Restructuring of the County League to Home and Away for 2025.
Wellington BC
At the Spring Meeting there was some obvious disquiet regarding the changes to the League that Clubs had voted for at the AGM. The Board agreed to take away these concerns and discuss them with the Council. This we did this morning. We have modified the original proposals, in recognition of the feedback we have received, and hope Clubs will find this an acceptable compromise.
The Premier Divisions will now be split into four divisions of 6 teams. The Regional Divisions will continue with a maximum of 8 teams.
A breakdown of how the changes will work going into the 2025 season follows-
The Prem One will stay and form County Prem, Prem two will be renamed County One, and two new league will be named County Two and County Three.
All other regional Leagues will stay the same.ie. Southwest One, Two, Three. This will take place after the 2024 season and promotion and relegation will still take place in 2024.
If you take the Prem one and two which have twenty-four teams in both, we will reduce these to six teams per league making four leagues. Allowing home and away per team playing ten games over fourteen weeks in the season, in the present format we use eighteen weeks to complete the league season.
How this would work to get eight teams per League.
League position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 at the end of the 2024 season.
2024 Prem One. 1A,2B,3C,4D,5E,6F,7G,8H,9I,10J,11K,12L.
2024 Prem Two. 1M,2N,3O,4P,5Q,6R,7S,8T,9U,10V,11W,12X.
County Prem- 1A,2B,3C,4D,5E,1M. These teams finishing in top fifth position of prem one and first place of prem two will make up the new County Prem One league for 2025.
County One- 6F,7G,8H,9I,10J,2N. These teams finishing bottom sixth position to tenth position in prem one and second place in prem two will make up the new County One league for 2025.
County Two- 11K,12L,3O,4P.5Q,6R. These team finishing eleventh and twelfth position of Prem one
And third to sixth position in prem two will make up the new County Two league for 2025.
County Three- 7S,8T, 9U, E1A, N1A, SW1A. These team in seventh to ninth position of Prem two with east, north, and southwest one league winners will make up County Three league for 2025.
10V,11W,12X. These teams in the bottom three position in Prem two will be relegated to their respective leagues East, North, and Southwest.
E1A, N1A, SW1A. These promoted from their respective leagues to make up the new County Three.
Restructuring of Southwest Area.
League position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 at the end of the 2024 season.
2024 South West One. SW1A,SW2B,SW3C,SW4D,SW5E,SW6F,SW7G,SW8H,SW9I, SW10J,SW11K.
2024 South West Two. SW1M,SW2N,SW3O,SW4P,SW5Q,SW6R,SW7S,SW8T,SW9U, SW10V,SW11W.
SW1A from southwest one will move to the newly formed County Two. 12X. Relegated from prem two to the newly formed Southwest one.
Southwest One- SW2B,SW3C,SW4D,SW5E,SW6F,SW7G,SW1M,12X. These teams finishing in second place to seventh place in Southwest one and first place of Southwest two and one relegated from prem two will form Southwest one for 2025.
Southwest Two- SW8H,SW9I,SW10J,SW11K,SW2N,SW3O,SW4P. These teams finishing bottom eighth place to eleventh place in Southwest and second to fourth place in Southwest two will make up the new southwest two for 2025.
Southwest Three- SW5Q,SW6R,SW7S,SW8T,SW9U, SW10V,SW11W. These teams finishing in fifth place to eleventh place in Southwest two will now make up the new Southwest three for 2025.
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