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Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East

Current season or competition: 2003–04 Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Ceased	2004; 21 years ago (2004)
Number of teams	9
Country	England
Holders	Oakham (2nd title) (2003–04) (promoted to Midlands 4 East (North))
Most titles	Oakham (2 titles)

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East was a tier 9 division in the English rugby union system with teams from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the eastern region of Leicestershire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 East.

The division was created in 2000, along with its counterpart Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West, following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and the subsequent merging of the Leicestershire and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire leagues. After four seasons the league was discontinued following further restructuring and the majority of teams moved into the newly created Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire divisions.

Original teams

When this division was introduced in 2000 it contained the following teams:

• Barton & District – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (14th)
• Boots Athletic – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (12th)
• Boston – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (runners-up)
• Cleethorpes – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (5th)
• Cotgrave – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (3rd)
• East Retford – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (champions)
• Keyworth – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (7th)
• Nottinghamians – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (8th)
• Oakham – transferred from East Midlands 1 (4th)
• Southwell – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (13th)

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East honours

Promotion play-offs

After the 2003–04 season, there was a promotion play-off between the runners-up of Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West for the third place to Midlands 4 East (North). The team with the superior league record had home advantage in the tie.

Number of league titles

• Oakham (2)
• East Retford (1)
• Mellish (1)

Notes

1. Despite the name Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire, most Derbyshire based teams would play in Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West.
2. Boots Athletic RFC would later merge with Nottingham Community Rugby in 2008 to form Nottingham Corsairs RFC.
3. Cotgrave were relegated to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West.
4. Playoff winners Southwell joined the champions Oakham in Midlands 4 East (North). All other teams were transferred out of the league due to restructuring; the teams ranked 3rd to 5th (Keyworth, Sleaford and Stamford) joined Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire, while those ranked 6th to 9th (Boston, Stamford College Old Boys, Skegness and Nottinghamians) joining Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire.
5. League restructuring meant there was no relegation.

See also

• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West
• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 East
• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 West
• Midlands RFU
• Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire RFU
• Leicestershire RU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

References

1. "HISTORY 2". Nottingham Corsairs RFC. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
2. "2000-2001 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
3. "2001-2002 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
4. "2002-2003 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
5. "2003-2004 Midlands Division". England Rugby. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. "Midlands Division Play-Offs 2003-04". England Rugby. 24 April 2004.

External links

• NLD RFU website
• Leicestershire Rugby Union website

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