Hertfordshire 1 was an English level 10 Rugby Union league with teams from Hertfordshire and parts of north London taking part. Promoted teams used to move up to Herts/Middlesex 1 and relegation was to Hertfordshire 2 until that division was cancelled at the end of the 1989–90 season. The division was cancelled in at the end of the 1995–96 campaign after nine seasons due to the merger of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional leagues.
Original teams When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
Barnet Harpenden Hemel Hempstead Old Elizabethans Stevenage Town Tring Verulamians Welwyn
Hertfordshire 1 honours
Hertfordshire 1 (1987–1992)
The original Hertfordshire 1 was a tier 8 league with promotion up to London 3 North West and relegation down to Hertfordshire 2 until that league was cancelled at the end of the 1989–90 season.
Hertfordshire 1SeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams 1987–88 9 Hemel Hempstead Old Elizabethans Tring 1988–89 8 Welwyn Barnet Royston, Old Ashmoleans 1989–90 8 Letchworth Garden City Old Elizabethans No relegation 1990–91 13 Verulamians Harpenden No relegation 1991–92 11 Old Elizabethans Harpenden No relegation Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Hertfordshire 1 (1992–1996)
The creation of Herts/Middlesex at the beginning of the 1992–93 season meant that Hertfordshire 1 dropped to become a tier 9 league. The introduction of National 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Hertfordshire 1 dropped another level to become a tier 10 league for the years that National 5 South was active. Promotion was into the new Herts/Middlesex league and. as this was the lowest tier league for Hertfordshire based clubs, there was no relegation. The merging of the Hertfordshire and Middlesex regional divisions at the end of the 1996–97 mean that Hertfordshire 1 was cancelled.
Hertfordshire 1SeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Teams 1992–93 11 Barnet Tring No relegation 1993–94 11 St Albans Datchworth No relegation 1994–95 10 Tring Stevenage Town No relegation 1995–96 11 Harpenden Stevenage Town No relegation Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Number of league titles
Barnet (1) Hemel Hempstead (1) Letchworth Garden City (1) Old Elizabethans (1) St Albans (1) Tring Verulamians (1) Welwyn (1)
Notes
See also London & SE Division RFU Hertfordshire RFU English rugby union system Rugby union in England
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