Editing Musselburgh (section)

==Sport==
The Musselburgh Silver Arrow is reputed to be the oldest sporting trophy in United Kingdom,<ref>[[Hugo Arnot]], ''The History of Edinburgh, from the earliest accounts, to the year 1780'', Edinburgh, 1816</ref> and is competed for annually by the [[Royal Company of Archers]]. It dates back to at least 1603.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/content/0,1094,662,00.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006102256/http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/content/0,1094,662,00.html|url-status=dead|title=Musselburgh|archivedate=6 October 2006}}</ref>

Musselburgh is home to both [[Musselburgh Racecourse]] and [[Musselburgh Links]] golf course. The links, a former venue of [[golf]]'s [[Open Championship]], have recently been acknowledged as the oldest continuously played golf course in the world.<ref name="BBCNews-2009">{{Cite news |date=2009-03-17 |title=Links play out onto record books |publisher=BBC News.co.uk |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7949045.stm |access-date=2009-03-18}}</ref> [[Musselburgh Athletic F.C.]] are the town's football team, competing in the [[East of Scotland Football League|East of Scotland League]] at their Olivebank Park ground in the west of the town. Musselburgh also has some grassroots teams for young players, such as the Musselburgh Windsor and the Musselburgh Youngstars. [[Musselburgh RFC]] play in the [[Scottish Premiership (rugby)|Scottish Premiership]] at Stoneyhill.

The Musselburgh Roads Cycling Club was formed in January 1936 by a breakaway group of 16 from the Musselburgh Clarion. After forming an alliance with other clubs during the war, the MRCC reformed again in its own right in January 1945. The club has a long and successful history of competitive cycling. Notable riders include: Jock Allison, who in 1945 won the [[British Best All-Rounder|British Best All Rounder]] title and is to date still the only Scottish club rider to do so; Janet Sutherland, who dominated Scottish woman's cycling in 1951–4; and Sandy Gilchrist, who in 1977 won 5 individual and 4 team Scottish Championships. Many other riders from the club have won national championships or have been selected to compete at world championship level or the [[Commonwealth Games]]. Today, club members take part in track racing, road racing, time trials, cyclo cross and mountain biking. Their base is at the Tolbooth in the High Street.

There is also a locally run [[darts]] league, the Musselburgh and District Darts League, comprising an A and B league, each containing eight teams. Many players from this league represent the Lothian team at county level.

In Musselburgh there is also an amateur swimming club called Musselburgh Amateur Swimming Club. The club is home to the Musselburgh Marlins and trains at Musselburgh Sports Centre. The club was first established in 1886 and in its current format in 1994 where they trained at Loretto Swimming Pool which is now closed.

The East Lothian Seagulls of the Scottish [[Floorball]] League are based in Musselburgh and train and play matches at the sports centre at Queen Margaret University.