Tribute Western Counties West

Tribute Western Counties West
Current season or competition:
2015–16 Tribute Western Counties West
Sport Rugby union
Instituted 1987 (1987)
Number of teams 14
Country England
Holders Okehampton (2nd title) (2015–16 promoted to Tribute South West 1 West)
Most titles Penryn (3 titles)
Website clubs.rfu.com

Tribute Western Counties West is an English, level seven, rugby union league for clubs based in the south-west of England; mainly Cornwall, Devon and Somerset. The champions are promoted to Tribute South West 1 West and the runners-up play the second team in Tribute Western Counties North, with the winning team also gaining promotion. The number of teams relegated depends on feedback following promotion and relegation in the leagues above, but is usually two or three to Tribute Cornwall/Devon. The current champions are Teignmouth who won this league for the first time, and in 2015–16 will be playing at their highest level in the league system.

2015–16

The 2015–16 Tribute Western Counties West League consists of fourteen teams; nine from Devon and five from Cornwall. The seasons starts on 5 September 2015 and is due to finish on 23 April 2016.

Participating teams and location

Ten of the fourteen teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Teignmouth were promoted to Tribute South West 1 West and Tavistock and St Ives were relegated to Tribute Cornwall/Devon League. The only team from Somerset, Wellington, was transferred to Tribute Western Counties North.

Crediton
Cullompton
Kingsbridge
Okehampton
Sidmouth
Torquay Ath
Locations of the 2015-16 Tribute Western Counties West teams in Devon
Penryn
Saltash
St Austell
Truro
Locations of the 2015-16 Tribute Western Counties West teams in Cornwall
Team Ground Capacity Town/Village Previous season
Crediton Blagdon Crediton, Devon Promoted from Tribute Cornwall/Devon
Cullompton Stafford Park Cullompton, Devon Relegated from Tribute South West 1 West
Devonport Services The Rectory Devonport, Plymouth, Devon 6th
Exeter University Duckes Meadow, Salmon Pool Lane Exeter, Devon 9th
Kingsbridge High House Kingsbridge, Devon 2nd
Okehampton Showfield, Oaklands Okehampton, Devon 7th
Penryn Memorial Ground Penryn, Cornwall 11th
Saltash Moorlands Lane Saltash, Cornwall Promoted from Tribute Cornwall/Devon
Sidmouth Blackmore Field Sidmouth, Devon 8th
St Austell Tregorrick Park St Austell, Cornwall Relegated from Tribute South West 1 West
Tiverton Coronation Field 750 Tiverton, Devon 3rd
Torquay Athletic Recreation Ground Torquay, Devon 12th
Truro St Clement's Hill Truro, Cornwall 4th
Wadebridge Camels Molesworth Field 500 Wadebridge, Cornwall 5th

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2014–15

Participating teams and location

The 2014–15 Tribute Western Counties West League consists of fourteen teams; nine from Devon, four from Cornwall and one from Somerset. The season started on 6 September 2014 and finished on 18 April 2015. Teignmouth became champions with two matches to play after Exeter University had fifty points deducted for playing ineligible players. Teignmouth are promoted to Tribute South West 1 West, while the second place team, Kingsbirdge, lost to the runners-up of Tribute Western Counties North, Newent in the play-off for promotion. The last two teams, Tavistock and St Ives are relegated to Tribute Cornwall/Devon.

Team Ground Town/Village Previous season
Devonport Services The Rectory Devonport, Plymouth, Devon 8th
Exeter University Duckes Meadow, Salmon Pool Lane Exeter, Devon promoted from Tribute Cornwall/Devon league
Kingsbridge High House Kingsbridge, Devon 3rd
Okehampton Showfield, Oaklands Okehampton, Devon 9th
Penryn Memorial Ground Penryn, Cornwall 6th
St Ives Alexandra Road St Ives, Cornwall 12th
Sidmouth Blackmore Field Sidmouth, Devon relegated from Tribute South West 1 West
Tavistock Sandy Park Tavistock, Devon 11th
Teignmouth Bitton Sports Ground Teignmouth, Devon 2nd
Tiverton Coronation Field Tiverton, Devon promoted from Tribute Cornwall/Devon league
Torquay Athletic Receation Ground Torquay, Devon 7th
Truro St Clement's Hill Truro, Cornwall 5th
Wadebridge Camels Molesworth Field Wadebridge, Cornwall relegated from Tribute South West 1 West
Wellington Athletic Ground Wellington, Somerset 10th

