Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East

Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East was a tier 9 division in the English rugby union system with teams from Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and the eastern region of Leicestershire taking part. Promoted teams moved up to Midlands 4 East (North) and relegated teams dropped to Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 2 East.

The division was created in 2000, along with its counterpart Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West, following the splitting of the East Midlands and Leicestershire leagues and the subsequent merging of the Leicestershire and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire leagues. After four seasons the league was discontinued following further restructuring and the majority of teams moved into the newly created Notts, Lincs, Derbyshire/North Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire divisions.

Original teams
When this division was introduced in 2000 it contained the following teams:


 * Barton & District – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (14th)
 * Boots Athletic – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (12th)
 * Boston – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (runners-up)
 * Cleethorpes – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (5th)
 * Cotgrave – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (3rd)
 * East Retford – promoted from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 2 (champions)
 * Keyworth – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (7th)
 * Nottinghamians – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (8th)
 * Oakham – transferred from East Midlands 1 (4th)
 * Southwell – transferred from Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire 1 (13th)

Promotion play-offs
After the 2003–04 season, there was a promotion play-off between the runners-up of Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 East and Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire/Leicestershire 1 West for the third place to Midlands 4 East (North). The team with the superior league record had home advantage in the tie.

Number of league titles

 * Oakham (2)
 * East Retford (1)
 * Mellish (1)