Editing Cleckheaton (section)

==Sports==

Cleckheaton Sports Club, based at Moorend, is the home of the town's [[rugby union]] team, [[Cleckheaton RUFC]]., who play in the [[Regional 1 North East]] league at the fifth tier of English domestic rugby. The club is also home to Cleckheaton Cricket Club, who play in the [[Bradford Cricket League|Bradford Premier Cricket League]] Premier Division, the highest level of club cricket in the country.  Yorkshire Captain [[Andrew Gale]] is a member of Cleckheaton. Also the club, are two [[bowls|bowling]] greens, home to Cleckheaton Sports Bowls Club, which has hosted the BCGBA Senior Merit "All England" Finals four times.  It also hosts lesser annual competitions such as the John Smith's Classic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.talkingbowls.com/viewtopic.php?t=8028&sid=41c651313df086275a005b55522c30ee|title=John Smiths Open Classic (Cleckheaton)|publisher=talkingbowls.com|date=27 May 2008|access-date=17 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313043235/http://talkingbowls.com/viewtopic.php?&t=8028|archive-date=13 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Liversedge F.C.]] are the town's highest football club in the football league pyramid, currently playing in the [[Northern Premier League|Northern Premier League Division One East]] as of the 2021–22 in English football season. They play their home games at the Clayborn Ground, {{convert|1|km|1|order=flip}} from the town centre.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barisncel.co.uk/teams/liversedge|title=Baris Northern Counties East Football league : Teams : Liversedge|publisher=Northern Counties East Football League|access-date=17 May 2013}}</ref>

Other cricket clubs from the local area include Spen Victoria, Gomersal, Hartshead Moor and East Bierley from the [[Bradford Cricket League]], and Scholes and Liversedge from the Central Yorkshire Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/ossettcc/news/three-new-clubs-join-central-yorkshire-cricket-league-for-2013-season-701170.html|title=Three new clubs join Central Yorkshire Cricket League for 2013 season|publisher=Ossett Cricket Club|date=8 October 2013|access-date=17 May 2013}}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>