Editing Lincolnshire (section)

===Sport===
[[File:Lincoln Gold Postbox.jpg|thumb|The gold Victorian-style Penfold post box in Lincoln painted in recognition of Paralympian [[Sophie Wells]] who won the gold medal in the team Equestrian event at the [[2012 Paralympic Games]] in London. It is the only [[2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes|post box painted gold]] in the county.]]
The main sports played in the county are [[Association football|football]], [[cricket]] and [[rugby union]]. Lincolnshire does not have a high sporting profile, mainly due to the lack of facilities and high-profile football teams. Probably the most well-known sporting venues in Lincolnshire are [[Cadwell Park]] near Louth, where a round of the British Motorbike Championship is held on the last Monday of August every year and the racecourse at [[Market Rasen]]

*Two teams from Lincolnshire play in the [[English Football League|Football League]]: [[Lincoln City F.C.|Lincoln City]] play in [[Football League One|League One]] and [[Grimsby Town F.C.|Grimsby Town]] play in [[Football League Two|League Two]]. In non-league football, [[Boston United F.C.|Boston United]] play in the [[National League (division)|National League]], [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]] play in the [[National League North]], and [[Gainsborough Trinity F.C.|Gainsborough Trinity]] play in the [[Northern Premier League]]. A meeting between any of these clubs is a [[Lincolnshire derby]]; the most prominent meeting, having happened across [[English football league system|four of the top five tiers of English football]], is Lincoln City vs Grimsby Town.
*In [[cricket]] [[Lincolnshire County Cricket Club|Lincolnshire]] are a minor county and play in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Play-Sport New Media |url=http://lincscb.play-cricket.com/ |title=Play-Cricket the ECB Cricket Network |website=Lincscb.play-cricket.com |date=13 June 2002 |access-date=29 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715092833/http://lincscb.play-cricket.com/ |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*In [[field hockey|hockey]] [[Lindum Hockey Club]] play in the north of Lincoln.
*[[Scunthorpe Rugby Club]] are the most notable [[rugby union]] team from Lincolnshire, and will play in the fifth level of the English league system in the 2017–18 season. Other notable teams include Market Rasen and Louth RUFC, Lincoln RFC, and [[Boston RFC (England)|Boston RFC]].
*Lincolnshire is home to one racecourse, at [[Market Rasen Racecourse|Market Rasen]].
*[[Cadwell Park]] is the only motor-racing course in Lincolnshire. There is a speedway track in Scunthorpe, home of the [[Scunthorpe Scorpions]], and stock-car racing at a stadium at Orby, near [[Skegness]].
*Lincolnshire has an [[American Football]] club, the [[Lincolnshire Bombers]], which has existed in its current guise since 2005.
*Lincolnshire is home to the UK [[roller derby]] team, the [[Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls]], which is sponsored by [[Motörhead]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Now sponsored by MOTÖRHEAD! – Lincolnshire Bombers |url=http://lincolnshire-bombers.com/sponsorship_motorhead.htm |publisher=Lincolnshire Bombers' News forum |date=1 April 2009 |access-date=11 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514125011/http://lincolnshire-bombers.com/sponsorship_motorhead.htm |archive-date=14 May 2010}}</ref>
*Lincolnshire is home to Lincolnshire Lions Rugby League who run an Open Age Men's team, playing in the Midlands Merit League since 2022.