London 3 North East

London 3 North East was an English rugby union league that was the eighth level of club rugby union in England and was available to sides from north east London, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. Promoted clubs move into London 2 North East. Relegated teams tended to drop to Eastern Counties 1 or Essex 1 depending on geographical location, with new teams also coming from these leagues.

London 3 North East
Current season or competition:
2016–17 London 3 North East
SportRugby union
Instituted2000 (2000) (as London 4 North East)
Ceased2017 (2017)
Number of teams12
Country England
HoldersHarlow (1st title) (2016–17)
(promoted to London 2 North East)
Most titlesBraintree, Campion, Saffron Walden (2 titles)
Websiteenglandrugby.com

The league was discontinued at the end of the 2016–17 season as the RFU decided to instead create two new leagues - London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex - to reduce travelling times for teams involved. The teams from London 3 North East were transferred to either London 3 Eastern Counties or London 3 Essex depending on geography, along with additional teams being promoted from regional leagues if needed.

Participating Teams 2016-17
  • Basildon
  • East London (promoted from Essex 1)
  • Ely (promoted from Eastern Counties 1)
  • Harlow
  • Ilford Wanderers
  • Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth
  • May & Baker
  • Southwold
  • Stowmarket
  • Upminster
  • Wanstead
  • West Norfolk

Participating Teams 2015-16
  • Beccles
  • Epping Upper Clapton (promoted from Essex 1)
  • Harlow
  • Lowestoft & Great Yarmouth
  • May & Baker (promoted from Essex 1)
  • Old Brentwoods
  • Old Cooperians (relegated from London 2 North East)
  • Southwold (promoted from Eastern Counties 1)
  • Stowmarket
  • Upminster
  • Wanstead
  • West Norfolk

Participating Teams 2014-15

Participating Teams 2013-14

Participating Teams 2012-13
  • Beccles
  • Cantabrigian
  • Canvey Island
  • East London
  • Harlow
  • Norwich
  • Old Brentwoods
  • South Woodham Ferrers
  • Sudbury
  • Upminster
  • Wanstead
  • Wisbech

Original teams

When this division as introduced in 2000 (as London 4 North East) it contained the following teams:

London 3 North East honours

London 4 North East (2000–2009)

Originally known as London 4 North East, this division was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North East and relegation down to Eastern Counties 1 and (from 2003–04) Essex 1.

London 4 North East
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2000–01[1]10Bury St EdmundsHadleighHolt, Newmarket, Ely
2001–02[2]10Saffron WaldenWest NorfolkCanvey Island
2002–03[3]10BraintreeEton ManorWoodbridge, Upminster
2003–04[4]10CampionChelmsfordEly
2004–05[5]10Rochford HundredWestcliffThetford, Beccles, Mersea Island
2005–06[6]10BraintreeColchesterWest Norfolk, Wanstead, Wymondham
2006–07[7]10Saffron WaldenChelmsfordStowmarket, Wisbech
2007–08[8]10Mersea IslandSudburyCampion
2008–09[9]12ColchesterIpswichCrusaders
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

London 3 North East (2009–2017)

League restructuring by the RFU ahead of the 2009–10 season saw London 4 North East renamed as London 3 North East. Remaining as a tier 8 league, promotion was to London 2 North East (formerly London 3 North East), while relegation continued to either Eastern Counties 1 or Essex 1. The division was cancelled at the end of the 2016–17 season, with all non-promoted teams moving into the newly introduced London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex.

London 3 North East
Season No of teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Teams
2009–10[10]12BecclesCanvey IslandBillericay, Dagenham, West Norfolk
2010–11[11]12BasildonLowestoft & YarmouthMersea Island, Bancroft, Wisbech
2011–12[12]12HoltStowmarketNewmarket, Wymondham, Campion
2012–13[13]12South Woodham FerrersNorwichEast London, Sudbury
2013–14[14]12CampionOld CooperiansCanvey Island, Wymondham, Wisbech
2014–15[15]12SudburyCantabrigianBillericay, Clacton
2015–16[16]11Old CooperiansEpping Upper ClaptonBeccles, Old Brentwoods
2016–17[17]11HarlowWansteadNo relegation[lower-alpha 1]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes
  1. Due to the RFU reorganizing splitting teams from London 3 North East into London 3 Eastern Counties and London 3 Essex for the 2017-18 season, no teams were relegated, although 11th place Ilford Wanderers would decide to join Essex 1.

See also

References
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