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) | ![]() |
The2011 Championship 1 was a semi-professionalrugby league football competition played in England andWales, 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 2012Rugby 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 the2011 Challenge Cup but theSouth Wales Scorpions did not compete in the2011 National League Cup.
The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in2010. The exceptions being that theHunslet Hawks and theYork City Knights were both promoted to compete in the2011 RFL Championship. TheKeighley Cougars andWhitehaven were relegated from the2010 RFL Championship. The competition was to contain 11 teams, however, theBlackpool 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,OldhamGreater 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 |
# | 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.Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 30–22 | ![]() | 13 March, 15:00GMT | 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] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 31–12 | ![]() | 20 March, 15:00GMT | 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] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 24–10 | ![]() | 27 March, 15:00GMT | 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] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 38–24 | ![]() | 3 April, 13:00GMT | 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] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 38–30 | ![]() | 9 April, 17:00GMT | The WillowsA | 395 |
![]() | 49–18 | ![]() | 10 April, 15:00GMT | Spotland StadiumA | 457 |
Source:[1] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 26–16 | ![]() | 17 April, 15:00GMT | 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] |
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | ||
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Date and Time | Venue | Referee | |||
![]() | 32–36 | ![]() | 25 April, 15:00GMT | 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] |
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 |