The AGM of of the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League is set to take place this coming Wednesday 12th June 2024 at the Towcester Suite, Coleview Community Centre, Towcester Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon SN3 4AS and will commence at 7:30pm.
In accordance with League Rule 8, each Member Club must attend and shall be empowered to have two delegates in attendance. Any continuing Member Club, failing to be represented at this meeting, shall be fined in accordance with League rules, so all are encouraged to attend.
Included in the agenda will be the election of clubs to the League to fill vacancies and also agreement of the proposed Constitution of the League for Season 2024/245. The proposed constitution that is being put to the clubs for approval for the two Saturday men's divisions sees 18 teams set to participate in the Premier Division and Division One set to increase to 16 teams.
Amesbury Town, having won the Premier Division last season, have been promoted back to the Wessex League after just one season away and we wish them every success as they move up the pyramid. Ludgershall Sports struggled last season and are relegated back to Division 1 after just one season back in our Premier Division. They are looking to rebuild during the summer and bounce back up. That left us with four vacancies given that the majority on the Committee wished to remain with an 18 team Premier Division. Two of the four vacancies will be filled by Faringdon Town and Park Utd who both deservedly won promotion from our Division 1. The remaining two vacancies will be filled by clubs who have won their respective leagues in Season 2023-24 … Bemerton Heath Harlequins Res and Letcombe. Bemerton won the Hampshire Combination League this season and also the Wiltshire FA Junior Cup. They return to this league after an absence of over 20 years and will strengthen our presence in the south of the county. Their first team play in the Southern League and have excellent facilities. Letcombe won the Hellenic League Division 2 Central last season, also have excellent facilities and are promoted under the Pyramid Agreement we have with the Hellenic League. They are a very well run club and are already exploring the possibility of getting floodlights installed to enable them to move up the pyramid. There were no applications from teams finishing in the top three of either the Trowbridge & District League or Swindon & District League to join the Premier Division.
The full intended make up of the two divisions for Season 2024-25 is as follows:
Key: *P = Promoted Club, *NC = New Club to be elected at AGM, *R = Relegated
Premier Division
1. Bemerton Heath Harlequins Res (*NC)
2. Blunsdon
3. Calne Town Res
4. Faringdon Town (*P)
5. Kingsdown
6. Kintbury Rangers
7. Larkhall Athletic Dev
8. Letcombe (*P)
9. Malmesbury Victoria Dev
10. Melksham Town Res
11. Park United (*P)
12. Pewsey Vale
13. Royal Wootton Bassett Town Dev
14. Salisbury Dev
15. Shrewton United
16. Shrivenham
17. Trowbridge Town
18. Wroughton
Division 1
1. Bishops Cannings
2. Bradford Town Res (*NC)
3. Bratton
4. Cricklade Town
5. Devizes Town Res
6. Down Ampney (*NC)
7. Kingsdown Dev
8. Kintbury Rangers Dev
9. Lambourn Sports
10. Ludgershall Sports (*R)
11. Marlborough Town
12. Pewsey Vale Dev
13. Purton
14. Redhouse (*NC)
15. Shrivenham Dev
16. Stratton Juniors
Faringdon Development originally were set to join the Wiltshire Senior League in Division One but notified us over the weekend that they had decided to remain in the Witney & District League. Whilst this was disappointing given that the League had turned other teams away in accepting them into membership, the good news is that Redhouse have asked to take their place and the Committee will be recommending their acceptance into Division One for next season, along with the other two new sides Bradford Town Reserves and Down Ampney, so that the division is still set to be made up of 16 teams. Redhouse will be playing their games at Moredon.
