Counties 1 Southern North

Counties 1 Southern North (formerly known as Southern Counties North) is a division at level 7 of the English rugby union system.^[1] When league rugby first began in 1987 it was known as Southern Counties but since 1996 the division was split into two regional leagues – Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South. Counties 1 Southern North currently sits at the seventh tier of club rugby union in England and features teams based in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The league champions at the end of each season are automatically promoted to Regional 2 South Central. Relegated teams usually drop to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (North) or Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South).

Counties 1 Southern North

Current season or competition: 2023–24 Counties 1 Southern North
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987; 38 years ago (1987) (as Southern Counties)
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Chinnor III (2022–23)
Most titles	High Wycombe, Witney (3 titles)
Website	englandrugby.com

Format

The twelve teams in this league are drawn from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, with the league champions (if eligible) promoted to Regional 2 South Central. The league's bottom two teams are relegated to either Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (North) or Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South), depending on their geographic location.^{[citation needed]} The season runs from September to April and comprises twenty-two rounds of matches, with each club playing each of its rivals home and away. The results of the matches contribute points to the league table as follows:

• 4 points are awarded for a win
• 2 points are awarded for a draw
• 0 points are awarded for a loss, however
• 1 losing (bonus) point is awarded to a team that loses a match by 7 points or fewer
• 1 additional (bonus) point is awarded to a team scoring 4 tries or more in a match

2025-26

Departing were Oxford Harlequins II and Windsor , promoted to Regional 2 Thames as champions and runners-up respectively. Grove (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (West).

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 10th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 5th Bracknell II Lily Hill Park [2] Bracknell, Berkshire 11th Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 3rd Chinnor III Kingsey Road 2,000 Thame, Oxfordshire 4th Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North (runners-up) Henley II Dry Leas Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South (champions) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 7th Oxford North Hinksey Park North Hinksey, Oxford, Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North (champions) Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 9th Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire 6th Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 8th

Bicester Bletchley Bracknell II Buckingham Chinnor III Gosford Henley II H Wycombe Oxford Reading Reading A Wallingford Locations of the 2025-26 Counties 1 Southern North teams

2024–25

Departing were Beaconsfield, promoted to Regional 2 Thames whilst Milton Keynes (12th) were relegated to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (North) and Rams III (11th) relegated to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South).

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 7th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 9th Bracknell II Lily Hill Park [3] Bracknell, Berkshire 10th Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 5th Chinnor III Kingsey Road 2,000 Thame, Oxfordshire 8th Grove Cane Lane Grove, Oxfordshire 6th High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Promoted from Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North (1st) Oxford Harlequins II Horspath Sports Ground[4] 1,000 Horspath, Oxfordshire 4th Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire Relegated from Regional 2 South Central (12th) Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire Promoted from Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South (1st) Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 3rd Windsor Home Park Windsor, Berkshire 2nd

Bicester Bletchley Bracknell II Buckingham Chinnor III Grove H Wycombe Oxford Quins II Reading Reading A Wallingford Windsor Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 1 Southern North teams

2023–24

Departing were Marlow (runners-up being Chinnor III) promoted to Regional 2 Thames. Gosford All Blacks (8th) and High Wycombe (10th) were relegated to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (North), Thatcham (12th) and Reading Abbey (9th) were relegated to Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon (South) whilst Swindon College Old Boys (11th) were relegated to Counties 2 Dorset & Wilts North.

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Beaconsfield Oak Lodge Meadow Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Relegated from Regional 2 Thames Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 4th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 7th Bracknell II Lily Hill Park [5] Bracknell, Berkshire 5th Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire Relegated from Regional 2 South Central (12th) Chinnor III Kingsey Road 2,000 Thame, Oxfordshire 1st Grove Cane Lane Grove, Oxfordshire Relegated from Regional 2 South Central (11th) Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 6th Oxford Harlequins II Horspath Sports Ground[6] 1,000 Horspath, Oxfordshire Promoted from Counties 2 Tribute Berks/Bucks & Oxon North (1st) Rams III Old Bath Road 1,250 Sonning, Reading, Berkshire Promoted from Counties 2 Tribute Berks/Bucks & Oxon South (1st) Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 3rd Windsor Home Park Windsor, Berkshire Relegated from Regional 2 Thames

Beaconsfield Bicester Bletchley Bracknell II Buckingham Chinnor III Grove MK Oxford Quins II Rams III Wallingford Windsor Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 1 Southern North teams

2022–23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Southern Counties North with eight teams returning from season 2021-22.

