South West 1 East


South West 1 East is an English, level six, rugby union league in south and south-west England; mainly Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucester, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Wiltshire. The champions are promoted to South West Premier and the runners-up play the second team in South West 1 West, with the winning team gaining promotion. Relegated sides usually play in one of the two seventh-tier leagues – Southern Counties North or Southern Counties South.

2019–20

Participating teams and locations

TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season
BanburyBodicote ParkBanbury, Oxfordshire3rd
BeaconsfieldOak Lodge MeadowBeaconsfield, Buckinghamshire6th
BuckinghamFloyd FieldMaids Moreton, Buckingham, BuckinghamshirePromoted from Southern Counties North
ChippenhamAllington Fields500Chippenham, Wiltshire8th
MarlboroughThe CommonMarlborough, Wiltshire4th
Old CentraliansSaintbridge Sports CentreGloucester, GloucestershireRunners up
Old PatesiansEverest RoadCheltenham, GloucestershireRelegated from South West Premier
Oxford HarlequinsMarston Ferry RoadOxford, Oxfordshire10th
Royal Wootton BassettBallard's Ash Sports GroundWootton Bassett, Wiltshire5th
SalisburyCastle Road1,500Salisbury, Wiltshire7th
SherborneGainsborough ParkSherborne, DorsetPromoted from Southern Counties South
TrowbridgeDoric ParkHilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire11th
WimborneLeigh ParkWimborne, Dorset9th
WindsorHome ParkWindsor, BerkshirePromoted from Southern Counties North

2018–19

Participating teams and locations

TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season
BanburyBodicote ParkBanbury, OxfordshireRunners up
BeaconsfieldOak Lodge MeadowBeaconsfield, BuckinghamshirePromoted from Southern Counties North
ChippenhamAllington Fields500Chippenham, Wiltshire3rd
MarlboroughThe CommonMarlborough, WiltshirePromoted from Southern Counties South
Newbury BluesMonk's Lane8,000Newbury, BerkshireRelegated from South West Premier
Old CentraliansSaintbridge Sports CentreGloucester, Gloucestershire7th
Oxford HarlequinsMarston Ferry RoadOxford, Oxfordshire4th
Royal Wootton BassettBallard's Ash Sports GroundWootton Bassett, Wiltshire6th
SalisburyCastle Road1,500Salisbury, Wiltshire5th
Stratford-upon-AvonPearcecorftStratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire9th
SwindonGreenbridge RoadSwindon, Wiltshire11th
TrowbridgeDoric ParkHilperton, Trowbridge, WiltshirePromoted from Southern Counties South
WimborneLeigh ParkWimborne, Dorset10th
WitneyWitney RoadHailey, Witney, Oxfordshire8th

2017–18

Participating teams and location

The 2017–18 South West 1 East consisted of fourteen teams; five from Oxfordshire, four from Wiltshire, two from Gloucestershire and one each from Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Warwickshire. Nine of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. The season starts on 2 September 2016 and the last league matches are played on 21 April 2017. The play-off match is to be played a week later on 28 April 2017.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/AreaPrevious season
BanburyBodicote ParkBanbury, Oxfordshire6th
BicesterOxford RoadBicester, OxfordshirePromoted from Southern Counties North
ChippenhamAllington Fields500Chippenham, Wiltshire9th
GroveCane LaneGrove, Oxfordshire11th
MarlowRiverwoods DriveMarlow, BuckinghamshirePromoted from Southern Counties North
Old CentraliansSaintbridge Sports CentreGloucester, Gloucestershire4th
Old PatesiansEverest RoadCheltenham, Gloucestershire3rd
Oxford HarlequinsMarston Ferry RoadOxford, Oxfordshire10th
Royal Wootton BassettBallard's Ash Sports GroundWootton Bassett, Wiltshire8th
SalisburyCastle Road1,500Salisbury, WiltshireRelegated from National League 3 South West
Stratford-upon-AvonPearcecorftStratford-upon-Avon, WarwickshireLevel transfer from Midlands 1 West
SwindonGreenbridge RoadSwindon, Wiltshire7th
WimborneLeigh ParkWimborne, DorsetPromoted from Southern Counties South
WitneyWitney RoadHailey, Witney, Oxfordshire5th

