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==Sport== *Kenilworth Town FC, located in Gypsy Lane in the south of the town, played in the [[Midland Combination]] until June 2011, when it resigned,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nonleague.pitchero.com/news/kenilworth-pull-out-of-midland-comb-4090/ |work=Pitch Hero Non-League |title=Kenilworth Pull Out Of Midland Comb |date=6 June 2011}}</ref> preferring to spend money on ground improvements rather than fielding a team. It re-entered the [[English football pyramid]] in the 2013β14 season and was placed in the [[Midland Football League (2014)|Midland Football League]] Division 3, the 12th highest tier in the English league system. The stay, however, was brief; the first team again resigned shortly afterwards. The Gypsy Lane ground was purchased in 2018 by Coventry Plumbing F.C., which demolished the clubhouse and built a new one, before starting the 2019β20 season there.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kenilworthweeklynews.co.uk/news/we-re-bringing-football-back-say-soon-to-be-owners-of-old-kenilworth-town-fc-land-1-8629971 |work=Kenilworth Weekly News |title='We're bringing football back' say soon-to-be owners of old Kenilworth Town FC land |date=10 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.midlandfootballleague.co.uk/directory.html |work=Midland Football League |title=Directory |access-date=18 February 2020 |archive-date=18 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218105033/http://www.midlandfootballleague.co.uk/directory.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> *[[Kenilworth Wardens FC]] is based at Kenilworth Wardens, a Community Amateur Sports Club in Glasshouse Lane to the east of the town.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthwardens.com/ |title=Kenilworth Wardens |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> *Kenilworth RFC is the town's [[Rugby union|rugby union club]]. It fields three senior sides and hosts a large [[Mini rugby|minis]], juniors and colts section. The ground is also located in Glasshouse Lane.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthrugby.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth RFC |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> *Kenilworth Tennis, Squash and Croquet Club, in Crackley Lane, has nine tennis courts, five [[Squash (sport)|squash]] and [[racketball]] courts and two [[croquet]] lawns.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wordfair.co.uk/kltsc_new/html/main.htm/ |title=Kenilworth Tennis Club |access-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114064603/http://www.wordfair.co.uk/kltsc_new/html/main.htm |archive-date=14 January 2012}}</ref> *Kenilworth has two cricket clubs: Kenilworth Wardens in Glasshouse Lane fields five senior teams and a juniors section starting from seven years old;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthwardens.play-cricket.com/ |title=Kenilworth Wardens |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> Kenilworth Cricket Club fields three senior teams and plays at the Warwick Road ground.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthcc.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth Cricket Club |access-date=28 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927141306/http://www.kenilworthcc.co.uk/ |archive-date=27 September 2011}}</ref> *Kenilworth Runners meets at Kenilworth Sporting in Gypsy Lane. The club caters for runners of all ages and abilities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthrunners.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth Runners |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> *Octavian Droobers is the local orienteering club, using maps of [[Abbey Fields]] and Kenilworth Common on which to stage events. *Kenilworth Wheelers meets all the year round on Saturday and Sunday morning for a road ride. During the summer months, regular evening training rides cater for all abilities from novice to racer.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthwheelers.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth Wheelers |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> *Abbey Fields Swimming Pool is in [[Abbey Fields]]. It has a {{no break|25 m by 10 m}} indoor pool and an outdoor pool open from May to September. It is home to Kenilworth Swimming Club and Kenilworth Masters Swimming Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthmasters.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth Masters |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> *Kenilworth Golf Club features a mature 18-hole parkland course, plus a small six-hole par 3 course.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kenilworthgolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Kenilworth Golf Club |access-date=28 May 2012}}</ref> === Two Castles Run === The Two Castles Run began in 1983 as a fun run between [[Warwick Castle]] and Kenilworth Castle.<ref>[http://www.twocastlesrun.org.uk/ Rotary Club of Kenilworth Retrieved 10 November 2018.]</ref> It has grown into an English Athletics-licensed run with 3,000 entrants in 2010.<ref>[http://www.englandathletics.org/ English Athletics].</ref> In 2010 and 2011 it held the Warwickshire Amateur Athletic Association 10 Kilometre Championship. In 2012 all 4,000 places were sold within 25 hours. The race is organised each June by Kenilworth Rotary Club<ref>[http://www.kenilworthrotary.org.uk/ Kenilworth Rotary Club.]</ref> in conjunction with the Leamington Cycling and Athletic Club.<ref>[http://www.leamingtoncyclingandathletics.org.uk/ Leamington Cycling and Athletic Club].</ref><ref>[http://www.twocastlesrun.org.uk/ Two Castles Run.]</ref>
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