2013 Championship 1

May 2014 April 2026 2013 Championship 1 Championship 1 216px Kingstone Press Championships logo 16 matches (over 18 rounds) 9 1,562 North Wales Crusaders v South Wales Scorpions (1 September 2013) 103 Gloucestershire All Golds v London Skolars (28 July 2013) 477 33,374 Premier Sports 2013 Season 16px North Wales Crusaders Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets Playoff Winner Man of Steel Award London Skolars 16 Dylan Skee (176) 16px Rob Massam (18)Stats Centre http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/ Love Rugby League 2 September 2012 2012 Championship 1 2012 2014 Championship 1 2014 The 2013 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press Championship 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, the third tier of the sport in the country. The 2013 season will see three new teams enter the division alongside the six remaining teams that were not promoted during the 2012 season. Coventry, who had been considered for entry into the division for 2013, will enter the division in 2014. This means that the 2013 Championship 1 season will consist of 9 teams.Coventry Bears: Midlands amateur side targeted as semi-pro club https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/19679815 22 September 2012 BBC Sport 21 September 2012 The promotion/relegation positions and the play-off format also revert to the normal formats, following the change for the 2012 season to allow the top four teams to be promoted to the Rugby Football League Championship and the champions of the division to be decided by a six-team play-off.Championship 1 agree promotion criteria for 2012 http://www.thunderrugby.com/article.php?id=7142 Gateshead Thunder 4 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120218072811/http://www.thunderrugby.com/article.php?id=7142 18 February 2012 dead dmy-all This will mean two teams relegated from the 2013 RFL Championship and two teams promoted from Championship 1, which will be the team who finishes top of the league and winner of the play-offs. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league. All of the teams competed in the 2013 Challenge Cup and the 2013 National League Cup. 2013 structure The competition features the six teams that did not win promotion in 2012. They are Gateshead Thunder, London Skolars, North Wales Crusaders, Oldham, Rochdale Hornets and South Wales Scorpions. The four teams who were promoted, Barrow Raiders, Doncaster, Whitehaven and Workington Town are replaced by three new teams, which are Hemel Stags,Hemel Join Rugby League Championship 1 http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24438/hemel-join-rugby-league-championship RFL 29 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120402110455/http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/24438/hemel-join-rugby-league-championship 2 April 2012 dead dmy-all Oxford RLFCOxford to be admitted to Championship One https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/19637094 19 September 2012 BBC Sport 18 September 2012 and University of Gloucestershire All Golds.All Golds to join Championship One http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25053/all-golds-to-join-championship RFL 29 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120619004802/http://www.therfl.co.uk/news/article/25053/all-golds-to-join-championship 19 June 2012 dead dmy-all A fourth team had been originally planned for entry for the 2013 to be the tenth team of the division. Northampton Rebels had been the original first team chosen in December 2011 to enter the division for 2013Northampton Town FC to run rugby league team from 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/15985725 29 August 2012 BBC Sport 1 December 2011 but withdrew on 26 August 2012, due to Northampton Town FC (who were setting up and running the team) not wanting to launch a team that they thought had no chance of success.Northampton Rebels team withdraw from Championship One https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/19379099 29 August 2012 BBC Sport 25 August 2012 Coventry Bears, who was part of the application process for entry to Championship 1, was chosen to be the tenth team in September 2012, however the club will enter in 2014, to be given more time to prepare for entry to a semi-professional competition. +Championship 1 Team & current season 2012 Position Stadium Capacity Location Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder 10th Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Gloucestershire 16 Gloucestershire All Golds N/A Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 16px Hemel Stags N/A Pennine Way 2,000 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire 16px London Skolars 7th New River Stadium 5,000 Haringey, London 16px North Wales Crusaders 8th Racecourse Ground 10,500 (15,500 with The Kop open) Wrexham, Wales Oldham 16 Oldham 6th Whitebank Stadium 1,500 (temporary capacity) Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester 16px Oxford RLFC N/A Iffley Road 500 Oxford, Oxfordshire Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets 5th Spotland 10,249 Rochdale, Greater Manchester South Wales Scorpions 16 South Wales Scorpions 9th The Gnoll 6,000 Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales Season table main WDL Q 2013 Championship 1 points y 3 2 NOR 16px North Wales Crusaders P OLD Oldham 16 Oldham ROC Rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets LON London Skolars 16 London Skolars HEM 16px Hemel Stags OXF 16px Oxford RLFC GAT Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder SWS South Wales Scorpions 16 South Wales Scorpions GLO Gloucestershire 16 Gloucestershire All Golds 14 0 2 568 212 1 12 1 3 508 289 3 10 0 6 538 375 2 9 1 6 489 468 3 8 0 8 381 365 4 5 2 9 326 436 4 4 1 11 356 542 6 5 0 11 368 504 4 2 1 13 286 629 4 #FFFFAA Qualified for promotion P #CCFFCC Qualified for play-offs Q Q Q Q Q 1 September 2013 rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk and Rugby League Project. 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1Points System http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system Rugby League Championships 27 January 2013 8 February 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130208200244/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/points_system dead Season results 2013 Championship 1 season results The regular league season sees the 9 teams play each other twice (one home, one away) over 16 matches, which will be played over 18 rounds, with each team getting two rounds off.Competition Structure http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/competition_structure Rugby League Championships 27 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130204034748/http://www.rugbyleaguechampionships.co.uk/championship/competition_structure 4 February 2013 dead dmy-all The team that finishes first will be promoted to the Championship, while the teams who finish second to sixth at the end of the regular season goes through to the play-offs to determine the second promotion place. References 30em External links Official Championship 1 website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums Category:RFL League One Category:Rugby Football League Championship Championship 1 Championship 1