ONCE deadly rivals, a Rugby League outfit is teaming up with Rugby Union club in Warrington.
Cheshire Cats, the county’s new junior Rugby League club, has entered into partnership with highly regarded Lymm Rugby Club.
Executive member Sarah Lee states:”We were thrilled with the warm and positive welcome we received from the Lymm Club.
Their well appointed and picturesque venue is the perfect setting for the Cheshire Cats to create a high level and standards driven organisation.”
The Cats will make their playing debut in the 2009 Midlands under 12s league which commences next Summer.
Lymm Rugby Club Chairman John Hopkinson is equally pleased with the exciting new venture and added: “Our Summer based Rugby League team were divisional finalists this year and our senior Rugby Union side contain a number of fine League players.
“We are very keen on sporting partnerships and the Cheshire Cats provide a fine fit for junior Rugby League to work alongside our very popular and successful minis and juniors Rugby Union section.”
The Cats have been formed principally for boys and girls in the South Warrington/traditional North Cheshire areas but are already receiving expressions of interest from across the county including Chester, Macclesfield, Congleton and Northwich.
The sport of Rugby League is becoming ever more popular and Patrick Hendrie who is the School-Club Link Officer for the region is being kept fully informed of developments so that he is able to assist accordingly.
The new organisation will commence training on Wednesday April 8 2009 at 6.30pm at the Rugby Club Beechwood Crouchley Lane Lymm Cheshire.
The Cheshire Cats was the brain child of Lionel Hurst LL.B, who has worked alongside Richard Branson at the London Broncos.
For more than 100 years following the league break away from Union the two sports were deadly rivals, with union clubs barring their players from associating with league.
But since both games became professional there have been a number of joint ventures, none more so than in London where the old London Broncos have now teamed up with the Harlequins.
For further information contact the Cheshire Cats Chairman Neil Waters at [email protected]
01925 489884 or 07980 136869.