2016–17

Participating teams and location

The 2016–17 South West 1 East consisted of fourteen teams; five from Berkshire, four from Oxfordshire, three from Wiltshire and two from Gloucestershire. Eight of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. The season started on 3 September 2016 and the last league matches were played on 22 April 2017. The play-off match was played a week later on 29 April 2017.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season
BanburyBodicote ParkBanbury, Oxfordshirepromoted from Midlands 2 West
ChippenhamAllington Fields500Chippenham, Wiltshirerelegated from National League 3 South West
GroveCane LaneGrove, Oxfordshire10th
MaidenheadBraywick Park1,750Maidenhead, Berkshire5th
Newbury BluesMonk's Lane8,000Newbury, Berkshire3rd
Old CentraliansSaintbridge Sports CentreGloucester, Gloucestershirerelegated from National League 3 South West
Old PatesiansEverest RoadCheltenham, Gloucestershirerelegated from National League 3 South West
Oxford HarlequinsMarston Ferry RoadOxford, Oxfordshire6th
ReadingHolme ParkSonning, Reading, Berkshire11th
Reading AbbeyRosehillEmmer Green, Reading, Berkshirepromoted from Southern Counties North
Royal Wootton BassettBallard's Ash Sports GroundWootton Bassett, Wiltshirepromoted from Southern Counties South
SwindonGreenbridge RoadSwindon, Wiltshire7th
WindsorHome ParkWindsor, Berkshire8th
WitneyWitney RoadHailey, Witney, Oxfordshire4th

League table

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in South West 1 East and Tribute South West 1 West, participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 3 South West. The team with the best playing record, in this case Newbury, hosted the match and they beat their opponents Clevedon 25 – 22.
PlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints
Newbury Blues 262114894401493172105
Clevedon26201590835655212599

2015–16

The 2015–16 South West 1 East consisted of fourteen teams; four from Berkshire, three from Oxfordshire, three from Wiltshire and one each from Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset and Northamptonshire. The season started on 5 September 2015 and ended on 23 April 2016. Towcestrians finished in first place and were promoted to National League 3 South West for next season, along with the runner-up and play-off winner Salisbury.

Participating teams and location

Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Chippenham were promoted to National League 3 South West while Bletchley and Buckingham were relegated to Southern Counties North and Devizes to Southern Counties South.
TeamGroundCapacityTown/VillagePrevious season
GroveCane LaneGrove, Oxfordshire10th
High WycombeKingsmead RoadHigh Wycombe, Buckinghamshirepromoted from Southern Counties North
Leighton BuzzardWright's MeadowLeighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire7th
MaidenheadBraywick Park1,750Maidenhead, Berkshire11th
Newbury BluesMonk's Lane8,000Newbury, Berkshire6th
Oxford HarlequinsMarston Ferry RoadOxford, Oxfordshirerelegated from National League 3 South West
ReadingHolme ParkSonning, Reading, Berkshire9th
SalisburyCastle Road1,500Salisbury, Wiltshirepromoted from Southern Counties South
Swanage & WarehamBestwall RoadWareham, Dorsetpromoted from Southern Counties South
SwindonGreenbridge RoadSwindon, Wiltshire4th
TowcestriansGreens Norton RoadTowchester, Northamptonshire2nd
TrowbridgeDoric ParkHilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire8th
WindsorHome ParkWindsor, Berkshire3rd
WitneyWitney RoadHailey, Witney, Oxfordshire5th

League table

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in South West 1 East and Tribute South West 1 West, participate in a play-off for promotion to National League 3 South West. The team with the best playing record, in this case Salisbury, hosted the match and they beat their opponents Thornbury 26 – 24.
TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints forPoints againstPoints diffTry bonusLoss bonusPoints
Salisbury 26201573239533711396
Thornbury26190777941136814595

Teams 2014–15

Promotion play-offs

Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of South West 1 East and South West 1 West for the third and final promotion place to South West Premier. The team with the superior league record has home advantage. As of the end of the 2019–20 season the South West 1 West teams' have been the stronger with thirteen wins to the South West 1 East teams' six, while the home team has won promotion thirteen times to the away teams six.

Number of league titles