Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3

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Sport Rugby union
Founded2005;17 years ago (2005)
No. of teams8
Country England
Most recent
champion(s)		 Oxfordshire (2022) (2nd title)
Most titles Surrey (4)
Related
competitions		 Bill Beaumont Division 1
Bill Beaumont Division 3

The Bill Beaumont County Championship Division 3 (formerly County Championship Shield) is an annual rugby union competition in England between teams representing English counties. It was formed in 2005 when it known as the County Championship Plate [1] (a competition which is now played by tier 2 sides)—changing to Shield by 2010 and Bill Beaumont Division 3 by 2017. [2] It is contested by third tier teams in the RFU County Championship. From 2010 Division 3 involves counties that are only able to select players from clubs at level five and below. The eight teams involved are divided roughly on geographic terms into two pools and play three games each. [3] [4]

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From 2017 promotion has been implemented in the competition (previously the only way out of the division was by invitation). As with the other county championship divisions, this occurs over two years as opposed to one, using a system of accumulative points from pool games to determine the top two teams (one from each group) that are promoted to tier 2. Likewise the bottom two teams in tier 2 (again, one in each group) are relegated into tier 3 at the end of the two-year period.

Past winners

YearDateWinnersScoreRunner-upVenueNotes
200529 May Surrey 29–18 Somerset Twickenham Stadium, London [5] [1]
200629 May Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 21–17 Oxfordshire Twickenham Stadium, London [6] [7]
200725 May Durham County 30–20 Eastern Counties The New Friarage, Hartlepool [8] [9]
200824 May Hampshire 22–12 Leicestershire Aldershot Military Stadium, Aldershot [10] [11]
200930 May Durham County 29–14 Kent Blackwell Meadows, Darlington [12] [13] [14]
2010 [a 1] 29 May Dorset & Wilts 36–26 Leicestershire Twickenham Stadium, London [15]
201128 May Dorset & Wilts 43–22 Surrey Twickenham Stadium, London [16] [17]
201227 May Surrey 43–12 Leicestershire Twickenham Stadium, London [18]
2013 26 May Surrey 21–16 Cumbria Twickenham Stadium, London [19]
2014 1 June Surrey 39–16 Leicestershire Twickenham Stadium, London [20]
2015 31 May Leicestershire 34–17 Cumbria Twickenham Stadium, London [21]
2016 29 May Hampshire 33–11 Staffordshire Twickenham Stadium, London [22]
2017 [a 2] 28 May Oxfordshire 29–29 [a 3] Sussex Twickenham Stadium, London [23]
2018 27 May Dorset & Wilts 24–22 Essex Athletic Ground, London
2019 8 June Cumbria 23–13 Dorset & Wilts Twickenham Stadium, London
2020-2021No Competition due to COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom [24]
2022 4 June Oxfordshire 7–5 Berkshire Athletic Ground, London

Number of wins

Explanatory notes

  1. ↑ Changed named from County Championship Plate to County Championship Shield.
  2. ↑ Changed name from County Championship Shield to Bill Beaumont Division 3.
  3. ↑ Oxfordshire won the 2017 County Championship Shield by virtue of tries scored—5 to 4.

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