexhill (S) | 17-18 | Ashford (K) | | |
2006–07[31] | Horsham (S) | 33-7 | Park House (K) | | |
2007–08[32] | Old Gravesendians (K) | 8-14 | East Grinstead (S) | | |
2008–09[33] | Old Gravesendians (K) | 10-5 | Uckfield (S) | | 300 |
2009–10[34] | Uckfield (S) | 19-21 | Cranbrook (K) | | |
2010–11[35] | Sheppey (K) | 42-10 | Burgess Hill (S) | | 500 |
2011–12[36] | Vigo (K) | 10-7 | Burgess Hill (S) | | 400 |
2012–13[37] | Eastbourne (S) | 0-47 | Beccehamian (K) | | |
2013–14[38] | Crawley (S) | 22-41 | Hastings & Bexhill (K) | | |
2014–15[39] | Burgess Hill (S) | 26-23 | Sheppey (K) | | |
2015–16[40] | Haywards Heath (S) | 13-8 | Old Williamsonians (K) | | |
2016–17[41] | Old Williamsonians (K) | 20-17 | Uckfield (S) | | |
2017–18[42] | Vigo (K) | 31-17 | Uckfield (S) | | |
2018–19[43] | Gillingham Anchorians (K) | 23-21 | Crawley (S) | | |
2019–20 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Cranbrook (K) - promoted instead. |
2020–21 | | | | | |
Green background is the promoted team. K = Kent 1 and S = Sussex 1 |
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Number of league titles
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Kent RFU. League Make up. 9 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100701140607/http://www.kentrugby.org/5_rfu_rfuw_leaglinks.html. 1 July 2010. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: RFU Cancels Adult Competitive Leagues for the 2020/21 Season . RFU . 2020-10-20 . 2020-11-09.
- Web site: 1998-1999 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 1999-2000 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2000-2001 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2001-2002 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2002-2003 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2003-2004 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2004-2005 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2005-2006 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2006-2007 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2007-2008 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2008-2009 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2009-2010 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2010-2011 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2011-2012 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2012-2013 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2013-2014 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 14 February 2015.
- Web site: 2014-2015 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 3 May 2015.
- Web site: 2015-2016 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 25 April 2016.
- Web site: 2016-2017 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 22 April 2017.
- Web site: 2017-2018 London South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 21 April 2018.
- Web site: 2018-2019 London & South-East Division. England Rugby. RFU . 13 April 2019.
- Web site: Men's London & South East Level 8 and below leagues 2019–20. England Rugby. 25 April 2020.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2000-01 . England Rugby . 19 May 2001.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2001-02 . England Rugby . 27 April 2002.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2002-03 . England Rugby . 6 May 2017.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2003-04 . England Rugby . 24 April 2004.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2004-05 . England Rugby . 30 April 2005.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2005-06 . England Rugby . 29 April 2006.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2006-07 . England Rugby . 28 April 2007.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2007-08 . England Rugby . 27 April 2008.
- Web site: Old Gravesendians 10-5 Uckfield . News Shopper . 28 April 2009.
- Web site: Cranes in stunning fightback . This is Kent . 23 April 2010.
- Web site: Sheppey 42 - 10 Burgess Hill . Sheppey RFC (Pitchero) . 16 April 2011.
- Web site: Vigo 10 - 7 Burgess Hill . Burgess Hill RFC (Pitchero) . 28 April 2012.
- Web site: What a finish to the season.... . Beccehamian RFC (Pitchero) . 27 April 2013.
- Web site: Crawley Miss Out On Successive Promotions. Crawley RFC (Pitchero) . 26 April 2014.
- Web site: BHRFC 1 v Sheppey . Burgess Hill RFC (Pitchero) . 25 April 2015.
- Web site: Haywards Heath 13, Old Williamsonians 8: Heath gain promotion with home win after tense play-off . Mid Sussex Times . 2 May 2016.
- Web site: London & SE Division Play-Offs 2016-17 . England Rugby . 22 April 2017.
- Web site: LONDON & SOUTH EAST DIVISION PLAY OFFS: VIGO 31 UCKFIELD 17. Vigo RFC (Pitchero). 21 April 2018.
- Web site: Gillingham Anchorians v Crawley London & SE Division – Level 9 Play-off, 15:00 13th April 2019. Gillingham Anchorians RFC. 15 April 2019.