Editing Dumfries (section)

===Sport===
[[File:Palmerston Park main stand.JPG|thumb|right|The main stand of [[Palmerston Park]], home ground of [[Queen of the South F.C.]]]]
[[Queen of the South F.C.|Queen of the South]] represent Dumfries and the surrounding area in the third level of the country's [[Scottish Professional Football League|professional football system]], the [[Scottish League One]]. [[Palmerston Park]] on [[Terregles]] Street is the home ground of the team. This is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. They reached the [[2008 Scottish Cup Final]], losing 3–2 to [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]].<ref name=qoshist/> Dumfries City VFC are a virtual football club from the town. [[Dumfries Rugby Club|Dumfries Saints Rugby Club]] is one of Scotland's oldest rugby clubs having been admitted to the [[Scottish Rugby Union]] in 1876–77 as "Dumfries Rangers".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dumfries Saints Rugby Club, Rugby Scotland |url=http://www.dumfriessaintsrugby.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Dumfriessaintsrugby.co.uk}}</ref>

Dumfries is also home to a number of golf courses:
* The Crichton Golf Club
* The Dumfries and County Golf Club
* The Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club

Of those listed, only the Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club is on the Maxwelltown side of the River Nith. This course is also bisected into 2 halves of 9 holes each by the town's Castle Douglas Road. The club house and holes 1 to 7 and 17 and 18 are on the side nearest to [[Summerhill, Dumfries]]. Holes 8 to 16 are on the side nearest to Janefield.

The opening stage of the [[2011 Tour of Britain]] started in [[Peebles]] and finished {{convert|105.8|mi|km}} later in Dumfries. The stage was won by sprint specialist and reigning Tour de France green jersey champion, [[Mark Cavendish]], with his teammate lead out man, [[Mark Renshaw]] finishing second. Cavendish had been scheduled to be racing in the [[2011 Vuelta a España]]. However Cavendish was one a number of riders to withdraw having suffered in the searing Spanish heat. This allowed Cavendish to be a late addition to the Tour of Britain line up in his preparation for what was to be a successful bid two weeks later in the [[2011 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race]]. Cavendish in a smiling post race TV interview in Dumfries described the wet and windy race conditions through the Southern Scottish stage as 'horrible'.<ref>Tour of Britain, ITV4, 7 pm Sun 11 September 2011</ref> DG One complex includes a national event-sized competition [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] pool. The David Keswick Athletic Centre is the principal facility in Dumfries for athletics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Keswick Athletic Centre |url=http://www.runtrackdir.com/details.asp?track=dumfries |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Runtrackdir.com}}</ref> Dumfries is home to [[Nithsdale Amateur Rowing Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Douglas A. Rathburn |date=14 July 2011 |title=Blades of the World: British Rowing Clubs |url=http://www.oarspotter.com/blades/UK/Club/British_Club.html |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Oarspotter.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=rowing news and articles – Dumfries and Galloway Standard |url=http://www.dgstandard.co.uk/tags/rowing/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Dgstandard.co.uk}}</ref> The rowers share their clubhouse with Dumfries Sub-Aqua Club.<ref>[http://website.lineone.net/~tkburnett/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010520163810/http://website.lineone.net/~tkburnett/|date=20 May 2001}}</ref>

The town is also home to [[Solway Sharks]] [[ice hockey]] team. The team are current Northern Premier League winners. The team's home rink is Dumfries Ice Bowl. Dumfries Ice bowl is also recognised as Scotland's only centre of ice hockey excellence, and trials for the Scottish Jr national team are carried out at this venu. Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to two [[synchronised skating]] teams, Solway Stars and Solway Eclipse. In addition, Dumfries Ice Bowl is also home to several curling teams, competitions and leagues. Junior curling teams from Dumfries, consisting of curlers under the age of 21, regularly compete in the Dutch Junior Open based in Zoetermeer, the Netherlands. In 2007, 2008 and 2009 a Dumfries-based team have been the winners of the competition's Hogline Trophy.

Dumfries hosts three outdoor [[bowls]] clubs:<ref>{{Cite web |title=SBA district 17 |url=http://bowlsclub.org/associations/lawn/GB/SBA17/247/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=BowlsClub.org |archive-date=12 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812200844/http://bowlsclub.org/associations/lawn/GB/SBA17/247/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Dumfries Bowling Club
* Marchmount Bowling Club
* Maxwelltown Bowling Club

Dumfries hosts cycling organisations and cycling holidays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Domain Error |url=http://www.dumfriescc.org/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527161000/http://dumfriescc.org/ |archive-date=27 May 2013 |access-date=2009-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dumfries and Galloway Cycling Group CTC Section Southwest Scotland, homepage |url=http://www.dandgcycling.care4free.net/ |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Dandgcycling.care4free.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2003 |title=Cycling holidays in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland |url=http://www.visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk/cycling/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819140424/http://www.visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk/cycling |archive-date=19 August 2011 |access-date=24 August 2011 |publisher=Visitdumfriesandgalloway.co.uk}}</ref>