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Gloucester 1

Current season or competition: 2019-20 Gloucester 1
Sport	Rugby union
Instituted	1987; 37 years ago (1987) (as Gloucestershire 1)
Number of teams	12
Country	England
Holders	Old Cryptians (1st title) (2019–20 promoted to Gloucester Premier)
Most titles	Aretians, Bristol Saracens, Old Bristolians, Spartans, Tewkesbury (2 titles)
Website	englandrugby.com

Gloucester 1 is an English rugby union league which sits at the ninth level of league rugby union in England for teams based primarily in the county of Gloucestershire but also on occasion teams from Bristol. Promoted clubs move into Gloucester Premier and relegated clubs drop into either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South depending on location. Each year clubs in this division also take part in the RFU Junior Vase - a level 9-12 national competition.

Teams 2021–22

For the new season Gloucester 1 was split into North and South Divisions with the addition of several second teams from sides higher in the pyramid with twelve clubs in each division

North

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Berry Hill Lakers Road Coleford, Gloucestershire 10th Brockworth Mill Lane Brockworth, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North) Chosen Hill Former Pupils II Brookfield Road Churchdown, Gloucestershire New entry Cirencester The Whiteway Cirencester, Gloucestershire 6th (Gloucester 1) Drybrook II Mannings Ground Drybrook, Gloucestershire New entry Fairford Coln House School Playing Grounds Fairford, Gloucestershire 5th (Gloucester 1) Gloucester Old Boys Horton Road Gloucester, Gloucestershire 8th (Gloucester 1) Gordon League Hempsted Lane Gloucester, Gloucestershire 9th (Gloucester 1) Matson II Redwell Road Matson, Gloucester, Gloucestershire New entry Old Centralians II Saintbridge Sports Centre Gloucester, Gloucestershire New entry Smiths Prince of Wales Stadium 2,000 (480 seats) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 3rd (Gloucester 1) Widden Old Boys The Memorial Ground Gloucester, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th)

Berry HillBrockworthCHFP IICirencesterDrybrook IIFairfordGOBGLMatson IIOC IISmithsWOBclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (North) teams

South

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Aretians Little Stoke Park Little Stoke, Bristol Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South) Ashley Down Old Boys Lockleaze Combination Ground Lockleaze, Bristol Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South Avonmouth Old Boys II Barracks Lane Shirehampton, Bristol New entry Barton Hill II Duncombe Road Speedwell, Bristol New entry Bream High Street Bream, Lydney, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 (North) Dursley Stragglers Sports Ground Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire 4th (Gloucester 1) Lydney II Regentsholm 1,500 Lydney, Gloucestershire New entry St Brendan's Old Boys Coombe Dingle Sports Complex Coombe Dingle, Bristol 7th (Gloucester 1) St Mary's Old Boys Trench Lane Almondsbury, Bristol 9th (Gloucester 1) Thornbury II Cooper's Farm Thornbury, Gloucestershire New entry United Bristol Hospitals Portway Development Ground Portway, Bristol Promoted from Gloucester 2 (South) Whitehall Foundry Lane Whitehall, Bristol Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th)

BreamDursleyLydneySt Mary'sThornburyclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 1 (South) teams Ashley DownAretiansAvonmouthBarton HillSt Brendan'sUnited Bristol HospitalsWhitehallclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2021-22 Gloucester 2 South teams in Bristol

2020–21

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.

Teams 2019–20

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Cirencester The Whiteway Cirencester, Gloucestershire 4th Dursley Stragglers Sports Ground Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire 5th Fairford Coln House School Playing Grounds Fairford, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (playoff) Gloucester Old Boys Horton Road Gloucester, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th) Gordon League Hempsted Lane Gloucester, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th) North Bristol Oaklands Almondsbury, Bristol 8th Old Colstonians Colton's School Stapleton, Bristol 6th Old Cryptians The Memorial Ground Gloucester, Gloucestershire 3rd Old Elizabethans Severn Road Hallen, Gloucestershire 9th Smiths Prince of Wales Stadium 2,000 (480 seats) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 7th St Brendan's Old Boys Coombe Dingle Sports Complex Coombe Dingle, Bristol Promoted from Gloucester 2 South (champions) Tewkesbury The Moats Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 North (champions)

CirencesterDursleyFairfordGloucester OBGordon LeagueN BristolColstoniansCryptiansElizabethansSmithsSt Brendan'sTewkesburyclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2019-20 Gloucester 1 teams

