Oulton Raiders

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Oulton Raiders
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Club information
Full nameOulton Raiders
Amateur Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Raiders, The Wind Turbines
ColoursBlue & Yellow
Founded1962
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Oulton Sports, also known as Raiders Park Pavilion, Oulton Green, Leeds
CEOPhilip Craddick
CoachSteven Gill
Competition NCL Division One

Oulton Raiders are an amateur rugby league football club from Oulton in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club's open age team currently compete in the top division of the National Conference League. The club also operates many youth teams.

The club was founded in 1962 as Oulton Miners Welfare, [1] and has produced a number of players who went on to play professional rugby league, including, Ryan Hall, Ryan Hudson and Kelvin Skerrett. [2]

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References

  1. "Grassroots Rugby League round-up". Total Rugby League. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. "Oulton Raiders celebrate 60th anniversary: Club produced host of Leeds Rhinos and Super League stars". Yorkshire Evening Post. 10 August 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.