Editing Benalla (section)

=== Sport and recreation ===
[[File:Benalla Distric Cricket players practise.jpg|thumb|Benalla District Cricket players during afternoon practice]]
The town has an [[Australian rules football]] team ([[Benalla Saints]]) competing in the [[Goulburn Valley Football League]]<ref name="d">{{Citation|last=Full Points Footy |title=Benalla |url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/Benalla.htm |access-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516191344/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/benalla.htm |archive-date=16 May 2008 }}</ref> and a team (Benalla All Blacks) competing in the [[Ovens & King Football League]].

Benalla has a [[Thoroughbred racing in Australia|horse racing club]], the Benalla Racing Club, which schedules around eleven race meetings a year including the Benalla Cup meeting in early October.<ref name="RaceClub">{{Citation|last=Country Racing Victoria |title=Benalla Racing Club |url=http://www.countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=40&Itemid=80 |access-date=2009-05-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719021157/http://countryracing.com.au/index.php?option=com_club_info&club=40&Itemid=80 |archive-date=19 July 2008 }}</ref>

Benalla Wolfpack play rugby league in [[NRL Victoria]]'s Murray Cup.

Golfers play at the Benalla Golf Club on Mansfield Road,<ref name = "golf">{{Citation | author = Golf Select | title = Benalla | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=929 | access-date = 2009-05-11 | archive-date = 31 August 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090831022118/http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=929 | url-status = live }}</ref> which celebrated its centenary in 2003<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.benallagolfclub.com.au/ |title=Benalla Golf Club |access-date=1 March 2022 |archive-date=17 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517170828/https://www.benallagolfclub.com.au/ |url-status=live }}</ref> or at the course of the Golden Vale Golf Club on Golden Vale Road, Benalla.<ref name = "golf-2">{{Citation | author = Golf Select | title = Golden Vale | url = http://www.golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=977 | access-date = 2009-05-11 | archive-date = 22 October 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091022041117/http://golfselect.com.au/armchair/courseView.aspx?course_id=977 | url-status = live }}</ref>

Benalla is also the closest major centre to [[Winton Motor Raceway]], a privately owned motor racing circuit which holds motor racing event at all levels of domestic competition, including [[V8 Supercar]].

Benalla Gardens Oval is the home of the Benalla & District Cricket Association.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://benalla.cricketvictoria.com.au/ | title=Benalla & District Cricket Association | publisher=[[Cricket Victoria]] | access-date=3 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120221104401/http://benalla.cricketvictoria.com.au/ | archive-date=21 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The ground has hosted touring teams since the 19th century.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/555946.html | title=Sachin of Benalla | publisher=[[Cricinfo]] | date=2 March 2012 | access-date=3 March 2012 | author=Ryan, Christian | archive-date=4 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304151448/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/555946.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In the Rural City of Benalla there are numerous cricket grounds.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://benalla.cricketvictoria.com.au/plugins/groundsdisplay.cgi?site_id=1465 | title=Benalla Cricket Grounds | access-date=3 March 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321054554/http://benalla.cricketvictoria.com.au/plugins/groundsdisplay.cgi?site_id=1465 | archive-date=21 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

Benalla is also home to the Benalla Bandits Baseball Club who compete in the North East Baseball Association. The team plays out of Racecourse Reserve, Benalla.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130410144041/http://www.benallabandits.baseball.com.au/db/Clubdisplay.asp?ID=3082]

Benalla is home to the Gliding Club of Victoria at the State Gliding Centre located on the Benalla airfield. This club is the longest continuous operating gliding club in Australia and has played host for the World Gliding Competition in 1987 and 2016.{{cn|date=August 2024}} Many of the club's members travel from Europe each summer to enjoy the warm weather and ideal soaring conditions of the region.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

There is a park and walking track that circumnavigates [[Lake Benalla]], featuring a ceramic sculpture mural community that was created as part of an employment project for local artists.