| 2010 Championship 1 | |
|---|---|
 Championship 1 logo | |
| League | Championship 1 |
| Duration | 20 games each |
| Teams | 11 |
| Attendance | 2,896 |
| Broadcast partners | SKY Sports |
| 2010 Season | |
| Playoff Winners |  York City Knights |
| League Leaders |  Hunslet Hawks |
| Runners-up |  Oldham |
The2010 Championship 1 was a semi-professionalrugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The winner of this league,Hunslet Hawks, were promoted to theCo-operative Championship along with play-off winners,York City Knights.[1] There was no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK.
All of the teams competed in the2010 Challenge Cup but South Wales did not compete in the2010 National League Cup.[2]
The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in2009. The exceptions being that theDewsbury Rams and theKeighley Cougars were both promoted to compete in the2010 RFL Championship. Originally,Doncaster and theLeigh Centurions were supposed to be relegated. However,Gateshead Thunder breached the insolvency laws which meant that it was they, instead of Leigh, who were relegated.[3]
The competition was going to contain 10 teams but one more was added when theSuper League team theCrusaders left their home base atBridgend and moved toWrexham. This resulted in a new club being formed inNeath, South Wales, called theSouth Wales Scorpions who will play atthe Gnoll.
| Championship 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | 2009 Season | Stadium | Capacity | City/Area |
 Blackpool Panthers | 5th | Woodlands Memorial Ground | N/A | Lytham St Annes, Lancashire |
 Doncaster | 11th (Championship) | Keepmoat Stadium | 15,231 | Doncaster, South Yorkshire |
 Gateshead Thunder | 7th (Championship) | Thunderdome | 11,800 | Gateshead, Tyne and Wear |
| Hunslet Hawks | 6th | South Leeds Stadium | N/A | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
 London Skolars | 10th | New River Stadium | 5,000 | Haringey, London |
| Oldham | 4th | Park Lane (Season Start to May) Whitebank Stadium (May onwards) | N/A 1050 | Whitefield, Greater Manchester Oldham, Greater Manchester |
 Rochdale Hornets | 8th | Spotland Stadium | 10,249 | Rochdale, Greater Manchester |
 South Wales Scorpions(2010 Season) | N/A | The Gnoll | 6,000 | Neath,West Glamorgan, Wales |
 Swinton Lions | 7th | Park Lane | N/A | Swinton, Greater Manchester |
 Workington Town | 9th | Derwent Park | 10,000 | Workington, Cumbria |
| York City Knights | 3rd | Huntington Stadium | 3,428 | York, North Yorkshire |
| Position | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Pts for | Pts agst | Pts Diff | B.P. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunslet Hawks | 20 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 828 | 305 | 523 | 1 | 55 |
| 2 | Oldham | 20 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 694 | 438 | 256 | 1 | 52 |
| 3 | York City Knights | 20 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 617 | 524 | 83 | 3 | 39 |
| 4 | Blackpool Panthers | 20 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 805 | 370 | 435 | 3 | 38[a] |
| 5 | Rochdale Hornets | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 630 | 498 | 132 | 7 | 37 |
| 6 | South Wales Scorpions | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 576 | 468 | 108 | 7 | 34 |
| 7 | Workington Town | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 494 | 498 | −4 | 7 | 33 |
| 8 | Swinton Lions | 20 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 570 | 581 | −11 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Doncaster | 20 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 518 | 588 | −70 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | London Skolars | 20 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 444 | 900 | −456 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | Gateshead Thunder | 20 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 236 | 1232 | −996 | 1 | -2[b] |
| Elimination play-offs | Qualifying/Elimination semifinal | Elimination final | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||
| 12 September 2010 | 26 September 2010,Halliwell Jones Stadium | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Oldham | 41 | Oldham | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | York City Knights | 32 | 19 September 2010 | York City Knights | 25 | |||||||||||||
| 5 September 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| York City Knights | 38 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Blackpool Panthers | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 September 2010 | Blackpool Panthers | 18 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Workington Town | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Blackpool Panthers | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 September 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rochdale Hornets | 26 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Rochdale Hornets | 60 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | South Wales Scorpions | 26 | ||||||||||||||||