Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination
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The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is an organisation for the promotion of junior rugby union
in the city of Bristol, England.
The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is one of two pillars on which the rugby union heritage of Bristol
is based - the other being the city's senior rugby club Bristol Rugby
. The Bristol Combination, on the other hand, is the body which nurtures junior rugby in the city. From its ranks have come many great players, but also it has provided the framework within which rugby as recreation is developed for thousands of people.
The Bristol Combination was founded in 1901 for "the promotion of rugby union and the mutual well being of clubs", tasks which remain at the core of its mission today. Its members are those 53 rugby clubs of Bristol and its surrounding area, which includes North Somerset
and South Gloucestershire
. No comparable body of a similar size exists in England.
As well as its representative role, the Combination organises the Charles Saunders Combination Cup, merit tables and leagues for clubs and teams not participating in RFU competitions, as well as an important role in youth and rugby development. It is also responsible for a ground where several clubs play at Lockleaze, in the north of the city.
The Combination regularly organises fixtures of the area's best players against Bristol Rugby Club's first team, or its second team, Bristol United.
Constituent Clubs
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
in the city of Bristol, England.
The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is one of two pillars on which the rugby union heritage of Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
is based - the other being the city's senior rugby club Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby
Bristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...
. The Bristol Combination, on the other hand, is the body which nurtures junior rugby in the city. From its ranks have come many great players, but also it has provided the framework within which rugby as recreation is developed for thousands of people.
The Bristol Combination was founded in 1901 for "the promotion of rugby union and the mutual well being of clubs", tasks which remain at the core of its mission today. Its members are those 53 rugby clubs of Bristol and its surrounding area, which includes North Somerset
North Somerset
North Somerset is a unitary authority in England. Its area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters is in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare....
and South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire
South Gloucestershire is a unitary district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, in South West England.-History:The district was created in 1996, when the county of Avon was abolished, by the merger of former area of the districts of Kingswood and Northavon...
. No comparable body of a similar size exists in England.
As well as its representative role, the Combination organises the Charles Saunders Combination Cup, merit tables and leagues for clubs and teams not participating in RFU competitions, as well as an important role in youth and rugby development. It is also responsible for a ground where several clubs play at Lockleaze, in the north of the city.
The Combination regularly organises fixtures of the area's best players against Bristol Rugby Club's first team, or its second team, Bristol United.
Constituent Clubs
- Abbey Wood
- Aretians
- Ashley Down Old Boys
- Avon
- Avonmouth Old Boys
- Barton Hill
- Bishopston
- Blagdon
- Bristol RugbyBristol RugbyBristol Rugby is a rugby union club based in Bristol, England. The club currently plays in the RFU Championship and competes in the British and Irish Cup. They rely in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from 'the Combination'...
(honorary member) - Bristol Aeroplance Corporation
- Bristol Barbarians
- Bristol Harlequins
- Bristol Saracens
- Broad Plain
- Bristol Telephone Area
- Chew Valley
- Chippenham
- Chipping Sodbury
- CleveCleve RFCCleve Rugby Football Club is an English amateur rugby union club based in Mangotsfield, Bristol. It competes in the Tribute South West 1 West division as of the 2011/2012 season and is a member of the Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination. The club was founded in 1922.- History :Cleve...
- Clevedon
- Clifton
- Cotham Park
- Dings Crusaders
- Frampton Cotterell
- Gordano
- Hornets
- Imperial
- Keynsham
- Kingswood
- HMP Leyhill
- Midsomer Norton
- Nailsea & Backwell
- North Bristol
- Old Ashtonians
- Old Bristolians
- Old ColstoniansOld Colstonians Rugby Football ClubOld Colstonians Rugby Football Club is a Rugby Club in Bristol, England. The club plays its home games on Colston's School ground which is located in Stapleton, a north-eastern suburb of the city, approximately two miles from the city centre and two minutes' drive from Junction 2 of the M32...
- Old Elizabethans
- Old Redcliffians
- Oldfield Old Boys
- Pilning
- St. Bernadette Old Boys
- St. Brendans Old Boys
- St Mary’s Old Boys
- Southmead
- The Tor
- Thornbury
- United Bristol Hospitals
- University of Bristol
- University of the West of England
- Walcot Old Boys
- Wells
- Weston-Super-Mare
- Whitehall
- Winscombe
- Yatton