TOWN LAUNCH WORKINGTON TOWN NETBALL!

Successful local team comes under club umbrella!

Town launch WORKINGTON TOWN NETBALL!

We are delighted to announce that successful local ladies netball team The Herons will come under the Workington Town sporting umbrella by renaming as Workington Town Netball. In a ground breaking first for the club we will support, assist and help grow the team and sport whilst they still retain operational independence playing under our brand, crest and club colours!

The team operate on the courts of West Cumbria, playing regular games on Monday's and Tuesday's throughout the year and have team members associated with the club in other areas such as the Workington Town RLFC Ladies team, Workington Town Women FC development squads and the relationship is a strong, positive one which we hope will flourish as we continue to impact the sporting communities that we are part of.

Both Workington Town RLFC and Workington Town Netball would like to place our sincere thanks to Graeme Phillips of West Cumbria Engineering Ltd for becoming main kit sponsor for the next 2 years and Paul Scott of the Renew business group for reaching out and supporting us with this venture and we hope this is the start of further partnerships for the future prosperity and growth of sport and leisure in West Cumbria, with Workington Town RLFC playing a prominent part in that by using it's platform and standing to assist all demographics.

Graeme Phillips, Managing Director at West Cumbria Engineering Ltd had the following to say,

'Traditionally, sport has been dominated by men, both in terms of participation and governance however with the rise in awareness of women’s sport through the recent women’s success in football, netball and rugby the increasing number of women’s participation will help widen perspectives, bring in new ideas, and reach new audiences. My two sons play rugby league (ex-Town players) which gave them fantastic opportunities to travel around the world playing the sport they love and now that I have 3 granddaughters I want them to have the same opportunities in sport as my sons had.'

Look out for regular updates over our social media channels as we meet the players, bring you the teams results and much more!

Good luck to all associated with Workington Town Netball and welcome to Workington Town RLFC!