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19-496: There are 12 clubs in the WRU League 2 East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) 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

38-585: A home and away basis. The winner of these play-off games will be determined by the aggregate score at the end of both matches. The 2 Clubs with the winning aggregate score (1 from East and 1 from West) will then be promoted to the Championship. For the 2011/12 season there will be no relegation. Instead the 7 clubs who are not promoted into the new National Championship via the meritocracy criteria detailed above will remain in Division One East for

57-552: 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

76-400: 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

95-405: 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 the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines

114-549: Is a rugby union league in Wales . It was 'born' out of a restructure of the former league system that had formally begun in Wales for the 1990/91 season. As a result of the restructure of 2006, the WRU decided to divide the then Division One into two leagues, East and West , and Division 1 East was implemented and became a regular part of the fixture list. In 2014, another restructure of Welsh Rugby's league system saw more changes within

133-479: The 2012/13 season. In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP). The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015. The leagues then went without a sponsor until 2019 when a new 3-year deal with Specsavers was announced which also incorporates

152-647: 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

171-634: The Division One tier. This introduced an additional 2 leagues at this level bringing the total number of Division 1 leagues up to 4. Each league comprises 12 teams and combined the 48 clubs from the old Divisions One and Two with Clubs being placed into the corresponding league table based on their geographic location. The four leagues that currently make up the Division 1 level are as follows: Division One East, Division One East Central, Division One West Central and Division One West. There are 12 clubs in

190-491: 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

209-480: The WRU Division 1 East. 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

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228-688: The WRU's National Cup, Plate, Bowl and Shield competitions. The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions from the National Championship through to Divisions 3. 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

247-420: The above criteria) is crowned as champion and is presented with the league winners trophy. For the 2011/12 season 5 clubs were promoted to the new National Championship. Unlike past seasons, for 2011/12 the criteria for promotion was not based on the current season's results, but instead took into account the past 5 seasons results. Each club was awarded a meritocracy score depending on their league placings over

266-484: The past 5 seasons and the 5 Clubs with the highest meritocracy scores were promoted. Following this 2011/12 season, the Division 1 level was regionalised further with the WRU introducing Division 1 East, East Central, West Central and West. These 4 leagues will feed into the WRU National Championship with the winners of each East Division and each West Division competing in a 2 leg play-off match on

285-429: 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

304-576: The winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU League 1 East . The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the WRU Division Three East or WRU Division Three South East depending on geographical location. In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP). The initial three year sponsorship

323-634: Was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015. The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven. At the end of the season Ystrad Rhondda were crowned champions and gained promotion to the Division One East league, along with second placed Penallta. Newport High School Old Boys and Pill Harriers were relegated to Division Three East, while Llanishen were relegated to Division Three South East. See 2006–07 in Welsh rugby union WRU Division One East The Welsh Rugby Union Specsavers Division One East

342-493: 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

361-590: 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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