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===Sport=== Island sports include golf, fishing and water sports, supported by clubs and associations. Alderney competes in the biennial [[International Island Games Association|Island Games]]. Athletes from Alderney have also competed at the [[Commonwealth Games]] as part of the [[Guernsey at the Commonwealth Games|Guernsey team]].<ref name="Le Poullain">{{cite web | title=Commonwealth Games: Guernsey's Billy Le Poullain loses unanimous points decision | website=BBC Sport | date=2022-08-03 | url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/62412546 | access-date=2024-04-05}}</ref> Every September, the Alderney Air Races attract a number of aircraft to compete in the deciding and final round for the European Air Racing championship, organised by the [[Royal Aero Club]]. This involves high-speed circuits round the airfield, lighthouse, [[Casquets]] and then back around.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitalderney.com/see-do/events/air-races/|title=Air Races {{!}} Visit Alderney, Channel Islands|website=www.visitalderney.com|language=en|access-date=1 March 2020|archive-date=1 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301204218/https://www.visitalderney.com/see-do/events/air-races/|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Alderney official football team|Alderney football team]] plays in the annual [[Muratti Vase]] alongside teams from fellow Channel Islands, Guernsey and Jersey. Since the competition started in 1905, Alderney's sole championship victory was in 1920.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68636552|title=2024 Muratti Vase: Guernsey beat Alderney 4-1 to book place against Jersey|date=23 March 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2024-06-05}}</ref>
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