Editing Norwich (section)

==Sport==
[[File:Norwich City Football Ground "Carrow Road" - geograph.org.uk - 43449.jpg|thumb|[[Carrow Road]] – the home of [[Norwich City FC]]]]

The principal local [[association football|football]] club is [[Norwich City FC|Norwich City]], known as the ''Canaries''. In 2020–21 it finished first in the second tier of English football, the Championship, earning promotion to the Premier League for 2021–22. Majority-owned by celebrity chef [[Delia Smith]] and her husband Michael Wynn-Jones, its ground is [[Carrow Road|Carrow Road Stadium]]. It has strong [[East Anglian Derby|East Anglian rivalry]] with [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]]. The club has enjoyed much success in the past, having played in the top division regularly since 1972, its longest spell being a nine-year run from 1986 to 1995. It has won two [[Football League Cup]]s, and finished third in the inaugural [[Premier League]] in 1993. The club was relegated two years later and did not reclaim its place for nine years, going down again after just one season, only to return in 2011 after two successive promotions.

In 1993, the club eliminated [[Germany|German]] giants [[Bayern Munich]] from the [[UEFA Cup]], in what is to date Norwich City's only season in European competitions; it had qualified for the UEFA Cup three times between 1985 and 1989 but been unable to compete as there was a ban on English clubs in European competitions at the time. Before emerging as a top division club, it famously eliminated [[Manchester United FC|Manchester United]] from the FA Cup in 1959 and went on to reach the semi-finals of the domestic cup competition, a run it achieved again in 1989 and most recently in 1992. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the club produced some highly-rated talent of that era, including striker [[Chris Sutton]], winger [[Ruel Fox]], defender [[Andy Linighan]], midfielder [[Mike Phelan]], midfielder [[Tim Sherwood]] and striker [[Justin Fashanu]]. The club's successful managers have included [[Kenneth Brown (footballer born 1934)|Ken Brown]], [[Ron Saunders]], [[Dave Stringer]], [[Mike Walker (Welsh footballer)|Mike Walker]], [[Nigel Worthington]], [[Paul Lambert]] and [[Daniel Farke]].{{cn|date=April 2024}}

[[Norwich City Women F.C.|Norwich City Women]] play in the [[FA Women's National League|Women's National League Division One South East]], the fourth tier of women's football.<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwich City Women |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/womens-team |website=canaries.co.uk}}</ref> They play their home games at The Nest and were formally integrated into Norwich City F.C. in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Norwich City women integrated into day-to-day operations |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/sport/norwich-city/20632493.norwich-city-women-integrated-day-to-day-operations/ |website=Eastern Daily Press}}</ref> The original Norwich City Ladies won the [[Women's FA Cup]] in 1986, beating [[Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C.|Doncaster Belles]] [[1986 WFA Cup final|4-3]] in the final with [[Linda Curl]], Miranda Colk, [[Sallie Jackson]] and Marianne Lawrence scoring the goals.<ref>{{cite web |title=The day Norwich City raised the FA Cup |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/20636796.day-norwich-city-raised-fa-cup/ |website=Eastern Daily Press}}</ref>

The city's second men's club, [[Norwich United FC|Norwich United]], is based in [[Blofield]] some {{cvt|5|mi|km}} east of the city. Along with [[Norwich CBS F.C.|Norwich CBS]], it plays in the [[Eastern Counties Football League|Eastern Counties League]]. The now-defunct [[Gothic F.C.|Gothic]] was also based in Norwich. Local football clubs are served by the Norwich and District Saturday Football League.

Norwich has an [[athletics (sport)|athletics]] club, City of Norwich AC (CoNAC), a [[rugby football|rugby]] club, the [[Norwich Lions]], a [[Team handball|handball]] Club, [[Norwich HC]], and five [[field hockey]] clubs. In the 2012–2013 season, the club playing at the highest level on the men's side was Norwich City Hockey Club<ref>[http://www.norwichcityhc.co.uk/ Norwich City Hockey Club] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904162601/http://www.norwichcityhc.co.uk/ |date=4 September 2012}} Retrieved 18 September 2012.</ref> in the East Hockey Premier B, which is two levels below the National League. The second highest is Norwich Dragons in Division Two North, then the students only University of East Anglia Men's Hockey Club in Division Three North East, then Norfolk Nomads Men's Hockey Club in Division Six North East. On the Ladies' side of the game, both Norwich City Hockey Club and Norwich Dragons Hockey club play in East Hockey's Division One North, two levels below National League. Following them, the students from the [[University of East Anglia]] Women's Hockey Club play in the Norfolk Premier Division. Also in Norwich, there is a veterans-only side, Norwich Exiles.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Since 2015, Norwich has hosted an annual 10k athletics road race, [[Run Norwich]].