Teams 2018–19

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Bredon Star Bredon Playing Fields Bredon, Worcestershire 8th Brockworth Mill Lane Brockworth, Gloucestershire 9th Cheltenham North Stoke Orchard Road Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire 5th Cirencester The Whiteway Cirencester, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th) Dursley Stragglers Sports Ground Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire 6th North Bristol Oaklands Almondsbury, Bristol 10th Old Colstonians Colton's School Stapleton, Bristol 3rd Old Cryptians The Memorial Ground Gloucester, Gloucestershire 7th Old Elizabethans Severn Road Hallen, Gloucestershire 4th Ross-on-Wye Abbotts Close Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions) Smiths Prince of Wales Stadium 2,000 (480 seats) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up) Southmead Greenway Centre Southmead, Bristol 11th

Bredon StarBrockworthCheltenham NorthCirencesterDursleyN BristolColstoniansCryptiansElizabethansRoss-on-WyeSmithsSouthmeadclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2018-19 Gloucester 1 teams

Teams 2017–18

Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season Berry Hill Lakers Road Coleford, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th) Bredon Star Bredon Playing Fields Bredon, Worcestershire 7th Brockworth Mill Lane Brockworth, Gloucestershire 3rd Cheltenham North Stoke Orchard Road Bishop's Cleeve, Gloucestershire Relegated from Gloucester Premier (10th) Dursley Stragglers Sports Ground Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire 5th North Bristol Oaklands Almondsbury, Bristol Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th) Old Colstonians Colton's School Stapleton, Bristol Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions) Old Cryptians The Memorial Ground Gloucester, Gloucestershire 4th Old Elizabethans Severn Road Hallen, Gloucestershire Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up) Southmead Greenway Centre Southmead, Bristol 9th St Brendan's Old Boys Coombe Dingle Sports Complex Coombe Dingle, Bristol 8th Widden Old Boys The Memorial Ground Gloucester, Gloucestershire 6th

Berry HillBredon StarBrockworthCheltenham NorthDursleyN BristolColstoniansCryptiansElizabethansSouthmeadSt Brendan'sWidden Old Boysclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2017-18 Gloucester 1 teams

Teams 2016-17

• Ashley Downs Old Boys (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Bream (relegated from Gloucester Premier)
• Bredon Star
• Brockworth
• Dursley
• Gloucester Old Boys
• Old Cryptians
• Southmead
• Spartans (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• St Brendan's Old Boys
• Tewkesbury (relegated from Gloucester Premier)
• Widden Old Boys

Teams 2015–16

The 2015–16 Gloucester 1 consists of twelve teams from Gloucestershire and Bristol as well as one team just over the border in Worcestershire. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 23 April 2016. Eight of the twelve teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Longlevens and runners up Chipping Sodbury were promoted to the Gloucester Premier while Old Colstonians and Kingswood were relegated to Gloucester 2.

Teams 2014-15

• Bredon Star (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Brockworth
• Chipping Sodbury
• Dursley (relegated from Gloucester Premier)
• Gloucester Old Boys
• Kingswood
• Longlevens
• Old Colstonians
• Old Cryptians (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Old Richians
• Southmead (relegated from Gloucester Premier)
• Widden Old Boys

Teams 2013–14

• Ashley Down Old Boys (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Bishopston
• Bream (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Brockworth
• Chipping Sodbury
• Gloucester Old Boys
• Kingswood
• Longlevens
• Old Colstonians
• Old Richians
• Widden Old Boys (relegated from Gloucester Premier)

Teams 2012–13

• Bishopston
• Broad Plain
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Saracens
• Chipping Sodbury
• Gloucester Old Boys
• Hucclecote
• Kingswood
• Longlevens
• Newent
• Old Colstonians
• Old Richians

Teams 2011-12

• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bream
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Saracens (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Dursley
• Gloucester Old Boys
• Hucclecote
• Kingswood
• Newent (promoted from Gloucester 2)
• Ross-on-Wye
• Spartans

Teams 2010-11

• Aretians
• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bishopston
• Bream
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Cotham Park
• Dursley
• Hucclecote
• Kingswood
• Longlevens
• Painswick
• Spartans

Teams 2009-10

• Aretians
• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bishopston
• Bream
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Chipping Sodbury
• Dursley
• Longlevens
• Old Bristolians
• Old Cryptians
• Painswick

Teams 2008-09

• Aretians
• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bishopston
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Chipping Sodbury
• Dursley
• Longlevens
• Old Bristolians
• Painswick
• Ross-on-Wye
• Tewkesbury

Teams 2007-08

• Bishopston
• Bream
• Bristol Saracens
• Brockworth
• Chipping Sodbury
• Dursley
• Longlevens
• Old Bristolians
• Painswick
• Ross-on-Wye
• Southmead
• Tewkesbury

