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Gloucester 1
English rugby union league
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.
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| Sport | Rugby union |
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| 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 |
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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
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020–21 season was cancelled.
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- 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
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.
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| Team | Ground | Capacity | Town/Village | Previous season |
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| Bishopston | Bonnington Walk | Stoke Gifford, Bristol | Promoted from Gloucester 2 (runners up) | |
| Bredon Star | Bredon Playing Fields | Bredon, Worcestershire | 10th | |
| Brockworth | Mill Lane | Brockworth, Gloucestershire | 3rd | |
| Dursley | Stragglers Sports Ground | Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire | 5th | |
| Gloucester Old Boys | Horton Road | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 8th | |
| Gordon League | Hempsted Lane | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | Relegated from Gloucester Premier (11th) | |
| Old Cryptians | The Memorial Ground | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 6th | |
| Old Richians | Sandyleaze | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 7th | |
| Painswick | Broadham Fields | Painswick, Gloucestershire | Relegated from Gloucester Premier (12th) | |
| Southmead | Greenway Centre | Southmead, Bristol | 9th | |
| St Brendan's Old Boys | Coombe Dingle Sports Complex | Coombe Dingle, Bristol | Promoted from Gloucester 2 (champions) | |
| Widden Old Boys | The Memorial Ground | Gloucester, Gloucestershire | 4th | |
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- 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
- 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)
- Bishopston
- Broad Plain
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Saracens
- Chipping Sodbury
- Gloucester Old Boys
- Hucclecote
- Kingswood
- Longlevens
- Newent
- Old Colstonians
- Old Richians
- 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
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cotham Park
- Dursley
- Hucclecote
- Kingswood
- Longlevens
- Painswick
- Spartans
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Chipping Sodbury
- Dursley
- Longlevens
- Old Bristolians
- Old Cryptians
- Painswick
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bishopston
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Chipping Sodbury
- Dursley
- Longlevens
- Old Bristolians
- Painswick
- Ross-on-Wye
- Tewkesbury
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Bristol Saracens
- Brockworth
- Chipping Sodbury
- Dursley
- Longlevens
- Old Bristolians
- Painswick
- Ross-on-Wye
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Bristol Saracens
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Chipping Sodbury
- Hartpury College
- Hucclecote
- Old Bristolians
- Old Cryptians
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
- Bristol Saracens
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Chipping Sodbury
- Cirencester
- Frampton Cotterell
- Old Bristolians
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bristol Saracens
- Bishopston
- Cirencester
- Chipping Sodbury
- Frampton Cotterell
- Old Bristolians
- Old Colstonians
- Old Cryptians
- Widden Old Boys
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bishopston
- Bristol Saracens
- Brockworth
- Cheltenham Saracens
- Frampton Cotterell
- Hucclecote
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
- Widden Old Boys
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bishopston
- Bream
- Bristol Saracens
- Brockworth
- Chipping Sodbury
- Frampton Cotterell
- Old Bristolians
- Southmead
- Tewkesbury
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Bream
- Brockworth
- Frampton Cotterell
- Painswick
- Old Bristolians
- Old Cryptians
- Tewkesbury
- Westbury-on-Severn
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Cheltenham Civil Service
- Cheltenham Saracens
- Chosen Hill Former Pupils
- Frampton Cotterell
- Hucclecote
- Old Bristolians
- Old Cryptians
- Tetbury
- Westbury-on-Severn
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
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.
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| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | Ref | |||||||||
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| 1987–88 | 11 | Spartans | Dings Crusaders | Bristol Saracens, Cheltenham North | [1] | |||||||||
| 1988–89 | 11 | Drybrook | Dings Crusaders | Old Colstonians | [2] | |||||||||
| 1989–90 | 11 | Dings Crusaders | Gloucester Old Boys | Tredworth | [3] | |||||||||
| 1990–91 | 11 | Gloucester Old Boys | Longlevens | Ashley Down Old Boys | [4] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 1991–92 | 11 | Old Patesians | North Bristol[lower-alpha 1] | No relegation[lower-alpha 2] | [5] | |||||||||
| 1992–93 | 13 | St. Mary's Old Boys | Bream | Bristol Saracens | [6] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 1993–94 | 13 | Stow-on-the-Wold | Cheltenham North | Ashley Down Old Boys, Saintbridge Former Pupils | [7] | |||||||||
| 1994–95 | 13 | Cleve | Longlevens | Painswick | [8] | |||||||||
| 1995–96 | 13 | Cheltenham North[lower-alpha 3] | Barton Hill[lower-alpha 4] | No relegation[lower-alpha 5] | [9] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 1996–97 | 13 | Bristol Saracens | Old Centralians | Widden Old Boys, Bishopston | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | 13 | Old Centralians | Chosen Hill Former Pupils | Bristol Telephone Area | ||||||||||
| 1998–99 | 12 | Chipping Sodbury | Hucclecote | No relegation | [10] | |||||||||
| 1999–00 | 13 | Aretians | Chosen Hill Former Pupils | Cainscross, Southmead, Painswick, Old Bristolians | [11] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 2000–01 | 10 | Chosen Hill Former Pupils | Hucclecote | Tetbury, Cheltenham Saracens | [12] | |||||||||
| 2001–02 | 10 | Aretians | Painswick | Westbury-on-Severn, Old Cryptians, Brockworth | [13] | |||||||||
| 2002–03 | 10 | Old Bristolians | Chipping Sodbury | Bream | [14] | |||||||||
| 2003–04 | 10 | Tewkesbury | Southmead | Hucclecote, Brockworth, Cheltenham Saracens | [15] | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | 10 | Widden Old Boys | Old Colstonians | Ashley Down Old Boys, Old Cryptians | [16] | |||||||||
| 2005–06 | 10 | Cirencester | Frampton Cotterell | No relegation[lower-alpha 6] | [17] | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | 12 | Hartpury College | Hucclecote | Cheltenham Civil Service, Old Cryptians | [18] | |||||||||
| 2007–08 | 12 | Bristol Saracens | Southmead | Bream | [19] | |||||||||
| 2008–09 | 12 | Tewkesbury | Ross-on-Wye | No relegation | [20] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 2009–10 | 12 | Old Bristolians | Brockworth | Old Cryptians, Chipping Sodbury | [21] | |||||||||
| 2010–11 | 12 | Bishopston | Longlevens | Aretians, Cotham Park, Cheltenham Civil Service | [22] | |||||||||
| 2011–12 | 12 | Painswick | Dursley | Spartans, Ross-on-Wye, Bream | [23] | |||||||||
| 2012–13 | 12 | Newent | Hucclecote | Broad Plain | [24] | |||||||||
| 2013–14 | 12 | Bream | Cheltenham Saracens | Bishopston, Ashley Down Old Boys | [25] | |||||||||
| 2014–15 | 12 | Longlevens | Chipping Sodbury | Old Colstonians, Kingswood | [26] | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | 12 | Old Richians | Gordon League | Painswick, Bishopston | [27] | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | 12 | Spartans | Gloucester Old Boys | Bream, Ashley Down Old Boys, Tewkesbury | [28] | |||||||||
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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.
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| 2017–18 | 12 | Berry Hill | Widden Old Boys | St Brendan's Old Boys | [29] | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | 12 | Ross-on-Wye | Cheltenham North | Southmead, Bredon Star, Brockworth | [30] | |||||||||
| 2019–20 | 12 | Old Cryptians | Old Elizabethans | No relegation | [31] | |||||||||
| 2020–21 | 12 | |||||||||||||
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- 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)
- 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).
- 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.
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