# Gloucester 3

Gloucester 3 was an English rugby union league which sat at the eleventh level of league rugby union in England for teams based in Gloucestershire as well as some in Bristol. Promoted clubs moved into Gloucester 2, and since the cancellation of Gloucester 4 at the end of the 1995–96 season there had been no relegation. The division was discontinued at the end of the 2017–18 season and Gloucester 2 was divided into north and south regional divisions.

## Teams 2016-17

* Aretians (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Cainscross
* Cotham Park
* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Norton
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## 2015–16

The 2015–16 Gloucester 3 consists of seven teams from Gloucestershire. The season starts on 12 September 2015 and is due to end on 16 April 2016. Four of the seven teams participated in last season's competition. The 2014–15 champions Smiths and runners up Minchinhampton were promoted to the Gloucester 2 while Wotton joined from the Gloucestershire Reserve League. As it is the basement league in Gloucestershire there is no relegation.

## Teams 2014-15

* Cainscross
* Cheltenham Civil Service (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Gloucester All Blues (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Hardwicke & Quedgeley Harlequins
* Minchinhampton
* Norton
* Smiths
* Tetbury

## Teams 2013–14

* Cainscross (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Hardwicke & Quedgeley
* Minchinhampton
* Norton
* Old Elizabethans
* Smiths
* Tredworth

## Teams 2012–13

* Gloucester Civil Service
* Minchinhampton
* Norton
* Old Cryptians (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Old Elizabethans (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Smiths
* Tredworth
* Westbury-on-Severn

## Teams 2011-12

* Bredon Star
* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cainscross
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Greyhound RFC (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Minchinhampton
* Smiths (relegated from Gloucester 2)

## Teams 2010-11

* Bristol Telephone Area
* Broad Plain
* Cainscross (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Minchinhampton
* Wotton

## Teams 2009-10

* Bristol Telephone Area
* Dowty
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Minchinhampton
* Newent
* Smiths
* Wotton

## Teams 2008-09

* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cotham Park
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Minchinhampton
* Newent
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Smiths
* Wotton

## Teams 2007-08

* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cotham Park (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Greyhound
* Minchinhampton
* Pilning
* St. Brendon's Old Boys
* Tredworth
* Wotton

## Teams 2006-07

* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cainscross
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Greyhound
* Minchinhampton
* Pilning
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Smiths (relegated from Gloucester 2)
* Wotton

## Teams 2005-06
### North

* Cainscross
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Minchinhampton
* Ross-on-Wye
* Tredworth
* Westbury-on-Severn

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Cotham Park
* Kingswood
* Pilning
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## Teams 2004-05
### North

* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Hartpury College
* Ross-on-Wye
* Smiths
* Tredworth
* Westbury-on-Severn

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cainscross
* Minchinhampton
* Pilning
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## Teams 2003-04
### North

* Cainscross
* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Ross-on-Wye
* Tredworth
* Newent

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cotham Park
* Kingswood
* Pilning
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## Teams 2002-03
### North

* Cainscross
* Cheltenham Civil Service
* Dursley
* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Newent
* Tredworth

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cotham Park
* Old Colstonians
* Pilning
* St. Brendand's Old Boys
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## Teams 2001-02
### North

* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Newent
* Smiths
* Ross-on-Wye
* Tredworth

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Bristol Telephone Area
* Cainscross
* Cotham Park
* Minchinhampton
* Tetbury
* Wotton

## Teams 2000-01
### North

* Fairford
* Gloucester All Blues
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Newent
* Ross-on-Wye
* Tredworth
* Widden Old Boys

### South

* Bristol Aeroplane Co.
* Cotham Park
* Minchinhampton
* Old Colstonians
* St. Brendan's Old Boys
* Wotton

## Original teams

When league rugby began in 1987 this division (then a single division known as Gloucestershire 3) contained the following teams:
* Bishopston
* Chipping Sodbury
* Chosen Hill Former Pupils
* Frampton Cotterell
* Gloucester Civil Service
* Gloucester Old Boys
* Kingswood
* Old Bristolians
* Painswick
* Tewkesbury
* Thornbury

## Gloucester 3 honours
### Gloucestershire 3 (1987–1991)

Originally a single division known as Gloucestershire 3, it was a tier 11 league with promotion to Gloucestershire 2 and relegation to Gloucestershire 4.
Gloucestershire 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 1987–88 | 11 | Old Bristolians | Gloucester Old Boys | Bishopton, Gloucester Civil Service |
| 1988–89 | 11 | Frampton Cotterell | Thornbury | Chosen Hill Former Pupils |
| 1989–90 | 11 | Hucclecote Old Boys | Chipping Sodbury | No relegation |
| 1990–91 | 13 | Bristol Telephone Area | Old Richians | Smiths |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 (1991–1993)

Gloucestershire 3 was shorted to Gloucester 3 for the 1991–92 season onward. It remained a tier 11 league with promotion to Gloucester 2 and relegation to Gloucester 4.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 1991–92 | 13 | Painswick | Stow-on-the-Wold | No relegation |
| 1992–93 | 13 | Dursley | Tetbury | Tewkesbury |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 (1993–1996)

The creation of National League 5 South for the 1993–94 season meant that Gloucester 3 dropped to become a tier 12 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 2 and relegation to Gloucester 4.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 1993–94 | 13 | Bishopston | Kingswood | Gloucester All Blues, Bristol Aeroplane Company |
| 1994–95 | 13 | Caincross | Broad Plain | Minchinhampton |
| 1995–96 | 13 | Southmead | Westbury-on-Severn | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 (1996–2000)

