Bristol & District Combination Cup Competitions – 2024/25
The draw for the Combination Cup, Vase and Bowl Competition is below.
There are two Preliminary games to play in both competitions to achieve the eight teams for the Quarter-Finals. These Preliminary games need to be played by the weekend of October 5, 2024.
We would be grateful for your support in getting these games played to enable good running of the Competition down the line!
Any Clubs not involved in these Preliminary games are also actively encouraged to play their Quarter-Final game on this date as long as there is agreement from both sides.
Clubs awaiting Preliminary round results should look to play their games on or before Saturday, November 23, 2024.
Some fixtures may be possible to play via 'Double Headers'. We have no problem with League/Cup double headers as long as it does not affect the good running of the Competition in later stages. Should a double header be played League Rules will apply.
Any queries regarding fixtures should be directed to Ian Reed via email at ian92116@gmail.com as soon as they become apparent!
Home sides are responsible for contacting opposition and eventually confirming all details with both Ian Reed & Bristol Referees Society Appointments as soon as agreed.
The Competition Regulations are available HERE
Combination Cup Draw
Semi-finals
Nailsea & Backwell 32 Old Bristolians 12 (game 1)
Gordano v Winscombe (game 2) Friday, November 22, 2024, ko: 7.30 pm
Final
Nailsea & Backwell v Winner Game 2 Thursday, March 13, 2025, ko: 7.45 pm, venue: TBC
Combination Vase Draw
Preliminary Round
Old Elizabethans 73 St Bernadettes Old Boys 5 (game 1)
Clevedon v St Mary’s Old Boys (game 2) - Home Walk Over
Byes - Bristol Saracens, Imperial, Frampton Cottrell, North Bristol, Old Colstonians and Southmead.
Quarter-Finals
Clevedon v Imperial (game 3) league & Cup double header. Saturday, December 21, 2024, ko: 2.30 pm
Bristol Saracens 15 Frampton Cottrell 41 (game 4)
North Bristol 47 Old Elizabethans 34 (game 5)
Southmead 36 Old Colstonians 37 (game 6)
Semi-Finals
North Bristol v Frampton Cottrell (game 7) - league & Cup double header. Saturday, November 30, 2024
Old Colstonians v Winner Game 3 (game 8) - Saturday, January 25, 2025
Final
Winner Game 7 v Winner Game 8 - Saturday, March 15, 2025, Lockleaze Sports Centre
Combination Bowl Draw
Preliminary Round
Ashley Down v Bristol Barbarians (game 1) Home Walk Over
Bristol Telephones 12 Bishopston 59 (game 2)
Byes - Avonmouth Old Boys, BAC, Barton Hill, Bristol Harlequins, Broad Plain and Yatton.
Quarter-Finals
Avonmouth OB 25 Broad Plain 23 (game 3)
BAC v Ashley Down (game 4) Ashley Down Walk Over
Barton Hill v Yatton (game 5) Thursday, November 21, ko: 8 pm; Venue Keynsham
Bristol Harlequins v Bishopston (game 6) Tuesday, December 17, 2024, ko: 7.45 pm
Semi-Finals
Winner Game 5 v Winner Game 4 (game 7) - Saturday, January 25, 2025
Winner Game 6 v Avonmouth OB (game 8) - Saturday, January 25, 2025
Final
Winner Game 7 v Winner Game 8 - Saturday, March 15, 2025, Lockleaze Sports Centre
Updated: November 17, 2024
Bristol & District Combination Cup Competitions – 2024/25
The Rules & Regulations for the 2024/24 Butcombe Combination Cup Competitions can be found HERE
Bristol & District Combination Cup Competitions – 2024/25
We are delighted to announce that we will again be holding Combination Cup, Vase and Bowl Competitions, kindly sponsored by Butcombe Brewing Company.
The Competitions (Cup, Bowl & Vase) are open to Member Clubs whose 1stXV’s play League rugby at Regional 2 (level 6) and below.
The Competitions will run through the current season, and we will aim to complete ALL Competitions by the start of the Papa Johns Competition, as indicated in the RFU Structured Season document.
Clubs that play League rugby at Regional 2 (level 6) and Counties 1 (level 7) will be entered into the Cup competition.
Clubs that play League rugby at Counties 2 (level 8) will be entered into the Vase competition.
Clubs that play at Counties 3 (level 9) and below will be entered into the Bowl competition.
We are also pleased to announce that, as was the case last season, entry to the 2024/25 competitions will be free of charge. However, we will require a ‘bond’ of £99 from each Club. This bond will be returned once a Club has fulfilled all its competition fixture obligations. Details of how to pay the bond are to be found on the entry form.
We intend to announce the Cup/Vase/Bowl draws in September 2024.
To confirm entries, please would ALL member clubs (even if you are not entering) complete the application form FOUND HERE and return it to:
ian92116@gmail.com before 23:59 Sunday 1st September 2024.
Draw for the Butcombe Combination Cup 2023/24
First Round ties to be played on Saturday, April 13, 2024
Cleve v Weston-super-Mare (Weston withdrew)
Winscombe v Chipping Sodbury (Chipping Sodbury withdrew)
Old Bristolians v Chew Valley (Old Bristolians withdrew)
Barton Hill Old Boys - BYE
Semi-finals
Chew Valley 71 Winscombe 10
Barton Hill v Cleve (Cleve withdrew)
Final played on Thursday, May 9, 2024
at Clifton RFC, kick-off 7.45 pm
Chew Valley 65 Barton Hill nil
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
Draw for the Butcombe Combination Vase 2023/24
First Round ties to be played on Saturday, April 13, 2024
Old Colstonians 24 St Marys Old Boys 19 (game 1)
- played as a League & Cup double on Saturday, March 16, 2024
Imperial 7 Frampton Cottrell 36 (game 2)
Old Elizabethans v North Bristol (North Bristol withdrew)
Avonmouth Old Boys 46 St Bernadettes 26 (game 4)
- played on Wednesday, April 17 at Barrack’s Lane
Semi-finals
Frampton Cottrell 56 Avonmouth Old Boys 24
Old Colstonians 33 Old Elizabethans 31
Final played on Saturday, May 11, 2024
at Lockleaze Sports Centre, kick-off 5.15 pm
Frampton Cottrell 21 Old Colstonians 18
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
Draw for the Butcombe Combination Bowl 2023/24
First Round ties to be played on Saturday, April 13, 2024
Southmead v BAC (BAC withdrew)
BYES
Ashley Down Old Boys, Bishopston, Bristol Barbarians, Bristol Harlequins, Bristol Telephones, Broad Plain, Kingswood
Quarter-finals
Bristol Telephones 10 Southmead 54 (game 2)
Bristol Harlequins v Bishopston (Brishopston withdrew)
Ashley Down Old Boys 37 Kingswood 24 (game 4)
Broad Plain 48 Bristol Barbarians nil (game 5)
Semi-finals to be played on Saturday, April 27, 2024
Bristol Harlequins 91 Broad Plain 5
Southmead v Ashley Down Old Boys (Ashley Down Old Boys withdrew)
Final played on Saturday, May 11, 2024
at Lockleaze Sports Centre, kick-off 1.15 pm
Bristol Harlequins 22 Southmead 27 (aet)
The scores were level at 22-22 at full time, so the sides agreed to play five minutes each way until the first first was scored.
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
Rules & Regulations
The Rules & Regulations can be downloaded from the link below.
Your attention is drawn particularly to Rules 5b and 5f.
5b) Referees for all matches shall be appointed by the Bristol Referees Society. Each participating Club must provide a touch judge in every round except for the Semi-Finals and Finals. The Referees Society will appoint touch judges for the Semi-Finals and Finals. The home club shall be responsible for liaising with (i) the appointed match officials as to the match arrangements (ii) the Society at the earliest opportunity in relation to any proposed change in the match arrangements and (iii) with the appointed official(s) directly to ensure that such official(s) is/are aware of rearrangements and has/have the appropriate directions to the venue of the match (or any change of venue).
Referee contacts are:
Saturday - Saturdayappointments.brrs@gmail.com (currently Ben Green)
Sunday - Sundayappointments.brrs@gmail.com (currently Keith Bohr)
Midweek - Midweekappointments.brrs@gmail.com (currently Adrian Johnstone)
f) Within 2 hours of the completion of a Competition match, BOTH Clubs must text the result to: Shaun Partridge – 07791 137846
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
Cup Competitions 2023/24 season
We are delighted to announce that later this season we will holding Combination Cup, Vase and Bowl competitions, kindly sponsored by Butcombe Brewing Company
The competitions (Cup, Bowl & Vase) are open to member Clubs whose 1stXV’s play League rugby at Regional 1 (level 5) and below. The competitions will run during the five weeks between the completion of the league programme (6thApril 24) and the end of the season (11th May 24), as indicated in the RFU Structured Season document.
