Rossendale RUFC Rossendale Alnwick RFC Alnwick restructured Durham/ restructured Durham/ restructured restructured Durham/ restructured Durham/ restructured Automatic Relegation Automatic Promotion Automatic Moved up a level due alevel up Moved League System atthe System League Play off to determine to off Play Moved down a level down Moved Champions National Champions National 2 Northumberland 1 Northumberland Northumberland 4 Northumberland 3 Northumberland Relegation Playoff Relegation Playoff Promotion Yorkshire Leagues Yorkshire end of the season of the end Dropped out of out Dropped due toleague due restructuring restructuring restructured Moved to Moved to Moved to Moved Moved to Moved to Moved to league to Durham/Northumberland 4 Durham/Northumberland Area North Durham/Northumberland 3 Durham/Northumberland Durham/Northumberland 2 Durham/Northumberland 1 Durham/Northumberland 1987/88 North-East 1 North-East North-East 2 North-East 1988/89 North 1 North North 2 North 1989/90 National 4North National 1990/91 National 3 National National 1 National National 2 National 1991/92 1992/93 National 5North National North-East 1 North-East North-East 2 North-East National 4 National

North 2 North 1993/94 Durham/Northumberland 2 Durham/Northumberland Durham/Northumberland 1 Durham/Northumberland Durham/Northumberland 3 Durham/Northumberland 1994/95 1995/96 Durham/Northumberland 4 Durham/Northumberland National 4 North North-East 1 North-East North-East 3 North-East North-East 2 North-East 1996/97 Premiership 1 Premiership Premiership 2 Premiership National 2 North 2 National North 2 North National 1 National 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Level 13 Level 12 Level 11 4 Durham/Northumberland 2000/01 finished in the league atthat level is shown. have competed at historically iscorrect andwherever possible, theposition they may not have been managed exactly as shown onthe diagram. However the levelthey league ofthesame sizeas displayed onthe diagram and relegation and promotion the same name asshown onthe diagram. Theymay not havebeen competing ina competing in aleague below level 5/6/7 will not have been competingin a league with Clubs from , , , and toa certain extent Yorkshire, when competing at that level. been managed forthe leagues Alnwick RFC would havebeen in, ifthey were numbers ofteams competingat each level and how promotion andrelegation has East and then below that the Durham/Northumberland region. The diagram shows the The diagram shows theleagues below level 5/6/7 as they haveexisted for the North-

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