West of England Premier League


The West of England Premier League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the West of England and is a designated ECB Premier League.
Since its inception in 1999, the most successful club has been Bath, having won the Premier One title on eleven occasions. The only other clubs to have won the title on more than one occasion are Frocester and Taunton St Andrews.
The Premier Division One clubs for 2019 are: Bath, Bedminster, Bridgwater, Bristol, Cheltenham, Clevedon, Downend, Lansdown, Potterne, and Taunton St Andrews.

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:

1999–2006

2007–2015

In 2007 Gloucestershire/Wiltshire Two was replaced by separate divisions for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

2016 to date

In 2016 Premier Two was eliminated, and there were now two divisions in the second tier and four divisions in the third tier.

Performance by season from 1999