Current season or competition: 2016–17 Sussex Oranjeboom Division 3 | |
Sport | Rugby union |
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Instituted | 1987 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Country | England |
Holders | Hastings & Bexhill II (1st title) (2016–17) (promoted to Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate) |
Most titles | Ditchling, Old Brightonian, Rye, Uckfield II (2 titles) |
Website | www.sussexrugby.co.uk |
Sussex 3 (known as Sussex Oranjeboom Division 3 for sponsorship reasons) is an English level 11 Rugby Union League. It is run by the Sussex Rugby Football Union and was originally for teams predominantly from West Sussex until a division reorganization for the 2016-17 meant that clubs from East Sussex would also take part. Promoted teams move up to Sussex 2 while relegated teams drop down to either Sussex Asahi Division 4 East or Sussex Late Red Division 4 West depending on geography. Sussex Oranjeboom 2 West was introduced in 2010–11 and is the equivalent to former division Sussex 3 which had its last season in 2003–04. It changed to its current name of Sussex Oranjeboom Division 3 in 2016–17.
When league rugby began in 1987 this division contained the following teams:
The original Sussex 3 was a tier 10 league with promotion up to Sussex 1 and there was no relegation down as it was the lowest level of the league system. The division was cancelled at the end of the 1991–92 season.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1987–88 | 8 | Old Brightonian | RMP Chichester[b] | No relegation | ||||||||||
1988–89 | 7 | Pulborough | Brighton Polytechnic[c] | No relegation | ||||||||||
1989–90 | 6 | Ditchling | West Sussex Institute | No relegation | ||||||||||
1990–91 | 5 | BA Wingspan | Newick | No relegation | ||||||||||
1991–92 | 4 | Sunallon | Plumpton[d] | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
After an absence of two years, Sussex 3 was reintroduced for the 1994–95 season as a tier 11 league. Promotion was to Sussex 2 and there was no relegation due to Sussex 3 being the lowest level in the league system.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1994–95 | 5 | Rye | Shoreham | No relegation | ||||||||||
1995–96 | 6 | Sussex Police | Plumpton | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
The cancellation of National 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Sussex 3 reverted to being a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Sussex 2 and there was no relegation. Sussex 3 was cancelled for the second time at the end of the 1999–00 season, with the majority of teams transferred into the new Sussex 2 East or Sussex 2 West (formerly a single Sussex 2 division).
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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1996–97 | 6 | Shoreham | Rye | No relegation | ||||||||||
1997–98 | 6 | Chichester IHE | Robertsbridge | No relegation | ||||||||||
1998–99[2] | 6 | Plumpton | Sussex Police | No relegation | ||||||||||
1999–00[3] | 6 | Rye | St. Francis[e] | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
After an absence of two years, Sussex 3 returned for the 2002–03 season, now as a tier 11 league. Promotion was to Sussex 2 and there was no relegation. After just two seasons, Sussex 3 was cancelled for the third time in its history.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2002–03[4] | 6 | Old Brightonian | Ditchling | No relegation | ||||||||||
2003–04[5] | 6 | Ditchling[f] | Plumpton | No relegation | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
Sussex 3 was reintroduced for the 2010–11 season in the form of two regional divisions - Sussex "Asahi" 2 East and Sussex "Oranjeboom" 2 West - both sitting at tier 11 of the league system. Promotion was to Sussex Canterbury Jack Intermediate (renamed back to Sussex 2 for the 2015–16 season onward) and relegation to either Sussex 3 East or Sussex 3 West.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name | |||||||||
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2010–11 [6][7] |
8 | Uckfield II | Ditchling | Heathfield & Waldron IV | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
11 | Midhurst | Littlehampton | Brighton III, Worthing Senior I | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
2011–12 [8][9] |
10 | Hellingly | Hastings & Bexhill II | Haywards Heath III, Hove V, Eastbourne III | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
10 | Horley | Hove IV | Bognor III, Holbrook II | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
2012–13 [10][11] |
8 | East Grinstead III | Heathfield & Waldron III | Newick II, Rye 2nd XV | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
10 | Horsham II | Worthing Senior I | Shoreham II (Veterans) | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
2013–14 [12][13] |
9 | Eastbourne II | Burgess Hill II | Lewes III[g] | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
9 | Bognor II | Sussex Police | No relegation[h] | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
2014–15 [14][15] |
12 | Uckfield II | Plumpton | Worthing Senior III | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
12 | Pulborough II | Norfolk Arms | Shoreham II (Veterans) | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
2015–16 [16][17] |
10 | Newick | Hastings & Bexhill II | Lewes II | Sussex 2 East | |||||||||
11 | Barns Green | Brighton III | Burgess Hill III | Sussex 2 West | ||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
For the 2016–17 season, Sussex 3 was remerged back into a single division at tier 11 of the league system. Promotion was to Sussex 2 and relegation to Sussex 4.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | ||||||||||
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2016–17[18] | 12 | Hastings & Bexhill II | Plumpton | Norfolk Arms | ||||||||||
2017–18 | 12 | |||||||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |