The Stroud and District Combination Bill Adams Cup is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Stroud and District Combination - one of the five bodies that make up the Gloucestershire Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 1983-84 season, with the first ever winners being Cirencester III. The Bill Adams Cup is the third most important cup competition in Stroud District behind the Senior Cup (1st) and Stroud and District Combination Junior Cup (2nd). With only 9 member clubs the combination is one of the smallest in Gloucestershire.
The Bill Adams Cup is currently open to the 2nd and 3rd teams of clubs location within the Stroud District. The format is a knock-out cup with semi-finals and a final, with the final to be held a neutral ground between March-May.[1]
Stroud and District Combination Bill Adams Cup winners
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Stroud and District Combination Bill Adams Cup Finals |
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Season |
Winner |
Score |
Runners–up |
Venue |
1983-84 | Cirencester III | |
1984-85 | Dursley III | |
1985-86 | Royal Agricultural College III | |
1986-87 | Minchinhampton II | |
1987-88 | Painswick III | |
1988-89 | Cirencester III | |
1989-90 | Cainscross III | |
1990-91 | Dursley III | |
1991-92 | Cirencester III | |
1992-93 | Dursley III | |
1993-94 | Dursley III | |
1994-95 | Dursley III | |
1995-96 | Dursley III | |
1996-97 | Cirencester III | |
1997-98 | Dursley III | |
1998-99 | Cirencester III | |
1999-00 | Minchinhampton II | |
2000-01 | Fairford II | |
2001-02 | Wotton-under-Edge II | |
2002-03 | Cirencester III | |
2003-04[2] | Dursley III | | Fairford II | Fromehill Park, Stroud, Gloucestershire |
2004-05 | Dursley III | |
2005-06 | Cirencester III | |
2006-07 | Cirencester III | |
2007-08 | Cirencester III | |
2008-09[3] | Dursley III | 32-18 | Cirencester III | |
2009-10[4] | Cirencester III | 8-6 | Dursley III | |
2010-11[5] | Cirencester III | | Dursley III | |
2011-12 | Cirencester III | |
2012-13[6][7] | Cirencester III | 25-10 | Dursley III | Hounds Green, Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire |
2013-14[8] | Cirencester III | 22-20 | Dursley III | Hounds Green, Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire |
2014-15[9][10] | Dursley III | 21-10 | Cirencester III | Hounds Green, Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire |
2015-16[11] | Dursley III | 32-10 | Minchinhampton II | Broadham Fields, Painswick, Gloucestershire |
2016-17 | Tetbury II | | Dursley III | The Recreation Ground, Tetbury, Gloucestershire |
2017-18[12] | Cirencester III | 59-35 | Dursley III | Walnut Tree Field, Fairford, Gloucestershire[13] |
Number of wins
- Cirencester III (15)
- Dursley III (12)
- Minchinhampton II (2)
- Cainscross III (1)
- Fairford II (1)
- Painswick III (1)
- Royal Agricultural College III (1)
- Tetbury II (1)
- Wotton-under-Edge II (1)
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