Because of the limited time available and the fact that no allowance has been made in the RFU Structured Season for the completion of outstanding League fixtures, this season’s Competitions will be run on a straight knock-out basis.
Clubs that play League rugby at Regional 1 (level 5), Regional 2 (level 6) and Counties 1 (level 7) will be entered into the Cup competition.
Clubs that play League rugby at Counties 2 (level 8) will be entered into the Vase competition.
Clubs that play at Counties 3 (level 9) and below will be entered into the Bowl competition.
We are also pleased to announce that, as was the case last season, entry to the 2023/24 competitions will be free of charge. We will, however, be requiring a ‘bond’ of £99from each Club. This ‘bond’ will be returned once a Club has fulfilled all its competition fixture obligations. Details of how to pay the ‘bond’ are to be found on the entry form.
Our intention is to announce the Cup/Vase/Bowl draws during January 24.
Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination - Cup Winners
1970-71 Winners Bristol Harlequins Runner Up Old Bristolians
1971-72 Winners St Brendans Old Boys Runner Up Keynsham
1972-73 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up St Brendans
1973-74 Winners Dings Crusaders Runner Up Old Redcliffians
1974-75 Winners Old Bristolians Runner Up Old Redcliffians
1975-76 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Avonmouth Old Boys
1976-77 Winners Bristol Harlequins Runner Up Avonmouth Old Boys
1977-78 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Old Redcliffians
1978-79 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Old Bristolians
1979-80 Winners Old Redcliffians Runner Up North Bristol
1980-81 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up BAC
1981-82 Winners Keynsham Runner Up Old Redcliffians
1982-83 Winners Old Redcliffians Runner Up Cleve
1983-84 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Gordano
1984-85 Winners Old Redcliffians Runner Up Gordano
1985-86 Winners Dings Crusaders Runner Up Cleve
1986-87 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Keynsham
1987-88 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Keynsham
1988-89 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Dings Crusaders
1989-90 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Dings Crusaders
1990-91 Winners Dings Crusaders Runner Up Clifton Wanderers
1991-92 Winners Whitehall Runner Up Keynsham
1992-93 Winners Cleve Runner Up St Marys OB
1993-94 Winners Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Clevedon
1994-95 Winners Dings Crusaders Runner Up Clevedon
1995-96 Winners Dings Crusaders Runner Up St Marys OB
1996-97 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Keynsham
1997-98 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Clevedon
1998-99 Winners Hornets Runner Up Dings Crusaders
1999-00 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Old Redcliffians
2000-01 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Dings Crusaders
2001-02 Winners Clevedon Runner Up St Marys OB
2002-03 Winners Hornets Runner Up Avonmouth OB
2003-04 Winners St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Keynsham
2004-05 Keynsham Runner Up Cleve
2005-06 Cleve Runner Up St Marys OB
2006-07 St Marys Old Boys Runner Up Avonmouth OB
2007-08 Cleve Runner Up Clevedon
2008-09 Clifton Runner Up St Marys OB
2009-10 Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Dings Crusaders
2010-11 Dings Crusaders Runner Up Weston-super-Mare
2011-12 Avonmouth Old Boys Runner Up Thornbury
2012-13 Old Redcliffians Runner Up Dings Crusaders
2013-14 Clifton Runner Up Dings Crusaders
2014-15 Dings Crusaders Runner Up Cleve
2015-16 Clifton Runner Up Cleve
2016-17 Clifton Runner Up Old Redcliffians
2017-18 Clifton Runner Up Cleve
2018-19 Weston-super-Mare Runner Up Thornbury
2019-20 Hornets Runner Up Barton Hill OB
2020-21 No Competition (Covid)
2021-22 Winners Old Redcliffians Runner Up Chew Valley
2022-23 Winners Chew Valley Runner Up Cleve
2023-24 Winners Chew Valley Runners Up Barton Hill