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 10th Southern Counties North Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Champions Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier Bracknell II Lily Hill Park [7] Bracknell, Berkshire New entry Chinnor III Kingsey Road 2,000 Thame, Oxfordshire Champions Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire 11th Southern Counties North High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 5th Southern Counties North Marlow Riverwoods Drive Marlow, Buckinghamshire 7th Southern Counties North Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 9th Southern Counties North Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire 6th Southern Counties North Swindon College Old Boys Nationwide Sports Pavilion Swindon, Wiltshire 10th Southern Counties South Thatcham Henwicky Worthy Sports Field Thatcham, Berkshire 12th Southern Counties North Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 8th Southern Counties North

Bicester Bletchley Bracknell II Chinnor III Gosford H Wycombe Marlow Milton Keynes Reading A Swindon College Thatcham Wallingford Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 1 Southern North teams

League table

Counties 1 Southern North 2022–23
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points for	Points against	Points diff	Try bonus	Loss bonus	Points	Points deducted
1	Chinnor III	22	19	2	1	852	219	633	16	0	98
2	Marlow	22	18	1	3	755	301	454	16	2	92
3	Wallingford	22	16	1	5	495	246	249	10	3	80
4	Bicester	22	15	1	6	699	370	329	10	2	74
5	Bracknell II	22	12	1	9	697	384	313	12	6	68
6	Milton Keynes	22	12	0	10	462	486	−24	9	0	58
7	Bletchley	22	7	0	15	352	563	−211	7	3	39'
8	Gosford All Blacks	22	8	0	14	385	586	−201	5	5	38	−5
9	Reading Abbey	21	6	0	15	263	599	−336	4	3	32
10	High Wycombe	22	7	0	15	365	629	−264	5	1	29	−5
11	Swindon College Old Boys (R)	21	5	0	16	382	770	−388	5	0	25
12	Thatcham (R)	22	3	0	19	212	766	−554	1	2	5	−20
If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order: Number of matches won Number of draws Difference between points for and against Total number of points for Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Pink background are the relegation places. Updated: 18 April 2023 Source:[8]

2021–22

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Aylesbury Ostler's Field Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 6th Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 7th Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire Promoted from BBO Premier (champions) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 5th Marlow Riverwoods Drive Marlow, Buckinghamshire 4th Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Promoted from BBO Premier (runners-up) Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 2nd Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire 10th Shipston-on-Stour Mayo Road 600 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire 3rd Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 8th Thatcham Henwicky Worthy Sports Field Thatcham, Berkshire Level transfer from Southern Counties South (11th) Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 9th

Aylesbury Bicester Gosford H Wycombe Marlow Milton Keynes Reading Reading A Stow Shipston-on-Stour Thatcham Wallingford Locations of the 2021-22 Southern Counties North teams

2020–21

Due to the coronavirus pandemic the season was cancelled.

2019–20

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Aylesbury Ostler's Field Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 5th Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 4th Chesham Chiltern Hills Academy Chesham, Buckinghamshire Promoted from BBO Premier (champions) Didcot Boundary Park Didcot, Oxfordshire Promoted from BBO Premier (runners up) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 9th Marlow Riverwoods Drive Marlow, Buckinghamshire 3rd Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 8th Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire 7th Shipston-on-Stour Mayo Road 600 Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire Promoted from Midlands 3 WS (runners up - level transfer) Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 10th Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 6th Witney Witney Road Hailey, Witney, Oxfordshire Relegated from South West 1 East (12th)

Aylesbury Bicester Chesham Didcot H Wycombe Marlow Reading Reading A Stow Shipston-on-Stour Wallingford Witney Locations of the 2019-20 Southern Counties North teams

