Counties 5 Surrey

Counties 5 Surrey
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1989; 35 years ago
Ceased	1992; 32 years ago
Re-formed	2022
Number of teams	9
Country	England
Holders	Kew Occasionals RFC (1st title) (1991–92)

Counties 5 Surrey is a rugby union competition covering the English county of Surrey and parts of south-west London. It sits at the bottom of English Rugby union system, at level 11, making it the lowest level competition still controlled by the Rugby Football Union (RFU). The winner of the league is promoted for the following season to Counties 4 Surrey. There is no relegation from the league, and no promotion into it, however new teams can apply to join.

The league was first formed in the 1989–90 season and ran for three years before its closure at the end of the 1991–1992 season. When the league was disbanded, teams were either automatically promoted to Surrey 4, moved to other leagues, or folded.

As part of a larger restructuring of the entire English rugby union pyramid, undertaken by the RFU, the league was re-formed. Beginning with the 2022–23 season, nine teams from Surrey and south-west London compete in the division.

Teams for 2024–25

Leaving the league are Reigate and London French (promoted to Counties 4 Surrey), replaced by Guilfordians and Staines both relegated from the same league. Feltham joined for the first time having previously competed in Surrey Conference League 2023-2024.

With two leaving and three joining the league was made up of 10 sides for the first time having had 9 since its inaugural year.

Team	Ground	City/Area	Previous season
Croydon	Addington Road	Addington, London	6th
Egham Hollowegians	Keith Heal Academy of Rugby	Englefield Green, Surrey	5th
Feltham	The Airpark	Feltham, London	New entry
Guildfordians	Guildford Spectrum Leisure Complex	Guildford, Surrey	Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (9th)
Merton	Morden Recreation Ground	Morden, London	8th
Mitcham & Carshalton	Peterborough Road	Carshalton, London	7th
Raynes Park	Raynes Park Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	2nd
Staines	The Reeves	Feltham, London	Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (10th)
Wandsworthians	Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	9th
Woking	Recreation Ground	Byfleet, Woking, Surrey	4th

Croydon

Feltham

Merton

M&C

Raynes Park

Staines

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Guildfordians

Woking

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Locations of the 2024-25 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Teams for 2023–24

Leaving the league were Old Hamptonians and Haslemere, both promoted to Counties 4 Surrey replaced by Croydon, relegated from Counties 4 Surrey and London French who had most recently competed in Herts & Middlesex 2 in 2021-22.

Team	Ground	City/Area	Previous season
Croydon	Addington Road	Addington, London	Relegated from Counties 4 Surrey (8th)
Egham Hollowegians	Keith Heal Academy of Rugby	Englefield Green, Surrey	4th
London French	Barn Elms	Barnes, London	Re-entry
Merton	Morden Recreation Ground	Morden, London	6th
Mitcham & Carshalton	Peterborough Road	Carshalton, London	9th
Raynes Park	Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	3rd
Reigate	Colley Lane	Reigate, Surrey	5th
Wandsworthians	Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	8th
Woking	Recreation Ground	Byfleet, Woking, Surrey	7th

Croydon

London
French

Merton

M&C

Raynes Park

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Reigate

Woking

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Locations of the 2023-24 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Teams for 2022–23

This was the first season following the RFU Adult Competition Review. The league was substantially similar to Surrey 4 but while that league had been at level 12 of the English rugby pyramid the new league was at level 11.

Six of the teams had previously competed in Surrey 4 and they were joined by three sides from Surrey 3 - Egham Hollowegians, Merton and Raynes Park - who remained in a level 11 league.

Team	Ground	City/Area	Previous season
Egham Hollowegians	Keith Heal Academy of Rugby	Englefield Green, Surrey	9th Surrey 3
Haslemere	Woolmer Hill Sports Association	Haslemere, Surrey	6th Surrey 4
Merton	Morden Recreation Ground	Morden, London	6th Surrey 3
Mitcham & Carshalton	Peterborough Road	Carshalton, London	5th Surrey 4
Old Hamptonians	Dean Road	Hampton, London	4th Surrey 4
Raynes Park	Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	10th Surrey 3
Reigate	Colley Lane	Reigate, Surrey	7th Surrey 4
Wandsworthians	Old Wimbledonians & Donhead Sports Ground	Raynes Park, London	9th Surrey 4
Woking	Recreation Ground	Byfleet, Woking, Surrey	8th Surrey 4

Merton

M&C

Hamptonians

Raynes Park

Wandsworthians

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Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Greater London

Egham Hollowegians

Haslemere

Reigate

Woking

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Locations of the 2022-23 Counties 5 Surrey teams in Surrey

Original teams

When the competition began in 1989, the following teams played in the division:

Economicals - relegated from Surrey 4
Gibraltar Engineers - new to league
Haslemere - relegated from Surrey 3
Lightwater - relegated from Surrey 3
Oxted - relegated from Surrey 3
Racal-Decca - relegated from Surrey 3
Woking - new to league

Surrey 5 honours

Season	No of Teams	Champions	Runners–up	Relegated Teams
1989–90^[1]	7	Gibraltar Engineers	Racal-Decca	No relegation
1990–91^[2]	7	Woking	Shene Old Grammarians	No relegation
1991–92^[3]	10	Kew Occasionals	London Media	No relegation
2022-23^[4]	9	Old Hamptonians	Haslemere	No relegation
Green backgrounds are promotion places.