2011 Championship 1
| 2011 Championship 1 | |
|---|---|
| League | Championship 1 |
| Duration | 18 games each |
| Teams | 10 |
| Broadcast partners | SKY Sports |
| 2011 Season | |
| Play-off Winners |
 Keighley Cougars
|
| Champions |
 Swinton Lions
|
| Top point-scorer(s) |
Ian Mort (292) |
| Top try-scorer(s) |
Ian Mort (21) |
The 2011 Championship 1 is a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in England and Wales, 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 2012 Rugby 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 the 2011 Challenge Cup but the South Wales Scorpions did not compete in the 2011 National League Cup.
The competition features mainly the same teams as it did in 2010. The exceptions being that the Hunslet Hawks and the York City Knights were both promoted to compete in the 2011 RFL Championship.The Keighley Cougars and Whitehaven were relegated from the 2010 RFL Championship. The competition was to contain 11 teams, however, the Blackpool Panthers went into administration [1] and were thus omitted from the competition for 2011 [2]
This table is correct as of 7 October 2010 12:29pm . Source: http://www.cooperativechampionship.co.uk/table_nl2.php
Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: For win = 3; For draw = 2; For loss by 12 points or fewer = 1.
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.
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