The outdoor national league is to run under the following format in 2011:
The weight categories to be contested will be 600, 640 and 680.
Points can be earned for the national league by competing at the following venues:
Sunday 17th April – Kempston Hammer Sports Club, Kempston, Bedford
Sunday 24th April – Thames Valley, Abbey RFC, Reading
Sunday 8th May – Daventry Rugby Club, Daventry, Northants
Sunday 22nd May – Felton Eccles, Bristol
Sunday 10th July – Memorial Ground, Sandhurst, Berkshire
Sunday 24th July – Fermain Centre, Macclesfield, Cheshire
Sunday 21st August – Madeley Court Leisure Centre, Madeley, Telford
Sunday 4th September – National League Finals, Daventry Rugby Club, Daventry
Attendance at each venue is not compulsory however you will have a greater chance of accumulating more points if you attend more venues.
The winner of each weight class will be the team with the most points at the end of each weight class at national league finals at Daventry in September.
Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the top three teams in each weight class. To be eligible to receive these medals, teams must weigh in and compete at the national league finals in September. If a team does not compete in any weight class at the national league finals who is eligible for a medal, then the teams below them will move up a position.
At the end of the national league finals, a non-finalist 660 kilos competition will be held, which will be open to any team that has not finished in a medal position in the national league. The format of this competition will be at the discretion of the teams competing on the day (knock-out, or a points competition). The winners and runners up of the non-finalist competition will receive a team trophy each in each weight class. All teams will be able to weigh in for this competition at the start of the day, and it will be pulled immediately after the completion of the final national league weight.
The table of results of the 2010 national league can be found below.
