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Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East
SportRugby Union
Instituted1988; 37 years ago (1988) (as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East)
Ceased1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Number of teams8
Country England
HoldersCalne (1st title) (1991–92)
(promoted to Berks/Dorset/Wilts 2)

Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East was an English Rugby Union league, forming part of the South West Division, for clubs primarily based in Berkshire and Wiltshire. Promoted teams moved up to Berks/Dorset/Wilts 2 (currently Dorset & Wilts 2 North and Dorset & Wilts 2 South) and there was no relegation. The league ran for four seasons until 1992 when it merged with Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West to form Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 1988 it contained the following teams from Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire:

Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East honours

Originally known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East and involved involving clubs based in Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. It was a tier 10 league with promotion to Berks/Dorset/Wilts 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East and counterpart Dorset & Wilts 3 West would merge into a single division known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 (currently Dorset & Wilts 3 North and Dorset & Wilts 3 South).

Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East
Season No of Teams Champions Runners–up Relegated Team(s) Ref
1988–89 7 Melksham Berkshire Shire Hall No relegation
1989–90 7 Minety Tadley No relegation
1990–91 7 Tadley Thatcham No relegation
1991–92 5 Calne Thatcham No relegation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.

Number of league titles

Notes

  1. Despite the league name of Berks/Dorset/Wiltshire 3 East there were no teams from Dorset and one side was from Hampshire.
  2. Since 2000, Berkshire clubs have played in the Berks/Bucks & Oxon leagues.
  3. 3rd place Berkshire Shire Hall were also promoted.

See also

References

  1. Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1989). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1989–90 (18th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 133–136. ISBN 0-356-17862-5.
  2. Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1990). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990–91 (19th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 143–146. ISBN 0-356-19162-1.
  3. Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1991). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991–92 (20th ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 164–167. ISBN 0-356-20249-6.
  4. Johns, Stephen; Griffiths, John (1992). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992–93 (21st ed.). London: Rothmans Publications Ltd. pp. 176–179. ISBN 0-7472-7907-1.
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