Tribute Somerset Premier
Team Ground Town/Village Previous season
Chew Valley II Chew Lane Chew Magna , Somerset Promoted from Somerset 1 ( runners up )
Hornets II Hutton Moor Park Weston-super-Mare , Somerset Promoted from Somerset 1 ( champions )
Minehead Barbarians The Tom Stewart Field Minehead , Somerset 8th
Nailsea & Backwell West End Park Nailsea , Somerset 9th
Oldfield Old Boys Shaft Road Bath , Somerset 10th
Old Redcliffians II Scotland Lane Brislington , Bristol 6th
St Bernadettes Old Boys Whitchurch Sports Ground Whitchurch , Bristol 12th
Stothert & Pitt Adams Field Bath , Somerset Relegated from Tribute Western Counties North ( 14th )
Taunton II Hyde Park Taunton , Somerset 11th
Tor Brian Harbinson Memorial Park Glastonbury , Somerset 4th
Weston-super-Mare II Recreation Ground Weston-super-Mare , Somerset 3rd
Winscombe Winscombe Recreation Ground Winscombe , Somerset 2nd ( lost promotion playoff )
Wiveliscombe Recreational Ground Wiveliscombe , Somerset 7th
Yatton Off North End Yatton , Somerset 5th
2015–16 -- Participating teams and location
Eleven of the fourteen teams participated in last season 's competition . The 2014–15 champions Gordano were promoted to Tribute Western Counties North while Bristol Imperial and Clevedon II were relegated to Somerset 1 . Chew Valley IIHornets IIMineheadNailsea & BackwellOldfield OBOld Redcliffians IISt BernadettesStothert & PittTaunton IITorWeston-super-Mare IIWinscombeWiveliscombeYatton Locations of the 2015-16 Tribute Somerset Premier teams
Tribute Somerset Premier is an English rugby union league which sits at the eighth level of league rugby union in England involving teams based in the county of Somerset as well as some teams based in Bristol. The league champions are automatically promoted to Tribute Western Counties North while the runners up play the runners up of Gloucester Premier for their place. Relegated teams drop into Somerset 1. Only 1st XV sides can be promoted into Tribute Western Counties North, although any side can fall to Somerset 1. Each season a 1st XV side from Tribute Somerset Premier is picked to take part in the RFU Senior Vase - a national competition for clubs at level 8. There are five divisions below this league - Somerset 1, Somerset 2 North, Somerset 2 South, Somerset 3 North and Somerset 3 South. These leagues mostly consist of 2nd, 3rd and 4th teams of clubs whose 1st XV plays at a higher level.