Editing Stonehaven (section)

===Sports and events===
Every July, Stonehaven holds a [[Highland Games]]. All those competing in the heavy events (which include the Hammer, the Heavy Stone, and [[Tossing the Caber]]) must wear full [[Scottish Highlands|Highland]] dress. Other events include the Stonehaven Folk Festival, regularly attended by famous Glaswegian comedian [[Billy Connolly]]. On the first Saturday in June, the Feein' Market recreates a 19th-century agricultural hiring fair. The RW Thomson Classic Car Rally is an annual celebration of the inventor of the pneumatic tire and attracts an impressive range of vintage and classic cars. There are two harbour festivals each summer. A [[farmers' market]] is now held once a month in the market square, where local food suppliers and producers can sell fresh fruit, vegetables, poultry, and other types of meat.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-11|title=Farmer's Market under threat|url=https://www.stunningstonehaven.com/home/news/read/farmers-market-under-threat_507|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-09|website=Stunning Stonehaven|archive-date=10 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210071211/https://www.stunningstonehaven.com/home/news/read/farmers-market-under-threat_507}}</ref>

Stonehaven supports a rugby club - Mackie Academy Former Pupils Rugby Football Club - which plays in the RBS Caledonia Regional League Division 1. They have previously trained on pitches at [[Red Cloak]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gossip|first=Alastair|title=Owners hit back at claims north-east rugby club were evicted from training pitch with two weeks' notice|url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/2054345/owners-hit-back-at-claims-north-east-rugby-club-were-evicted-from-training-pitch-with-two-weeks-notice/|access-date=2021-04-10|website=Press and Journal|language=en-US|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410212315/https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/2054345/owners-hit-back-at-claims-north-east-rugby-club-were-evicted-from-training-pitch-with-two-weeks-notice/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The town has a [[Scottish Junior Football Association|Junior]] football club - [[Stonehaven F.C.]] - that plays in the [[Scottish Junior Football Association, North Region|North Region]] [[Scottish Junior Football North Premier League]]. Home games are played at Glenury Park, set in Mineralwell Park. There are also three amateur football clubs: AC Mill Inn, Cowie Thistle and Stonehaven Athletic, as well as Stonehaven Youth Football Club, who all play their games in Mineralwell Park. In 2015, a combination of Stonehaven Football Club, Cowie Thistle, Stonehaven Athletic, Stonehaven Youth Football Club and Stonehaven Ladies Football Club created the Stonehaven Community Football Club, which was recognised by the Scottish Football Association with a Quality Mark Community Level Award, and subsequently the Legacy Award in November 2017.