Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is a

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club situated in

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, Northwich in Cheshire,

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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

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until 2005. Weaverham Rangers became ''Winnington Park'' and joined the

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in 2006. Winnington Park had previously hosted a rugby league in the past when Crewe Wolves 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

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the club folded.

Club honours

* North 1 champions: 1987–88 * Cheshire Cup winners (5): 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994 * Cheshire Bowl winners (3): 2010, 2011, 2018 * South Lancs/Cheshire 2 champions: 2017–18

References

External links

Winnington Park rugby football club website
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