Editing Devizes (section)

==Sport==
Each year at Easter the {{convert|125|mi}} [[Devizes to Westminster International Canoe Marathon]] is held on a course between Devizes and [[Westminster]] in London. First contested in 1948, the event was one of the first to be included on the international race calendar when [[Canoe racing#Marathon racing|marathon canoeing]] gained worldwide popularity in the 1960s.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

The local [[association football]] (soccer) team is [[Devizes Town F.C.]] who play in the [[Western Football League|Western League]].

The local [[rugby union]] team is Devizes R.F.C.<ref>[http://saddlebacks.intheteam.com/modules/page/page.aspx?pc=452 Devizes R.F.C.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324190518/http://saddlebacks.intheteam.com/modules/page/page.aspx?pc=452 |date=24 March 2008 }}</ref> founded in 1876, known as the 'Saddlebacks' (after the [[Wessex Saddleback]]), who play in the [[Regional 2 South Central]] League.

Devizes Cricket Club, founded in 1850, play in the Premier tier of the [[West of England Premier League]]. The ladies team was founded in 2013.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Devizes Hockey Club plays in the Premier 1 Hockey League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.woeswhockey.com/ |title=Premier 1 Hockey League |access-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012173032/http://www.woeswhockey.com/ |archive-date=12 October 2017 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>