Editing Surrey (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:James Pollard - Epsom Races- The Race Over - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|Epsom is famous for the Epsom Downs Racecourse which hosts the Epsom Derby; painting by [[James Pollard]], {{circa|1835|lk=no}}|alt=mid-nineteenth-century colour painting of race-course, racehorses and race-goers with buildings either side of the course under a partly-cloudy sky]]
*[[Cricket]] makes its first appearance in history in Surrey, in a reference to the game being played at the [[Royal Grammar School, Guildford]] in the 16th century (see [[History of English cricket to 1696]]). [[Mitcham Cricket Club]], formed in 1685 and the oldest documented club in the game's history, was within Surrey's borders until 1965.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/after-400-years-history-is-made-next-to-the-a323-184142.html |last=Shaw |first=Phil |date=2 January 2014 |title=After 400 years, history is made next to the A323 |work=The Independent |access-date=24 October 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328164848/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/after-400-years-history-is-made-next-to-the-a323-184142.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Surrey County Cricket Club]] has been based at [[The Oval]] in [[Kennington]], now part of [[Greater London]], since its foundation in 1845. The club also uses [[Whitgift School]] in [[South Croydon]] and [[Woodbridge Road]] in [[Guildford]] for some games. It was one of the original participants in the [[County Championship]] and has won the competition 19 times outright and once jointly, more than any other county except [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]].
*[[Epsom Downs Racecourse]] is the venue for the most prestigious event in British flat horse-racing, the [[Epsom Derby|Derby]], which has been held there most years since 1780. Surrey is also home to [[Lingfield Park Racecourse|Lingfield]], [[Kempton Park Racecourse|Kempton]] and [[Sandown Park Racecourse|Sandown]] Park Racecourses, presenting an unusually high concentration in one county.<ref>See [[List of horse racing venues]]</ref>
*[[Brooklands]] between Woking and Weybridge was the world's first purpose-built [[motorsport]] race circuit, opened in 1907.<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=Autocar |volume=127 |issue=3731 |last=Sammy |first=Davis |author-link=S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis |title=How Brooklands started |page=43 |date=17 August 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-history/birth-brooklands |title=Birth of Brooklands |author=<!--Not stated--> |year=2020 |publisher=Brooklands Museum |access-date=31 August 2021 |archive-date=20 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210820010639/https://www.brooklandsmuseum.com/explore/our-history/birth-brooklands |url-status=live}}</ref> The headquarters of the [[McLaren]] [[Formula One]] team are at Woking. [[James Hunt]], the 1976 Formula 1 World Driver's Champion was born in Belmont, Sutton, then part of Surrey, in 1947.
*The [[All England Lawn Tennis Club]], venue for the [[Wimbledon Championships]], and the headquarters of the [[Lawn Tennis Association]] were within Surrey until 1965.
*Surrey's leading [[Rugby union|rugby]] club, [[Esher RFC|Esher]], currently compete in the [[National League 1]], the third tier of English rugby. [[Harlequins F.C.]] and [[Harlequins Women]] train at the [[Surrey Sports Park]] in Guildford.
*Surrey is one of a handful of English counties with no teams in the top 92 [[Association football|football]] teams, the [[Football League]]. Its leading team is [[Woking F.C.|Woking]], currently playing in the fifth-tier [[National League (division)|National League]].
*Surrey is home to the [[ice hockey]] team the [[Guildford Flames]], who compete in the top-tier [[Elite Ice Hockey League]].
*The [[basketball]] team [[Surrey Scorchers]], based in Guildford, play in the top tier of British basketball, the [[British Basketball League]].
*The [[netball]] team [[Surrey Storm]], based in Guildford play in the [[Netball Superleague]]. They are the franchise for the Greater London area and the South East.<ref name="Storm">{{cite web |url=http://surreystormnetball.co.uk/ |title=Surrey Storm |access-date=20 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520090415/http://surreystormnetball.co.uk/ |archive-date=20 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
*[[Golf]] has been played in the county since before 1900 most notably as international venue [[Wentworth Club|Wentworth]]; by 2013 a 142nd co-existing Surrey golf course was in planning consultation; 141 were recorded by ''The Daily Telegraph'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/10106202/Does-gorgeous-Surrey-need-golf-course-No-142.html |title=Does gorgeous Surrey need golf course No 142? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303215922/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/leisure/10106202/Does-gorgeous-Surrey-need-golf-course-No-142.html |date=3 March 2018 |archive-date=3 March 2018 |access-date=3 March 2018 |last=Davidson |first=Max |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=London}}</ref>
*Rowing clubs include [[Molesey Boat Club|Molesey]] (with an elite development programme hosting several leading [[British Rowing]] crews), [[Walton Rowing Club|Walton]], (one of the UK's top clubs in the junior category), [[Weybridge Rowing Club|Weybridge]], Weybridge Ladies,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weybridgeladies.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to WLARC |publisher=Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427192741/https://www.weybridgeladies.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Weybridge Mariners,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weybridgemariners.co.uk/ |title=Weybridge Mariners Club |publisher=Weybridge Mariners Club |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427192736/http://www.weybridgemariners.co.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rowing on the River Thames|Burway]], [[Staines Boat Club|Staines]] and Guildford<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guildfordrowingclub.org.uk/ |title=Home |publisher=Guildford Rowing Club |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=10 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410054406/http://guildfordrowingclub.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> whose top female quad boat won [[Henley Women's Regatta|Henley Women's]] in 2012.
*[[Volleyball]] teams include [[British Airways|BA]], [[Friends Provident]] and Guildford International Volleyball Club<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guildfordvolleyball.org.uk/ |title=Welcome to Guildford International Volleyball Club |publisher=Guildford International Volleyball Club |access-date=11 August 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525034856/http://www.guildfordvolleyball.org.uk/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (whose elite men's team has won the [[Volleyball England|1st of the 4 National Divisions]]), while twelve clubs in Surrey and three in south-west Greater London compete in the Surrey Volleyball League.

=== Surrey football clubs ===
The county has numerous football teams. In the [[Combined Counties League]] can be found the likes of [[Ash United]], [[Badshot Lea F.C.|Badshot Lea]], [[Banstead Athletic]], [[Camberley Town]], [[Chessington & Hook United F.C.|Chessington & Hook United]], [[Cobham F.C.|Cobham]], [[Epsom & Ewell F.C.|Epsom & Ewell]], [[Epsom Athletic]], [[Farleigh Rovers]], [[Farnham Town]], [[Frimley Green F.C.|Frimley Green]], [[Horley Town F.C.|Horley Town]], [[Knaphill F.C.|Knaphill]], [[Mole Valley SCR]], [[Molesey F.C.|Molesey]], [[Sheerwater F.C.|Sheerwater]], [[Spelthorne Sports F.C.|Spelthorne Sports]] and [[Westfield F.C. (Surrey)|Westfield]]; [[Lingfield F.C.|Lingfield]] play at the same level but in the [[Southern Combination]]; [[Ashford Town]], [[Chertsey Town]], [[Godalming Town]] and [[Guildford City]] play higher in the [[Southern Football League|Southern League]]; equally [[Leatherhead F.C.|Leatherhead]], [[Merstham F.C.|Merstham]], [[Redhill F.C.|Redhill]], [[South Park F.C.|South Park]], [[Staines Town]], [[Walton Casuals]] and [[Walton and Hersham]] are in the [[Isthmian League|Isthmian]]; [[Dorking Wanderers]] and [[Woking F.C.|Woking]] are currently the highest ranked Surrey based clubs, playing in the [[National League (division)|National League]].

[[Chelsea F.C.]] practice at the [[Cobham Training Centre]] located in the village of [[Stoke d'Abernon]] near [[Cobham, Surrey]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chelsea - Cobham Training Centre Photos |url=http://www.footballtraininggrounds.com/chelsea.html |access-date=2020-06-15 |website=Premier League Training Grounds |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808100552/http://www.footballtraininggrounds.com/chelsea.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> The training ground was built in 2004 and officially opened in 2007.