The cancellation of National League 5 South at the end of the 1995–96 season meant that Gloucester 3 reverted to being a tier 11 league. Promotion continued to Gloucester 1 while the cancellation of Gloucester 4 meant there was no longer relegation.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 1996–97 | 9 | Dursley | Old Elizabethans | No relegation |
| 1997–98 | 9 | Gloucester All Blues | Minchinhampton | No relegation |
| 1998–99 | 8 | Gloucester Civil Service | Old Colstonians | No relegation |
| 1999–00 | 6 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Wotton | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 North / South (2000–2006)

Restructuring of the Gloucester leagues at the end of the 1999–00 season saw Gloucester 3 split into two regional leagues - Gloucester 3 North and Gloucester 3 South - both at tier 11 of the league system. Promotion continued to Gloucester 2 and there was no relegation.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams | League Name |
| 2000–01 | 7 | Widden Old Boys | Ross-on-Wye | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2000–01 | 6 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Old Colstonians | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| 2001–02 | 7 | Ross-on-Wye | Smiths | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2001–02 | 7 | Minchinhampton | Cainscross | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| 2002–03 | 8 | Cheltenham Civil Service | Dursley | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2002–03 | 8 | Old Colstonians | Bristol Aeroplane Co. | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| 2003–04 | 7 | Gloucester Civil Service | Cainscross | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2003–04 | 8 | Kingswood | Cotham Park | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| 2004–05 | 7 | Hartpury College | Smiths | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2004–05 | 8 | Bristol Aeroplane Co. | Tetbury | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| 2005–06 | 7 | Ross-on-Wye | Westbury-on-Severn | No relegation | Gloucester 3 North |
| 2005–06 | 7 | Tetbury | Kingswood | No relegation | Gloucester 3 South |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 (2006–2009)

For the 2006–07 season Gloucester 3 North and South were remerged back into a single Gloucester 3 division, remaining at tier 11 of the league system. Promotion continued to Gloucester 2 and there was no relegation. Between 2007 and 2009 Gloucester 3 was sponsored by High Bridge Jewellers.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 2006–07 | 10 | Smiths | Cainscross | No relegation |
| 2007–08 | 10 | Tredworth | Greyhound | No relegation |
| 2008–09 | 9 | St Brendan's Old Boys | Cotham Park | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

### Gloucester 3 (2009–2018)

Despite widespread restructuring by the RFU at the end of the 2008–09 season, Gloucester 2 remained a tier 11 league, with promotion continuing to Gloucester 1 and there was no relegation. From 2017 the league was now sponsored by Wadworth 6x. At the end of the 2017–18 the division was disbanded and all teams promoted to the newly regionalised Gloucester 2 - Gloucester 2 North or Gloucester 2 South.
Gloucester 3 :
| Season | No of teams | Champions | Runners–up | Relegated Teams |
| 2009–10 | 8 | Newent | Smiths | No relegation |
| 2010–11 | 7 | Broad Plain | Gloucester All Blues | No relegation |
| 2011–12 | 7 | Bredon Star | Cainscross | No relegation |
| 2012–13 | 7 | Old Cryptians | Westbury-on-Severn | No relegation |
| 2013–14 | 7 | Old Elizabethans | Tredworth | No relegation |
| 2014–15 | 8 | Smiths | Minchinhampton | No relegation |
| 2015–16 | 6 | Old Elizabethans | Cheltenham Civil Service | No relegation |
| 2016–17 | 8 | Cotham Park | Aretians | No relegation |
| 2017–18 | 9 | United Bristol Hospitals | Norton | No relegation |
| Green backgrounds are promotion places. |||||||||||

## Promotion play-offs

Between 2001 and 2005 there was a promotion play-off between the runners-up of Gloucester 3 North and Gloucester 3 South for the third and final promotion place to Gloucester 2. The team with the superior league record had home advantage in the tie. During the 2005–06 season the play-offs were discontinued as Gloucester 3 would merge into one division for the 2006–07 season. Before they were discontinued Gloucester 3 North teams have been the most successful with three wins to the Gloucester 3 South teams' two; and the home team has won promotion on all five occasions.
League v League promotion play-off results :
| Season | Home team | Score | Away team | Venue | Attendance |
| 2000–01 | Old Colstonians (S) | 39-7 | Ross-on-Wye (N) | Colton's School, Stapleton, Bristol | |
| 2001–02 | Smiths (N) | 23-14 | Cainscross (S) | Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | |
| 2002–03 | Dursley (N) | 41-19 | Bristol Aeroplane Co. (S) | Stragglers Sports Ground, Stinchcombe, Dursley, Gloucestershire | |
| 2003–04 | Cotham Park (S) | | Cainscross (N) | Beggar Bush Lane, Failand, Somerset | |
| 2004–05 | Smiths (N) | 26-20 | Tetbury (S) | Prince of Wales Stadium, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire | |
| 2005–06 | No promotion playoff. | No promotion playoff. | No promotion playoff. | No promotion playoff. | No promotion playoff. |
| Green background is the promoted team. ||||||

## Number of league titles

* St Brendan's Old Boys (3)
* Dursley (2)
* Gloucester Civil Service (2)
* Ross-on-Wye (2)
* Old Elizabethans (2)
* Smiths (2)
* Bishopston (1)
* Bredon Star (1)
* Broad Plain (1)
* Bristol Aeroplane Co. (1)
* Bristol Telephone Area (1)
* Caincross (1)
* Cheltenham Civil Service (1)
* Cotham Park (1)
* Frampton Cotterell (1)
* Gloucester All Blues (1)
* Hartpury College (1)
* Hucclecote Old Boys (1)
* Kingswood (1)
* Minchinhampton (1)
* Newent (1)
* Old Bristolians (1)
* Old Colstonians (1)
* Old Cryptians (1)
* Painswick (1)
* Southmead (1)
* Tetbury (1)
* Tredworth (1)
* United Bristol Hospitals (1)
* Widden Old Boys (1)