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League table

2014–15 Tribute Western Counties West League Table[3]
Club Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Try Bonus Loss Bonus Points
1 Teignmouth (P) 26 23 0 3 989 356 633 18 2 112
2 Kingsbridge 26 18 0 8 701 422 279 12 4 88
3 Tiverton 26 17 0 9 574 281 293 11 4 83
4 Truro 26 15 0 11 770 598 172 12 5 78
5 Wadebridge Camels 26 15 0 11 707 503 204 11 4 75
6 Devonport Services 26 15 0 11 556 466 90 8 2 70
7 Okehampton 26 13 0 13 593 504 89 8 6 66
8 Sidmouth 26 11 1 14 526 646 –120 8 5 60
9 Exeter University 26 22 0 4 898 551 347 16 1 56[n 1]
10 Wellington 26 9 0 17 490 625 –135 6 4 46
11 Penryn 26 9 0 17 531 608 –77 7 7 40
12 Torquay Athletic 26 5 0 21 510 898 –388 8 8 36
13 Tavistock 26 5 0 21 393 927 –534 6 1 27
14 St Ives 26 4 1 21 303 1156 –853 5 1 18
  • If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled
Green background is the promotion place. Blue background is the play-off place. Pink background are relegation places.
Updated: 8 May 2015
Notes
  1. ↑ Exeter University deducted 50 points after playing ineligible players.

Promotion play-off

Each season, the runners-up in Tribute Western Counties North and Tribute Western Counties West, participate in a play-off for promotion to Tribute South West 1 West. The team with the best playing record, in this case Newent, hosted the match; their opponents were Kingsbridge who lost the match 26 – 28 to a stoppage time penalty.

Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Try Bonus Loss Bonus Points
Newent (P) 26 23 0 3 827 399 428 16 1 110
Kingsbridge 26 18 0 8 701 422 279 12 4 88
25 April 2015
15:00
Newent 28 – 26 Kingsbridge
Newent
Kingsbridge
Recreation Ground

2013–14

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2009–10

2007–08

2007–08 Tribute Western Counties West
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points for Points against Points Diff Bonus Points Points
Paignton 22 18 0 4 629 252 377 0 36
Sidmouth 22 17 1 4 495 260 235 0 35
Wadebridge Camels 22 12 3 7 618 303 315 0 27
Tiverton 22 12 1 9 381 316 65 0 25
Bude 22 11 2 9 349 354 -5 0 24
Ivybridge 22 9 2 11 340 329 11 0 20
Devonport Services 22 9 2 11 488 501 -84 0 20
Minehead Barbarians 22 9 2 11 429 421 -197 0 20
Kingsbridge 22 9 1 12 408 372 36 0 19
Withycombe 22 9 0 13 242 439 -197 0 18
Hayle 22 6 2 14 235 537 -302 0 14
Penryn 22 3 0 19 177 536 -359 0 6

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Western Counties honours

In the first season of the English rugby union league pyramid, sponsored by Courage, there was ten, tier seven leagues. The Western Counties League was for teams based in the south-west of England from Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucester and Somerset. Each team played one match against each of the other teams with the winning team awarded two points, and there was one point for each team in a drawn match.[6] This system prevailed for five seasons, and in 1992–93 the number of teams increased from eleven to thirteen. The following season Western Counties League was renamed Courage South West 2 League, and three seasons later in 1996–97 a major reorganisation occurred with South West 2 being split into two regional leagues:[7]

  1. Courage Western Counties North consisted of sixteen teams based in Bristol, Gloucestershire and Somerset, and each team continued to play the others once
  2. Courage Western Counties West consisted of eleven teams based in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, and each team played the other twice.

Western Counties

Season No of teams No of matches Champions Runners–up Relegated team(s) Ref
1987–88 11 10 Matson Gordon League Avon & Somerset Police, Sidmouth [8]
1988–89 11 10 Gordon League Avonmouth Old Boys Devonport Services, Crediton [9]
1989–90 11 10 Penryn Avonmouth Old Boys Cirencester, Devon and Cornwall Police [9]
1990–91 11 10 Coombe Down Avonmouth Old Boys Truro
1991–92 11 10 Clevedon Bridgwater & Albion, (Old Culverhaysians also promoted) Newquay Hornets [10]
1992–93 13 12 Gloucester Old Boys Launceston Plymouth Civil Service, Devon and Cornwall Police [11]

South West 2

Season No of teams No of matches Champions Runners–up Relegated team(s) Ref
1993–94 13 12 Old Patesians Tiverton Wiveliscombe [12]
1994–95 13 12 Matson Bridgwater & Albion Marlow [13]
1995–96 13 12 Launceston Stroud No relegation[n 1] (13th place Oxford) [10]

Western Counties West

The league system was re-organised for 1996–97 season with South-West 2 being replaced with two divisions; Western Counties West and Western Counties North.

