Editing Frome (section)

== Sport and leisure ==
[[File:Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome.JPG|thumb|[[Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome|Agricultural Showground cricket pitch]]]]

The Leisure Centre offers a wide range of activities including swimming, indoor bowls, squash and a gym,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Leisure Centre |url=http://www.avalonleisure.co.uk/frome-leisure-centre.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730073312/http://www.avalonleisure.co.uk/frome-leisure-centre.html |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=14 February 2010 |publisher=Avalon leisure |df=dmy-all }}</ref> originally opened in 1974, and refurbished through October 2015 to May 2016. There are water based sports including the Frome and Warminster Dive Club,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome and Warminster Dive Club |url=http://www.simplydiving.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510152245/http://www.simplydiving.org/ |archive-date=10 May 2008 |access-date=14 February 2010 |publisher=Simply Diving |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and Canoe Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Canoe Club |url=http://www.frome-canoe-club.org.uk/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104150742/http://www.frome-canoe-club.org.uk/ |archive-date=4 January 2011 |access-date=14 February 2010 |publisher=Frome Canoe Club |df=dmy-all}}</ref> There is an inland diving centre near Frome at [[Vobster]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vobster Quay |url=http://www.vobster.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226192241/http://www.vobster.com/ |archive-date=26 February 2010 |access-date=14 February 2010 |publisher=Vobster Quay |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Victoria Park offers sports such as Bowls, Tennis, Putting, Skateboard ramps and a Children's Playground. The Millennium Green has several marked walks and a picnic area close to a semi wild open space for local wildlife.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Riverside Corridor |url=http://www.frome-tc.gov.uk/welshmill-play-area/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120408160250/http://www.frome-tc.gov.uk/welshmill-play-area/ |archive-date=8 April 2012 |access-date=6 June 2012 |publisher=Frome Tourist Information}}</ref> The town is at one end of the [[Mendip Way]] which is an {{convert|80|km|mi|0}} long-distance footpath across the [[Mendip Hills]] from [[Weston-super-Mare]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mendip Way |url=http://www.ramblers.org.uk/INFO/paths/mendip.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005232454/http://www.ramblers.org.uk/info/paths/mendip.html |archive-date=5 October 2008 |access-date=21 April 2007 |publisher=The Ramblers Association}}</ref>

Badgers Hill is the home of [[Frome Town F.C.]], which in 2009 was promoted from the [[Western Football League]] into the [[Southern Football League]]. The team were promoted again in 2011 into the Southern Football League Premier Division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Town {{!}} Club History |url=https://www.weareba11.com/history |access-date=2019-04-16 |website=Frome Town FC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417181200/https://www.weareba11.com/history |archive-date=17 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Frome Town ladies' team also play at Badgers Hill. Frome Town F.C. has Youth/Mini section, launched in the 2010–11 season, which achieved FA Community Club Status in 2012. The Youth section covers players of all abilities from under 6's to under 18's.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Town FC Youth |url=http://dev.frometownfc.co.uk/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803101630/http://dev.frometownfc.co.uk/ |archive-date=3 August 2012 |access-date=3 May 2014 |publisher=Frome Town FC |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Starting in September 2019, the Frome Town 'Education and Football Academy' (part of a Southern League Football Academy) will offer the BTEC in Sport Level 3 qualification.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Town {{!}} Academy |url=https://www.weareba11.com/academy |access-date=2019-04-16 |website=Frome Town FC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416093116/https://www.weareba11.com/academy |archive-date=16 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Frome Cricket Club plays cricket at the [[Agricultural Showgrounds, Frome|Agricultural Showgrounds]] on the Bath side of town. The club was formed in 1925 and plays in the [[West of England Premier League]]: Somerset Division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.fromecricketclub.co.uk/ |access-date=2019-04-16 |website=Frome Cricket Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416093119/https://www.fromecricketclub.co.uk/ |archive-date=16 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Somerset County Cricket Club]] used to use the ground and [[Harold Gimblett]] made his debut at the venue in May 1935.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Somerset v Essex County Championship 1935 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15355.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024195035/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15355.html |archive-date=24 October 2012 |access-date=14 February 2010 |publisher=Cricket Archive |df=dmy-all}}</ref> The club's most famed players are [[Colin Dredge|Colin Herbert Dredge]], who played county cricket 209 times for Somerset from 1976 to 1988 and was known as the "Demon of Frome", [[Mark Harman (cricketer)|Mark Harmon]], who played for both Somerset and [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] and still plays for Frome Cricket Club and [[Alex Barrow]], who played for Somerset, represented England at under 19 level and is now a player/coach for Exeter Cricket Club.

