Editing Cullompton (section)

===Local teams and clubs===
Cullompton [[Rugby union|Rugby]] Club was formed in 1892 and played on thirteen different grounds in and around the town before their current ground – Stafford Park – was purchased in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cullompton/a/history-9452.html|title=Club History|work=Cullompton Rugby.com|access-date=20 March 2012|archive-date=9 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409054910/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cullompton/a/history-9452.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2008-9 the senior 1st XV team won the [[Tribute Western Counties West|Western Counties West League]] finishing the season unbeaten.<ref>{{cite news  | title = Cully crown their super season with Vase glory | work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 34  |  date = 12 May 2009}}</ref> On Saturday 9 May 2009 they won the EDF Energy Senior Vase by beating [[Tyldesley]] 8–7 at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]].<ref>{{cite news  | title = Fans jubilent at Rugby Triumph| work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 3  |  date = 12 May 2009}}</ref> [[Exeter Chiefs]] [[Rugby union positions#1. Loosehead prop .26 3. Tighthead prop|prop]] [[Ben Moon (rugby union)|Ben Moon]] formerly played for Cullompton and is now an England International.<ref>{{cite news  | title = Prop Moon makes debut for under-20s| work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 39  |  date = 10 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/31/ben-moon-england-exeter-chiefs-south-africa| title=Ben Moon's landing in England squad seemed 'joke' to Chiefs' late developer| date=31 October 2018| last=Kitson| first=Robert| newspaper=~The Guardian| access-date=3 November 2018| archive-date=3 November 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210455/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/oct/31/ben-moon-england-exeter-chiefs-south-africa| url-status=live}}</ref> Ladies rugby started at Cullompton in 1997 and by 2009 the team had two qualified coaches.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cullompton-rfc.com/teams/ladies.htm| title=Ladies |work=CullomptonRugby.com |access-date=11 February 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090307193256/http://www.cullompton-rfc.com/teams/ladies.htm|archive-date=7 March 2009}}</ref> They currently play in the National Challenge South West South 2 league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cullompton/s/table-112794.html|title=Ladies XV – League Table|access-date=19 December 2013|archive-date=19 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219183251/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/cullompton/s/table-112794.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Former Cullompton [[Flanker (rugby union)|flanker]] [[Isabelle Noel-Smith|Izzy Noel Smith]], currently playing for [[Bristol Ladies|Bristol]] has been capped for England.<ref>{{cite news  | title = Izzy wins a cap| work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 36  |  date = 15 November 2011}}</ref> [[Abbie Brown (rugby union)|Abbie Brown]] is another former player who captained England at the [[2018 Commonwealth Games]] where they won a bronze medal in the [[Rugby Sevens]] competition.<ref>{{cite news  | title = Bronze medal for Abbie| work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 55  |  date = 17 April 2018}}</ref>

The local football team is [[Cullompton Rangers A.F.C.|Cullompton Rangers]] who were formed in 1945 and play in Premier Division of the [[South West Peninsula League]]. Their ground is called Speeds Meadow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cullomptonrangersfc.webs.com/history-who-s-who|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131219151104/http://cullomptonrangersfc.webs.com/history-who-s-who|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 December 2013|title=History/ Who's Who|work=Cullompton Rangers FC website|access-date=19 December 2013}}</ref> There was also a women's football team – [[Cullompton Rangers L.F.C.]] who were formed when Exeter City L.F.C. amalgamated with Cullompton Rangers AFC but in 2011 the women's team folded when the manager was forced to leave and a replacement could not be found.<ref>{{cite news  | title = Cully pull plug on ladies side| work = Culm Valley Gazette   | pages = 40 |  date = 12 July 2011}}</ref>

Cullompton cricket club was established in 1892 and they play at Landspeed Meadow, by the Cullompton Community Association Fields.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cullomptoncricketclub.co.uk/home/history/ |title=Cullompton Cricket Club |access-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330131701/http://cullomptoncricketclub.co.uk/home/history/ |archive-date=30 March 2012 }}</ref>
There are also a variety of other clubs including several bowls clubs and badminton, running, squash, and [[Taekwondo]] martial arts clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cullompton.org/community-home-page/leisure| title=Leisure Activities |work=The official Cullompton site|access-date=18 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100226054200/http://www.cullompton.org/community-home-page/leisure | archive-date=26 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Cullompton Taekwondo| access-date=18 June 2011| url=http://www.cullompton-taekwondo.co.uk/| archive-date=25 June 2011| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625092746/http://www.cullompton-taekwondo.co.uk/| url-status=live}}</ref>