Editing Chesterfield, Derbyshire (section)

==Sport and leisure==
===Football===
[[Chesterfield F.C.]] is nicknamed the Spireites, after the crooked spire of St Mary's Church. The club formerly played at the [[Saltergate|Recreation Ground]] (usually referred to as Saltergate after the road on which it was located), but moved to a new [[SMH Group Stadium|stadium]] on the old Dema Glass site north of the town in Whittington Moor at the start of the 2010–11 season. The team has mostly competed in the third and fourth tiers of [[English Football League|English football]] but dropped down to the [[National League (English football)|National League]] for season 2018–19.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chesterfield relegated from League Two |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/43885346 |access-date=2024-04-08 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}}</ref>

[[Chesterfield F.C. Women|Chesterfield Ladies FC]] have women's and girls' teams and is based at Queen's Park Annexe; it plays in the Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League.<ref name="Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League">{{cite web|url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=6066158 |title=Sheffield and Hallamshire Girls County League |website=fulltime.thefa.com |publisher=The Football Association |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20 }}</ref>

The town also has an amateur Sunday football league that hosts over 100 teams on a Sunday morning. The Chesterfield and District Sunday Football League consists of nine divisions and three cup competitions.<ref name="Sunday football league">{{Cite web |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=722614028 |title=Chesterfield and District Sunday Football League |website=fulltime.thefa.com |publisher=The Football Association |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Rugby Union===
[[Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Union Football Cub|Chesterfield Panthers Rugby Union Football Club]] was formed in 1919 and played its first game in 1920.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldrugby.co.uk |title=CRUFC Sponsors |publisher=CRUFC |access-date=31 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828150904/http://www.chesterfieldrugby.co.uk/ |archive-date=28 August 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It fields three men's senior squads, a senior ladies squad and numerous junior teams. The club moved for the 2013–14 season from its Stonegravels site to a new purpose-built ground at 2012 Dunston Road. The facilities include three pitches, one floodlit, numerous changing rooms, and a large open-plan bar area. The first XV won the Midlands North 4 championship in 2013–14 and returned to the Midlands North 3 for the first time in 25 years.

Chesterfield Spires RLFC is a [[rugby league]] club formed in the town in 2003 and currently playing in the [[RL Merit League]]. In 2008 it merged with the North Derbyshire Chargers.

===Cricket===
[[Chesterfield Cricket Club]] is an amateur [[cricket]] club based at [[Queen's Park, Chesterfield|Queen's Park]].<ref name="Chesterfield CC Playing Facilities">{{cite web|url=https://chesterfield.play-cricket.com/Aboutus |title= Chesterfield CC About Us: Playing Facilities |website=chesterfield.play-cricket.com |publisher=Chesterfield Cricket Club |date= |accessdate=2021-12-17 }}</ref> The club has a history dating back to the mid-18th century.<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League 2019">{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Derbyshire Marston's Pedigree County Cricket League Centenary Yearbook |url= |location=Derbyshire |publisher=Derbyshire County Cricket League |page=93 |date=2019 |isbn=}}</ref>  Chesterfield CC compete in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]], a designated [[England and Wales Cricket Board|ECB]] [[ECB Premier Leagues|Premier League]], at the top level for recreational club cricket in Derbyshire.<ref name="Chesterfield Cricket Club History">{{cite web |url=https://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/parks-and-green-spaces/parks/parks-and-play-areas/queens-park/chesterfield-cricket-club.aspx |title=Chesterfield Cricket Club |website=www.chesterfield.gov.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Borough Council |date=30 April 2021 |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> Chesterfield were League Champions in 2008 and are one of only three clubs to have remained in the top flight of the League since it was created in 1999.<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League 2019"/> The club have three senior teams that compete on Saturdays in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket League]],<ref name="Derbyshire County Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://derbyscountylge.play-cricket.com |title=Derbyshire County Cricket League |publisher=Derbyshire County Cricket League |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> a Sunday XI in the [[Mansfield and District Cricket League]]<ref name="Mansfield & District Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://manssunlge.play-cricket.com |title=Mansfield & District Cricket League |website=manssunlge.play-cricket.com |publisher=Mansfield & District Cricket League |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> and an established junior training section that play competitive cricket in the North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League.<ref name="North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League">{{cite web |url=https://northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com/home |title=North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League |website=northderbyshireycl.play-cricket.com |publisher=North Derbyshire Youth Cricket League |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Hockey===
Chesterfield Hockey Club, founded in 1899, competes in the Yorkshire and North East Region Hockey League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chesterfieldhockeyclub.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Hockey Club |website=chesterfieldhockeyclub.co.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Hockey Club |date= |accessdate=2021-12-20 }}</ref> The side has typically been mid-table or battled against relegation until its greatest success, when it recruited the Australian import striker Adam Clifford from Tasmania. During his two seasons Clifford scored over 50 goals and Chesterfield narrowly lost the league in the final weeks by a single point.

