Dorset & Wilts 3 West was English Rugby Union league, forming part of the South West Division, for clubs based in western Dorset. Promoted teams tended to move up to Dorset & Wilts 2 North or Dorset & Wilts 2 South depending on geographical location and there was no relegation. The league was originally created as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West in 1988 and ran until 1992 until it merged with Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East to form Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3. The division would return as Dorset & Wilts 3 West in 2006. By the end of the 2008–09 season, the league was disbanded and clubs were transferred to Dorset & Wilts 3 North or Dorset & Wilts 3 South.
Original teams When this division was introduced in 1988 as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West, it contained the following teams from Dorset and Wiltshire:
Blandford Bridport Plessey Christ D.I.H.E. Portcastrians Warminster Westbury
Dorset & Wilts 3 West honours
Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West (1988–1992)
Originally known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West and involved involving clubs based in Berkshire, Dorset and Wiltshire. It was a tier 10 league with promotion to Berks/Dorset/Wilts 2 and there was no relegation. At the end of the 1991–92 season Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West and counterpart Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 East would merge into a single division known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 (currently Dorset & Wilts 3 North and Dorset & Wilts 3 South).
Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 WestSeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Team(s)Ref 1988–89 7 Westbury Warminster No relegation 1989–90 7 D.I.H.E. Warminster No relegation 1990–91 7 Warminster Bridport No relegation 1991–92 7 Blandford Trowbridge No relegation Green backgrounds are promotion places.
Dorset & Wilts 3 West (2006–2009)
Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West would return as Dorset & Wilts 3 West for the 2006–07 season, this time only involving clubs based in Dorset and Wiltshire. It was a tier 10 league with promotion to Dorset & Wilts 2 North or Dorset & Wilts 2 South and there was no relegation. After just three seasons the division was cancelled and all clubs transferred into either Dorset & Wilts 3 North or Dorset & Wilts 3 South.
Dorset & Wilts 3 WestSeasonNo of TeamsChampionsRunners–upRelegated Team(s)Ref2006–07 10 Corsham II Bath Saracens No relegation 2007–08 10 Avonvale Combe Down II No relegation 2008–09 8 Bradford-on-Avon II South Wilts No relegation Green backgrounds are promotion places
Number of league titles
Avonvale (1) Blandford (1) Bradford-on-Avon II (1) Corsham II (1) D.I.H.E. (1) Warminster (1) Westbury (1)
Notes
See also Dorset & Wilts RFU English Rugby Union Leagues English rugby union system Rugby union in England
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