North Wales National League Proposals 2017-2018

Process To Date Since the New Year, all 33 clubs in North Wales have been consulted either in person or via telephone or e-mail to discuss the current format of the National Leagues. Initial findings were presented to those in attendance at a District J Meeting held at Llandudno RFC on Monday 13th March which included 19 separate proposals for how the National Leagues in North Wales should look for Season 17-18 These findings were presented to Competition Management Committee on Tuesday 4th April Competition Management Committee instructed the Executive and Staff to compile a straw man in relation to the structure of League Rugby in North Wales Executive & Staff met from the April 11th to compile a straw man presentation which was circulated to clubs Executive & Staff to meet with clubs on April 25th to discuss proposals

Agreed Principles The majority of clubs consulted stated they required the structure of the National Leagues to provide a consistent, meritocracy based competitive league. The majority of clubs consulted supported the principle of including Second XV’s in the National League structure in North Wales.

Proposal 1-Preferred Option - Meritocracy Division 1 – 12 clubs Division 2 – 12 clubs Division 3 – 10 clubs Division 3 will consist of 6 member clubs and will be supplemented by 4 Second XV teams. The Second XV teams will be determined by inviting the two highest placed teams in both the Clwyd & Gwynedd District Competitions at the end of the 16-17 season. Promotion and Relegation will be a straightforward two up and two down scenario Potential relegation from Division 3 requires further consideration

Proposal 2 –Alternative Option – Meritocracy & Geography Division 1 – 12 clubs Division 2 – 10 clubs Division 3 North East – 7 clubs Division 3 North West – 7 clubs Division 3NE & 3NW will consist of 8 (2x4) member clubs and 6 (2x3) Second XV teams. The Second XV teams will be determined by inviting the three highest placed teams in both the Clwyd & Gwynedd District Competitions. Promotion and relegation will be straight forward with two up – two down with the exception of Division 3 (winners of 3E & 3W to be promoted) Relegation from Division 3 require further consideration The composition of Division 3 will need to be considered on a season by season basis due to promotion from and relegation to and would be determined by applying Geography.

Next Steps CMC will reconvene on May 2nd to approve the final proposal Final approval from Community Sub Board on May 16th.