Under 18 Division
The Under 18 Division for next season sees three sides from last season, runners-up Royal Wootton Bassett Town, Kingsdown and Bristol Manor Farm not competing in Season 2024-25. However, the good news is that six new sides have applied to join, including a side from last season's Premier Division champions Amesbury Town. In addition to Amesbury, Bishops Cannings and Devizes Town return after a short absence, with Salisbury, Swindon Supermarine and Westbury United the other three new sides. Following last season's issues with playing games in the division, the initial proposal was to have two regional smaller divisions but following feedback from the clubs, the proposed constitution of the U18 Division for Season 2024-25 is now one division. Larkhall Athletic had originally looked to enter the division but have subsequently decided against doing so for this coming season. The proposed constitution is therefore as follows:
1. Amesbury Town (*NC)
2. Bishops Cannings (*NC)
3. Calne Town
4. Devizes Town (*NC)
5. FC Chippenham Youth
6. Kintbury Rangers
7. Melksham Town
8. Radstock Town
9. Salisbury (*NC)
10. Swindon Supermarine (*NC)
11. Westbury United (*NC)
12. Wims 11
However, Radstock Town have put forward a proposed set of rule changes for the U18 Division, one of which would effectively exclude Bishops Cannings, FC Chippenham Youth and Wims 11 from membership leaving a division of nine teams. The proposed rule changes from Radstock do not currently have a seconder and may not get voted on with the Committee recommending the membership of all 12 teams.
Veterans' Divisions
The Veterans' divisions in Season 2024-25 are set to see 11 teams in the North Wiltshire Division and 12 teams in the Mid Wiltshire Division. In the North Wiltshire Division, Swindon Old Boys will not be running next season but are replaced by two new sides, FS Swindon and Intel. In the Mid Wiltshire Division, all 11 sides that finished last season remain with the addition of Bishops Cannings taking the division back up to 12 teams, the same number as started last season. The current proposed divisions are as follows:
North Wiltshire Division
1. AFC Swindon
2. Chisledon
3. Coate
4. Cricklade Town
5. FS Swindon (*NC)
6. Intel (*NC)
7. Penhill United
8. Redhouse
9. Royal Wootton Bassett Town
10. Stratton Juniors
11. Swindon Rovers FC
Mid Wiltshire Division
1. Amesbury Junior
2. Bishops Cannings (*NC)
3. Calne Town
4. Chippenham Town
5. Corsham Town
6. Devizes Town
7. Durrington
8. Melksham Town
9. Radstock Town
10. Trowbridge Town Tigers
11. Warminster Town
12. Westbury United
Women's Divisions
Season 2024-25 sees the Corsham Print Wiltshire Senior League take over the running of the Wiltshire Women's League and the league will kick-off the new era with two divisions, with a series of new sides being established who will be included in a Development Division. The make up of the two divisions is proposed to be as follows:
Premier Division
1. Bemerton Heath Harlequins
2. Calne Town
3. Durrington
4. FC Chippenham Youth
5. Highworth Town
6. Kingsdown
7. Melksham Town
8. Swindon Supermarine
9. Trowbridge Wanderers
10. Westbury Youth
Development Division
1. Bath Athena
2. Bemerton Heath Harlequins Res
3. Blunsdon Youth
4. Ferndale Rodbourne
5. Kingsdown Dev
6. Malmesbury Victoria
7. Marlborough Town
8. Salisbury
9. Westbury Youth Res
Season Dates
The proposed start and end dates for the various divisions will be as follows:
- Premier Division and Division One are set to commence on Saturday 3rd August 2024 and complete by Saturday 3rd May 2025.
- U.18’s Floodlight Division - The start date will depend on the outcome of the discussions around the constitution and league rules but will be completed by week ending Friday 2nd May 2025.
- Veterans’ Divisions will commence from Monday 2nd September and complete by Friday 2nd May 2025.
- Womens's Divisions will commence on Sunday 1st September and complete by Sunday 4th May 2025.
The AGM evening is set to end with the traditional four end of season awards plus one new one for this season with the presentation of the following:
a) The Referees Appreciation Award;
b) The Young Referee of the Year Award;
c) The EC Mills Sportsmanship Trophy;
d) The Club Secretary’s Award; and
e) The Veterans Divisions Referee of the Year Award (a new trophy being awarded in memory of Colin Nunn).
We look forward to seeing all our clubs on Wednesday night.
10 June 2024
