2011 Championship 1
2011 Championship 1 | |
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League | Championship 1 |
Duration | 18 games each |
Teams | 10 |
Broadcast partners | SKY Sports |
2011 Season | |
Play-off Winners | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Top point-scorer(s) | ![]() |
Top try-scorer(s) | ![]() |
The 2011 Championship 1 was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league, along with the play-off winners will be promoted to the 2012 Rugby Football League Championship. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.
All of the teams competed in the 2011 Challenge Cup but the South Wales Scorpions did not compete in the 2011 National League Cup.
2011 structure
[edit]The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2010. The exceptions being that the Hunslet Hawks and the York City Knights were both promoted to compete in the 2011 RFL Championship. The Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated from the 2010 RFL Championship. The competition was to contain 11 teams, however, the Blackpool Panthers went into administration [1] and were thus omitted from the competition for 2011 [2]
Team | 2010 Season | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
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![]() | 9th | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
![]() | 11th | Thunderdome | 11,800 | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear |
![]() | 10th (Championship) | Cougar Park | 6,800 | Keighley, West Yorkshire |
![]() | 10th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
![]() | 2nd | Whitebank Stadium | 1500 | Limeside, Oldham Greater Manchester |
![]() | 5th | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
![]() | 6th | The Gnoll | 6,000 | Neath, West Glamorgan, Wales |
![]() | 8th | The Willows (Shared with Salford for this season) | N/A | Swinton, Greater Manchester |
![]() | 11th (Championship) | Recreation Ground | 7,500 | Whitehaven, Cumbria |
![]() | 7th | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria |
Season table
[edit]# | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Bns | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 720 | 479 | +241 | 3 | 47 |
2 | ![]() | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 663 | 412 | +251 | 4 | 43 |
3 | ![]() | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 659 | 443 | +216 | 6 | 41 |
4 | ![]() | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 652 | 498 | +154 | 4 | 40 |
5 | ![]() | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 531 | 433 | +98 | 4 | 40 |
6 | ![]() | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 566 | 425 | +141 | 2 | 36[a] |
7 | ![]() | 20 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 641 | 533 | +108 | 3 | 36 |
8 | ![]() | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 536 | 674 | −138 | 4 | 22 |
9 | ![]() | 20 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 433 | 678 | −245 | 4 | 21 |
10 | ![]() | 20 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 268 | 1094 | −826 | 0 | 2 |
Teams qualifying for promotion | |
Teams qualifying for the Play-offs |
Source: https://web.archive.org/web/20111005000040/http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl2.php
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.Season Results
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 30–22 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00 GMT | Recreation GroundA | 704 |
![]() | 22–10 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00 GMT | The Willows | 681 |
![]() | 66–12 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00 GMT | Whitebank Stadium | 562 |
![]() | 66–6 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00 GMT | Cougar Park | 640 |
![]() | 40–10 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00 GMT | Keepmoat Stadium | 895 |
Source:[1] |
Round 2
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 31–12 | ![]() | 20 March, 15:00 GMT | Derwent ParkA | 473 |
![]() | 18–22 | ![]() | 20 March, 13:00 GMT | The Gnoll | 271 |
![]() | 26–46 | ![]() | 20 March, 15:00 GMT | Spotland Stadium | 743 |
![]() | 22–42 | ![]() | 20 March, 15:00 GMT | New River Stadium | 326 |
![]() | 10–44 | ![]() | 20 March, 15:00 GMT | Gateshead International Stadium | 305 |