Outside the city boundary, the dry ski and snowboarding slopes of Norfolk Ski Club are located at Whitlingham Lane in [[Trowse]]. Close by in the parish of [[Whitlingham]] is Whitlingham Country Park,<ref>[http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/1226.asp Whitlingham Country Park] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716202235/http://www.south-norfolk.gov.uk/leisure/1226.asp |date=16 July 2010}} Retrieved 23 November 2009.</ref> home to the Outdoor Education Centre.<ref>[http://www.whitlinghamoec.co.uk/ Whitlingham Outdoor Centre] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100701142702/http://www.whitlinghamoec.co.uk/ |date=1 July 2010}} Retrieved 23 November 2009.</ref> The centre is based on the south bank of the Great Broad which is also used by [[Scuba diving|scuba]] divers from one of the city's three diving schools, and by other water and land sports.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.divenorwich.com |title=DiveNorwich – scuba diving |publisher=Divenorwich.com |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529144229/http://divenorwich.com/ |archive-date=29 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of Norwich's two main [[Rowing (sport)|rowing]] clubs, the Yare Boat Club is the older but smaller of the two. It is based on an island on the [[River Yare]] accessed from beside the ''Rivergarden'' pub in Thorpe Road. The larger [[Norwich Rowing Club]], in partnership with [[Norwich Canoe Club]], UEA Boat Club, Norwich School Boat Club and Norwich High School Rowing Club, has built a boathouse alongside Whitlingham Little Broad and the River Yare. Norwich Canoe Club<ref>[http://www.norwichcanoeclub.co.uk/ Norwich Canoe Club] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614025737/http://www.norwichcanoeclub.co.uk/ |date=14 June 2013}} Retrieved 9 June 2013.</ref> specialises in sprint and marathon racing. It holds the highest British Canoe Union Top Club Gold accreditation,<ref>[http://www.bcu.org.uk/ British Canoe Union] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012053129/http://www.bcu.org.uk/ |date=12 October 2012}} Retrieved 9 June 2013.</ref> and is one of the more successful clubs in the UK. [[Ian Wynne]], 2004 Olympics K1 500m bronze medallist, is an honorary member.

[[Motorcycle speedway|Speedway]] racing was staged in Norwich before and after [[World War II]] at The Firs Stadium in Holt Road, [[Hellesdon]]. The [[Norwich Stars]] raced in the Northern League of 1946 and the [[Speedway National League Division Two|National League Division Two]] between 1947 and 1951, winning it in 1951. They were later elevated to the [[National League (1932–1964)|National League]] and raced at the top flight until the stadium was closed at the end of the 1964 season.<ref>[http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/norwich.html Norwich Speedway] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904102134/http://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/norwich.html |date=4 September 2015}} Retrieved 17 January 2008.</ref> One meet was staged at a venue at [[Hevingham]], but without an official permit, and it did not lead to a revival of the sport in the Norwich area.

In [[boxing]], Norwich can boast former [[European Boxing Union|European]] and British lightweight champion [[Jon Thaxton]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxingandmma/3141844/Determined-Jon-Thaxton-rolls-back-years-Boxing.html |title=Thaxton rolls back the years |publisher=Telegraph.co.uk |access-date=13 September 2013 |location=London |first=Gareth A |last=Davies |date=6 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212174136/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxingandmma/3141844/Determined-Jon-Thaxton-rolls-back-years-Boxing.html |archive-date=12 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> reigning English light heavyweight champion [[Danny McIntosh]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boxingnewsonline.net/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629140122/http://www.boxingnewsonline.net/BN08/detail.asp?id=984 |url-status=dead |title=Home - Boxing News |archive-date=29 June 2012 |website=www.boxingnewsonline.net}}</ref> and heavyweight [[Sam Sexton]], a former winner of the [[Prizefighter series|Prizefighter]] tournament.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/06/09/sport_sexton_warrendeal_20070609_feature.shtml |title=BBC Sport &#124; Sexton joins the big guns |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=14 July 2007 |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016160630/http://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/06/09/sport_sexton_warrendeal_20070609_feature.shtml |archive-date=16 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Based in Norwich, [[Herbie Hide]] has been [[WBO]] [[Heavyweight]] World Champion twice, winning the championship in 1994–95 and for a second time in 1997.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130419113209/http://news.uk.msn.com/photos/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=152856649&page=5 Herbie Hide] Retrieved 1 March 2013.</ref>

Norwich has a UK [[baseball]] team, the [[Norwich Iceni]], which competes at the Single-A level of the [[British Baseball Federation|BBF]].<ref>[http://www.norwichbaseball.co.uk Norwich Baseball Club] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901142940/http://www.norwichbaseball.co.uk/ |date=1 September 2018 }} Retrieved 15 October 2017.</ref> It was founded in 2015 with players from the UEA Blue Sox, who wished to carry on playing after university. The team officially joined the league in 2017 and was crowned BBF Single-A champions in its first season, going undefeated with 17 wins.<ref>[http://www.britishbaseball.org British Baseball Federation] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509142317/http://www.britishbaseball.org/ |date=9 May 2008}} Retrieved 15 October 2017.</ref>