Editing Pontypridd (section)

===Sport and recreation===
[[File:Sardis Road Rugby Ground, Pontypridd - Geograph-3442821-by-Jaggery.jpg|thumb|Sardis Road rugby ground]]
[[File:Paddling pool, Ynysangharad Park, Pontypridd.jpg|thumb|The former paddling pool in Ynysangharad Park, now removed]]
[[File:PitchAndPuttGolfPontypriddPark.jpg|thumb|The pitch and putt golf course in Ynysangharad Park, now removed]]
[[File:BandstandPontypriddPark.jpg|thumb|The bandstand in Ynysangharad Park]]
*[[Ysangharad War Memorial|Ynysangharad War Memorial]] Park, opened by [[Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby|Field Marshal Viscount Allenby]] on 6 August 1923, features a [[bandstand]], [[basketball courts]], a dog exercise area, a lido swimming pool (dubbed the National Lido of Wales), [[tennis courts]], [[lawn bowls]] greens, a [[football pitch]], a [[cricket pitch]], and memorials to the war dead of Pontypridd and to the composers of [[Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau|the Welsh national anthem]]. It has also hosted festivals and music concerts, including the annual Ponty's Big Weekend festival.
*Pontypridd hosts [[Pontypridd RFC|Pontypridd Rugby Football Club]], one of Wales's notable [[rugby union]] clubs, with a successful junior rugby and age-grade sections. It frequently contribute players to [[Wales national rugby union team|the national team]]. Formed in 1876,<ref>''Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881–1981'', David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980), 26 pp.</ref> Pontypridd RFC play in the [[Welsh Premier Division|Principality Premiership]], [[WRU Challenge Cup|SWALEC Cup]] and the [[British and Irish Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ponty.net/british-and-irish-cup-draw-announced |title=British and Irish Cup draw announced &#124; Club News &#124; News & Views |website=Ponty.net |date=2013-05-13 |access-date=2013-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304223329/http://www.ponty.net/british-and-irish-cup-draw-announced |archive-date=4 March 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Pontypridd RFC plays home games at [[Sardis Road]], with its junior section playing at [[Taff Vale Park]] and Pontypridd High School Fields, Cilfynydd.
*[[Pontypridd United F.C.]] is a Welsh [[football (soccer)|football]] club which currently plays in the [[Cymru South]], the second tier of the [[Welsh football league system]].
*[[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] racing was staged at [[Taff Vale Park]] in the town's Broadway area in 1929/1930.
*Pontypridd Bowls Club plays in the top division in the Cynon Valley, Mid Glamorgan and the Cardiff League, having been promoted in all three divisions after the 2009 season. Home games are played at Ynysangharad Park.