2018–19

Team Ground Capacity Town/Area Previous season Aylesbury Ostler's Field Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 4th Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire Relegated from South West 1 East (14th) Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 3rd Littlemore Oxford Academy Littlemore, Oxford, Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (runners up) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 9th Marlow Riverwoods Drive Marlow, Buckinghamshire Relegated from South West 1 East (12th) Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire 7th Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire 8th Slough Tamblyn Fields Slough, Berkshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (champions) Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 10th Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 6th Windsor Home Park Windsor, Berkshire Runners up (lost playoff)

Aylesbury Bicester Buckingham H Wycombe Littlemore Marlow Reading Reading A Slough Stow Wallingford Windsor Locations of the 2018-19 Southern Counties North teams

2017–18

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Aylesbury Ostler's Field Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 3rd Beaconsfield Oak Lodge Meadow Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire 7th Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 4th Drifters Farnham Common Sports Club Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (runners up) Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire 10th High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 8th Reading Holme Park Sonning, Reading, Berkshire Relegated from South West 1 East (14th) Reading Abbey Rosehill Reading, Berkshire Relegated from South West 1 East (13th) Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 9th Thatcham Henwicky Worthy Sports Field Thatcham, Berkshire 5th Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 6th Windsor Home Park Windsor, Berkshire Relegated from South West 1 East (12th)

Aylesbury Beaconsfield Buckingham Drifters Gosford High Wycombe Reading Reading A Stow Thatcham Wallingford Windsor Locations of the 2017-18 Southern Counties North teams

2016–17

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Aylesbury Ostler's Field Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire 2nd (lost playoff) Beaconsfield Oak Lodge Meadow Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire 6th Bicester Oxford Road Bicester, Oxfordshire 4th Bletchley Manor Fields Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire 8th Buckingham Floyd Field Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire 3rd Gosford All Blacks Stratfield Brake Kidlington, Oxfordshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (champions) High Wycombe Kingsmead Road High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire Relegated from South West 1 East (12th) Marlow Riverwoods Drive Marlow, Buckinghamshire 7th Milton Keynes Emerson Valley Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire Promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (runners up) Stow-on-the-Wold Oddington Road Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire 9th Thatcham Henwicky Worthy Sports Field Thatcham, Berkshire 10th Wallingford Wallingford Sports Park Wallingford, Oxfordshire 5th

Aylesbury Beaconsfield Bicester Bletchley Buckingham Gosford High Wycombe Marlow Milton Keynes Stow on the Wold Thatcham Wallingford Locations of the 2016-17 Southern Counties North teams

2015–16

The 2015–16 Southern Counties North consisted of twelve teams; six from Buckinghamshire, two each from Berkshire and Oxfordshire, and one each from Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. The season started on 12 September 2015 and the last league matches were played on 23 April 2016.

Seven of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions High Wycombe were promoted to the South West 1 East while Milton Keynes and Alchester were relegated to the Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier. Royal Wootton Bassett, who finished 4th, were level transferred to Southern Counties South.

Aylesbury

Bicester

Bletchley

Buckingham

Reading Abb

South Bucks

Stow on the Wold

Swindon College

Thatcham

Wallingford

South Bucks teams
Beaconsfield
Drifters
Marlow

Locations of the 2015-16 Southern Counties North teams

Beaconsfield

Drifters

Marlow

Locations of the 2015-16 Southern Counties North teams in South Buckinghamshire

Team	Ground	Capacity	Town/Village	Previous season
Aylesbury	Ostler's Field		Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire	2nd (lost promotion play-off)
Beaconsfield	Oak Lodge Meadow		Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire	8th
Bicester	Oxford Road		Bicester, Oxfordshire	5th
Bletchley	Manor Fields		Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire	relegated from South West 1 East (14th)
Buckingham	Floyd Field		Maids Moreton, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire	relegated from South West 1 East (13th)
Drifters	Farnham Common Sports Club		Farnham Common, Buckinghamshire	9th
Marlow	Riverwoods Drive		Marlow, Buckinghamshire	7th
Reading Abbey	Rosehill		Reading, Berkshire	promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (champions)
Stow-on-the-Wold	Oddington Road		Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire	4th
Swindon College Old Boys	Nationwide Sports Pavilion		Swindon, Wiltshire	promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier (runner-up)
Thatcham	Henwicky Worthy Sports Field		Thatcham, Berkshire	6th
Wallingford	Wallingford Sports Park		Wallingford, Oxfordshire	10th

