The 2008/2009 season has now started and the site has been updated with fixture lists. Team sheets are published each week and the information on Tag and Mini Rugby has been updated. We expect to be bringing occasional match reports and photographs as well.
Based in Oxton in Birkenhead, Parkonians RUFC currently field 2, and occasionally 3 rugby teams, playing matches alternate weeks at Holm Lane.
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 South Lancs/Cheshire Division 4. Additionally they participate in the Powergen Cup, Cheshire Shield and Wirral Floodlight cup competitions.
Parkonians RUFC 1st XV ~ 2008 / 2009
Back row; A Burton, R Marnick,
M Barham, T Williams, M Byrne, B Pearson, M Marnick, L Morris, C Fowler.
Front Row: C Stott, G Pryce, M Hillan, L Sadler, Peter Hillan(capt),
B Owens, A Williams, L Evans, M Dooley.
The second team is a member of the Merseyside Second Team League playing against a number of local clubs.
Parkonians RUFC 2nd XV ~ 2008 / 2009
Back Row:
T Manger, M Heywood, L Morris, G Pritchard, T Blease, D Blyth, J Bowen,
G Waters, R Peters, M Bowe, M Varley, J Dunning
Front Row:
J Danher, K Whelan, C Fowler, I Westwater, C Hall (Capt) C Sharkey,
M Tucker, D Kelly.
This year Parkonians are running a Senior Colts (under 19) team. Training is on a Wednesday night at 6.15pm, with games taking place Sundays.
1st XV Player Statistics ~ 2008 / 2009
The Top Ten are listed below, as at the end of the 2008 / 2009 season - for the full table of First XV Player Statistics, visit the Stats Page.
| Player | Appearances | T | C | PG | DG | Points |
| T. Williams | 20 | 18 | 42 | 15 | 219 | |
| M. Hillan | 24 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 78 | |
| M. Dooley | 24 | 12 | 60 | |||
| A. Williams | 23 | 10 | 50 | |||
| R. Marnick | 25 | 7 | 35 | |||
| G. Pryce | 23 | 7 | 35 | |||
| L. Sadler | 25 | 6 | 1 | 33 | ||
| C. Whelan | 23 | 5 | 25 | |||
| B. Owens | 11 | 3 | 4 | 23 | ||
| G. Waters | 16 | 4 | 20 |
Training
 Peter Hillan ~ ClubCaptain |
Training is undertaken every Wednesday evening at the club throughout the year.
During the season it 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 Peter Hillan, the club captain.
u7 and u9 Tag Rugby
 Tony Burton coaching Tag Rugby |
We are now running Tag Rugby training for under 7s and under 9s. Tag rugby is a fast-moving, non-contact game suitable for boys and girls to play together.
We are now running sessions on Sundays for 1 hour from 11 o'clock.
Qualified coaches Tony Burton, Martin Varley and Mark Hillan aided by Ian Westwater run the session, with around 25 young enthusiasts regularly turning out to train.
It a a fun morning with tea, coffee and toast provided for the adults and hot dogs and juice for the kids after they've used up all their energy!
Anyone interested in learning tag rugby and joining the training should contact either or .
Mini Rugby
We run a mini rugby section for boys and girls aged from 5 upwards. They are coached by Tony Burton, Mark Hillan and Martin Varley (all qualified level 1 coaches) with assistance from other members.
We need to congratulate Mark Hillan who has applied for and been granted a substantial amount of money from the Your Wirral fund to set the mini section up.
This will be used to buy equipment and pay for other members to become qualified as coaches, also hopefully seeing Old Parkonians coaches going into the local schools to train the children.
If we can bring the children in at a young age hopefully they will be the Old Parks of the future!
Anyone interested in the Mini Rugby section should contact either or .