Season No of teams No of matches Champions Runners–up Relegated team(s) Ref
1996–97 11 20 Okehampton St Austell Old Plymouthians, Crediton, Saltash [14]
1997–98 10 18 St Austell Kingsbridge Sidmouth, Bideford [15]
1998–99 10 18 Truro Ivybridge Devonport Services, Kingsbridge [16]
1999–00 10 18 Ivybridge Withycombe No relegation[n 2] [17]
2000–01 12 22 Crediton Withycombe St Ives, Wellington [18][19]
2001–02 12 22 Exmouth Penryn South Molton, St Austell [20]
2002–03 12 22 Penryn Withycombe Okehampton, Bideford [21]
2003–04 12 22 Camborne Torquay Athletic Tiverton, St Just [22]
2004–05 12 22 Mounts Bay St Ives Wessex, Devonport Services [23]
2005–06 12 22 Torquay Athletic Newton Abbot Paignton, Ivel Barbarians [24]
2006–07 12 22 Barnstaple Hayle Crediton, Truro [25]
2007–08 12 22 Paignton Sidmouth Hayle, Penryn [26]
2008–09 14 26 Cullompton Ivybridge No relegation[n 3] (14th Withycombe) [27]
2009–10 14 26 Camborne Wadebridge Camels Minehead Barbarians, Withycombe [28]
2010–11 14 26 Penryn Kingsbridge Tavistock, Newquay Hornets [29]
2011–12 14 26 North Petherton Torquay Athletic Tiverton, St Ives [30]
2012–13 14 26 St Austell Bideford Exeter Saracens, Honiton [31]
2013–14 14 26 Ivybridge Teignmouth Bude, Paignton Saxons [32]
2014–15 14 26 Teignmouth Kingsbridge St Ives, Tavistock [33]
2015-16 14 26 Okehampton Kingsbridge Saltash, Penryn [34]
2016-17 14 26
  1. ↑ There was no relegation this season due to restructuring of the league system by the RFU.
  2. ↑ There was no relegation this season due to restructuring of the league system by the RFU.
  3. ↑ There was no relegation this season due to restructuring of the league system by the RFU.

Summary of tier seven format since 1987

Format of tier seven Western Counties West
Year Name No of teams No of matches Notes
1987–92 Western Counties League 11 10
1992–96 South West Division 2 13 12
1996–97 Western Counties West 11 20
1997–00 Western Counties West 10 18
2000–08 Western Counties West 12 22
2008– Western Counties West 14 26

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Sponsorship

The Western Counties League and South West 2 were part of the Courage Clubs Championship and was sponsored by Courage Brewery from the first season, 1987–88 to season 1996–97.[38] The league was unsponsored until season 2007–08 when St Austell Brewery sponsored South-west based leagues under the Tribute Ale label.

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Tribute Western Counties West". England Rugby. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2013–2014". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2007–2008". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Williams, Tony; Mitchell, Bill (eds.). Courage Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1991–92 (4th ed.). Taunton: Football Directories. ISBN 1 869833 15 5.
  7. ↑ Mick Cleary, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98 (26th ed.). London: Headline Book Publishers. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.
  8. ↑ Stephen Jones, ed. (1988). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1988–89. London: Rothmans Publications Ltd.
  9. 1 2 3 Tony Williams and Bill Mitchell, ed. (1990). Courage Clubs Championship. Official Rugby Union Club Directory 1990–91. Horsham: Burlington Publishing Co Ltd. ISBN 1873057024.
  10. 1 2 3 Cornwall Rugby Football Union 1992–3,1996–7
  11. ↑ Jones, Stephen, ed. (1993). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1993–94 (22nd ed.). London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 151–167. ISBN 0 7472 7891 1.
  12. ↑ Jones, Stephen (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95. London: Headline Bookline Publishing. p. 448. ISBN 0 7472 7850 4.
  13. ↑ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John, eds. (1995). Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1995–96 (24th ed.). London: Headline Book Publishing. pp. 179–195. ISBN 0 7472 7816 4.
  14. ↑ "Final League Tables, 1996–97". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  15. ↑ "Final League Tables 1997–98". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Final League Tables 1998–99". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  17. ↑ Stephen McCormack, ed. (2001). The Official RFU Club Directory 2001–2002. Harpender: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1852916400.
  18. 1 2 Stephen McCormack, ed. (2001). The Official RFU Club Directory 2001–2002. Harpender: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1852916400.
  19. ↑ "Final League Tables 2000–2001". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  20. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2001–2002". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  21. ↑ "Final League Tables 2002–2003". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  22. ↑ "Final League Tables 2003–2004". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  23. ↑ "Final League Tables 2004–2005". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  24. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2005–2006". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  25. ↑ "Final League Tables 2006–2007". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  26. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2007–2008". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  27. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2008–2009". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  28. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2009–2010". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  29. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2010–2011". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  30. ↑ "Final League Tables 2011–20012". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  31. ↑ "Final League Tables 2012–2013". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  32. ↑ "Final League Tables, 2013–2014". Trelawny's Army. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  33. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2014-2015/group/18288
  34. ↑ http://www.englandrugby.com/fixtures-and-results/competitions/south-west-division/2015-2016/group/19718
  35. ↑ Mick Cleary, ed. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997–98. London: Headline Book Publishers. ISBN 074727732X.
  36. ↑ Cornwall Rugby Football Union Official Handbook and Byelaws 1996–97. Cornwall RFU. 1996.
  37. ↑ Stephen McCormack, ed. (2001). The Official RFU Club Directory 2001–2002. Harpender: Queen Anne Press. ISBN 1852916400.
  38. ↑ Cleary, Mick; Griffiths, John, eds. (1997). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1997-98 (26th ed.). London: Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0 7472 7732 X.

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