2014–15

• Alchester
• Aylesbury
• Beaconsfield
• Bicester (promoted from Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier)
• Drifters
• High Wycombe
• Marlow (relegated from South West 1 East)
• Milton Keynes
• Royal Wootton Bassett
• Stow-on-the-Wold
• Thatcham
• Wallingford

2013–14

• Alchester
• Aylesbury
• Bletchley
• Drifters
• High Wycombe
• Milton Keynes
• Reading Abbey
• Royal Wootton Bassett
• Stow-on-the-Wold
• Swindon College Old Boys
• Thatcham
• Wallingford

2012–13

• Alchester
• Aylesbury
• Buckingham
• Drifters
• Grove
• Milton Keynes
• Olney
• Reading Abbey
• Slough
• Tadley
• Thatcham
• Wallingford

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Southern Counties) contained the following teams:

• Aylesbury
• Banbury
• Bletchley
• Bracknell
• Marlow
• Oxford Marathon^[a]
• Oxford Old Boys^[b]
• Redingensians^[c]
• Swindon
• Wimborne
• Windsor

Counties 1 Southern North honours

Southern Counties (1987–1993)

Originally the Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South leagues were combined in a single division called Southern Counties. It was a tier 7 league with promotion to South West 2^[d] and relegation to either Berks/Dorset/Wilts 1^[e] or Bucks/Oxon 1.^[f]

Southern Counties
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
1987–88	11	Redingensians	Swindon	Bracknell
1988–89	11	Banbury	Aylesbury	Oxford Marathon
1989–90	11	Marlow	Swanage & Wareham	Oxford Old Boys
1990–91	11	Sherborne	Windsor	Swindon, Chiltern, Slough, Bracknell
1991–92	11	Banbury	Aylesbury[g]	No relegation[h]
1992–93	13	Swanage & Wareham	Dorchester	Grove
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Southern Counties (1993–1996)

At the end of the 1992–93 season the top six teams from London Division 1 and the top six from South West Division 1 were combined to create National 5 South. This meant that Southern Counties dropped from a tier 7 league to a tier 8 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion continued to South West 2 and relegation to either Berks/Dorset/Wilts 1 or Bucks/Oxon 1.

Southern Counties North
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
1993–94	13	Bournemouth	Bracknell	Royal Wootton Bassett, Redingensians	[10]
1994–95	13	Dorchester	Bracknell	Slough, Oxford Marathon	[11]
1995–96	13	Amersham & Chiltern	Bracknell[i]	No relegation[j]	[12]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Southern Counties North (1996–2000)

Restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 1995–96 season saw Southern Counties split into two separate leagues, Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South. They reverted to tier 7 leagues due to the cancellation of National 5 South. Promotion from Southern Counties North was now to the new South West 2 East^[k] while relegation was now only to Bucks/Oxon 1.^[l]

Southern Counties North
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
1996–97	10	Stow-on-the-Wold	Bicester	Grove
1997–98	10	Slough	Olney	Milton Keynes, Witney
1998–99	10	Olney	Bicester	Farnham Royal	[13]
1999–00	10	Witney	Beaconsfield	Oxford, Wallingford	[14]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Southern Counties North (2000–2009)

Southern Counties North remained a tier 7 league, with promotion continuing to South West 2 East. However, the transfer of Berkshire clubs from the Dorset/Wilts leagues to the Bucks/Oxon leagues, meant that relegation was now to new Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 (formerly Bucks/Oxon 1).^[m]

Southern Counties North
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
2000–01	11	Windsor	Grove	Drifters, Bletchley, Phoenix	[15]
2001–02	10	Oxford Harlequins	Grove	Oxford, Milton Keynes, Chipping Norton	[16]
2002–03	10	High Wycombe	Aylesbury	Wallingford, Beaconsfield, Swindon	[17]
2003–04	10	Aylesbury	Amersham & Chiltern	No relegation[n]	[18]
2004–05	12	High Wycombe	Henley Wanderers	Phoenix, Bicester	[19]
2005–06	12	Redingensians	Swindon	Slough, Stow-on-the-Wold, Olney	[20]
2006–07	12	Bletchley	Tadley	Supermarine, Chipping Norton	[21]
2007–08	12	Olney	Wallingford	Newbury Stags, Amersham & Chiltern	[22]
2008–09	12	Buckingham	Marlow	Beaconsfield	[23]
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Southern Counties North (2009–2022)

Despite widespread league restructuring by the RFU, Southern Counties North continued as a tier 7 league, with promotion to South West 1 East (formerly South West 2 East) and relegation to Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier.

