End of Season 24-25

As we near the of the season, we would like to remind all Clubs of the “Cascade” of teams being relegated from Regional 2 back into Counties 1 and the potential issue of a number of those teams being from the same geographical (CB) area. In extreme cases this could cause a knock-on effect of extra relegations down the same league ladder from Counties 1 and below.

Please see here which shows the current situation that Paul Astbury of the London & SE ROC compiles. This gives you a snap shot of where we currently stand, the potential numbers of relegated sides is very much worse case scenario and should be taken into context with standings as they are.

In all 18 winners from Counties 1 will automatically be promoted, the 6 extra (that make up the 24 promotions to replace relegated Regional 2 teams) across the country are decided on Best Playing record (BPR) and 4 of those spots are reserved for 1st XV’s who come runners up to Lower XV’s.

We will be publishing regular updates of this document on so teams get a much earlier look at any cascade that may affect them.

Your League Secretary should be able to help with any queries you may have.

09 Mar 25