The NCL or National Conference League Division Three (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Three). The top 3 teams gain promotion to

NCL Division Two The NCL or National Conference League Division two (known as the Kingstone Press NCL Division Two) League Winners 2019 Teams West Bowling A.R.L.F.C. Ince Rose Bridge Wigan St Judes Hull Dockers Barrow Island ARLFC Crosfields ARLF ...

. The bottom three sides have to renew their members any new members have to be elected to the league.

History

2012: * Champions (Elected to Championship 1): Hemel Stags * Remain in division 3 for 2013:

Huddersfield Underbank Rangers Underbank Rangers are a rugby league team based in Holmfirth near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They play in the Premier Division of the National Conference League. The club also competes in the Yorkshire Men's League.Underbank are the second ol ...

and Coventry Bears * Demoted to Conference League South: Nottingham Outlaws,

Bristol Sonics Bristol Sonics are a rugby league club based in Bristol in the South West of England. The Sonics' first team plays in the Conference League South competition, having previously played in the now defunct Rugby League Conference Midlands Premi ...

and St Albans Centurions * Demoted to Yorkshire Men's League:

Bramley Buffaloes Bramley Buffaloes RLFC is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. History At the end of the 1999 season Bramley RLFC resigned from the Northern Ford Premiership to become a feeder team for Leeds, b ...

and

Kippax Knights Kippax Knights are an amateur rugby league team based in Kippax, Leeds, England. The team plays in the Yorkshire Men's League. History 1948-2009 Kippax Welfare rugby league has been a part of Kippax village for many years. The first team was ...

* Folded:

Warrington Wizards Woolston Rovers are a rugby league team based in Warrington. The open age teams play in the National Division of the Rugby League Conference. History Woolston Rovers ''Woolston Rovers Rugby Club'' was founded at the Lido Country Club on Manches ...

(joined

Woolston Rovers Woolston Rovers are a rugby league team based in Warrington. The open age teams play in the Rugby League Conference National Division, National Division of the Rugby League Conference. History Woolston Rovers ''Woolston Rovers Rugby Club'' was f ...

) * Accepted into division 3 for 2013: Kells,

Pilkington Recs The Recs Rugby Football Club is an amateur rugby league team based in St Helens, Merseyside. History In 1949 a group of Pilkington Glass employees submitted an application to the Pilkington Recreation Club Committee at Grove Street to form a ...

, Hindley,

Wigan St Cuthbert's Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington to ...

Peterlee Pumas Peterlee Pumas are a rugby league team based in Peterlee, County Durham. They play in the North East Premier of the Rugby League Conference. History Peterlee Pumas was formed in association with Durham Rugby League Service Area and the Rugby ...

Blackbrook Blackbrook may refer to several places in the United Kingdom: * Blackbrook, Cheshire, England * Blackbrook, Derbyshire, England * Blackbrook, London, in the London Borough of Bromley, near Southborough, Bromley, Southborough * Blackbrook, St Helens ...

and

. 2013: * Champions: Kells * Also promoted:

2014: * Champions: Featherstone Lions * Also promoted:

and

Underbank Rangers Underbank Rangers are a rugby league team based in Holmfirth near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They play in the Premier Division of the National Conference League. The club also competes in the Yorkshire Men's League.Underbank are the second o ...

* Elected to League 1: Coventry Bears * Resigned midseason: Wigan St Cuthberts * Resigned after season: Hindley;

* Elected to league for next season:

Dewsbury Moor Dewsbury Moor is a district of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies to the west of the Dewsbury town centre. The population is around 5,650. Crime rates are higher than the national avera ...

Drighlington Drighlington is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan district, West Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the village lies 5 miles (9 km) south-west of Leeds and 4 miles (6 km ...

Gateshead Storm Gateshead Storm are an amateur rugby league club in the North East of England. They play in the NCL Division Three. History Gateshead Storm ''Gateshead Storm'' were formed in September 2002, many of the original squad having played together a ...

, Hunslet Club Parkside, Thornhill Trojans and Wibsey Warriors 2015: * Champions: Hunslet Club Parkside * Also promoted: Stanningley and Thornhill Trojans * Resigned midseason: Heworth * Resigned after season: Wibsey Warriors * Elected to league for next season:

Castleford Panthers Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins the ...

and Rylands Sharks 2016: * Champions: Crosfields * Also promoted: Drighlington * Resigned midseason: Castleford Panthers * Elected to league for next season: Barrow Island, Clock Face Miners and West Bowling 2017: * Champions: West Bowling * Also promoted: Dewsbury Moor Maroons and Stanningley * Resigned midseason: Elland and Rylands Sharks * Elected to league for next season: Beverley 2018: * Champions: Beverley * Also promoted:

Barrow Island Barrow Island may refer to: * Barrow Island (Western Australia), Australia * Barrow Island (Queensland), Australia * Barrow Island, Barrow-in-Furness Barrow Island is an area and electoral ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. Originall ...

and Clock Face Miners * Resigned after season:

Stanley Rangers Stanley Rangers (founded 1919) is an amateur rugby league club situated in the village of Stanley near Wakefield. They are in Division One of the National Conference League. Players range from 8-years old and receive training in all aspects of ...

* Elected to league for next season: Batley Boys, Heworth,

Hensingham Hensingham is a suburb of Whitehaven and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whitehaven, in the Copeland district, in the county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,145. In 1931 the parish had a popula ...

League winners

New members

2019: The Kingstone Press National Conference league will run with 50 teams next season after Batley Boys,

and Heworth were all duly elected to the competition for 2019. The votes were overwhelmingly in favour of backing the NCL Management recommendations that proposed a return to the NCL for Heworth after a three-year absence, and new members in Batley Boys and

2019 teams

Hunslet Warriors Hunslet () is an inner-city area in south Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It is southeast of the city centre and has an industrial past. It is situated in the Hunslet and Riverside ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds Central parliamentar ...

* Batley Boys * Heworth * Dewsbury Celtic *

* Leigh East * Waterhead Warriors *

Oldham St Annes Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, amid the Pennines and between the rivers Irk and Medlock, southeast of Rochdale and northeast of Manchester. It is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, whic ...

Millom Millom is a town and civil parish on the north shore of the estuary of the River Duddon in southwest Cumbria, historically part of Cumberland, England. It is situated just outside the Lake District National Park, about north of Barrow-in-Furne ...

Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...

Eastmoor Dragons Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 99,251 in the 2011 census.https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks101ew Census 2011 table KS101EW Usual resident population, ...

Salford City Roosters Salford City Roosters are an amateur rugby league football club from Eccles in the City of Salford, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the North West Men's League. The club also operates a number of academy teams. History The ...

Promoted teams 2019:

(as champions),

and Dewsbury Celtic.

References

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