Archive ~ 2018

Based in Oxton in Birkenhead, Oxton Parkonians RUFC currently field 2, and occasionally 3 rugby teams, playing matches at Holm Lane, with at least one team at home most weekends.

The First Team's season is made up of a combination of league matches and friendly fixtures. They are affiliated to the Cheshire RUFC and compete in the Northern Division. Additionally they participate in the National Junior Vase, Cheshire Plate and Wirral Floodlight cup competitions.

The Second Team compete in the Raging Bull North West League Division 5.

The Junior Rugby Section cover ages from 7 to 17, train and play matches on Sunday mornings, a very popular family event. 

Parkonians RUFC 1st XV ~ 2018 / 2019

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Parkonians RUFC 2nd XV ~ 2018 / 2019

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1 year ago ago by Old Parkonians.

Training

Training is undertaken on Wednesday evenings at 7:00pm at the Club throughout the year.

During the season training includes games of touch rugby, ball-handling skills, tackling and general fitness training. The Club has excellent training facilities including floodlights for winter training, a scrumage machine and assorted training aids such as tackle bags etc.

Throughout the close season fitness is maintained through a combination of gym work, general fitness coaching and 'friendly' soccer matches.

New members of all age, size & ability are always welcome, for further details contact Steve Barnett, the Chairman of Rugby on steve.barnett@oldparkonians.org.uk.

The fixtures for the 2018 / 2019 Season are shown below.

First XV Fixtures 2018 / 2019

Second XV Fixtures 2018/2019

Tony Dever ~ A Fond Farewell

Tony was a true maverick in every sense of the word. He arrived at the club in 1982 around the age of 21 without having played much if any rugby?!

He was an enthusiast from the start and like any aspiring new and young player who had pace he was placed on the wing in the lower teams. Despite working his way up the teams this position was not to his taste!

Too far away from the action he said so open side flanker he became. Again he worked his way up the teams soon becoming a 1st team regular in this position for several seasons.

Parkonians was his mother club but Tony had a restless and nomadic heart. Soon he was on his travels to Hoylake, St Mary’s and then making many other solo appearances for so many clubs in the North of England.
Together with Benjie he founded Corwen Rugby Club in North Wales close to where they had relocated. Tony was lively, probably hyperactive, in actual fact, a lovely guy and a true legend of the game of rugby union much loved and adored by all of us at the Club.

He brought his dear brother Benjie to the Club along with Tony and Peter Ohlssen.

Tony was a one off fantastic guy with so many stories to tell; talcum powder, cricket pad/shoulder pads, three piece suite on the roof rack, inside out tracksuit bottom etc. It was great that he and Benjie, along with great friend Geoff Williams, were able to attend our 90th anniversary lunch at the end of January.

Tony, you will be sadly missed, taken far too young. Our condolences go to Donna and all family members and, of course, Benjie.

On Saturday 2nd March 2019, the Club and Ellesmere Port stood for a minute silence in memory of Tony.

Richie Beckett. President. Oxton Parkonians RUFC.

Summer 2019 Quilter Internationals

The Summer 2019 Quilter Internationals purchase window opens at midday on Tuesday 4 December. Members can book online for these matches.

England will play two matches at Twickenham and one match at St James Park, Newcastle:

• England v Wales - Sunday 11 August 2019 (Twickenham) KO: TBC
• England v Ireland - Saturday 24 August 2019 (Twickenham) KO: TBC

* A junior concession is available on categories 2, 3 & 4 at £15.

• England v Italy - Friday 6 September 2019 (St James Park) KO:TBC

**A junior concession is available on categories 1, 2, 3 at £15.

There is a £3.50 service and delivery charge per transaction.

Our online Ticket Help service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and over 90% of enquiries get the answers they need first time from this service.

Click this link to Buy Tickets from midday 4 December

New 1st XV Rugby Kit

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The Club's new 1st XV strip was in play for the first time against Ramsey on October 20th.

The kit was provided by The Johnson Foundation and the Club would like to thank Peter Johnson and all at the Foundation for their continued, and valued, support.