Founded in 1883, Frome Rugby Football Club has been at the very heart of Rugby Union in Somerset playing at Gypsy Lane.<ref name="Rugby">{{Cite journal |year=1983 |title=Frome Rugby Football Club 1883–1983 Centenary Booklet |location=Frome}}</ref> It has four senior teams and a thriving mini and junior section which ranges from Under 6's to Under 16's along with an Academy XV. The First XV, Second XV and Third XV all play in the English Rugby Union South West Division Championship; the First XV play in Wadworth 6X [[Southern Counties South]] league, the Second XV in Wadworth 6X Dorset & Wilts 2 North and the Third XV in The Bath Merit Table. The Fourth XV Veterans, known as the Cavalry, and the Fourth XV Academy play friendly, social fixtures against other local sides.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Rugby Football Club |url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/frome |access-date=2019-04-16 |website=www.pitchero.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416093122/https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/frome |archive-date=16 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Two cycling clubs operate in the town: the Frome CTC,<ref>{{Cite web |title=CTC FromeCycling UK |url=https://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/frome |access-date=2019-02-13 |website=www.cyclinguk.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214003012/https://www.cyclinguk.org/local-groups/frome |archive-date=14 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> nicknamed the Coffee and Tea-Cake Club, and the Frome & District Wheelers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome & District Wheelers :: Home |url=http://www.bc-clubs.co.uk/fromedistrictwheelers/ |access-date=2019-02-13 |website=www.bc-clubs.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214061356/http://www.bc-clubs.co.uk/fromedistrictwheelers/ |archive-date=14 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> E-bikes are available for hire, courtesy of a Town Council initiative.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ebike Hire |url=https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/attractions/outdoors-in-frome/ebike-hire/ |access-date=2019-02-13 |website=Discover Frome |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214004505/https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/attractions/outdoors-in-frome/ebike-hire/ |archive-date=14 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Frome Cobble Wobble]] is an individually timed [[bicycle]] hill climb [[Sprint (cycling)|sprint]]. It was first organised by the local community and Councillor Alvin Horsfall to celebrate the stage 5 of the 2009 [[Tour of Britain]], which started in Frome.  The last race was in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Cobble Wobble! |url=https://www.blackcanoncollective.co.uk/2010/07/the-cobble-wobble/ |access-date=2019-04-16 |website=Black Canon Collective |date=30 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416203526/https://www.blackcanoncollective.co.uk/2010/07/the-cobble-wobble/ |archive-date=16 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Guinness World Records|Guinness World Record]] for the most people to row 500m each, in a 24-hour relay on one indoor rowing machine, was held in Frome when 678 rowers broke the record in June 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Record breakers! New world record set in Frome {{!}} Frome Times |url=http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2018/06/05/record-breakers-new-world-record-set-in%e2%80%88frome/ |access-date=2019-04-12 |archive-date=3 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803101544/https://www.frometimes.co.uk/2018/06/05/record-breakers-new-world-record-set-in%E2%80%88frome/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new record was achieved in June 2019 for the highest number of players in a continuous eight-hour game of skittles, 593 individuals taking place, beating the previous record of 468.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We did it!- World RECORD CHALLENGE success {{!}} Frome Times |url=http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2019/06/04/we-did-it-world-record-challenge-success/ |access-date=2019-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605113858/http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2019/06/04/we-did-it-world-record-challenge-success/ |archive-date=5 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Both of these events raised money for a local charity, We Hear You.<ref>{{Cite web |title=We Hear You Cancer Counselling |url=https://www.wehearyou.org.uk/ |access-date=2019-04-12 |website=We Hear You |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412151342/https://www.wehearyou.org.uk/ |archive-date=12 April 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Unfortunately this latest record will not be verified by Guinness as there was no video recording of the event.<ref>{{Cite web |title='We'll be back!' Fundraisers vow to return in wake of devastating world record news {{!}} Frome Times |url=http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2019/06/18/well-be-back-fundraisers-vow-to-return-in-wake-of-devastating-world-record-news/ |access-date=2019-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622085042/http://www.frometimes.co.uk/2019/06/18/well-be-back-fundraisers-vow-to-return-in-wake-of-devastating-world-record-news/ |archive-date=22 June 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Frome Half Marathon has taken place every year since 2001, in mid-July.  It includes 10k, 5k and Family Fun Runs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frome Half Marathon – Frome |url=https://fromehalfmarathon.co.uk/ |access-date=2019-07-21 |website=fromehalfmarathon.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721133723/https://fromehalfmarathon.co.uk/ |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Frome is an accredited [[Walkers are Welcome]] town since 2018.  An extensive list of walks and guides is available.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Walkers are Welcome in Frome |url=https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/attractions-outdoors-in-frome/walkers-are-welcome/ |access-date=2019-02-13 |website=Discover Frome}}</ref> Guided walks on a range of topics are now online.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guided Walks |url=https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/attractions/outdoors-in-frome/walkers-are-welcome/guided-walks/ |access-date=2019-05-21 |website=Discover Frome |language=en-GB |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601231708/https://www.discoverfrome.co.uk/attractions/outdoors-in-frome/walkers-are-welcome/guided-walks/ |archive-date=1 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> The East [[Mendip Way]] passes through Frome and gives access to an 80-kilometre (50&nbsp;mi) long-distance footpath across the [[Mendip Hills]].