Editing Wayne, New Jersey (section)

==Sports==
Wayne is the home of the [[1970 Little League World Series]] Champions.<ref>[http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0113088.html Little League World Series Champions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019024628/http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0113088.html |date=October 19, 2004 }}, FactMonster.com. Accessed January 16, 2012.</ref> The [[Preakness Stakes]], a race in the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing]], was named after a race horse from Wayne's Preakness Stud, who won the Dinner-Stakes race at the [[Pimlico Race Course]] in [[Baltimore]], Maryland, sponsored by the Maryland Jockey Club on October 25, 1870.<ref>[http://www.waynetownship.com/his-way.htm The History of Wayne Township] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070818002018/http://www.waynetownship.com/his-way.htm |date=August 18, 2007 }}, Wayne Township. Accessed August 25, 2007. "Another national celebrity was the Preakness horse. Purchased in 1868 by Milton Holbrook Sandford, owner of the Preakness Stud at the corner of Valley Road and Preakness Avenue, for $4,000. On his maiden start Preakness was entered into the 'Dinner Plate Stakes' at the new Pimlico race Track in Maryland. Preakness won the first race on October 25th, 1870. In 1873 the Maryland Jockey Club started a new racing classic for three-year-olds and named it ''The Preakness'' in honor of the first horse to win a race at Pimlico."</ref>

Wayne is home to the [[Capital One Bank Ice Vault Arena|Ice Vault]] ice rink, where world-class figure skaters such as [[Johnny Weir]] and [[Stéphane Lambiel]] train and [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Olympic]] [[figure skating]] gold medalist [[Viktor Petrenko]] coaches.<ref>[http://www.icevault.com/figureskatingstaff.php Ice Vault Figure Skating Pro Staff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508205614/http://www.icevault.com/figureskatingstaff.php |date=May 8, 2008 }}, Ice Vault. Accessed June 28, 2008.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20120529120941/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/news_digest/Lambiel_makes_coach_swap_to_raise_stakes.html?siteSect=104&sid=9183262&cKey=1212759918000&ty=nd SwissInfo.Ch: Lambiel Makes Coach Swap to Raise Stakes June 6, 2008]</ref> The rink is also home to hockey teams such as the New Jersey Bandits, the [[New Jersey Hitmen]] and the [[William Paterson University]] ice hockey team.<ref>[http://www.icevault.com/indexb.php Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701100726/http://www.icevault.com/indexb.php |date=July 1, 2015 }}, Ice Vault. Accessed June 12, 2015.</ref>

Noted golf course architect [[Willie Tucker]] designed the Preakness Hills Country Club in Wayne. Formed as a club in 1926, the golf course was completed in 1929.<ref name=Preakness>[https://www.preaknesshills.org/about/history Club History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204000935/https://www.preaknesshills.org/about/history |date=February 4, 2021 }}, Preakness Hills Country Club. Accessed May 25, 2020. "Plans for the Preakness Hills course were drawn up in 1926. The full 18-hole course opened in April 1929, and played to a par of 72 at 6,400 yards."</ref>