Editing Jersey (section)

=== Sport ===
{{main|Sport in Jersey}}
[[File:Harry Vardon statue Grouville 3.jpg|thumb|left|A statue of Jersey golfer, [[Harry Vardon]], stands at the entrance to the Royal Jersey Golf Club]]

In its own right, Jersey participates in the [[Commonwealth Games]] and in the biennial [[Island Games]], which it first hosted in 1997 and more recently in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Island Games Jersey 2015 Bid &#124; Home |url=http://www.jersey2015.com/home |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325001855/https://www.jersey2015.com/home |archive-date=25 March 2012 |access-date=26 April 2012 |publisher=Jersey2015.com}}</ref>

The [[Jersey Football Association]] supervises football in Jersey. As of 2022, the Jersey Football Combination has nine teams in its top division.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JFA Combination League |url=https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=8379530 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=fulltime.thefa.com |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403055409/https://fulltime.thefa.com/index.html?league=8379530 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Jersey official football team|Jersey national football team]] plays in the annual [[Muratti]] competition against the other Channel Islands.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Muratti Vase |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/muratti.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=[[RSSSF]] |archive-date=4 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804231218/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/muratti.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Rugby union in Jersey]] comes under the auspices of the Jersey Rugby Association (JRA), which is a member of the [[Rugby Football Union]] of England. Amateur side, [[Jersey RFC]], won the English Regional Two South Central Division in the 2023/24 season and will play in fifth tier Regional One South Central next campaign.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68452525|title=Jersey RFC win Regional Two South Central title after 54–7 Newbury win|date=16 March 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2024-06-05|archive-date=13 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513091303/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/68452525|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Jersey Cricket Board]] is the official [[Sport governing body|governing body]] of the sport of [[cricket]] in Jersey. Jersey Cricket Board is Jersey's representative at the [[International Cricket Council|International Cricket Council (ICC)]]. It has been an ICC member since 2005 and an associate member since 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=International Cricket Council |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/111 |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.icc-cricket.com |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404060951/https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/members/europe/associate/111 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Jersey cricket team]] plays in the [[Inter-insular match]], as well as in ICC tournaments around the world in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals.

For Horse racing, Les Landes Racecourse can be found at Les Landes in St. Ouen next to the ruins of [[Grosnez Castle]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://jerseyraceclub.com/our-history/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Jersey Race Club |date=11 July 2013 |language=en-GB |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527132609/https://jerseyraceclub.com/our-history/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jersey has two public indoor swimming pools: AquaSplash, St Helier<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome {{!}} AquaSplash |url=https://www.aquasplash.je/ |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.aquasplash.je |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326082120/https://www.aquasplash.je/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Les Quennevais, St Brelade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Les Quennevais {{!}} Active.je |url=https://www.active.je/centres/les-quennevais |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=www.active.je |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326175332/https://www.active.je/centres/les-quennevais |url-status=live }}</ref> Swimming in the sea, windsurfing and other marine sports are practised. Jersey Swimming Club has organised an annual swim from Elizabeth Castle to Saint Helier Harbour for over 50 years. A round-island swim is a major challenge: the record for the swim is Ross Wisby, who circumnavigated the island in 9 hours 26 minutes in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Swims to take part in |url=http://www.jerseyseaswims.org/swims-to-take-part-in.html |access-date=20 March 2022 |website=Jersey Long Distance Swimming Club |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403210133/http://www.jerseyseaswims.org/swims-to-take-part-in.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Royal Channel Island Yacht Club is based in St Brelade.<ref>[https://www.rciyc.je/about About]{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. ''Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club''. Retrieved 20 March 2022.</ref>

Two professional golfers from Jersey have won [[the Open Championship]] seven times between them; [[Harry Vardon]] won six times and [[Ted Ray (golfer)|Ted Ray]] won once, both around the turn of the 20th century. Vardon and Ray also won the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] once each. Harry Vardon's brother, [[Tom Vardon]], had wins on various European tours.

Jersey Sport, an independent body that promotes sports in Jersey and support clubs, was launched in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New body to promote sport |url=https://www.jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/05/24/new-body-to-promote-sport/ |access-date=23 April 2019 |website=jerseyeveningpost.com |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423135427/https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2017/05/24/new-body-to-promote-sport/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>