Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC Vale of Lune RUFC Rossendale RUFC Rossendale Harrogate RUFC Harrogate Wilmslow RUFC Wilmslow Billingham RFC Kendal RUFC RFC Sandal RUFC Sandal Blaydon RFC Wirral RUFC Lymm RUFC restructured Durham/ restructured Durham/ restructured Durham/ restructured Durham/ Automatic Relegation Promotion Automatic Moved up a level due level a up Moved League System at the at System League Play off to determine off Play Moved down alevel down Moved National Champions National Champions Hull RUFC Ilkley RFC Ilkley Northumberland 4 Northumberland 3 Northumberland 2 Northumberland 1 Relegation Playoff Playoff Promotion Yorkshire Leagues end ofthe season Dropped out of due to league restructuring restructuring restructured Moved to Moved to Moved to Moved to Moved to Moved to league Durham/Northumberland 4 Durham/Northumberland Durham/Northumberland 3 Area North Durham/Northumberland 2 Durham/Northumberland 1 1987/88 North-East 1 North-East North-East 2 North-East 1988/89 North 2 North 1 North 1989/90 National 4 North 1990/91 National 3 National 1 National National 2 National 1991/92 1992/93 National 5 North North-East 1 North-East North-East 2 North-East National 4 National North 2 North

North 1 North 1993/94 Durham/Northumberland 2 Durham/Northumberland 1 Durham/Northumberland 3 1994/95 1995/96 Durham/Northumberland 4 Durham/Northumberland National 4 North North-East 1 North-East North-East 2 North-East North-East 3 North-East 1996/97 Premiership 1 Premiership 2 National 2North North 2 North National 1 National 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 Level 13 Level 12 Level 11 Durham/Northumberland 4 2000/01 finished in theleagueatthat level isshown. have competed at historically iscorrect andwherever possible, theposition they may not have been managed exactly as shown on the diagram. However thelevel they league ofthe samesize as displayedon thediagram and relegation andpromotion the same name asshown onthediagram. They may nothavebeen competing ina competing inaleague below level 5/6/7 willnothave been competing in aleague with Clubs from Cumbria, Lancashire, Cheshire, and to a certainextent Yorkshire, when competing atthatlevel. been managed fortheleagues AlnwickRFC would havebeen in,iftheywere numbers ofteams competingat each leveland how promotion and relegation has East andthenbelow that theDurham/Northumberland region. Thediagramshows the The diagram shows theleagues below level 5/6/7 as they have existed for the North-

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National 3North National 2002/03 North 2East North National 1 National National 2 National 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 Durham/Northumberland 1 Durham/Northumberland 2 Level 10 Durham/Northumberland 3 2006/07 2007/08 Premiership 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11

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National 1 National 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 North 2017/18 Level 9 Level 8 Level 7 Level 6 Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1