Southern Counties North
Season	No of teams	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated teams	Ref
2009–10	12	Witney	Amersham & Chiltern	Bicester, Slough	[24]
2010–11	12	Swindon	Aylesbury	Chipping Norton, Oxford, Crowthorne	[25]
2011–12	12	Beaconsfield	Milton Keynes[o]	Marlborough	[26]
2012–13	12	Buckingham	Grove	Slough, Tadley	[27]
2013–14	12	Bletchley	Aylesbury	Swindon College Old Boys, Reading Abbey	[28]
2014–15	12	High Wycombe	Aylesbury	Milton Keynes, Alchester	[29]
2015–16	12	Reading Abbey	Aylesbury	Drifters, Swindon College Old Boys	[30]
2016–17	12	Marlow	Bicester	Bletchley, Milton Keynes	[31]
2017–18	12	Beaconsfield	Windsor	Drifters, Gosford All Blacks	[32]
2018–19	12	Windsor	Buckingham	Littlemore, Slough	[33]
2019–20	12	Witney	Reading	Didcot, Chesham	[34]
2020–21	12	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
2021–22	12	Stow-on-the-Wold	Reading	No relegation due to league reorganisation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Counties 1 Southern North (2022– )

Following the reorganisation of the leagues, Southern Counties North was renamed Counties 1 Southern North and remained a level seven league. The champions are promoted to Regional 2 South Central and the bottom side is relegated, depending on location, to a level eight league; Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon North or Counties 2 Berks/Bucks & Oxon South.

Regional 2 South Central
Season	No of teams	No of matches	Champions	Runners-up	Relegated team(s)	Ref
2022–23	12	22	Chinnor III[p]	Marlow	Swindon College Old Boys and Thatcham	[8]
Green background is the promotion place.

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South for the third and final promotion place to South West 1 East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2019–20 season Southern Counties North teams have been the most successful with twelve wins to the Southern Counties South teams seven; and the home team has won promotion on thirteen occasions compared to the away teams six.

Southern Counties North v Southern Counties South promotion play-off results
Season	Home team	Score	Away team	Venue	Attendance
2000–01[35]	Salisbury (S)	49-20	Grove (N)	Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2001–02[36]	Grove (N)	30-13	Oakmeadians (S)	Recreation Lane, Grove, Oxfordshire
2002–03[37]	Oakmeadians (S)	24-17	Aylesbury (N)	Meryick Park, Bournemouth, Dorset
2003–04[38]	Amersham & Chiltern (N)[q]		Tadley (S)	Ash Grove, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
2004–05[39]	Frome (S)	12-38	Henley Wanderers (N)	Gypsy Lane, Frome, Somerset
2005–06[40]	Oldfield Old Boys (S)	32-33	Swindon (N)	Shaft Road, Monkton Combe, Somerset
2006–07[41]	Wootton Bassett (S)	17-20	Tadley (N)	Ballards Ash Sports Ground, Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire
2007–08[42]	Wallingford (N)	22-3	Wootton Bassett (S)	Wallingford Sports Park, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
2008–09[43]	Marlow (N)	18-15	Wootton Bassett (S)	Riverwoods Drive, Marlow, Buckinghamshire
2009–10[44]	Amersham & Chiltern (N)	45-12	Frome (S)	Ash Grove, Amersham, Buckinghamshire
2010–11[45]	Aylesbury (N)	10-39	Oldfield Old Boys (S)	Ostler's Field, Weston Turville, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
2011–12[46]	Windsor (N)	22-15	Dorcester (S)	Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire
2012–13[47]	Grove (N)	39-20	Trowbridge (S)	Recreation Lane, Grove, Oxfordshire
2013–14[48]	Trowbridge (S)	27-19	Aylesbury (N)	Doric Park, Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire
2014–15[49]	Salisbury (S)	34-16	Aylesbury (N)	Castle Road, Salisbury, Wiltshire
2015–16[50]	Midsomer Norton (S)	29-22	Aylesbury (N)	Norton Down Playing Fields, Midsomer Norton, Somerset
2016–17[51]	Bicester (N)	53-20	Trowbridge (S)	Oxford Road, Bicester, Oxfordshire
2017–18[52]	Windsor (N)	29-31	Marlborough (S)	Home Park, Windsor, Berkshire
2018–19[53]	Frome (S)	10-23	Buckingham (N)	Gypsy Lane, Frome, Somerset	400
2019–20	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. Best ranked runner up - Frome (S) - promoted instead.
2020–21	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom.
2021–22	No play-off due to league reorganisation
Green background is the promoted team. N = Southern Counties North and S = Southern Counties South

