Winnington Park
| Full name | Winnington Park Rugby Football Club |
|---|---|
| Union | Rugby Football Union |
| Founded | 1907 |
| President | Roy Palin |
| Coach(es) | Mark Warr |
| Captain(s) | Will Burgess, Harry Stubbs |
| League(s) | South Lancs/Cheshire 1 |
| Official website | |
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Winnington Park Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club situated in Winnington, Northwich in Cheshire, England. The club runs three senior sides, a veterans team, two colts sides and ten junior teams [1] The first XV currently plays in the Northern Division, in South Lancs/Cheshire 1.
Rugby Union
The club was founded in 1907 as a rugby union club. The club's record try scorer was a Mr S. Mikalauskas equaling Martin Offiah's ten try recorded against Leeds.
Dewi Morris played for Winnington Park before moving on in his career and gaining caps with the England team.
Rugby League
Weaverham Rangers rugby league club played in the North West Counties League until 2005. Weaverham Rangers became Winnington Park and joined the Rugby League Conference 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 Rugby League Merit League the club folded.