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Your Contacts For Wigan RUFC
The Club
Douglas Valley, Wingates Lane, Leyland Mill Lane, Wigan WN1 2SJ Telephone: 01942 242 556
TRUSTEES: H.B. MORRIS, D.J. FAIRHURST,  J. COTTON
CLUB AUDITORS: N.R. Barton & Co, Wigan
CLUB SOLICITORS: McCarthy Bennett Holland & Co, Wigan
Management Team
President:
Gordon Unsworth

35 Norbreck Crescent, Wigan.
Tel: 01942 206445
Frank MorganChairman:
Frank Morgan

37 Wigan Road, Standish.
Tel: 01257 422977
Derek Jones Treasurer:
Derek A.R. Jones

10 Brookland Road, Wigan.
Tel: 01942 241156
Clif BarkerMembership:
Clif Barker

4 The Fields, Standish. Tel: 01257 422535
David ClarkeHouse and Grounds Manager : David Clarke
224 Billinge Road, Wigan.
Tel: 01942 207771
David WilkinsonSecretary:
David Wilkinson

1 The Fields, Standish.
Tel: 01257 425056
Peter CollinsSocial Secretary:
Peter Collins

29 Barnsley Street, Wigan.
Tel: 01942 242556

Bill SpeakmanBar Chairman:
Bill Speakman
7 Longendale, Standish
Tel: 01257
400612

Womens Captain:
Gill Allen
Tel: 07775 975359
1st Team Manager:
Martin Rigby
Tel: 01942 518799
2nd Team Manager:
Ronnie Dutch
Tel: 01942 514319

3rd Team Manager:
Dave Paton
Tel: 07883 069 441
4th Team Manager
Neil O'Donnell
Tel: 01942 258034
Club Captain:
Mike Rigby
Tel: 07793 020477
Club Vice Captain:
Andrew Whittle
Tel:
Junior Section
Chairman:

Graham Greenall
Tel: 07515 739623
Senior Child Protection Officer :
Mrs Julie Makinson

Tel: 07732 662519
Junior Section Coach:
Martin Callaghan

Tel: 07837 034565
Junior Section
Secretary:

Graham Webb
Tel: 07738 930018
Junior Section Support Team:
Mrs Jacqui Dutch

Tel: 07852 594385
  Junior Section Support Team:
Mrs Gill Millington

Tel: 07946 323105
Junior Section Coach:
Ian Morgan

Tel: 07747 460629
Directions to the Club

Wigan RUFC
Douglas Valley,
Wingates Lane,
Leyland Mill Lane,
Wigan,
Lancashire
WN1 2SJ
Telephone
01942 242 556

From M6 Junction 27
Come off the M6 and follow the signs for Standish off the motorway roundabout.
At the Standish crossroads, with Spar on the right, and Somerfield on the left, turn right.
Follow this road (A49) for approximately 5 minutes until you reach a mini roundabout, where you should bear right.
Continue along A49, until you reach a roundabout where, from this direction, you need not give way, with 'The Cherry Gardens' pub on the left.
Take the next left down Leyland Mill Lane, and on the upslope, left again down Wingates Lane, where Wigan R.U.F.C. is signposted. 500m past the houses, on the right, is an inclining track, which takes you up to the club.

From M6 Junction 26
Come off the M6 and follow signs for Wigan town centre/JJB Stadium/Robin Park.
Passing through Pemberton (which features a KFC at a crossroads on the left) right down to the large 'Saddle' roundabout where you should take the immediate left turn option, passing the Fire Station on the left hand side.
Continue along passing the shopping complex on the right; until you reach the mini roundabout.
Go over the roundabout, passing the car dealer on the left.
Continue through the lights at the dealer, going through three further sets of traffic lights before reaching the roundabout where 'The Cherry Gardens' pub is opposite.
Turn right at the roundabout, take the next left down Leyland Mill Lane, and on the upslope, left again down Wingates Lane, where Wigan R.U.F.C. is signposted.
500m past the houses, on the right, is an inclining track, which takes you up to the club.

From M6 Junction 25
Come off the M6 and follow signs for Wigan Town Centre, left off the first roundabout. At the second roundabout, again following town centre, turn right.
Follow this road all the way into the town centre, passing Focus DIY on the right, and Citoren on the left.
Under the railway bridge continue along until reaching a T-junction (with lights) with the snooker club opposite, where you will turn right.
Get into the left hand lane and follow the mini by-pass (Central Park Way) up the side of the Superstore, which is on the left.
Follow this road A49 until you pass the hospital on the left; soon after the hospital take a right turn down Leyland Mill Lane, and on the upslope, left again down Wingates Lane, where Wigan R.U.F.C. is signposted.
500m past the houses, on the right, is an inclining track, which takes you up to the club.

From M61
Come off the M61 and follow all signs for Wigan, passing through Westhoughton, and Aspull; turning left at the Aspull roundabout junction where the school is on the left.
Continue all the way down to Wigan, where, when the Tesco Superstore is opposite, turn right.
Follow the mini by-pass (Central Park Way) up the side of the Superstore, which is now on the left.
Follow this road A49 until you pass the hospital on the left; soon after the hospital take a right turn down Leyland Mill Lane, and on the upslope, left again down Wingates Lane, where Wigan R.U.F.C. is signposted.
500m past the houses, on the right, is an inclining track, which takes you up to the club.


PAST PRESIDENTS
J. PRESTT 1913-1914
----------1914-1918
J.W. WILD 1921-1928
G.W. STEPHENSON 1928-1931
P.WILD 1931-1937
S. WILD 1937-1944
H.G. SCOTT 1944-1947
N.K. SMITH 1947-1954

H. HIGHAM 1954-1957

N.K. SMITH 1957-1962
B.J. SMITH
1962-1964
M.P. CONROY
1964-1975
L. HALLIDAY
1975-1977
C. BARKER
1977-1979
B. MALLEY
1979-1982
B. LEIGH
1982-1994
J.N. GRAY
1994-2001
J. GEE
2001
A. SIMM
2002-2007
 

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Wigan Rugby Union Football Club . Douglas Valley . Wingates Rd . Leyland Mill Lane . Wigan.
Tel: 01942 242556 Fax: 01257 425056 Email: info@wiganru.com