Editing Wetherby (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:Wetherby Racecourse (31st March 2013) 008.jpg|thumb|right|Wetherby Racecourse]]

The town is home to several sports clubs: Wetherby Athletic AFC, Wetherby Bulldogs RLFC and Wetherby RUFC, all playing at a higher amateur level. Wetherby Athletic play in the [[West Yorkshire League]]. The club was formed in 1949, when previous club Wetherby United folded, due to lack of players.<ref name="Wetherby Athletic FC">{{cite web|title=Wetherby Athletic FC History. ''1949 – The Birth Of Wetherby Athletic.'' |url=http://www.wetherbyathletic.com/a/history-8461.htm|access-date= 29 March 2016}}</ref> The club groundshare with Wetherby Bulldogs RLFC at the newly refurbished ground on [[Wetherby Ings|Ings]]. Three-time [[List of English football champions|English champions]] [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]]'s training ground is located just outside Wetherby.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do;jsessionid=A2594C5816D792702258D84ACAEB6B2F?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=M0K0Z6JB17S00&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=12/01074/FU&keyVal=007CB0JBLI000https://publicaccess.leeds.gov.uk/online-applications/propertyDetails.do;jsessionid=A2594C5816D792702258D84ACAEB6B2F?previousCaseType=Application&previousKeyVal=M0K0Z6JB17S00&activeTab=summary&previousCaseNumber=12/01074/FU&keyVal=007CB0JBLI000 |title=Property Address Leeds United Training Ground}}</ref>

Wetherby Bulldogs [[rugby league]] team play at the Ings with Wetherby Athletic. The club plays in the [[Pennine League]] Division Four. The club was formed in 1983 playing in the York and District Sunday League. In the 1997/98 season, Wetherby won the league without losing a game; they also won the White Rose Cup, playing the final at [[Featherstone Rovers]]' [[Post Office Road]] ground. By 1999, the club was in Yorkshire League Division One.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/wetherbybulldogsrlfc |title=Wetherby Bulldogs |website=www.pitchero.com |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

The town's [[rugby union]] club plays at [[Grange Park, Wetherby|Grange Park]], sharing with Kirk Deighton Rangers Junior Football Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kdrjfc.com/how-to-find-us/ |title=Directions to Grange Park |date=8 April 2024 |publisher=Kirk Deighton Rangers JFC}}</ref> and also with the town's cricket and bowls clubs, where it has a clubhouse and floodlit pitches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wetherbyrufc.co.uk/future.html |title=Wetherby Rugby Club – future developments |date=5 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071205224528/http://www.wetherbyrufc.co.uk/future.html |archive-date=5 December 2007}}</ref>

Wetherby Cricket Club plays at Grange Park, adjacent to the South Wetherby [[A1 road (Great Britain)|A1(M)]]/[[A661 road|A661]] intersection. It plays in the Wetherby League and the Whixley Evening League, fielding two senior and junior sides ranging from U-9s to U-17s.

Wetherby Bowling Club was established in 1986 at Grange Park Sports Centre, sited between the cricket club and the rugby union club. It has crown and flat greens, taking part in a floodlit mini league. The club has six crown green teams (playing in the Harrogate and Tadcaster Leagues) and three flat green teams.

Formed in October 2004, Wetherby Runners Athletic Club is based at Wetherby Sports Association with a membership of over 160. A junior section competes in West Yorks Track & Field & Cross Country leagues. It competes throughout the region in Harrogate Road League,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harrogate-league.org.uk/wp/ |title=HDSRL |website=HDSRL |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> Yorkshire Dales Race Series,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yorkshiredalesraceseries.co.uk/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625035609/http://www.yorkshiredalesraceseries.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 June 2011 |title=Home – Yorkshire Dales Race Series |date=25 June 2011 |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> West Yorks Cross Country League and takes part in cross country, fell, road races and marathons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wetherbyrunnersac.co.uk/showscreen.php?site_id=117&screentype=folder&screenid=1993 |title=Photos and Articles |publisher=Wetherby Runners AC}}</ref> The club organises the Wetherby 10k run on the second Sunday in September at Wetherby Racecourse.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wetherbyrun.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917222944/http://www.wetherbyrun.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 September 2007 |title=Wetherby Run |date=17 September 2007 |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

Wetherby Golf Club has an 18-hole golf course, constructed in two loops of 9&nbsp;holes along Wetherby Ings where, 100 years ago, steeplechase racing was the major sporting activity. The course is almost 6,700 yards, with five variable tee positions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wetherbygolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Wetherby Golf Club, a Premium Course in West Yorkshire |website=Wetherby Golf Club |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>

Wetherby Castlegarth Tennis Club has had a presence in the town since 1904.

The route of [[The White Rose Way]], a long-distance walk from Leeds to [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], passes through the town.

[[Wetherby Racecourse]] was originally located at the Ings before moving to York Road. The course is a left-hand oval with easy bends.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racing-index.com/racecourse/wetherby-racecourse.html |title=Wetherby Racecourse – Going Racing at Wetherby Races |website=www.racing-index.com |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref> The racecourse has three stands, one constructed in the 1930s with football-style terracing, a two-tier seated stand constructed in the 1970s and the new Millennium Stand which opened in 1999 providing executive facilities.

Wetherby Racecourse is the starting point for the Great Yorkshire Bike Ride, an annual {{convert|70|mi|km|adj=on|abbr=off|-1}} ride to [[Filey]] in June, which has raised nearly £2 million for charity since its inception in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isic.org/sisp/?event_id=26480&fx=event |title=Student Travel Information & Discounts – Events: Great Yorkshire Bike Ride (Wetherby, England)<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gybr.co.uk/ff.htm |title=Facts & Figures<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=13 December 2018}}</ref>