Editing Perth, Scotland (section)

===Sport and recreation===
[[File:Dewar's distillery, Perth.jpg|thumb|right|Dewar's Centre, an ice rink, stands on the site formerly occupied by a bonded warehouse for [[John Dewar & Sons|Dewar's]] Scotch whisky, pictured here in 1988, shortly before its demolition]]
[[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] is the city's professional [[association football|football]] club. The team play in the [[Scottish Premiership]] at their home ground, [[McDiarmid Park]], in the [[Tulloch, Perth and Kinross|Tulloch]] area of the city. They won the [[Scottish Cup]] for the first time in 2014, after 130 years without a major trophy.<ref name="St Johnstone Football Club">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/default.stm |title=Clubs in the Scottish Premier League |work=BBC Sport |date=19 January 2011 |access-date=19 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090513012621/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/default.stm |archive-date=13 May 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref> There are also two [[East of Scotland Football League|East of Scotland League]] clubs based in Perth – [[Jeanfield Swifts F.C.|Jeanfield Swifts]] and [[Kinnoull F.C.|Kinnoull]].

The senior [[rugby union|rugby]] team, [[Perthshire RFC]], play their games on the [[North Inch]] in [[Scottish National League Division Three]]. Between 1995 and 1998, professional side [[Caledonia Reds]] played some of their home matches at McDiarmid Park before they merged with [[Glasgow Warriors]].

On the western edge of the North Inch is [[Bell's Sports Centre]]. Prior to the building of the Greenwich Dome, it was the largest domed building in Britain.<ref name=scbp>[https://www.smallcitybigpersonality.co.uk/The-History-of-Bells-Sports-Centre-50-years-in-Perth "The History of Bells Sports Centre"] – Small City, Big Personality</ref>

[[Perth Leisure Pool]], to the west of the railway station on the Glasgow Road, is the city's swimming centre. The modern leisure pool complex was built in the mid-1980s to replace the traditional public swimming baths (established 1887),<ref name="Perth Leisure Pool">{{cite book |last=Smith |first=Gavin & Ruth |title=Perth in Old Photographs |publisher=Sutton Publishing Limited |year=2000 |page=105}}</ref> which used to sit just off the Dunkeld Road.

Adjacent to Perth Leisure Pool is the [[John Dewar & Sons|Dewar's]] Centre, which includes an eight-lane ice rink. It has long been a main centre of [[curling]] in Scotland, and many top teams compete in this arena and many major events are held here each year. Curling is available from September to April annually. There is an indoor [[bowls|bowling]] hall, hosting major competitions. Historically, Perth had a successful [[ice hockey]] team, [[Perth Panthers]], who played at the old ice rink on Dunkeld Road. The rink at Dewars is the wrong shape for ice hockey, so when the team reformed in 2000 for two seasons, they played their home games at [[Dundee Ice Arena]]. The Dewar's distillery that stood on the site until 1988 was one of the country's "big three" blenders. Its location was chosen due to its proximity to the General Railway Station, whose tracks behind the western side of the building.<ref>[https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/9016/perth-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-whisky-city/ "Perth: The Rise and Fall of a Whisky City"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118154832/https://scotchwhisky.com/magazine/features/9016/perth-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-whisky-city/ |date=18 January 2022 }} – ''Scotch Whisky'' magazine, 20 April 2016</ref> The distillery was one of the city's largest employers.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Kk5YAAAAYAAJ ''Industry and Employment in Scotland''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220221140948/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Industry_and_Employment_in_Scotland/Kk5YAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |date=21 February 2022 }}, 1961, p. 62</ref>

In 2024, plans were announced to close Perth Leisure Pool, Bell's Sports Centre and Dewar's Centre and replace them with a single new sports centre. This new facility would not include an ice rink.<ref name="BBCNewsMuirhead">{{cite news |last1=Ogston |first1=Graeme |title=Eve Muirhead's shock as 'home of Scottish curling' faces closure |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-67993088 |access-date=17 January 2024 |work=BBC News |agency=BBC |date=17 January 2024}}</ref>

Perth hosts Scotland's largest volleyball event every May – the Scottish Open Volleyball Tournament. There is a highly competitive indoor competition held inside Bell's Sports Centre alongside both a competitive and fun outdoor event played on the North Inch. Teams competing traditionally camp alongside the outdoor courts with the campsite being administered by local [[cadet]]s. The Scottish Volleyball Association's annual general meeting is also held at the same time as the tournament.