Editing Sudbury, Suffolk (section)

==Sport==
The town's main [[association football|football]] club, [[A.F.C. Sudbury]], was formed on 1 June 1999 by the amalgamation of two existing clubs, [[Sudbury Town F.C.|Sudbury Town]] (founded 1885) and [[Sudbury Wanderers F.C.|Sudbury Wanderers]] (founded 1958).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afcsudbury.com/club/history.asp|title=History|publisher=afcsudbury.co.uk|access-date=28 October 2008|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111052153/http://www.afcsudbury.com/club/history.asp|archive-date=11 January 2008}}</ref> Three times [[FA Vase]] finalists,<ref>{{fchd|id=AFC-SUDB|name=A.F.C. Sudbury}}</ref> they are currently members of the [[Isthmian League Premier Division]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goalrun.com/clubs?club_full&mdbtid=68387 | title=AFC Sudbury | publisher=Ryman Isthmian Football League | access-date=13 September 2011}}</ref>
The local [[Rugby union|rugby]] club, Sudbury R.F.C. have previously played as high as National 3 in English rugby, but are currently in the London 2 North East. The club's ground is in neighbouring village, [[Great Cornard]]. The town's oldest sports club is Sudbury Cricket Club, founded in 1787, who currently play in the East Anglian Premier League.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eapcl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp | title=East Anglian Premier Cricket League | publisher=Play-Cricket | access-date=28 August 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723065956/http://eapcl.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp | archive-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref>

The Kingfisher Leisure Centre, next to the railway station, has a 25&nbsp;m swimming pool, sauna, fitness centre and a soft play area for children. It is home to Sudbury Storms Swimming Club.

[[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]] in the town is held at the [[Sudbury Rowing Club]] (formerly the Stour Boat Club)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004964/19751204/372/0039 |title=Stour Boat Club has a new name  |website=Norwich Mercury |date=4 December 1975 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }}</ref> and was founded in 1869<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000156/18690914/032/0008 |title=Sudbury |website=Bury and Norwich Post |date=14 September 1869 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001669/18690918/126/0007 |title=Suffolk |website=Bury and Norwich Post |date=18 September 1869 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription |access-date=6 February 2025 }}</ref> and has held a regatta in the town every year since, except during the [[world war]]s. It has a [[boathouse]] and clubhouse in Quay Lane and rows on a 1500&nbsp;m stretch of the [[River Stour, Suffolk|Stour]] by Friars Meadow.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chambers|first=T.|year=2003|publisher=Sudbury Rowing Club|title=''History''|url=http://sudburyrowingclub.org.uk/history}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505230537/http://sudburyrowingclub.org.uk/history |date=5 May 2014 }}. Last accessed 29 March 2014.</ref>

Other sporting groups include a [[canoeing]] club, a [[hapkido]] club, a [[running]] club and a [[boxing]] club.