The Welsh Rugby Union Division One West (also called the SWALEC Division One West for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season. The league was formed in 2006 when the WRU divided the old Division One into two leagues, West and East
12-516: There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division One West. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to April) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in
24-552: A reported price of £210m. In September 2000, Western Power Distribution bought Hyder for £565 million, sold Welsh Water and renamed Infralec to WPD South Wales. SSE continued to use the SSE SWALEC brand name for the supply of electricity and gas in Wales. Following the sale of SSE's retail business to OVO Energy in 2020, SWALEC is a trading name of OVO. From 1992 to 2013 SSE was the sponsor of Wales WRU Challenge Cup , and
36-401: A single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then by the number of wins, then by the number of tries scored and then by their points ratio (points for, divided by points against). At the end of each season, the club which finishes top (as determined by
48-616: Is a three-year deal that will continue until the 2010/11 season at a cost of £1 million (GBP). The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to six. SWALEC SWALEC was an electricity supply and distribution company in South Wales, established in 1989 following the de-regulation of the electricity supply industry in the United Kingdom. The business has seen several changes of ownership from 1996, and
60-647: The Board was: The amount of electricity, in GWh, sold by South Wales Electricity Board was: SWaEB was privatised in 1989 as South Wales Electricity , one of the regional companies created by the Electricity Act 1989 . The company soon began to use the SWALEC brand. The business was bought in 1996 for £872m by newly privatised company Welsh Water , which rebranded itself as Hyder . The business plan
72-491: The SWALEC brand has been used for retail gas supply as well as electricity. Today National Grid runs the distribution network business, and SWALEC Contracting is a trading name of OVO Energy . The name SWALEC is a syllabic acronym of ' S outh Wa les E lec tricity'. The South Wales Electricity Board (SWaEB) was formed in 1948 under the Electricity Act 1947 , which brought about the nationalisation and merger of local authority and private electricity companies . The SWaEB
84-630: The SWALEC name was attached to a range of league competitions and trophies administered by the Welsh Rugby Union . Infralec Infralec was a short-lived electricity distribution subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Infralec was established in February 2000 by Hyder to operate the Welsh electricity distribution network previously operated under the SWALEC brand, when the rest of Hyder
96-405: The above criteria) is crowned as champion. For the 2011/12 season five clubs will be promoted to the new National Championship. Unlike past seasons, for 2011/12 the criteria for promotion is not based on the current season's results, but instead takes into account the past five seasons results. Each club is awarded a meritocracy score depending on their league placings over the past five seasons and
108-558: The five clubs with the highest meritocracy scores are promoted. For the 2011/12 season there will be no relegation. Instead the seven clubs who are not promoted into the new National Championship via the meritocracy criteria detailed above will remain in Division One West for the 2012/13 season. In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC . The sponsorship
120-429: The retail electricity and gas business under the SWALEC brand was sold to British Energy for a reported £105m. The sale included the SWALEC retail brand, whilst Hyder retained the SWALEC electricity distribution business (i.e., running the electricity network) which was renamed Infralec . In August 2000 Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) agreed to buy the electricity and gas supply businesses from British Energy for
132-493: Was responsible for the purchase of electricity from the electricity generator (the Central Electricity Generating Board from 1958) and the distribution and sale of electricity to customers. The key members of the Board were: Chairman W.D.D. Fenton (1964, 1967), Deputy Chairman H. Pryce-Jones (1964, 1967), full-time member William E. Richardson (1964, 1967). The number of customers supplied by
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#1732776828588144-534: Was to make significant logistical savings by combining the field activities of electricity and water supply operations by co-locating in fewer offices and operational depots. In 1997 SWALEC Gas was set up to take advantage of the deregulation of the gas market in the UK which took place in stages from 1997 to 1998. An advertising campaign was launched featuring Wimbledon F.C. and Wales footballer Vinnie Jones . Hyder encountered financial difficulties and in February 2000
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