WINNINGTON Park have been paired with neighbours Northwich in the Cheshire RFU Vase last eight.

The teams, playing in the same division for the first time in five years next season, will now meet three times after the county competition draw provided a derby at Burrows Hill.

No date has yet been set for the head-to-head, although the contest must be played before the first game of the campaign in South Lancashire & Cheshire Division One on Saturday, September 7.

Park will host the first league encounter on November 2, crossing the fence for the return game on March 1.

Vase holders Sale will play in the Cheshire RFU Cup this term while Crewe and Nantwich, conquerors of Winnington in last season’s Bowl showpiece, move up a level with Park.

Altrincham Kersal and Wilmslow, from the RFU Northern Division’s North One West, are the highest-ranked entrants. They meet in one of the quarter final ties.

Cheshire RFU Vase
Quarter finals

Altrincham Kersal v Wilmslow
Anselmians v New Brighton
Crewe & Nantwich v Ashton on Mersey
Winnington Park v Northwich

Ties to be played on, or before, Saturday, August 31.