Halifax Dewsbury Rams and Batley Bulldogs will all be gunning for a strong showing in the 2015 revamped Kingtstone Press Championship.

The battle in the new 12-team Championship is to reach the Super 8s and take on top flight opposition in August and look to reach Super League.

As clubs are joining from two competitions, the qualifiers will have all their points from the regular season wiped to form a new mini-league.

Clubs who finished ninth and 10th in Super League and first and second in the Championship will play four home games and 11th and 12th and third and fourth will play three home games.

After seven rounds, the top three in the qualifiers will be automatically promoted to Super League for 2016, while clubs finishing fourth and fifth will go on to play in the ‘Million Pound Game’ on Saturday, October 3, at the home of the fourth-placed team, to determine the final promotion place.

The eight clubs in the Championship Shield will carry over their points from the regular season to play seven Super 8s matches where after seven rounds the top four clubs will compete in the Championship Shield play-offs, where first will play fourth and second will play third with the winners meeting in the final at the Kingstone Press Championship finals day on October 4.

2015 KINGSTONE PRESS CHAMPIONSHIP

February

13: Dewsbury Rams v Sheffield Eagles (8pm)

15: Batley Bulldogs v Workington Town, Featherstone Rovers v Hunslet Hawks, Leigh Centurions v Bradford Bulls, London Broncos v Doncaster, Whitehaven v Halifax (all 3pm)

22: Bradford Bulls v Whitehaven (3pm), Doncaster v Featherstone Rovers (TBC), Halifax v Leigh Centurions (3pm), Hunslet Hawks v Batley Bulldogs (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v London Broncos (TBC), Workington Town v Dewsbury Rams (3pm)

March

1: Batley Bulldogs v Halifax, Featherstone Rovers Bradford Bulls, Hunslet Hawks v Dewsbury Rams, Leigh Centurions v London Broncos, Whitehaven v Sheffield Eagles, Workington Town v Doncaster (all 3pm)

8: Bradford Bulls vHunslet Hawks (3pm), Dewsbury Rams v Whitehaven (3pm), Doncaster v Leigh Centurions (TBC), Halifax v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), London Broncos v Workington Town (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Batley Bulldogs (TBC)

15: Batley Bulldogs v Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers v Leigh Centurions, Halifax v Dewsbury Rams, Hunslet Hawks v Doncaster, Whitehaven v London Broncos, Workington Town v Sheffield Eagles (all 3pm)

21-22: Challenge Cup fourth round (Championship clubs enter)

27: Dewsbury Rams v Featherstone Rovers (8pm)

29: Bradford Bulls v Workington Town (3pm), Doncaster v Batley Bulldogs (TBC), Leigh Centurions v Whitehaven (3pm), London Broncos v Halifax (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Hunslet Hawks (TBC)

April

3: Batley Bulldogs v Dewsbury Rams (7.30pm), Bradford Bulls v Halifax (8pm), Doncaster v Sheffield Eagles (TBC), Featherstone Rovers v London Broncos (TBC), Hunslet Hawks v Leigh Centurions (2pm), Workington Town v Whitehaven (3pm)

6: Dewsbury Rams v Bradford Bulls, Featherstone Rovers v Sheffield Eagles, Halifax v Hunslet Hawks, Leigh Centurions v Workington Town, London Broncos v Batley Bulldogs, Whitehaven v Doncaster (all 3pm)

11-19: Challenge Cup fifth round (bottom four clubs from Super League in 2014 enter)

12: Batley Bulldogs v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), Bradford Bulls v London Broncos (3pm), Doncaster v Dewsbury Rams (TBC), Halifax v Workington Town (3pm),

Hunslet Hawks v Whitehaven (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Leigh Centurions (TBC)

26: Doncaster v Bradford Bulls (TBC), Leigh Centurions v Batley Bulldogs (3pm), London Broncos v Dewsbury Rams (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Halifax (TBC), Whitehaven v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), Workington Town v Hunslet Hawks (3pm)

