The West of England Premier League (WEPL) is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the West of England and is a designated ECB Premier League.List of ECB Premier Leagues
Since its inception in 1999, the most successful club has been Bath, having won the Premier One title on thirteen occasions. The only other clubs to have won the title on more than one occasion are Frocester (2007, 2014, and 2015), Clevedon (2018 and 2021), Taunton St Andrews (2001 and 2009), and Potterne (2019 and 2024).
Structure The WEPL covers the counties of Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, and is the top tier of the pyramid structure of leagues in the area. The league has seven divisions, with the top league, Premier One covering the entire region, and the remainder covering more localised areas. The seven divisions each have ten teams, and are split into three distinct 'tiers':
The structure changed after the 2015 season by eliminating Premier Division Two, so that the winners of the Bristol and Somerset Division and the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Division are now promoted directly into Premier Division One.
There are four feeder leagues serving the WEPL, each having a direct link with one of the lower divisions as follows: Bristol and North Somerset - Bristol & District Cricket Association Somerset - Somerset Cricket League Gloucestershire - Gloucestershire County Cricket League Wiltshire - Wiltshire County Cricket League
Winners 1999–2006 Year First tier Second tier Third tier Fourth tier Premier One Premier Two Bristol & Somerset Glos & Wilts Bristol & N. Som Somerset Glos & Wilts Two 1999 Bath (1) 2000 Bath (2) 2001 Taunton St Andrews (1) 2002 Keynsham (1) Taunton Westlands Sports Frocester Hanham Glastonbury Trowbridge 2003 Bath (3) Frenchay Glastonbury Winget Claverham Taunton Deane Lydney 2004 Cheltenham (1) Glastonbury Taunton Deane Stroud Winterbourne Uphill Castle Swindon 2005 Bath (4) Frocester Bridgwater Trowbridge Westbury and District Winscombe Gloucester City Winget 2006 Bath (5) Weston-super-Mare Knowle Westbury and District Timsbury Minehead Marshfield
2007–2015 In 2007 Gloucestershire/Wiltshire Two was replaced by separate divisions for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
Year First tier Second tier Third tier Fourth tier Premier One Premier Two Bristol & Somerset Glos & Wilts Bristol & N. Som Somerset Gloucestershire Wiltshire 2007 Frocester (1) Downend Lansdown Warminster Winterbourne Winscombe Rockhampton Wootton Bassett 2008 Bath (6) Bristol Taunton Chippenham Bedminster Ashcott and Shapwick Stroud Lechlade 2009 Taunton St Andrews (2) Taunton Ashcott and Shapwick Westbury and District Old Bristolians Westbury Chard Hatherley and Reddings Potterne 2010 Bath (7) Downend Bristol West Indians Gloucester City Winget Bishopston Uphill Castle Dumbleton Goatacre 2011 Bath (8) Gloucester City Winget Chard Goatacre Chipping Sodbury Midsomer Norton Painswick Winsley 2012 Bridgwater (1) Ashcott and Shapwick Minehead Cheltenham Frenchay Street Dumbleton Lechlade 2013 Bath (9) Taunton Deane Clevedon Potterne Chew Magna Wembdon Tewkesbury Swindon 2014 Frocester (2) Ilminster Taunton Lechlade Lansdown Frome Apperley Burbage and Easton Royal 2015 Frocester (3) Potterne Bedminster Rockhampton Claverham (Yatton) North Perrott Dumbleton Trowbridge
2016–present In 2016 Premier Two was eliminated, and there were now two divisions in the second tier and four divisions in the third tier.
Year First tier Second tier Third tier Premier One Bristol & Somerset Glos & Wilts Bristol & N. Som Somerset Gloucestershire Wiltshire 2016 Bath (10) Bedminster Lechlade Claverham (Yatton) Glastonbury Hatherley and Reddings Westbury and District 2017 Bath (11) Taunton St Andrews Goatacre Midsomer Norton Weston super Mare Dumbleton Trowbridge 2018 Clevedon (1) Lansdown Cheltenham Winterbourne North Perrott Frocester 2nd XI Chippenham 2019 Potterne (1) Taunton Deane Chippenham Bath 2nd XI Frome Hatherley and Reddings Marshfield 2020 no competition 2021 Clevedon (2) Taunton St Andrews Thornbury Golden Hill Shapwick and Polden Corse and Staunton Warminster 2022 Bath (12) Bristol Frocester Keynsham Bridgwater 2nd XI Painswick Royal Wootton Bassett 2023 Bath (13) Bishopston Burbage and Easton Royal Congresbury Wellington Dumbleton Avebury 2024 Potterne (2) Downend Thornbury Old Bristolians Westbury Taunton Tewkesbury Purton 2025 Bridgwater (2) 2026 Dumbleton (1)
Premier One performance by season from 1999 Key Gold Champions Red Relegated Blue Left League
+ Performance by season, from 1999 Club 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Ashcott and Shapwick 7 10 Bath 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 4 3 9 Bedminster 7 7 3 5 3 6 3 2 6 Bishopston 10 Bridgwater 8 8 6 2 3 1 5 5 7 5 8 6 5 6 4 4 2 1 3 Bristol 2 6 3 8 9 8 8 7 6 3 7 8 6 4 5 10 3 5 6 8 Bristol West Indians 6 8 9 8 10 Burbage and Easton Royal 6 7 5 Cheltenham 2 4 5 2 1 7 6 7 10 4 9 Chippenham 4 3 9 8 5 9 Clevedon 2 5 2 1 6 1 10 Clifton Flax Bourton 2 7 Corsham 3 5 6 6 5 6 4 5 5 8 4 8 6 4 3 10 Downend 9 6 10 9 7 10 5 3 6 4 6 8 5 3 8 10 9 Dumbleton 1 Frenchay 3 10 Frocester 4 1 3 3 4 2 8 2 1 1 2 3 9 5 8 8 4 Glastonbury 2 3 5 2 7 10 Gloucester City Winget 10 Goatacre 10 Ilminster 9 7 10 10 Keynsham 6 8 7 1 6 4 3 8 9 9 Knowle 8 9 9 Lansdown 10 10 7 4 7 7 9 Lechlade 9 Midsomer Norton 2 Optimists 7 10 Potterne 4 6 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 7 Stroud 5 11 Taunton 7 5 5 9 9 10 Taunton Deane 6 4 9 3 9 7 8 10 Taunton St Andrews 5 1 7 4 7 4 2 2 6 1 3 6 5 4 8 5 9 8 9 6 8 7 10 Thornbury 3 4 5 4 8 10 7 10 10 9 5 10 Trowbridge 11 Weston super Mare 8 9 10 3 5 2 7 9 9 References
References
External links West of England Premier League website