Editing Lewes (section)

==Sport==
In 1694, accounts of [[Sir John Pelham, 3rd Baronet|Sir John Pelham]] record 2s 6d paid for a wager concerning a [[cricket]] match at Lewes, one of the sport's earliest references.<ref>McCann T. (2004),''Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century'', p. xli. Sussex Record Society.</ref>

[[Lewes Priory Cricket Club]] is based at the Stanley Turner Ground, Kingston Road. The club were Sussex League champions in 1986 and 1990 and Division 2 winners in 1999, 2006 and 2008. The club has active senior, junior and social sections.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lewespriory.play-cricket.com/home|title=Lewes Priory CC|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>

[[Lewes Rugby Football Club]], founded in 1930, runs several rugby teams at various competitive levels, including the senior men's sides, the women's, girls' and junior teams. Lewes RFC's home turf is the Stanley Turner Ground, Kingston Road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lewesrugby.com/|title=Lewes RFC|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>

The local [[association football|football]] team is [[Lewes FC]]. The club was founded in 1885 and play at [[the Dripping Pan]]. In July 2017, the club became the first in the world to introduce equal pay to the men's and women's teams.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45454977 |work=[[BBC Sport]] |title=Lewes FC: The football club with same budget for men's & women's teams |first=Emily |last=Croydon |date=8 September 2018 |access-date=3 February 2019 |archive-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910220131/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45454977 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Lewes FC Women's team were appointed to the second tier of the Women's Super League in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/29/womens-league-revamp-winners-and-losers |work=[[The Guardian]] |title=From Manchester United to Lewes, newcomers benefit from WSL revamp |first=Suzanne |last=Wrack |date=29 May 2018 |access-date=29 May 2018 |archive-date=29 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529153524/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/29/womens-league-revamp-winners-and-losers |url-status=live}}</ref>

Lewes Hockey Club is a [[field hockey]] club based at Southdown Sports Club on Cockshut Road. It was founded in 1903 and is one of the oldest hockey clubs in Sussex, with teams competing in the [[Southern Counties Hockey Association|South East Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.leweshc.com|title=Lewes Hockey Club|access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.englandhockey.co.uk/clubs/lewes-hc|title=England Hockey - Lewes Hockey Club |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>

Lewes Tennis/Hockey Club (Southdown Sports Club) has 16 tennis courts, four squash courts, two netball courts and a floodlit astro/hockey pitch. Lewes Bowls Club situated behind the Mount on Mountfield Road was founded in 1922. It is affiliated to Bowls England and members play in the Meridian League and the Brighton League, as well as in informal games for pleasure. Between April and September members play on a flat lawn green with six rinks and inside the clubhouse on short mat for the winter season. Lewes Golf Club is set on downland above Cliffe Hill on the east-side of Lewes, where the sport has been played since 1896.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lewesgolfclub.co.uk/course/ |title=Lewes Golf Club |access-date=12 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402142040/http://www.lewesgolfclub.co.uk/course/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

The town is also home to Lewes Bridge View which has adult teams competing in the [[Mid Sussex Football League]] and [[Lewes and District Sunday League]]. In 2016 Lewes Bridge View Juniors joined in partnership with Lewes FC to form Lewes FC Juniors – running Under 8s to Under 16s, with boys and girls teams.

Lewes Athletic Club caters for junior and senior athletes. The club trains at the all-weather 400m track at the end of Mountfield Road, and other locations in the area. Lewes Swimming Club was reconstituted in 1975 by Commonwealth gold medal-winning swimmer [[Christine Gosden|Christine Parfect (née Gosden)]] and others. The club has 300+ members and organises swimming sessions at Lewes, Ringmer, Newlands School, Newhaven and Seaford Head pools during term-time. Lewes Wanderers [[Cycling club|Cycling Club]] was reconstituted in 1950. The club organises regular [[time trials]] throughout the summer.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
The Moyleman, an off-road marathon event over the hills around Lewes, starting and finishing in the town, was created in 2014 and first run in 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://runbrighton.wordpress.com/stories-and-interviews/the-moyleman-featuring-the-late-chris-moyle/ |title=The Moyleman featuring the late Chris Moyle |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904074021/https://runbrighton.wordpress.com/stories-and-interviews/the-moyleman-featuring-the-late-chris-moyle/ |archive-date=4 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Lewes racecourse|Lewes Racecourse]], located immediately to the west of the town on the slopes of the Downs, operated for 200 years until it closed in 1964. Racehorse training continued at Lewes until 2020 when the area's last trainer, Suzy Smith, moved her base from Lewes to [[Angmering]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bone |first1=Steve |title=Trainer's move across Sussex means end of a racing era in Lewes |url=https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/sport/other-sport/trainers-move-across-sussex-means-end-of-a-racing-era-in-lewes-2904612B |publisher=Sussex World |access-date=6 March 2023 |date=9 July 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>  Race days are held at nearby [[Plumpton Racecourse]].

There are a number of Service Clubs in Lewes, including Lewes Lions Club which is a member of [[Lions Clubs International]]. The club runs various events including the Christmas Concert in December each year with the LGB Brass and the annual 'International 'Toad-in-the-Hole' Competition' and holds street collections to raise funds so as to assist people and organisations in and around Lewes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/lewesuk/page-6.phpl |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150310100738/http://www.e-clubhouse.org/sites/lewesuk/page-6.phpl |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2015 |title=Lewes Lions Club}}</ref> Since the 1960s, the Lewes Rotary Club has hosted its distinctive annual skittles tournament in the gardens of [[Southover Grange]] in June each year.<ref>https://www.lewes-rotary.org/skittles{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>