Version 2 - 5 Mar
2015 and
earlier
PREMIER 1
WEPL has 80 1st XIs
and 70 2nd XIs
PREMIER 2
BRIS/SOM
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TIER 1
SOMERSET
BRISTOL
COUNTY 1
COUNTY 1
TIER 2
GLOS/WILTS
TIER 3
WILTS
GLOS
COUNTY 1
COUNTY 1
TIER 4
2016
PREMIER
WEPL has 70
teams. Tier 4
is in County
Leagues
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BRIS/SOM
TIER 1
TIER 2
GLOS/WILTS
SOMERSET
BRISTOL
WILTS
GLOS
TIER 3
COUNTY 1
COUNTY 1
COUNTY 1
COUNTY 1
TIER 4
COUNTY 2
COUNTY 2
COUNTY 2
COUNTY 2
2015 WEPL
80 1st XIs and 70 2nd XIs
2016 WEPL
70 teams
80 teams move to County Leagues:
14 1st XIs and 66 2nd XIs
Top County Division becomes “Tier 4”
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Mandatory Relegations
For all County Leagues
The last placed team of the WEPL 2015 Tier 3
Glos/Wilts Div will be placed in 2016 Tier 4, i.e.
County Div 1
The last placed team of the WEPL 2015 Tier 4
Glos Div will be placed below Tier 4 in 2016, i.e.
County Div 2
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WEPL Glos Div and GCCL Div 1
Most of the teams in 2015 WEPL Glos Div (8 or 9
of them) will go up to the new WEPL Glos Div at
Tier 3.
Any others, except 10th place will go to GCCL
Division 1. Tier 4.
The team that comes last in 2015 WEPL
Glos Div will go to GCCL Division 2.
There could be a vacancy in the new Glos Div
Tier 3 – the GCCL Champion will then go up.
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WEPL 2nd XIs
AT THE END OF 2015 SEASON:
• WEPL will do promotion & relegation as if there was to be no
change
• Top 4 teams in Prem 1 2nd XI go to new Tier 3, staying in WEPL
• Rest of Prem 1 2nd XI go to Tier 4 (i.e. County League Div 1)
• Prem 2 2nd XI’s go in a block to a County League Division
• Glos/Wilts 2nd XI’s ….ditto….
• Glos Div 2nd XI’s ….ditto….
Each County League determines the best level for each of these
blocks of teams
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WEPL 2nd XIs – levels in GCCL
We have very good evidence that shows the Gloucester
Division 2nd XI teams are mostly at the level of the top half
of our current Division 5 / bottom half of Division 4. So that
is the right place for them.
The 2nd XIs from higher WEPL Divisions therefore go in at
points above that.
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CURRENT GCCL
FROM WEPL
Prem 1 Div 2nd XIs if any
Prem 2 Div 2nd XIs
Glos/Wilts Div 2nd XIs
Glos Div 2nd XIs
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GCCL 2016
We estimate that we will be accepting
from WEPL…
Into Division 1
~1 Glos Div 1st XIs and or Glos/Wilts 1st XI
0 Prem 1 2nd XIs
Into Division 2
1 Glos Div 1st XI
1 Prem 2 2nd XI
Into Division 3
5 Glos 2nd XIs from Glos/Wilts Tier
Into Division 5
9 Glos Div 2nd XIs
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At the end of 2015 in GCCL we can’t do normal
promotion and relegation because we must fit in
all the new teams from WEPL.
We need to rank all our teams on a single ladder
and fill up each new Division using this ordering.
The order needs to reward teams that would
have been promoted, to place them among the
teams in the Division above.
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RANKING METHOD TO BE USED FOR GCCL TEAMS
(using end 2014 Divisions for illustration)
Div 1
Div 2
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Cheltenham Civil Service
Cirencester
Charlton Kings
Frampton On Severn
Redmarley
Kingsholm
Cinderford St John
Oldlands
Birdlip & Brimpsfield
Poulton
Westbury-on-Severn
Cam
Frocester 3
Woodpeckers
Stone
Newent
Shurdington
Slaughters Utd
Hatherley & Reddings 3
GCP
Cheltenham Civil Service
Cirencester
Charlton Kings
Frampton On Severn
Redmarley
Kingsholm
Westbury-on-Severn
Cinderford St John
Cam
Oldlands
Frocester 3
Birdlip & Brimpsfield
Woodpeckers
Poulton
Stone
Newent
Tetbury
Shurdington
Cranham
Slaughters United
2016 Division 1
1 (say) WEPL Glos Div 1st XIs
9 GCCL Teams (Ranking 1-9 )
Division 2
1 WEPL 1st XI
2 WEPL 2nd XI
8 GCCL teams (Nos 10-17)
Division 3
5 WEPL 2nd XIs
5 GCCL teams (Nos 18-22)
Division 4
10 GCCL teams (Nos 23-32)
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Division 5
9 WEPL 2nd XIs
1 GCCL team (No 33)
Division 6
10 GCCL teams (Nos 34-43)
Division 7
7 GCCL teams (Nos 44-50)
District & CGF winners
(Option: have just 6 divisions
and move 7 GCCL teams to
District or CGF)
CGF Division will be part of GCCL in 2015 but from 2016 may
be run jointly by West Glos and Chelt & Glos Districts rather
than GCCL.
WHAT NOW?
GCCL will talk with Districts and representatives of the CGF
Division to discuss whether we have 70 or 60 teams in GCCL,
including or excluding District winners and CGF winners.
We also need to consult the teams joining from WEPL about
playing regulations and facilities criteria.
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Information
This Presentation and the hand-outs will
be on the GCCL web site. Ask your club
members to look out for it.
Our normal monthly newsletters will give
further news.
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“Live” display
Once 2015 games start there will be a display on the web,
updated through the season, showing who will go where
depending on the current League positions.
The display will show the whole of WEPL and all the County
leagues
Everyone will be able to see, with this, how they are currently
faring and what would happen if they moved up in their
division or down.
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