during the 1903–04 season the senior cup was introduced for the first time, with the inaugural winners being berkley. during this period the local junior clubs were becoming disillusioned by the competition as it was not particularly well organised, results were not recorded properly and gloucester rugby were seen to be the beneficiaries to the detriment of the smaller clubs, who felt they were not been looked after properly. this would ultimately lead to the gloucestershire rfu having to step in. in 1912 the gloucester & district combination was formed, containing 10 clubs including gordon league and painswick. a year later the name was changed to the north gloucestershire combination due to the involvement of sides from nearby towns such cheltenham and stroud. during the 1913–14 season a second cup competition known as the junior cup was introduced for a sides and was won by st marks.