Editing Ilkley (section)

==Sport==
There is a wide variety of sports clubs and facilities in and around Ilkley. Notable clubs include the Ilkley Lawn Tennis and Squash Club, founded in 1880 (member of the [[Lawn Tennis Association]]),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iltsc.co.uk/index.php |title=Welcome to ILT&SC |access-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626053106/http://www.iltsc.co.uk/index.php |archive-date=26 June 2009  }}</ref> which hosts an Ilkley Squash Open that has attracted world-class players such as [[Peter Barker (squash player)|Peter Barker]];<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/sport/sportgeneral/4277996.Ilkley_welcomes_top_players/ |title=World's top squash players in Ilkley Open |first=Rachel |last=O'Connor |work=Ilkley Gazette |date=8 April 2009 |access-date=10 June 2009 }}</ref> there is also the gym and [[Ilkley Trophy]], a distinguished [[tennis]] tournament for men (an ATP event) as well as women (an ITF W100 event).<ref>[https://www.lta.org.uk/major-tennis-events/trophy-series/ilkley-trophy/][[Lawn Tennis Association]]<span> (LTA)</span> Retrieved 19 June 2019.</ref>
Furthermore, there are also the [[Ilkley Golf Club]], Yorkshire's third oldest golf club founded in 1890,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilkleygolfclub.co.uk/clubhouse/ilkleygolfclubhi.html |title=Ilkley Golf Club: History |access-date=10 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421172407/http://www.ilkleygolfclub.co.uk/clubhouse/ilkleygolfclubhi.html |archive-date=21 April 2009 }}</ref> and where [[Colin Montgomerie]] for some years practised the game;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilkleygolfclub.co.uk/clubhouse/ilkleygolfclubth.html |title=Ilkley Golf Club : The Clubhouse |access-date=9 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090421172648/http://www.ilkleygolfclub.co.uk/clubhouse/ilkleygolfclubth.html |archive-date=21 April 2009  }}</ref> Ilkley Rugby Club;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilkleyrfc.co.uk/|title=Welcome to Ilkley Rugby Club|publisher=Ilkley Rugby Club|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> and Ilkley Harriers Athletics Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ilkley Harriers|url=http://www.ilkleyharriers.org.uk/|publisher=Ilkley Harriers AC|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> There are a number of football, rugby and hockey teams. Ilkley Cricket Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ilkleycc.co.uk/|title=Welcome to IlkleyCC.co.uk|publisher=Ilkley Cricket Club|access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> play in the Aire-Wharfe League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aire-wharfecricket.org.uk/|title=Welcome, the season is now underway|publisher=Airedale & Wharfedale Senior Cricket League |access-date=29 June 2015}}</ref> The nearby Ben Rhydding Sports Club in [[Ben Rhydding]] is the home of Ben Rhydding Hockey Club, founded in 1901,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brhc.co.uk/about.php |title=About BRHC |access-date=11 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090905002012/http://www.brhc.co.uk/about.php |archive-date=5 September 2009  }}</ref> and Ben Rhydding Cricket Club. An Ilkley Karate Club is run by former UK champion Mark Outterside.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ilkleykarate.co.uk | title= Ilkley Karate Club |access-date=28 April 2010}}</ref>

Public facilities include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and outdoor tennis courts at [[Ilkley Lido|Ilkley's Lido]]. Constructed in 1935, it is one of only four public open-air swimming pools in Yorkshire<ref>{{cite web |url=http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/lidos2.htm#_Toc2087952 |title=1930s Lidos in the United Kingdom – outside London |date=October 2007 |first=Oliver |last=Merrington |access-date=11 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109104655/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/oliver.merrington/lidos/lidos2.htm#_Toc2087952 |archive-date=9 January 2007  }}</ref> and is a tourist attraction during the summer holiday season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lido clocks up record crowds |url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/843409.lido_clocks_up_record_crowds/ |first=Paul |last=Langan |work=Ilkley Gazette |publisher=Newsquest Media Group |date=20 July 2006 |access-date=11 June 2009 }}</ref>

[[Ilkley Town A.F.C.]] are a Charter Standard Community Football Club that provides football opportunities to over 650 members (male & female) from under 5's to SuperVets (over 45's). In 2021, the [https://www.ilkleytownafc.co.uk/ilkley-town Ilkley Town AFC] was admitted into the North West Counties League Division One North.

===Cycling races===
The town has seen a number of high-profile international cycle races pass through. The steep climb up to the Cow and Calf rocks at the edge of Ilkley Moor is normally the reason for the races to visit as it presents a short but challenging climb. For three consecutive years between 1994 and 1996, the climb was used as part of the Leeds Classic, which was part of the World Cup series of events.<ref>{{cite news|title=Leeds chosen for start as English route is unveiled|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jan/17/tour-de-france-2014-olympic-park|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=17 January 2013|location=London|first=William|last=Fotheringham|date=17 January 2013}}</ref> In both 2005 and 2007, the town hosted stages of the [[Tour of Britain]] race, with Ilkley Moor being a categorised climb on each occasion.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spectators turn out in Ilkley to see Tour of Britain riders pass through|date=14 September 2007 |url=http://www.ilkleygazette.co.uk/news/1689258.Spectators_turn_out_in_Ilkley_to_see_Tour_of_Britain_riders_pass_through/|publisher=Ilkley Moor|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Get on York Bike|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bradford/content/articles/2006/07/24/tour_of_britain_2006_feature.shtml|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 January 2013}}</ref>

In 2014, the town had its biggest cycling moment to date when the [[Tour de France]] passed through. The route approached the town on the A65 from Otley and passed through the town centre along the A65.<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Départ of the Tour de France 2014: Yorkshire to London, a 'royal' programme|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/pre-race/news/ahc/grand-depart-of-the-tour-de-france-2014-yorkshire-to-london-a-royal-programme.html|publisher=Tour de France Official Website|access-date=17 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120084132/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/pre-race/news/ahc/grand-depart-of-the-tour-de-france-2014-yorkshire-to-london-a-royal-programme.html|archive-date=20 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> As a direct consequence of the success of the Tour de France its organisers, ASO, established the [[Tour de Yorkshire]]. Ilkley features in Stage 3 of the inaugural Tour, with the race set to enter from the west along the A65, before turning to climb up past the Cow and Calf.<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://velorooms.com/roadbooks/2015/Yorkshire.pdf|title=Tour de Yorkshire: Roadbook/Livre de Route|publisher=Amaury Sport Organisation|year=2015|page=24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502123053/http://velorooms.com/roadbooks/2015/Yorkshire.pdf|archive-date=2 May 2015}}</ref>

The annual [[Tour de Yorkshire]] which is a spin-off from the 2014 Tour de France includes Ilkley as part of the route. In 2018 the stage 2 finish line was at the Cow and Calf rocks, its first ever summit finish.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://rouleur.cc/editorial/summit-finish-tour-de-yorkshire-cow-calf/|title=Summit Finish: The Tour de Yorkshire's Cow and Calf - Journal|date=7 December 2017|work=Journal|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515043827/https://rouleur.cc/editorial/summit-finish-tour-de-yorkshire-cow-calf/|url-status=dead}}</ref>