Editing Chatham, Kent (section)

==Sports==
The town's Association Football club, [[Chatham Town F.C.]], plays in the Premier Division of the [[Isthmian League]] having gained two successive promotions in the 21/22<ref>{{cite news |title=Chatham Town thrash Erith & Belvedere 10-1 to clinch promotion to the Isthmian League |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/chatham-go-goal-crazy-as-they-clinch-promotion-265333/ |publisher=[[KM Media Group|Kent Online]] |last1=Cawdell |first1=Luke |date=9 April 2022 |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> and 22/23<ref>{{cite news |title=Chats crowned Isthmian South East champions with sixth win in a row |url=https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/report-chatham-v-cray-valley-285442/ |publisher=[[KM Media Group|Kent Online]] |last1=Reeves |first1=Thomas |date=17 April 2023 |access-date=16 June 2023}}</ref> seasons. [[Lordswood F.C.]] plays in the [[Southern Counties East Football League]]. The defunct Chatham Excelsior F.C. were one of the early pioneers of football in [[Southern England]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Beautiful History of Club Crests, Club Colours & Nicknames |url=http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/gillingham/ |access-date=22 February 2013 |date=9 January 2011 |archive-date=28 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130428102500/http://thebeautifulhistory.wordpress.com/clubs/gillingham/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
Football league side [[Gillingham F.C.]] are seen to represent [[Medway]] as a whole.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}}
Holcombe [[Field hockey|Hockey]] Club is one of the largest in the country, and are based in Chatham. The men's 1st XI are part of the [[Men's England Hockey League|England Hockey League]].<ref>http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/fl/ehl/tables.asp?section=355 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011200147/http://www.englandhockey.co.uk/fl/ehl/tables.asp?section=355 |date=11 October 2014 }} England Hockey League tables</ref>

Kite Flying is possible, especially power kiting on the [[Great Lines Heritage Park]] (between Gillingham and Chatham) and at [[Capstone Farm Country Park]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Powerkiting flying spots in and around Kent|url=http://medwayflyers.co.uk/flying-spots|access-date=22 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725134220/http://medwayflyers.co.uk/flying-spots|archive-date=25 July 2013}}</ref>

Skiing is also possible near Capstone Farm Country Park at Capstone Ski Slope and Snowboard Centre.<ref>{{cite web|title=Capstone Ski Slope and Snowboard Centre|url=http://jnlchatham.co.uk/|access-date=22 February 2013|archive-date=24 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121224085059/http://jnlchatham.co.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref>