Editing Whitby (section)

==Sport==
Wind surfing, sailing and surfing take place off the beaches between Whitby and [[Sandsend]]<ref>{{cite web |year=2011 |title=FT.com / Pursuits – Off the beaten coast |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/79f16e18-a032-11df-81eb-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1SfBahBhJ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210221208/https://www.ft.com/content/79f16e18-a032-11df-81eb-00144feabdc0#axzz1SfBahBhJ |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=ft.com |url-status=live }}</ref> and the area is visited by divers. Whitby's other sports facilities including cricket and football pitches, and tennis courts.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

Whitby Regatta takes place annually over three days in August.<ref name="Regatta">{{cite web |title=History of the Regatta |url=http://www.whitbyregatta.co.uk/index.htm |access-date=20 July 2011 |website=Whitby Regatta 2011 |archive-date=2 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802024533/http://www.whitbyregatta.co.uk/index.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The highlight is a [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] competition between Whitby Friendship, Whitby Fishermen's, and Scarborough amateur rowing clubs.<ref name="Regatta" />

[[File:View over golf links to Whitby - geograph.org.uk - 186814.jpg|thumb|left|Whitby Golf Club]]

Whitby Golf Club formed in 1891 and has been at its 18-hole course on cliff tops to the northwest of the town since 1895.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitby Golf Club |url=http://www.whitbygolfclub.co.uk/ |access-date=22 July 2011 |publisher=Whitby Golf Club |archive-date=29 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829150539/http://www.whitbygolfclub.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:2024-05-15 - Whitby FC.jpg|thumb|Whitby Town F.C.]]

[[Whitby Town F.C.]], formed in 1892, is a semi-professional [[association football|football]] club which plays in the [[Northern Premier League]] at its 3,200 capacity Turnbull Ground on Upgang Lane.<ref>{{cite web |title=Whitby Town FC |url=http://www.napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/football/northern-premier-league/whitby-town.php |publisher=napit.co |access-date=19 July 2011 |archive-date=27 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627234318/http://napit.co.uk/viewus/infobank/football/northern-premier-league/whitby-town.php |url-status=live }}</ref>

Whitby Cricket Club has been in existence since the 1920s and plays from the Turnbull Ground on West Cliff.<ref name="Club location">{{cite web |url=https://www.activeyorkshirecoast.co.uk/organisations/whitby-cricket-club/ |title=Active Yorkshire Coast: Whitby CC |website=activeyorkshirecoast.co.uk |publisher=Active Yorkshire Coast |date= |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602220510/https://www.activeyorkshirecoast.co.uk/organisations/whitby-cricket-club/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Two senior Saturday teams compete in the [[North Yorkshire and South Durham Cricket League|North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nysdl.play-cricket.com/home |title=North Yorkshire & South Durham Cricket League |website=nysdl.play-cricket.com |publisher=NYSDCL |date= |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602213708/https://nysdl.play-cricket.com/home |url-status=live }}</ref> and a junior section in the Derwent Valley Junior Cricket League.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://derwentvalleyjcl.play-cricket.com/ |title=Derwent Valley Junior Cricket League |website=derwentvalleyjcl.play-cricket.com |publisher=DVJCL |date= |access-date=2 June 2021 |archive-date=2 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602215555/https://derwentvalleyjcl.play-cricket.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>