The North Wales League was a proposed summer 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...

 competition that was attempted to be set up in 2010. It was to be a feeder competition for 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...

. It was set up by the Wales Rugby League

Wales Rugby League

Wales Rugby League is the national governing body for rugby league football in Wales.In 1907 The Welsh Northern Rugby Football Union was formed in Wrexham, but the English Northern Rugby Football Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the south of Wales and the Welsh body...

 in part due to increased interest in the sport based on Crusaders relocating to Wrexham FC's Racecourse Ground

Racecourse Ground

The Glyndŵr University Racecourse Stadium AKA The Racecourse Ground is a stadium located in Wrexham, North Wales. It is the home of Wrexham F.C. and, since 2010, the Crusaders Rugby League team who play in the engage Super League...

.

There was intended to be four teams for the initial season: Conwy Celts established 2007 (based at Colwyn Bay); two new sides: Penrhyn Eagles (from Bangor, where there was already a university club) and Mid Wales Marauders (based in Welshpool, the only rugby league club in mid Wales) and Rhyl Exiles, who while technically a new club were formed from the ashes of recently disbanded club Rhyl Coasters

Rhyl Coasters

Rhyl Coasters are a rugby league team based in Rhyl, Denbighshire, Wales. They play in the North Wales League-History:The original North Wales Coasters formed in 1989 and joined the nearest district association which was Widnes in England. They played in the North West Counties Division 5 with home...

. They won the North Wales 9s but pulled out of the league. Chester Gladiators

Chester Gladiators

Chester Gladiators Rugby League Football Club is a rugby league club in Chester, England. They play in the North West Division of the Rugby League Conference, North West Counties and the North West Merit League.-History:...

 A were proposed as replacements but in the end the season was cancelled.

There will be no open age league in North Wales in 2011 though Montgomeryshire Marauders will run an open age team playing friendlies, there will be a North Wales Crusaders team in the Conference Youth League. There will also be an Under 11s league comprising three teams: Montgomeryshire Marauders, Flintshire Falcons and Wrexham Raiders http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/midwalesmarauders/news/2011-season-plans-272130.html.

External links

• http://www.cymrurl.com
• http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/conwycelts/
• http://www.montgomeryshiremarauders.co.uk
• Flintshire Falcons