Editing Padthaway, South Australia (section)

== Sports ==
Records for lawn bowls being played in Padthaway go back to 1963. Lawn bowls is played in Padthaway on Saturday during the summer time. Padthaway bowling club plays in the Upper South East association.

The last A grade cricket premiership Padthaway won was in 1993. Padthaway has had a B grade side most years since. Padthaway came fifth in the competition in 2010–2011. In 2011 there was only one competition, an A grade side.

Netball has been played in Padthaway since the mid-late 1960s. In 2011 the Padthaway Netball Club, also called the Lions, has more than seven different teams for netball.

The Padthaway Football Club which commenced in 1967 is known as the ''Lions'' and is the main club of the town, competing in the [[Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League]].<ref name = "d">{{Citation | last = Full Points Footy | title = Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara | url = http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/kowree-naracoorte-tatiara_football_league.htm | access-date = 25 July 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513090001/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/kowree-naracoorte-tatiara_football_league.htm | archive-date = 13 May 2007 | url-status = usurped }}</ref> The football club won an A grade premiership grand final in 1993 against Bordertown.

The Padthaway Tennis Club dates back to 1962 and 1972 when the club laid new concrete courts. The Padthaway Tennis club won many premierships between the mid-1970s and into the late 1980s. Tennis is currently played as a social competition on Wednesday nights for a six-eight-week season in the summer before Christmas.

The Padthaway golf course is carved out of scrubland. This tight course is a challenge even for the most professional of golfers. The Padthaway golf club was opened in 1988 and has 9 holes with scrapes.