Hammersmith Hills Hoists are a 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...

 team based in Hammersmith

Hammersmith

Hammersmith is an urban centre in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in west London, England, in the United Kingdom, approximately five miles west of Charing Cross on the north bank of the River Thames...

, London

London

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 and are named after the hills hoist

Hills Hoist

A Hills Hoist is a height-adjustable rotary clothes line, manufactured in Adelaide, South Australia by Lance Hill since 1945. The Hills Hoist and similar rotary clothes hoists remain a common fixture in many backyards in Australia and New Zealand...

. They play in the South Premier

Rugby League Conference South Premier

The Rugby League Conference South Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference. It is the highest level of amateur rugby league in the South of England...

 division 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...

. Their second team plays in the London League

London League (rugby league)

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History

Hammersmith Hills Hoists were established at the end of 2008 by Australian expats living in West London. In the club's inaugural season, 2009 the club won: The London League Grand Final beating Hemel Stags A 58 - 6; the Skolars RL invitational 9s

Rugby league nines

Rugby league nines is a version of rugby league football played with nine players on each side. The game is substantially the same as full rugby league, with some differences in rules and shorter games. Nines is usually played in festivals, as its shorter game play allows for a tournament to be...

 tournament and the 2009 ANZAC Rugby Challenge. The club were also victorious in the first ever game of rugby league in Belgium against the Belgium national team and played the Royal Navy and RAF. The Hills Hoists also played against the Metropolitan Police at the Twickenham Stoop as a curtain raiser for a Harlequins Super League game.

2010

Hammersmith Hills Hoists moved up to the Rugby League Conference South Premier

Rugby League Conference South Premier

The Rugby League Conference South Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference. It is the highest level of amateur rugby league in the South of England...

 division for the 2010 season, finishing 2nd after the regular season and losing the major semi to the 'West London Sharks'. The Hoists second team now compete in the London League. The second team went on to win the London League in 2010 for the second year running.
Premier South Awards- Best and Fairest- Michael Lieberum , Players Player- Matt Scott, Most Improved- Lewis Jones, Coaches Award- Wayde Kelly, Clubman of the Year- Ben Andrews

2011

2011 saw the Hoists go through the Rugby League Conference South Premier

Rugby League Conference South Premier

The Rugby League Conference South Premier is a division in the Rugby League Conference. It is the highest level of amateur rugby league in the South of England...

season undefeated, winning the Grand Final against St Albans Centurions. The London League team also repeated their earlier seasons achievements by winning the London League competition over West Norfolk Wildcats 34-16 for the 3rd season in a row. 2011 also saw Michael Lieberum and George Smibert represent Scotland 'A', Daniel Marzella and Daniel Shembri represent Malta and 5 players, Jason Wren Patterson, Michael Lieberum, Wayde Kelly, Luke Morris and Michael Crosby, selected to play in the inaugural Commonwealth Ex Pats team against the [Great Britain Community Lions]. Kelly captained the team and Lieberum picked up the man of the match award.

Club honours

• London League: 2009, 2010, 2011
• ANZAC Rugby Challenge: 2009, 2010, 2011
• Skolars invitational 9s: 2009
• London RL 9's 2010, 2011
• RLC Southern Premier: 2011