Sport | Rugby Union |
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Instituted | 1988 | (as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West)
Ceased | 2009 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Bradford-on-Avon II (1st title) (2008–09) (promoted to Dorset & Wilts 2 North) |
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.
When this division was introduced in 1988 as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West, it contained the following teams from Dorset and Wiltshire [a]:
Originally known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West and involved involving clubs based in Berkshire [e], 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).
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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1988–89 | 7 | Westbury | Warminster | No relegation | [2] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 7 | D.I.H.E. | Warminster | No relegation | [3] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 7 | Warminster | Bridport | No relegation | [4] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 7 | Blandford | Trowbridge [f] | No relegation | [5] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
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.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Team(s) | Ref | ||||||||
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2006–07 | 10 | Corsham II | Bath Saracens | No relegation | [6] | ||||||||
2007–08 | 10 | Avonvale | Combe Down II | No relegation | [7] | ||||||||
2008–09 | 8 | Bradford-on-Avon II | South Wilts | No relegation | [8] | ||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places |
Sport | Rugby Union |
---|---|
Instituted | 1988 | (as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West)
Ceased | 2009 |
Number of teams | 8 |
Country | England |
Holders |
Bradford-on-Avon II (1st title) (2008–09) (promoted to Dorset & Wilts 2 North) |
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.
When this division was introduced in 1988 as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West, it contained the following teams from Dorset and Wiltshire [a]:
Originally known as Berks/Dorset/Wilts 3 West and involved involving clubs based in Berkshire [e], 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).
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Team(s) | Ref | |||||||||
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1988–89 | 7 | Westbury | Warminster | No relegation | [2] | |||||||||
1989–90 | 7 | D.I.H.E. | Warminster | No relegation | [3] | |||||||||
1990–91 | 7 | Warminster | Bridport | No relegation | [4] | |||||||||
1991–92 | 7 | Blandford | Trowbridge [f] | No relegation | [5] | |||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places. |
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.
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Season | No of Teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Team(s) | Ref | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2006–07 | 10 | Corsham II | Bath Saracens | No relegation | [6] | ||||||||
2007–08 | 10 | Avonvale | Combe Down II | No relegation | [7] | ||||||||
2008–09 | 8 | Bradford-on-Avon II | South Wilts | No relegation | [8] | ||||||||
Green backgrounds are promotion places |