Editing Brighton (section)

===Other sports===
[[File:Brighton Marina - geograph.org.uk - 1413071.jpg|thumb|Brighton Marina]]
Motoring events take place on Madeira Drive, a piece of roadway on Brighton's seafront, throughout the year. It was originally constructed to host what is commonly held to be the world's oldest motor race, the [[Brighton Speed Trials]], which has been running since 1905.<ref>[http://www.brightonandhovemotorclub.co.uk Brighton and Hove Motor Club]</ref> The event is organised by the [[Brighton and Hove Motor Club]] and normally takes place on the second Saturday in September each year.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Brighton has a [[horse racing]] course, [[Brighton Racecourse]], with the unusual feature that when the full length of the course is to be used, some of the grass turf of the track has to be laid over the tarmac at the top of Wilson Avenue, a public road, which therefore has to be closed for the races. A [[greyhound racing]] circuit – the [[Brighton & Hove Greyhound Stadium]] – in Hove is run by [[Gala Coral Group|Coral]], at which [[motorcycle speedway]] racing was staged in 1928.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

[[Brighton Sailing Club]] has been operating since the 1870s.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

The Brighton and Hove [[Pétanque]] Club runs an annual triples, doubles and singles competition, informal KOs, winter and summer league, plus Open competitions with other clubs. The club is affiliated to Sussex Pétanque, the local region of the English Pétanque Association, so they can also play at a Regional and National level. The Peace Statue terrain is the official [[pétanque]] terrain situated on the seafront near the West Pier.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhpetanque.org/ |title=Brighton and Hove Pétanque Club |access-date=20 December 2008 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205194516/http://www.bhpetanque.org/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Brighton has two competitive swimming clubs: Brighton SC,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brightonsc.co.uk/ |title=Brighton Swimming Club |access-date=3 November 2008 |archive-date=22 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081022221749/http://www.brightonsc.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> formed in 1860, claims to be the oldest swimming club in England; and Brighton Dolphin SC<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bdsc.co.uk/ |title=Brighton Dolphin Swimming Club |access-date=3 November 2008 |archive-date=27 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227224341/http://www.bdsc.co.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> was formed in 1891 as Brighton Ladies Swimming. Casual sea swimming is also a popular activity in Brighton, rising in popularity since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amateur track cycling is held at the [[Preston Park Velodrome]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Cycling at Preston Park Velodrome |url=https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/leisure-and-libraries/parks-and-green-spaces/cycling-preston-park-velodrome |website=www.brighton-hove.gov.uk |publisher=Brighton and Hove City Council |access-date=23 June 2020 |archive-date=27 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727035642/https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/content/leisure-and-libraries/parks-and-green-spaces/cycling-preston-park-velodrome |url-status=live}}</ref> the oldest velodrome in the UK, built in 1877.

There are three recognised surfing breaks close to Brighton, including East of the Marina, by the West Pier and at Shoreham harbour.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2016 |title=Brighton as a surfing destination |url=https://www.thisisbrighton.co.uk/brighton-surfing-destination/ |access-date=9 January 2022 |website=This Is Brighton |language=en-GB}}</ref>