May

3: Batley Bulldogs v Whitehaven, Bradford Bulls v Sheffield Eagles, Dewsbury Rams v Leigh Centurions, Featherstone Rovers v Workington Town, Halifax v Doncaster, Hunslet Hawks v London Broncos (all 3pm)

10: Dewsbury Rams v Hunslet Hawks (3pm), Leigh Centurions v Halifax (3pm), London Broncos v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Doncaster (TBC), Whitehaven v Bradford Bulls (3pm), Workington Town v Batley Bulldogs (3pm)

16-17: Challenge Cup sixth round (top eight Super League clubs from 2014 enter)

17: Batley Bulldogs v London Broncos (3pm), Bradford Bulls v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), Doncaster v Workington Town (TBC), Halifax v Whitehaven (3pm), Leigh Centurions v Hunslet Hawks (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Dewsbury Rams (TBC)

23-24: Summer Bash at Blackpool

30: Dewsbury Rams v Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers v Batley Bulldogs, Hunslet Hawks v Sheffield Eagles, London Broncos v Bradford Bulls, Whitehaven v Leigh Centurions, Workington Town v Halifax (all 3pm)

June

7: Batley Bulldogs v Sheffield Eagles, Bradford Bulls v Doncaster, Dewsbury Rams v Workington Town, Featherstone Rovers v Halifax, London Broncos v Leigh Centurions, Whitehaven v Hunslet Hawks (all 3pm)

14: Batley Bulldogs v Leigh Centurions (3pm), Bradford Bulls v Dewsbury Rams (3pm), Doncaster v London Broncos (TBC), Hunslet Hawks v Halifax (3pm),

Sheffield Eagles v Whitehaven (TBC), Workington Town v Featherstone Rovers (3pm)

21:Dewsbury Rams v Halifax, Featherstone Rovers v Doncaster, Leigh Centurions v Sheffield Eagles, London Broncos v Hunslet Hawks, Whitehaven v Batley Bulldogs, Workington Town v Bradford Bulls (all 3pm)

28: Bradford Bulls v Batley Bulldogs (3pm), Doncaster v Whitehaven (TBC), Halifax v London Broncos (3pm), Hunslet Hawks v Featherstone Rovers (3pm), Leigh Centurions v Dewsbury Rams (3pm), Sheffield Eagles v Workington Town (TBC)

27-28: Challenge Cup quarter-finals

July

5: Batley Bulldogs v Doncaster, Featherstone Rovers v Dewsbury Rams, Halifax v Sheffield Eagles, Hunslet Hawks v Bradford Bulls, London Broncos v Whitehaven, Workington Town v Leigh Centurions (all 3pm)

12: Dewsbury Rams v London Broncos (3pm), Doncaster v Hunslet Hawks (TBC), Halifax v Batley Bulldogs (3pm), Leigh Centurions v Featherstone Rovers (3pm),

Sheffield Eagles v Bradford Bulls (TBC), Whitehaven v Workington Town (3pm)

19: Batley Bulldogs v Hunslet Hawks (3pm), Bradford Bulls v Leigh Centurions (3pm), Doncaster v Halifax (TBC), Sheffield Eagles v Featherstone Rovers (TBC), Whitehaven v Dewsbury Rams (3pm), Workington Town v London Broncos (3pm)

26: Dewsbury Rams v Batley Bulldogs, Featherstone Rovers v Whitehaven, Halifax v Bradford Bulls, Hunslet Hawks vWorkington Town, Leigh Centurions v Doncaster, London Broncos v Sheffield Eagles (all 3pm)

August

1-2: Challenge Cup semi-finals

8-9: Super 8s begin – Super League, Qualifiers and Championship Shield

29th: Challenge Cup final at Wembley

September

26-27: Championship Shield semi-finals

October

3-4: The Million Pound Game and Championship Shield Final