Sports
There is currently a golf-course called The Northwest National Golf Club alongside the A570 dual carriageway. This new course contains 18 holes, a golf academy, restaurant and conference centre and was opened in the summer of 2009.
Rainford also has various sports clubs; Rainford Tennis Club, Rainford Rangers Football Club, Rainford Eagles football club, Rainford North End Football Club and Rainford Cricket Club. Rainford Cricket Club recently gained promotion to the Liverpool & District ECB Premier League.
A speedway training track was operational at some time in the early 1950s.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What’s the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?”
—Martina Navratilova (b. 1956)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)