Number of league titles

• High Wycombe (3)
• Witney (3)
• Banbury (2)^[r]
• Beaconsfield (2)
• Bletchley (2)
• Buckingham (2)
• Marlow (2)^[s]
• Olney (2)
• Redingensians (2)^[t]
• Windsor (2)
• Amersham & Chiltern (1)^[u]
• Aylesbury (1)
• Bournemouth (1)^[v]
• Dorchester (1)^[w]
• Oxford Harlequins (1)
• Reading Abbey (1)
• Sherborne (1)^[x]
• Slough (1)
• Stow-on-the-Wold (2)
• Chinnor III (1)
• Swanage & Wareham (1)^[y]
• Swindon (1)

See also

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

Notes

1. Oxford Marathon would merge with Oxford Old Boys in 1996 to form Oxford Harlequins.^[9]
2. Oxford Old Boys would merge with Oxford Marathon in 1996 to form Oxford Harlequins.^[9]
3. Redingensians are currently known as Rams.
4. South West 2 is currently two regional divisions - South West 1 East and South West 1 West.
5. Berks/Dorset/Wilts 1 no longer contains Berkshire clubs and is currently split into Dorset & Wilts 1 North and Dorset & Wilts 1 South.
6. Bucks/Oxon 1 has since involved Berkshire clubs and is currently known as Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier
7. 3rd place Windsor also promoted.
8. No relegation due to league expansion from 11 to 13 teams for the 1992–93 season.
9. Due to the cancellation of Courage League Division 5 and subsequent restructuring of the leagues at the end of the 1995–96 season, six clubs were promoted from Southern Counties including Chinnor, Chippenham, Marlow and Swindon.
10. The cancellation of Courage League Division 5 and splitting of Southern Counties into Southern Counties North and Southern Counties South at the end of the 1995–96 season, meant that there was no relegation.
11. Another change at the end of the 1995–96 saw South West 2 also split into two regional divisions – South West 2 East and South West 2 West.
12. Relegated Southern Counties South clubs dropped to Berks/Dorset/Wilts 1.
13. Berks/Bucks & Oxon 1 would be renamed as Berks/Bucks & Oxon Premier ahead of the 2004–05 season.
14. No relegation due to league expansion from 10 to 12 teams for the 2004–05 season.
15. Although the RFU website has Milton Keynes as runners up, third place Windsor actually went into the playoffs and won promotion.^[26]
16. Not eligible for promotion
17. The result of the 2003-04 playoff between Amersham & Chiltern and Tadley is unknown due to all the south-west promotion playoff games from this season missing from the RFU website. However, as Amersham & Chiltern were in the higher division the next season (and Tadley were not) it is assumed they won the playoff game. Amersham & Chiltern would also have hosted the game as they had a better points record in their league than Tadley did in theirs.
18. Both of Banbury's titles were won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
19. one of Marlow's titles was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
20. One of Redingensians titles was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
21. Amersham & Chiltern's title was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
22. Bournemouth's title was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
23. Dorchester's title was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
24. Sherborne's title was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.
25. Swanage & Wareham's title was won when league was a single division known as Southern Counties.