Somerset Senior Vase Explained

Somerset Senior Vase
Sport:Rugby Union
Teams:8
Champion:Burnham-on-Sea (1st title)
Season:2018-19
Most Champs:Chew Valley, Tor, Wellington
Count:2
Website:Somerset RFU

The Somerset Senior Vase is an annual rugby union knock-out club competition organized by the Somerset Rugby Football Union. It was first introduced during the 2007-08 season, with the inaugural winners being Wells. It is the second most important rugby union cup competition in Somerset, behind the Senior Cup.

The Senior Vase is currently open to club sides based in Somerset and parts of Bristol that are outside of the top 16 teams in the county, typically playing in tier 7 (Tribute Western Counties North, tier 8 (Tribute Somerset Premier) and tier 9 (Somerset 1) of the English rugby union league system. While the Somerset leagues have 1st and 2nd XV taking part in league games, like the Somerset Senior Cup, the Vase only allows 1st teams to enter. The format is a knockout cup with a quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at a neutral venue between March-May.[1]

Somerset Senior Vase winners

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Somerset Senior Vase Finals
SeasonWinnerScoreRunners–upVenue
2007-08[2] 56-18 Recreation Ground, Weston-super-Mare
2008-09[3] 16-15 Beggars Brook, North Petherton
2009-10[4] 11-6 Beggars Brook, North Petherton
2010-11[5] 13-0 Recreation Ground, Weston-super-Mare
2011-12[6] 31-7 Recreation Ground, Weston-super-Mare
2012-13[7] 16-8 Recreation Ground, Weston-super-Mare
2013-14[8] 31-24
2014-15 25-22
2015-16[9] Yatton 62-17
2016-17 21-19 Hutton Moor, Weston-super-Mare
2017-18[10] 45-17 Beggars Brook, North Petherton
2018–19[11] 38-13 Yatton
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Number of wins

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Notes and References

  1. News: The Webb Ellis Somerset County Vase 2016/2017. Somerset RFU. 23 May 2017 .
  2. Web site: Club History. Wells RFC (Pitchero). 23 May 2017 .
  3. Web site: Midsomer Norton 20 Tor 14. Somerset Live. 19 March 2009 .
  4. Web site: Somerset Rugby Football Union Handbook 2009-10. Somerset RFU. 23 May 2017 .
  5. Web site: Somerset County Vase final Stothert & Pitt 0 Wellington 13. Somerset Live. 21 April 2011 .
  6. Web site: Somerset Rugby Football Union Handbook 2012-13. Somerset RFU. 23 May 2017 .
  7. Web site: CVRFC do the double. Chew Valley Gazette. 31 May 2013 .
  8. Web site: Chew are happy to repeat Vase victory. Somerset Live. 5 May 2014 .
  9. Web site: Yatton convincingly beat Tor in Somerset Vase final. North Somerset Times. 30 March 2016 .
  10. Web site: CUP WINNERS 2018. Wellington RFC (Pitchero). 1 May 2018 .
  11. News: West Rugby. Sports Independent. Sports Independent. 21 April 2019. 64.
  12. Web site: Somerset Rugby Football Union Handbook 2015-16. Somerset RFU. 23 May 2017 .

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