Teams 2006-07

• Bishopston
• Bream
• Bristol Saracens
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Chipping Sodbury
• Hartpury College
• Hucclecote
• Old Bristolians
• Old Cryptians
• Southmead
• Tewkesbury

Teams 2005-06

• Bristol Saracens
• Bishopston
• Bream
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Chipping Sodbury
• Cirencester
• Frampton Cotterell
• Old Bristolians
• Southmead
• Tewkesbury

Teams 2004-05

• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bristol Saracens
• Bishopston
• Cirencester
• Chipping Sodbury
• Frampton Cotterell
• Old Bristolians
• Old Colstonians
• Old Cryptians
• Widden Old Boys

Teams 2003-04

• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bishopston
• Bristol Saracens
• Brockworth
• Cheltenham Saracens
• Frampton Cotterell
• Hucclecote
• Southmead
• Tewkesbury
• Widden Old Boys

Teams 2002-03

• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bishopston
• Bream
• Bristol Saracens
• Brockworth
• Chipping Sodbury
• Frampton Cotterell
• Old Bristolians
• Southmead
• Tewkesbury

Teams 2001-02

• Aretians
• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Bream
• Brockworth
• Frampton Cotterell
• Painswick
• Old Bristolians
• Old Cryptians
• Tewkesbury
• Westbury-on-Severn

Teams 2000-01

• Ashley Down Old Boys
• Cheltenham Civil Service
• Cheltenham Saracens
• Chosen Hill Former Pupils
• Frampton Cotterell
• Hucclecote
• Old Bristolians
• Old Cryptians
• Tetbury
• Westbury-on-Severn

Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (known as Gloucestershire 1) contained the following teams:

• Bream
• Bristol Saracens
• Cheltenham North
• Dings Crusaders
• Drybrook
• Longlevens
• Old Colstonians
• Old Patesians
• Spartans
• St. Mary's Old Boys
• Widden Old Boys

Gloucester 1 honours

Gloucestershire 1 (1987–1991)

Originally known as Gloucestershire 1, it was a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2.

Gloucester 1 (1991–1993)

Gloucestershire 1 was shorted to Gloucester 1 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 9 league with promotion to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2.

Gloucester 1 (1993–1996)

The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 1 dropped to become a tier 10 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2.

Gloucester 1 (1996–2000)

The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 1 reverted to being a tier 9 league. Promotion continued to Gloucestershire/Somerset and relegation to Gloucester 2.

Gloucester 1 (2000–2009)

Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league despite the cancellation of Gloucestershire/Somerset at the end of the 1999–00 season. Promotion was now to the new Gloucester Premier, while relegation continued to Gloucester 2. Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 1 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers.

Gloucester 1 (2009–2017)

Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier and relegation to Gloucester 2.

Gloucester 1 (2017–present)

Gloucester 1 remained a tier 9 league with promotion continuing to Gloucester Premier, while relegation was now to either Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South (formerly a single division). The league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x.

Number of league titles

• Aretians (2)
• Bristol Saracens (2)
• Old Bristolians (2)
• Spartans (2)
• Tewkesbury (2)
• Berry Hill (1)
• Bishopston (1)
• Bream (1)
• Cheltenham North (1)
• Chipping Sodbury (1)
• Chosen Hill Former Pupils (1)
• Cirencester (1)
• Cleve (1)
• Dings Crusaders (1)
• Drybrook (1)
• Gloucester Old Boys (1)
• Hartpury College (1)
• Longlevens (1)
• Newent (1)
• Old Centralians (1)
• Old Cryptians (1)
• Old Richians (1)
• Painswick (1)
• Ross-on-Wye (1)
• St. Mary's Old Boys (1)
• Stow-on-the-Wold (1)
• Widden Old Boys (1)

See also

• South West Division RFU
• Gloucestershire RFU
• English rugby union system
• Rugby union in England

Notes

1. Due to the restructuring of the majority of the south-west leagues from 11 to 13 teams for the 1992–93 season, 3rd place Thornbury were also promoted.
2. There was no relegation this season as league was due to increase from 11 to 13 teams.
3. League restructuring caused by the cancellation of National 5 South meant that champions Cheltenham North were promoted two divisions up into Western Counties North (formerly Western Counties).
4. The cancellation of National 5 South meant that clubs ranked 3rd to 9th were also promoted one level up into Gloucestershire/Somerset including Coney Hill, Longlevens, Frampton Cotterell, Old Richians, Bream, Brockworth, Old Cryptians.
5. Widespread league restructuring meant that there was no relegation.
6. There was no relegation as the division would be expanded from 10 to 12 teams for the next season.

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