Heworth ARLFC is an amateur

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football club based in

Heworth, York Heworth is part of the city of York in North Yorkshire, England, about north-east of the centre. No longer in general referred to as a village, "Heworth Village" is now the name of a specific road. The name "Heworth" is Anglo-Saxon and means a ...

. The first team plays in the NCL Division One. In 1986, the club was one of ten founder members of the

BARLA The British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA) is an association for social and recreational rugby league. It works jointly with the Rugby Football League through the RFL Community Board. History BARLA was created in 1973 in Huddersfiel ...

National Amateur League (now known as the

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), and were the winners of the inaugural 1986–87 season. Heworth has produced many players who went on to play the game professionally, most notably former internationals Geoff Wriglesworth, Kenneth Bowman,

Colin Forsyth Colin Forsyth ( – 31 May 2018) was an English professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Heworth A.R.L.F.C., Oldham, Featherstone Rovers ...

David Watkinson David Watkinson (born 1954) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Heworth, Hull Kings ...

and

Gary Divorty Gary Divorty (born 28 January 1966) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hull FC, Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Lee ...

. The club went into decline following their success in the early years of the league, and in 2012 were demoted to

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after failing to fulfill one of their fixtures. In 2015, the club withdrew from the National Conference League altogether due to a lack of playing strength. The club returned to the National Conference League in 2019. In 2022, Heworth were NCL Division Two champions. In 2023, Heworth won the Division One Promotion decider against

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to earn a place in the Premier Division.

Honours

Premier Division ** Winners (1): 1986–87 *

Division One ** Winners (1): 1993–94 *

Division Two ** Winners (1): 2022 *

BARLA Yorkshire Cup The BARLA Yorkshire Cup is a knock-out rugby league competition for amateur teams in the traditional county of Yorkshire. It is administered by the British Amateur Rugby League Association (BARLA). The winners of the most recent staging of the ...

** Winners (1): 1993–94

References

External links

Club websiteClub information on NCL website
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