Promotion & Demotion
Promotion
To have the chance of promotion to the level above (obviously not applicable with the top division where the OD League Championship is awarded to the top side) a team must first win their division by finishing top of the group.
Their league record is then compared to the other division winners at that level:
- if they are in the top half they are promoted automatically, but ;
- the teams in the bottom half of the list must win a one-off play off match away against a team in the level above.
Demotion
In the divisions of the level above, the 7th and 8th placed teams are automatically relegated, replaced by the sides who achieved automatic promotion.
The 5th & 6th placed teams will then provide the opposition in the play-offs with the remaining lower level division winners.