===Athletics===
Chesterfield & District Athletic Club are based at [[Tupton Hall School]], [[Tupton]], Chesterfield, and provides training and events for juniors and seniors.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chesterfieldac.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield and District Athletics Club |publisher=Chesterfield and District Athletics Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Swimming===
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Chesterfield Swimming Club, the largest competitive swimming club in North Derbyshire, is based at the [[Queen's Park Sports Centre]] in Boythorpe Road. In October 2011 it began delivering the programme for Derventio eXcel (Performance Swim Squad for Derbyshire) for the North East of the county. In 2012, Chesterfield SC took part in the Arena National Swimming League and achieved promotion to the top division at the first attempt. Further success raised its membership.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfieldsc.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Swimming Club |publisher=Chesterfield Swimming Club |access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref>

===Tennis===
Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club are members of the Sheffield and District League,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sdlta.org.uk/leagues/ |title=Sheffield and District League LTA |publisher=Sheffield and District League |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref> and is the largest Tennis centre in North Derbyshire with 3 Indoor and 7 Outdoor Courts.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://chesterfieldtennis.org.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club |website=chesterfieldtennis.org.uk |publisher=Chesterfield Lawn Tennis Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Golf===
Chesterfield Golf Club was founded in 1897, and is an 18-hole golf course situated near [[Walton, Chesterfield|Walton]], Chesterfield.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.chesterfieldgolfclub.co.uk/ |title=Chesterfield Golf Club |publisher=Chesterfield Golf Club |accessdate=2021-12-20}}</ref>

===Queen's Park===
Queen's Park, just outside the town centre, recently benefitted from a multimillion-pound programme of investment, allowing it to host county cricket again. Alderman T P Wood, Mayor of Chesterfield in 1886 proposed that local land be acquired by the [[Local Board]] to create a public park for the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria]] in 1887. It officially opened in 1893. The park includes a [[cricket field]], [[Cricket pavilion|pavilion]], lake, [[Conservatory (greenhouse)|conservatory]], [[bandstand]], and [[miniature railway]]. A further {{convert|13|acre}} of land south of the park was acquired as a memorial to Queen Victoria in 1901 and laid out as a recreation ground known as Queen's Park Annex.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/explore-chesterfield/parks-and-green-spaces/parks/a-z-of-parks/queens-park/history-of-queens-park.aspx |title=Chesterfield Borough Council – History of Queen's Park |work=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

===Queen's Park Sports Centre===
Queens Park Sports Centre was constructed in the mid and late 20th century within Queen's Park, adjacent to its western boundary. It included a swimming pool, gym, several indoor courts (for various sports) and several more outdoor tennis courts, before it was closed in December 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.visitchesterfield.info/thedms.aspx?dms=3&venue=6020564 |title=Queen's Park Sports Centre |work=Visit Chesterfield |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>

A new £11.2 million Queen's Park Sports Centre opened in January 2016 on the Queen's Park Annex south of Queen's Park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/grassroots/new-queen-s-park-sports-centre-set-to-open-in-first-week-of-january-1-7634176 |title=New Queen's Park Sports Centre set to open in first week of January |last=Broomhead |first=Michael|date=19 December 2015 |work=[[Derbyshire Times]] |access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> It includes an eight-lane swimming pool, a learner pool, a gym, an eight-court sports hall, squash courts, training rooms, an exercise-class studio, a climbing wall and a café.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chesterfield.gov.uk/1316|title=Queen's Park Sports Centre |work=Chesterfield Borough Council |access-date=21 April 2016}}</ref>

===Skate park===
A {{convert|565|m2|abbr=on}} skate park, built by Freestyle, opened in June 2009 on land behind Ravenside Retail Park and [[B&Q]], near Horns Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.skateparks.co.uk/derbyshire/chesterfield-skatepark/ |title=Guide to Chesterfield Skatepark |work=skateparks.co.uk |date=20 October 2014 |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.caughtinthecrossfire.com/skate/skate-news/new-park-for-chesterfield/ |title=New park for Chesterfield |date=12 May 2009 |work=Caught in the Crossfire |access-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

A speedway training track once operated at Glasshouse Farm in the early 1950s.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}