Editing Cumbria (section)

==Sport==
===Running===
[[Fell running]] is a popular sport in Cumbria, with an active calendar of competitions taking place throughout the year.
Cumbria is also home to several of the most active [[orienteering]] clubs in the UK as well as the Lakes 5 Days competition that takes place every four years.

===Football codes===
{{Main|Uppies and Downies}}
[[Workington]] is home to the [[ball game]] known as Uppies and Downies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uppiesanddownies.info/Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55/ |title=Uppies and Downies website |access-date=25 June 2009}} {{Dead link |date=September 2010 |bot=H3llBot}}</ref> a traditional version of football, with its origins in [[medieval football]] or an even earlier form.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=91xjXRYPyKYC&q=mass+ball+game&pg=PA60 |title=Origins of Mass ball Games |access-date=25 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102115721/https://books.google.com/books?id=91xjXRYPyKYC&pg=PA60&lpg=PA60&dq=mass+ball+game&source=bl&ots=Sw7ynAMw8j&sig=Lq6XpojKfzD8WwPUTNtoNhiaqBk&hl=en&ei=B4JESub2DsKgjAe1u-Ri&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2 |archive-date=2 January 2016 |url-status=live  |isbn=9780313274534 |last1=Henricks |first1=Thomas S. |year=1991 |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic }}</ref> Players from outside Workington also take part, especially fellow West Cumbrians from [[Whitehaven]] and [[Maryport]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesandstar.co.uk/home/search_results_page_2_1681?Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55/ | title=Times and Star | access-date=25 June 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831050340/http://timesandstar.co.uk/home/search_results_page_2_1681?Field_text=Uppies+and+Downies&x=165&y=55%2F | archive-date=31 August 2011 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Cumbria formerly had minor American football clubs, the Furness Phantoms (the club is now defunct, its last name was [[Morecambe Bay Storm]]) and the Carlisle Kestrels.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 January 2020 |title=Carlisle Kestrels American Football team hoping to soar again |work=News & Star |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18168874.carlisle-kestrels-american-football-team-hoping-soar/ |access-date=27 November 2021 |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127161630/https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/sport/18168874.carlisle-kestrels-american-football-team-hoping-soar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

====Association====
[[File:Brunton Park Welcome.jpg|thumb|right|[[Brunton Park]], the home of Carlisle United]]
[[Barrow A.F.C.|Barrow]] and [[Carlisle United]] are the only professional football teams in Cumbria.  Carlisle United attract support from across Cumbria and beyond, with many Cumbrian "ex-pats" travelling to see their games, both home and away.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

[[Workington A.F.C.|Workington]]—who are always known locally as "the reds"—are a well-supported non-league team,{{citation needed|date=October 2013}} having been relegated from the Football League in the 1970s. Workington made a rapid rise up the non league ladder and in 2007/08 competed with Barrow in the [[Conference North]]. Barrow were then promoted to the [[Conference Premier]] in 2007/08. In 2020, Barrow were promoted to the [[Football League]] as a result of winning the [[2019–20 National League|National League]].

====Rugby codes====
[[Rugby union]] is popular in the county's north and east with teams such as Furness RUFC & Hawcoat Park RUFC (South Cumbria), Workington RUFC (Workington Zebras), Whitehaven RUFC, Carlisle RUFC, Creighton RUFC, [[Aspatria RUFC]], Wigton RUFC, [[Kendal RUFC]], Kirkby Lonsdale RUFC, Keswick RUFC, Cockermouth RUFC, Upper Eden RUFC and [[Penrith RUFC]].
[[File:Craven Park, Barrow.jpg|thumb|right|[[Craven Park (Barrow)|Craven Park]], home of Barrow Raiders]]
[[Rugby league]] is a very popular sport in south and West Cumbria. [[Barrow Raiders|Barrow]], [[Whitehaven R.L.F.C.|Whitehaven]] and [[Workington Town|Workington]] play in the [[RFL League 1|Rugby League Championships]]. [[British Amateur Rugby League Association|Amateur]] teams; Wath Brow Hornets, [[Askam and Ireleth#Sport|Askam]], [[Egremont Rangers]], [[Kells A.R.L.F.C.|Kells]], Barrow Island, Hensingham and [[Millom RLFC|Millom]] play in the [[National Conference League|National Conference]].

