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==Sport== [[Wymondham Town F.C.|Wymondham Town Football Club]], founded in 1883, is based at Kings Head Meadow.<ref>King's Head Meadow: [https://thetortoisetravels.blogspot.com/2018/01/wymondham-town-kings-head-meadow.html The Tortoise Travels: Wymondham Town - King's Head Meadow], accessdate: 4 March 2020.</ref> The senior men's team plays in the [[Anglian Combination]] Division One and has topped it five times, most recently in 2017β18. The club last won the [[Norfolk Senior Cup]] in 1888β89. [[Ian Gibson (politician)|Ian Gibson MP]] played for the club in the 1965β66 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhamtownfc.co.uk/about/our-history/ |title=Our History |date=2015-05-13 |website=Wymondham Town FC |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> The senior women's team plays in the [[Eastern Region Women's Football League]], which it won in 2017β18. In the same season it won the County Cup, which it successfully defended in 2018β19.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhamtownfc.co.uk/ |title=Wymondham Town FC |website=Wymondham Town FC |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.twitter.com/wymondhamladies |title=WymondhamLadiesFC (@WymondhamLadies) on Twitter |website=twitter.com |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> Wymondham Town United Football Club, based at Kett's Park, is one Norfolk's largest youth teams, with over 600 players across 22 teams.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wtufc.co.uk/ |title=Football club{{!}} Wymondham Town United FC |website=www.wtufc.co.uk |language=en |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> Wymondham Rugby Club was founded in 1972 at the Foster Harrison Memorial Ground on Tuttles Lane.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/wymondham-rugby-club-move-1-5733319 |title=Exciting times for Wymondham Rugby Club as they prepare for big move |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=11 October 2018 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> A new ground, Barnard Fields, opened in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/wymondham-rugby-club-1-5743056 |title=Star names will be in attendance for Wymondham Rugby Club's first game at new ground |last=wise |first=chris |website=Eastern Daily Press |date=19 October 2018 |language=en |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> The senior men's team plays in the [[London 2 North East]] league, winning the Norfolk Plate in 2015β16.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamrfc.com/ |title=Wymondham Rugby Football Club |website=www.wymondhamrfc.com |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> The senior women's team, Wymondham Wasps, plays in the Championship 2 Midlands League.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.wymondhamrfc.com/teams/158974 |title=Wymondham Rugby Football Club Wasps XV |website=www.wymondhamrfc.com |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> Wymondham Dell Bowls Club was a founder member of Norfolk Bowls Association in 1936. It has won the Bales Cup and the County League more often than any other club in Norfolk: twelve and fifteen times respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.norfolkbowls.co.uk/CountyHistory.htm |title=Norfolk Bowls |website=www.norfolkbowls.co.uk |access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> The members include the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] gold medallist, [[John Ottaway]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wymondhamdell.com/ |title=Wymondham Dell Bowls Club |website=www.wymondhamdell.com |access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>
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