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Counties 5 Surrey

Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1989; 36 years ago (1989)
Ceased	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Re-formed	2022
Number of teams	9
Country	England
Holders	Kew Occasionals RFC (1st title) (1991–92)

Counties 5 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the bottom of English Rugby union system, at level 11, making it the lowest level competition still controlled by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The winner of the league is promoted for the following season to Counties 4 Surrey. There is no relegation from the league, and no promotion into it, however new teams can apply to join.

The league was first formed in the 1989–90 season and ran for three years before its closure at the end of the 1991–1992 season. When the league was disbanded, teams were either automatically promoted to Surrey 4, moved to other leagues, or folded.

As part of a larger restructuring of the entire English rugby union pyramid, undertaken by the RFU, the league was re-formed. Beginning with the 2022–23 season, nine teams from Surrey and south-west London compete in the division.

Teams for 2024–25

Leaving the league are Reigate and London French (promoted to Counties 4 Surrey), replaced by Guilfordians and Staines both relegated from the same league. Feltham joined for the first time having previously competed in Surrey Conference League 2023-2024.

With two leaving and three joining the league was made up of 10 sides for the first time having had 9 since its inaugural year.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Croydon Addington Road Addington, London 6th Egham Hollowegians Keith Heal Academy of Rugby Englefield Green, Surrey 5th Feltham The Airpark Feltham, London New entry Guildfordians Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex Guildford, Surrey Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (9th) Merton Morden Recreation Ground Morden, London 8th Mitcham & Carshalton Peterborough Road Carshalton, London 7th Raynes Park Raynes Park Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 2nd Staines The Reeves Feltham, London Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (10th) Wandsworthians Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 9th Woking Recreation Ground Byfleet, Woking, Surrey 4th

CroydonFelthamMertonM&CRaynes ParkStainesWandsworthiansclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London Egham Hollowegians GuildfordiansWokingclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Teams for 2023–24

Leaving the league were Old Hamptonians and Haslemere, both promoted to Counties 4 Surrey replaced by Croydon, relegated from Counties 4 Surrey and London French who had most recently competed in Herts & Middlesex 2 in 2021-22.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Croydon Addington Road Addington, London Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (8th) Egham Hollowegians Keith Heal Academy of Rugby Englefield Green, Surrey 4th London French Barn Elms Barnes, London Re-entry Merton Morden Recreation Ground Morden, London 6th Mitcham & Carshalton Peterborough Road Carshalton, London 9th Raynes Park Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 3rd Reigate Colley Lane Reigate, Surrey 5th Wandsworthians Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 8th Woking Recreation Ground Byfleet, Woking, Surrey 7th

CroydonLondon FrenchMertonM&CRaynes ParkWandsworthiansclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London Egham Hollowegians ReigateWokingclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Teams for 2022–23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Surrey 4 but while that league had been at level 12 of the English rugby pyramid the new league was at level 11.

Six of the teams had previously competed in Surrey 4 and they were joined by three sides from Surrey 3 - Egham Hollowegians, Merton and Raynes Park - who remained in a level 11 league.

Team Ground Capacity City/Area Previous season Egham Hollowegians Keith Heal Academy of Rugby Englefield Green, Surrey 9th Surrey 3 Haslemere Woolmer Hill Sports Association Haslemere, Surrey 6th Surrey 4 Merton Morden Recreation Ground Morden, London 6th Surrey 3 Mitcham & Carshalton Peterborough Road Carshalton, London 5th Surrey 4 Old Hamptonians Dean Road Hampton, London 4th Surrey 4 Raynes Park Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 10th Surrey 3 Reigate Colley Lane Reigate, Surrey 7th Surrey 4 Wandsworthians Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground Raynes Park, London 9th Surrey 4 Woking Recreation Ground Byfleet, Woking, Surrey 8th Surrey 4

MertonM&CHamptoniansRaynes ParkWandsworthiansclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London Egham Hollowegians HaslemereReigateWokingclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Original teams

When the competition began in 1989, the following teams played in the division:

• Economicals - relegated from Surrey 4
• Gibraltar Engineers - new to league
• Haslemere - relegated from Surrey 3
• Lightwater - relegated from Surrey 3
• Oxted - relegated from Surrey 3
• Racal-Decca - relegated from Surrey 3
• Woking - new to league

Surrey 5 honours

Number of league titles

• Gibraltar Engineers (1)
• Woking (1)
• Kew Occasionals (1)

See also

• London & SE Division RFU
• Surrey RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1990-91. 1991.
2. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1991-92. 1992.
3. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1992-93. 1993.
4. "RFU". www.englandrugby.com. Retrieved 2022-12-17.

External links

• Surrey Rugby Football Union
• RFU Table for Counties Surrey 5

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