The only game in which they avoided defeat was a 12-12 draw at Doncaster in January and their relegation was confirmed by a 31-7 loss to Ealing on 15 April.
“I’ve never been through a campaign like this when we’ve not had a win – [but] I still feel the love from the supporters, the board and the players. The club have been through some tough times before and hopefully we can bounce back,” said Newby.
“Next year in National One is going to be a difficult challenge. There are some good teams in there that have goals as lofty as ours but hopefully we can consolidate. “
On their final Champ game, he added: “We knew it was going to be a festival game, a beautiful day, both teams with nothing on the line in terms of the league.
“At one point, when it was 40-odd to 20-odd, I thought ‘OK, can we get the next one?’ But we didn’t and then they had a purple patch.
“It’s disappointing to finish that way but being relegated a few weeks ago, the last three games have been hard to motivate the group in terms of execution and individual performance.
“As a collective, we’ve stuck together and fought for each other [but] we just haven’t been good enough from number one through to 23.”