Editing Carmarthenshire (section)

== Sports and leisure ==
Activities available in the county include rambling, cycling, fishing, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, horse riding, caving, abseiling and coasteering.<ref name=Grigg>{{cite book|author=Grigg, Russell |title=Little Book of Carmarthenshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4UDiCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT4 |year=2015 |publisher=History Press Limited |isbn=978-0-7509-6346-6 |pages=4–5}}</ref> [[Carmarthen Town A.F.C.]] plays in the [[List of Cymru Premier clubs|Cymru Premier]]. They won the [[Welsh Football League Cup]] in the 1995–96 season, and since then have won the [[Welsh Cup]] once and the [[Welsh League Cup]] twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fchd.info/CARMARTT.HTM |title=Carmarthen Town Club History |publisher=Football Club History Database (F.C.H.D.) |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> [[Llanelli Town A.F.C.]] play in the [[Welsh Football League Division Two]]. The club won the Welsh premier league and Loosemores challenge cup in 2008 and won the Welsh Cup in 2011, but after experiencing financial difficulties, were wound up and reformed under the present title in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faw.org.uk/ClubInfo.ink?TeamId=628 |title=Llanelli Town AFC Club Information from Football Association of Wales |publisher=Football Association of Wales |access-date=18 April 2016 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027044000/http://faw.org.uk/ClubInfo.ink?TeamId=628 |archive-date=27 October 2013}}</ref> [[Scarlets]] is the regional professional [[rugby union]] team that plays in the [[Pro14]], they play their home matches at their ground, [[Parc y Scarlets]]. Honours include winning the 2003/04 and 2016/17 Pro12. [[Llanelli RFC]] is a semi-professional [[rugby union]] team that play in the [[Welsh Premier Division]], also playing home matches at [[Parc y Scarlets]]. Among many honours, they have been [[WRU Challenge Cup]] winners on fourteen occasions and frequently taken part in the [[European Rugby Champions Cup|Heineken Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.llanellirfc.co.uk/Page/Content/125 |title=History of Llanelli RFC |publisher=Llanelli RFC |access-date=18 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160403003040/http://llanellirfc.co.uk/Page/Content/125 |archive-date=3 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[West Wales Raiders]], based in Llanelli, represent the county in [[Rugby league]].

Some sporting venues utilise disused industrial sites. [[Ffos Las racecourse]] was built on the site of an [[Open-pit mining|open cast coal mine]] after mining operations ceased. Opened in 2009, it was the first racecourse built in the United Kingdom for eighty years and has regular race-days.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ffoslas.co/ |title=Ffos Las: Racing and Events |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> [[Machynys]] is a championship golf course opened in 2005 and built as part of the [[Llanelli Waterside]] regeneration plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.machynys.com/ |title=Machynys Clwb Golff |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> [[Pembrey Circuit]] is a motor racing circuit near Pembrey village, considered the home of Welsh motorsport, providing racing for cars, motorcycles, karts and trucks. It was opened in 1989 on a former airfield, is popular for testing and has hosted many events including the [[British Touring Car Championship]] twice.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pembreycircuit.co.uk/ |title=Pembrey Circuit |access-date=18 April 2016}}</ref> The 2018 [[Tour of Britain]] cycling race started at Pembrey on 2 September 2018.<ref>{{cite news|work=BBC News|title=Geraint Thomas and Chris Froome start Tour of Britain|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45332493|date=2 September 2018|access-date=2 September 2018}}</ref>