Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is a
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...
club situated in
Winnington
Winnington is a small, mainly residential area of the town of Northwich in Cheshire, England.
Industry
Winnington is the home to Brunner Mond UK chemical works, where soda ash is created. Polythene, the material used in many plastic items (e.g ...
,
Northwich
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, country ...
in
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
,
England
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. The club runs three senior sides, a Ladies team, two colts sides and ten junior teams
Club website home page
/ref> The first XV currently plays in the Northern Division, in North 2 West following their promotion from South Lancs/Cheshire 2 as champions at the end of the 2017–18 season.
Rugby Union
The club was founded in 1907 as a rugby union club.
Dewi Morris
Dewi Morris (born ) is a former rugby union footballer, who played scrum half for England.
Morris was born in Crickhowell, Breconshire, Wales, and graduated from Crewe & Alsager College. He made his England debut in 1988, as a twenty-four yea ...
played for Winnington Park before moving on in his career and gaining caps with the England team.
Winnington Park rugby club is a few hundred yards across the park from its neighbours Northwich Rugby Club.
Rugby League
''Weaverham Rangers'' rugby league club played in the North West Counties League
The North West Counties Football League is a football league in the North West of England. Since 2019–20, the league has covered the Isle of Man, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Cumbria, northern Staffordshire, northern ...
until 2005. Weaverham Rangers became ''Winnington Park'' and joined the Rugby League Conference
The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group), was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, ...
in 2006. Winnington Park had previously hosted a rugby league in the past when Crewe Wolves
Lymm RL is a rugby league side based in Lymm, Cheshire. They play in the North West Merit League.
History
Crewe Wolves entered the Northern Division of the Rugby League Conference in 1999 playing their first season at Georges Playing Fields, ...
temporarily played there.
Winnington Park moved to neighbours Northwich RUFC and became ''Northwich Stags'' in 2008, the team won the Cheshire Division of the Conference but after 2009 in the Rugby League Merit League
The Rugby League Conference (RLC) (also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group), was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, ...
the club folded.
Club honours
*North 1
North Premier was a level five league in the English rugby union system, with the fourteen teams drawn from across Northern England. The other leagues at this level were London & South East Premier, Midlands Premier and South West Premier. The ...
champions: 1987–88
* Cheshire Cup winners (5): 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994
*Cheshire Bowl
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
winners (3): 2010, 2011, 2018
* South Lancs/Cheshire 2 champions: 2017–18
References
External links
Winnington Park rugby football club website
English rugby union teams
Sports venues in Cheshire
Winnington Park Rugby Football Club
Rugby League Conference teams
1907 establishments in England
Rugby clubs established in 1907
Rugby league teams in Cheshire
Rugby union in Cheshire
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