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| Full name | Hensingham Amateur Rugby League Football Club | |
| Colours | Black Red | |
| Founded | 1900 | |
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| Coach | Jessie Joe Parker | |
| Competition | NCL Division Three | |
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Hensingham ARLFC is an amateur Rugby league club based in Whitehaven. Founded in 1900, It wasn't until 1920 that the Club changed its allegiances to Rugby League. Hensingham are one of the oldest rugby clubs in the country. They now play their rugby in the NCL Division Three. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Hensingham ARLFC were elected to enter the Kingstone Press National Conference league in 2019 along with two other teams Heworth A.R.L.F.C. and Batley Boys ARLFC.
They got the nod over other strong contenders Nottingham Outlaws and Walney Central ARLFC, Gloucestershire All Golds, Cutsyke Raiders, Distington A.R.L.F.C and East Hull A.R.L.F.C. also being disappointed. [5]
They will be the fourth West Cumbrian club to be accepted into membership of the Conference, joining town rivals Kells A.R.L.F.C., And fellow West Cumbrian rivals Wath Brow and Egremont form the 2019 season. [6] Hensingham will play in division 3.
Within the Youth Section they run team at all age groups from U6s through to U18s [7]
In the Under-16 cup, it was Hensingham who ran out 26-20 winners to lift the West Cumbria Youth League trophy after a tight game with town rivals Kells. [8]
Hensingham u13's won League Champions trophy and League Cup and the Grand Final. 2019 [9]
In the season 2019 Hensingham played against an Australian touring side Kincumber Colts the Australians won 24.-4
The history of Hensingham is long. The clubs presence in rugby circles being unbroken for over a century.
Founded in 1900 and has a long of providing many sportsmen through the delivery of coaching for young people in area. Their present site has been developed since 1973.
They began in a rundown shed known locally as “the Chicken Shed”, and became more succesulf. [10]
Hensingham were elected to enter the Kingstone Press National Conference league Division 3 in 2019.
Hensingham is a suburb of Whitehaven and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whitehaven, in the Cumberland district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. The ward population taken at the 2011 census was 4,145.
Cumbria Rugby League is a series of summer rugby league competitions for amateur teams in Cumbria.
Lee Mossop is an English retired professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop forward for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League and the England Knights and England at international level.
Stephen Holgate was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England and Cumbria, and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC, Workington Town, Wigan Warriors, Hull Sharks and Halifax in the Super League as a prop, or second-row.
Thomas Arnold Walker, also known by the nickname of "Boxer", was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Cumbria, and at club level for Kells A.R.L.F.C., and Cumbrian rivals; Workington Town and Whitehaven, as a stand-off, or scrum-half.
Joseph "Joe" Bonnar was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played at representative level for Cumberland, and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC, Whitehaven, Wakefield Trinity and Halifax.
Alan McCurrie is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Cumbria, and at club level for Hensingham in Whitehaven), Whitehaven, Wakefield Trinity, Oldham and Halifax, as a hooker.
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West Cumberland Hospital is a hospital in Hensingham, a suburb of Whitehaven in Cumbria, England, and was the first district general hospital to be built in England following the creation of the National Health Service. It is managed by the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. A campaign group is fighting to maintain hospital services at the West Cumberland Hospital, many of which have been moved to the Cumberland Infirmary, 40 mi (64 km) away from the population centres of the West Cumbrian coast.
Simon Knox is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and also coached. He played at club level for Hensingham ARLFC, Carlisle, Bradford Northern, Salford Reds, Workington Town, Halifax, Widnes Vikings, Oldham RLFC, Leigh Centurions, Swinton Lions and Barrow Raiders, as a prop or second-row, and coached at club level for the Blackpool Panthers and the Leigh Centurions (Under-21s).
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Callum Phillips is a Scotland international rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker or scrum-half for Whitehaven in Betfred League 1.
Craig Murdock is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a Scrum-half. Murdock played for Hensingham ARLFC, Wigan, Hull Sharks, Salford City Reds and Hull Kingston Rovers.
Jeffrey Bawden was an English rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s, and coached in the 1950s. He played at representative level for Cumberland, and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC and Huddersfield, as a wing, or centre, and coached at club level for Whitehaven.
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Matthew James Dalton was an English professional rugby league footballer. He played at representative level for Great Britain (under-21s), and at club level for Hensingham ARLFC and Whitehaven R.L.F.C., as a wing, and he is a member of Whitehaven R.L.F.C. Immortals.
