Sussex Spitfire 1
| Sussex Spitfire 1 | |
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Current season or competition:: 2015–16 Sussex Spitfire 1
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| Sport | Rugby union |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Country |
 England
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| Holders |
Crawley (2nd title) (2016–17) (promoted to London 3 South East)) |
| Most titles | Uckfield (3 titles) |
| Website | englandrugby.com |
Sussex Spitfire 1, also known as Sussex 1 is an English level 9 Rugby Union League. It is made up of teams predominantly from Sussex. Teams play home and away matches from September through to April. The league champions are automatically promoted up to London 3 South East, while the second placed team plays a promotion playoff against the second placed team from Shepherd Neame Kent 1. Relegated teams drop to Sussex Canterbury Jack Division 2.
Since the 2000–01 season there has been a play-off between the runners-up of Shepherd Neame Kent 1 and Sussex Spitfire 1 for the third and final promotion place to London 3 South East. The team with the superior league record has home advantage in the tie. At the end of the 2016–17 season the Shepherd Neame Kent 1 teams have been the most successful with twelve wins to the Sussex Spitfire 1 teams five; and the home team has won promotion on nine occasions compared to the away teams eight.
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