Source:[2] |
Round 3
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 24–10 | ![]() | 27 March, 15:00 GMT | Recreation GroundA | 754 |
![]() | 60–20 | ![]() | 27 March, 13:00 GMT | The Gnoll | 302 |
![]() | 40–20 | ![]() | 27 March, 15:00 GMT | Spotland Stadium | 434 |
![]() | 24–68 | ![]() | 27 March, 15:00 GMT | Whitebank Stadium | 744 |
![]() | 26–16 | ![]() | 27 March, 15:00 GMT | Keepmoat Stadium | 493 |
Source:[1] |
Round 4
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 38–24 | ![]() | 3 April, 13:00 GMT | Derwent ParkA | 376 |
![]() | 48–24 | ![]() | 3 April, 15:00 GMT | The Willows | 493 |
![]() | 16–48 | ![]() | 3 April, 15:00 GMT | New River Stadium | 542 |
![]() | 40–14 | ![]() | 3 April, 15:00 GMT | Cougar Park | 995 |
![]() | 8–24 | ![]() | 3 April, 15:00 GMT | Keepmoat Stadium | 589 |
Source:[1] |
Round 5
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 38–30 | ![]() | 9 April, 17:00 GMT | The WillowsA | 395 |
![]() | 49–18 | ![]() | 10 April, 15:00 GMT | Spotland StadiumA | 457 |
Source:[1] |
Round 6
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 26–16 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00 GMT | Recreation GroundA | 727 |
![]() | 22–74 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00 GMT | The Gnoll | 370 |
![]() | 32–40 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00 GMT | Spotland Stadium | 515 |
![]() | 52–26 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00 GMT | Whitebank Stadium | 566 |
![]() | 0–64 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00 GMT | Gateshead International Stadium | 273 |
Source:[1] |
Round 7
[edit]Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 32–36 | ![]() | 25 April, 15:00 GMT | Keepmoat StadiumA | 649 |
![]() | 38–18 | ![]() | 25 April, 15:00 GMT | Cougar Park | 892 |
![]() | 32–32 | ![]() | 25 April, 14:00 GMT | New River Stadium | 263 |
![]() | 40–18 | ![]() | 25 April, 15:00 GMT | Spotland Stadium | 402 |
![]() | 40–24 | ![]() | 25 April, 15:00 GMT | Recreation Ground | 946 |
Source:[2] |
Statistics
[edit]The following are the top points scorers in Championship 1 during the 2011 season. Statistics also include tries and goals scored in the play-offs.[3]
Player | Team | Tries |
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Andy Saywell | Rochdale Hornets | 22 |
Ian Mort | Swinton Lions | 21 |
Scott Kaighan | Workington Town | 21 |
Dale Bloomfield | Rochdale Hornets | 19 |
Gavin Dodd | Swinton Lions | 17 |
Andrew Gay | South Wales Scorpions | 16 |
Craig Calvert | Whitehaven | 15 |
Chris Spurr | Doncaster | 13 |
Mark Brocklehurst | Oldham R.L.F.C. | 13 |
Ben Heaton | Oldham R.L.F.C. | 13 |
Steve Parry | South Wales Scorpions | 13 |
Neil Frazer | Workington Town | 13 |
Player | Team | Goals |
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Ian Mort | Swinton Lions | 104 |
Paul Crook | Rochdale Hornets | 100 |
Darren Holt | Workington Town | 73 |
Scott Spaven | Doncaster | 70 |
Carl Forber | Oldham R.L.F.C. | 63 |
Danny Lawton | Keighley Cougars | 58 |
Lewis Palfrey | Whitehaven | 56 |
Lewis Reece | South Wales Scorpions | 54 |
Dylan Skee | London Skolars | 36 |
Chris Baines | Keighley Cougars | 33 |
Player | Team | Tries | Goals | DGs | Points |
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Ian Mort | Swinton Lions | 21 | 104 | 0 | 292 |
Paul Crook | Rochdale Hornets | 10 | 100 | 5 | 245 |
Scott Spaven | Doncaster | 7 | 70 | 1 | 169 |
Darren Holt | Workington Town | 1 | 73 | 5 | 155 |
Danny Lawton | Keighley Cougars | 9 | 58 | 0 | 152 |
Carl Forber | Oldham R.L.F.C. | 5 | 63 | 0 | 146 |
Lewis Palfrey | Whitehaven | 5 | 56 | 0 | 132 |
Lewis Reece | South Wales Scorpions | 5 | 54 | 0 | 128 |
Scott Kaighan | Workington Town | 21 | 16 | 1 | 117 |
Dylan Skee | London Skolars | 6 | 36 | 1 | 97 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Whitehaven were deducted 9 points for entering administration.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e " Archived 19 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine Rugby League Project; retrieved 18 March 2011
- ^ a b "Super League XVI 2011 – Round 1" Rugby League Project; retrieved 13 February 2011
- ^ Tim Butcher; Daniel Spencer. Gillette Rugby League Yearbook 2011–12. League Publications Limited. ISBN 978-1-901347-24-1.