Editing Chiswick (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Boat Race Finish post.jpg|thumb|right|[[The Boat Race]] finishing post by Chiswick Bridge ]]

Chiswick's local rugby union teams include Chiswick RFC, formerly Old Meadonians RFC. The team plays league games on a Saturday at Dukes Meadows.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chiswick Rugby Football Club|url=http://www.chiswickrugby.co.uk/|access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> Chiswick's cricket club, formerly known as Turnham Green and Polytechnic, plays at Riverside Drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Chiswick Cricket Club |url=http://www.chiswickcc.co.uk |publisher=Chiswick Cricket Club |access-date=3 July 2016}}</ref> On Chiswick Common is the Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre, where there are tennis, five-a-side football and netball courts available to hire to the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rocks Lane Chiswick |url=http://www.openplay.co.uk/view/403/rocks-lane-chiswick |publisher=OpenPlay |access-date=27 November 2014}}</ref> Private tennis coaching for individuals and groups is also available.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rocks Lane Chiswick Tennis Coaching |url=http://www.tennisteach.co.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805070734/http://www.tennisteach.co.uk/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=5 August 2010 |publisher=TennisTeach |access-date=17 February 2015}}</ref>

The Chiswick reach of the Thames is heavily used for competitive and recreational [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]]. [[The Championship Course|Championship Course]] from [[Mortlake]] to [[Putney]] runs past Chiswick Eyot and Duke's Meadows. [[The Boat Race]] is contested on the Championship Course on a flood tide (in other words from Putney to Mortlake) with Duke's Meadows a popular view-point for the closing stages of the race. The finishing post is just downstream of Chiswick Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Course|url=http://theboatraces.org/the-course|website=The Boat Race|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>  Other important races such as the [[Head of the River Race]] race the reverse course, on an ebb tide.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Head of the River Race |url=http://www.horr.co.uk/ |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> Chiswick is home to several clubs. The [[University of London Boat Club]] is based in its boathouse off Hartington Road, which also houses the clubs of many London colleges and teaching hospitals; recent members include [[Tim Foster]], Gold medallist at the Sydney Olympics and [[Frances Houghton]], World Champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=University of London Boat Club |url=http://ulbc.co.uk/#about |publisher=ULBC |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> [[Quintin Boat Club]] lies between Chiswick Quay Marina and Chiswick Bridge.<ref>{{cite web |title=Quintin Boat Club |url=http://quintinboatclub.org/index.php |access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref> [[Tideway Scullers School]] is just downriver of Chiswick Bridge; its members include single sculling World Champion [[Mahé Drysdale]] and Great Britain single sculler [[Alan Campbell (sculler)|Alan Campbell]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Tideway Scullers|url=http://tidewayscullers.squarespace.com/|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref>

Chiswick High Road was once home to the ''Chequered Flag'' garage and its associated [[motor racing]] team.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Chequered Flag, A Brief History|url=http://www.hrscc.co.nz/gemini1.html|publisher=The Historic Racing and Sports Car Club|access-date=16 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=At the Sign of the Chequered Flag|journal=Motor Sport|date=May 1960|issue=May 1960|page=29}}</ref>