===Bat-and-ball===
[[Cumbria County Cricket Club]] is one of the [[cricket]] clubs that constitute the [[National Counties of English and Welsh cricket|National Counties]] in the English domestic cricket structure. The club, based in [[Carlisle]], competes in the [[National Counties Cricket Championship]] and the [[NCCA Knockout Trophy]]. The club also play some home matches in [[Workington]], as well as other locations. Cumbrian [[club cricket]] teams play in the [[North Lancashire and Cumbria League]].

Cumbria is home to the [[Cartmel|Cartmel Valley Lions]], an amateur baseball team based in Cartmel.

===Wrestling===
{{Main|Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling}}
Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling is an ancient and well-practised tradition in the county with a strong resemblance to [[Scottish Backhold]].

In the 21st century Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling along with other aspects of Lakeland culture are practised at the Grasmere Sports and Show, an annual meeting held every year since 1852 on the August [[Bank Holiday]].

The origin of this form of wrestling is a matter of debate, with some describing it as having evolved from Norse wrestling brought over by Viking invaders,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist1700-1859.htm| title=Kronos; A Chronology of the Martial Arts and Combative Sports| access-date=24 February 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209214913/http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist1700-1859.htm| archive-date=9 February 2007| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> while other historians associate it with the [[Cornish Wrestling|Cornish]] and [[Gouren]] styles<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sportsvl.com/rest/wrestling/wrestling.htm#Celtic| title=Amateur Wrestling| access-date=24 February 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061230045800/http://sportsvl.com/rest/wrestling/wrestling.htm#Celtic| archive-date=30 December 2006| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> indicating that it may have developed out of a longer-standing Celtic tradition.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist0500-1349.htm| title=Kronos; A Chronology of the Martial Arts and Combative Sports| access-date=24 February 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070209214023/http://ejmas.com/kronos/NewHist0500-1349.htm| archive-date=9 February 2007| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Racing===
Cumbria Kart Racing Club is based at the Lakeland Circuit, [[Rowrah]], between [[Cockermouth]] and [[Egremont, Cumbria|Egremont]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120421201446/http://www.cumbriakrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43&Itemid=48 Lakeland Circuit]. The track is currently a venue for rounds of both major UK national karting championships [https://web.archive.org/web/20120421212608/http://www.cumbriakrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=19 About Cumbria Kart Racing Club]. [[Formula One]] world champions [[Lewis Hamilton]] and [[Jenson Button]] both raced karts at Rowrah many times in the formative stages of their motor sport careers,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cumbriakrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=19|title=About Cumbria Kart Racing Club|date=21 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421212608/http://www.cumbriakrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=19|archive-date=21 April 2012}}</ref> while other F1 drivers, past and present, to have competed there include [[Johnny Herbert]], [[Anthony Davidson]], [[Allan McNish]], [[Ralph Firman]], [[Paul di Resta]] and [[David Coulthard]], who hailed from just over the nearby Anglo-Scottish border and regarded Rowrah as his home circuit, becoming Cumbria Kart Racing Club Champion in 1985 in succession to McNish (di Resta also taking the CKRC title subsequently).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.egremont-today.com/812rowrah.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111011816/http://www.egremont-today.com/812rowrah.htm|title=Rowrah Paves Way for Next Lewis Hamilton|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=usurped|work=Ergemont Today}}</ref>

[[Workington Comets]] were a Workington-based professional [[Motorcycle speedway|speedway]] team,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.workingtoncomets.co/ | title=Workington Speedway | website=Workington Comets | access-date=18 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719024357/http://www.workingtoncomets.co/ | archive-date=19 July 2018 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> which competed in the British Speedway Championship.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/plteams.html | title=British Speedway's Premier League | website=British Speedway | access-date=18 July 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603223200/http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/plteams.html | archive-date=3 June 2010 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>