The 2014 Championship 1, known as the Kingstone Press Championship 1 for sponsorship reasons, was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England, the third tier of the sport in the country.
One team was promoted from Championship 1, due to the restructure of Super League and the Championship, The top five sides contested the play-offs and the winner was promoted. There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league.
The only cup competition the teams competed in was the 2014 Challenge Cup after the Northern Rail Cup was scrapped for 2014.
2014 structure
The competition featured the seven teams that did not win promotion at the end of 2012 Championship 1: Gateshead Thunder, Gloucestershire All Golds, Hemel Stags, London Skolars, Oldham, Oxford Rugby League and South Wales Scorpions. The two new teams to the division for 2014 were Hunslet Hawks and York City Knights, who were relegated from the RFL Championship.
Team & current season 2013 Position Stadium Capacity Location Gateshead Thunder 7th Thunderdome 11,800 Gateshead, Tyne and Wear Gloucestershire All Golds 9th Prince of Wales Stadium 480 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Hemel Stags 5th Pennine Way 2,000 Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire Hunslet Hawks 13th (Championship) South Leeds Stadium 4,000 Hunslet, West Yorkshire London Skolars 4th New River Stadium (March to May) Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (May to August) 5,000 2,500 Haringey, London Enfield, London Oldham 2nd Whitebank Stadium 1,500 (temporary capacity) Limeside, Oldham, Greater Manchester Oxford RLFC 6th Iffley Road 500 Oxford, Oxfordshire South Wales Scorpions 8th Llynfi Road 6,000 Maesteg, Bridgend, Wales York City Knights 14th (Championship) Huntington Stadium 3,428 York, North Yorkshire
Season table
Season results
The regular league season was played over 24 rounds. Each of the nine teams played each other twice (one home, one away), played four additional matches, and had four byes. At the end of the season, five teams contested a playoff for a place in the new Championship structure. Five clubs were relegated to the Championship 1 from the Championship.
References
External links Official Championship 1 website RFL Championship coverage Scores from Sky Sports RugbyLeague.org Championship 1 Fans Forums