Outdoor League Structure

At the Northerns Council meeting held on 15 February 2024 the decision was taken to revert to a league structure that was used several years ago.  In essence, this entails teams being allocated to leagues containing eight teams each (with possibly a different number in the lowest league, depending on the number of entries received), whereafter they will play a single round-robin.  At the end of this round-robin, the top four teams in the premier league remain in the premier league and play a double round-robin to determine the premier league winners.  The bottom four premier league teams are then combined with the top four teams in the second league to form a league which plays a single round-robin to determine a winner.  This process is repeated with all lower teams with the structure of the lowest league dependent on the number of teams entered.

League Composition for second half of the 2026 season

Based on results for the first half of the 2026 season, the league structure for the second half of 2026 was as follows (in ranking order):

League Composition for first half of the 2026 season

The league structure for the first half of 2026 was as follows (in ranking order):