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===Sport=== As the national sport of Wales, [[Welsh Rugby Union|rugby union]] is widely played throughout the county at both town and village level. [[Haverfordwest RFC]], founded in 1875, is a feeder club for [[Scarlets|Llanelli Scarlets]]. Village team [[Crymych RFC]] in 2014 plays in [[WRU Division One West]].<ref name="SWALECLeague"/> There are numerous football clubs in the county, playing in five leagues with [[Haverfordwest County A.F.C.]] competing in the [[Cymru Premier]].<ref name="PSFootball"/> Triathlon event ''[[Ironman Triathlon|Ironman Wales]]'' has been held in Pembrokeshire since 2011, contributing Β£3.7 million to the local economy, and the county committed in 2017 to host the event for a further five years.<ref name="BBCNews7Sep2017"/> ''Ras Beca'', a mixed road, fell and cross country race attracting UK-wide competitors, has been held in the Preselis annually since 1977. The record of 32 minutes 5 seconds has stood since 1995.<ref name="TA13Aug2014"/> Pembrokeshire Harriers athletics club was formed in 2001 by the amalgamation of Cleddau Athletic Club (established 1970) and Preseli Harriers (1989) and is based in Haverfordwest.<ref name="PemHarriers"/> The annual Tour of Pembrokeshire [[road bicycle racing|road-cycling]] event takes place over routes of optional length.<ref name="TourofPemb"/> The 4th Tour, in April 2015, attracted 1,600 riders including Olympic gold medallist [[Chris Boardman]]<ref name="PH22Apr2015"/> and there were 1,500 entrants to the 2016 event.<ref name="PH20May2016"/> Part of Route 47 of the [[Celtic Trail cycle route]] is in Pembrokeshire. The [[Llys y Fran]] [[Hillclimbing|Hillclimb]] is an annual event run by Swansea Motor Club,<ref name="MSCLyFClimb"/> and there are several other county motoring events held each year.<ref name="BBCNews10Jun2019"/> [[Abereiddy]]'s ''Blue Lagoon'' was the venue for a round of the [[Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series]] in 2012,<ref name="BBCNews8Sep2012"/> 2013,<ref name="BBCNews13Sep2013"/> and 2016;<ref name="BBCNews10Sep2016"/> the [[Welsh Surfing Federation]] has held the Welsh National Surfing Championships at [[Freshwater West]] for several years,<ref name="WSF30Mar2015"/> and Llys y Fran Country Park hosted the Welsh [[Dragon boat|Dragonboat]] Championships from 2014 to 2017.<ref name="BBCNews29May2016"/><ref name="MM27May2017"/> While not at major league level, [[cricket]] is played throughout the county and many villages such as [[Lamphey Cricket Club Ground|Lamphey]], [[Cresselly Cricket Club Ground|Creselly]], [[Llangwm, Pembrokeshire|Llangwm]], [[Llechryd]] and [[Crymych]] field teams in minor leagues under the umbrella of the [[Cricket Board of Wales]].<ref name="CWDoC"/>
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