East Lancashire Vikings are an amateur rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club based in Colne

Colne

Colne is the second largest town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 20,118. It lies at the eastern end of the M65, 6 miles north-east of Burnley, with Nelson immediately adjacent, in the Aire Gap with two main roads leading into the Yorkshire...

 in Pendle

Pendle

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. The team play home games at Colne & Nelson RUFC. Currently they play in the North West Premier division

Rugby League Conference North West Premier

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 of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

 and the North West Merit League

North West Merit League

The North West Merit League is a rugby league competition for clubs in the North West of England. It is a feeder league for the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

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History

The club was formed in early 2010 by three friends whose aim was to help establish rugby league in east Lancashire.
The club were invited by Colne & Nelson RUFC to use their club as a base. Preliminary training commenced in early February 2010 with a view to things being officially launched in mid March. Widnes Vikings

Widnes Vikings

Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...

donated a kit to get the club off to a flying start.

After a 68-4 win in the semi, the Vikings moved on to the Grand Final against Ashton, the NW Counties Premier Division club.

East Lancashire Vikings secured a place at the highest level of the regional Summer Conference for 2011 with a place in the Premier Division.

Coaching staff

• Rod Steele (Head Coach)
• Eddie Stephens (Head Coach)