North of England honours for Wilkinson

Date: 27 January 2013

Congratulations to Preston Grasshoppers’ and Kirkham Grammar’s Connor Wilkinson who has been selected for the North of England Under 16s squad.  Next up is a squad weekend at Broadstreet followed by a match against the South West on February 3rd followed by the England trial. As well as being a member of the twice Lancashire Cup winning Under 16s Hoppers team, Connor has represented Kirkham 1st XV this season alongside his older brother Ryan.

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Connor has been at Preston Grasshoppers since the age of 6 and on February 8th he is honoured at the Mini-Junior Sportsman’s dinner with the Knee High to a Grasshopper award.  In total the Under 16s have 10 players being awarded the honour having served 10 seasons from Under 7s to Under 16s at Hoppers.

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