Editing Hayes, Hillingdon (section)

==Sport==
[[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.]] formed on 18 May 2007, following a merger of the former [[Hayes F.C.]] and [[Yeading F.C.]] Hayes & Yeading F.C.'s home-ground is (since 2016) on Beaconsfield Road, Hayes. The former [[Hayes F.C.]] started out as ''Botwell Mission'' in 1909, taking the name ''Hayes F.C.'' in 1929. The team's home-ground was on [[Church Road (football stadium)|Church Road, Hayes]]. The Church Road stadium continued in May 2007 as [[Hayes & Yeading United F.C.|Hayes & Yeading]]'s ground until 19 April 2011, when the team played at Church Road for the last time, beating [[Gateshead F.C.|Gateshead]] 3–1. The former Church Road ground was demolished in 2011, and is now the site of housing. The team played in the interim at [[Woking F.C.|Woking]]'s [[Kingfield Stadium]] and [[Maidenhead United F.C.|Maidenhead]]'s [[York Road (Maidenhead)|York Road]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/footballs-coming-home-hayes--11681852 |title=Football's coming home for Hayes & Yeading as club hosts first fixture at new Beaconsfield Road stadium |date=2016 |publisher=Get West London |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> Persevering with initial setbacks,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/hayes--yeading-forced-move-11855347 |title=Hayes & Yeading forced to move out of SkyEx Community Stadium as critical building work is carried out |date=2016 |publisher=Get West London |access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> the team is rightly back in Hayes. The Church Road ground saw the start of the career of a number of players who went on to play at higher levels, among them [[Les Ferdinand]], [[Cyrille Regis]] and [[Jason Roberts (footballer)|Jason Roberts MBE]].

Hayes has a second [[Non-League football]] team, [[A.F.C. Hayes]]; they were known until 2007 as Brook House F.C.

Hayes [[Club cricket|Cricket Club]]'s records date back to 1797. The club joined the Middlesex Cricketers League in the 1970s, becoming three-time League champions in the 1980s. The club subsequently entered the [[Thames Valley Cricket League]]. Hayes Cricket Club's ground is situated behind the [[Beck Theatre]] and [[Norman Leddy Memorial Gardens|Botanical Gardens]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php |title=Hayes Cricket Club: History |access-date=15 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627213946/http://hayescricketclub.co.uk/history.php |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[Rugby football]] is represented by two Hayes clubs. ''Hayes RFC'' compete in the Middlesex Merit Development League, alongside London Welsh Amateurs, and teams from [[Hanwell]], [[Chiswick]] and [[Whitton, London|Whitton]]; Hayes RFC's home-ground is The Pavilions, Grosvenor Playing Fields, Kingshill Avenue, Hayes UB4 8BZ.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/hayesrfc/ |title=Hayes Rugby Football Club |date=2015 |access-date=27 July 2015}}</ref> ''Hillingdon Abbots RFC'' compete in the [[Herts/Middlesex 2]] league; Hillingdon Abbots RFC's home-ground is Pole Hill Open Spaces, Gainsborough Road, Hayes UB4 8PS.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc/ |title=Hillingdon Abbots RFC |date=2015 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150829002736/http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/oldabbotstoniansrfc |archive-date=29 August 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
[[File:Chris Finnegan 1971 Ajman stamp.jpg|thumb|left|Olympic gold medal-winning middleweight boxer [[Chris Finnegan]]]]
Hayes [[Amateur Boxing]] Club was formed in 1948. Trainer Dickie Gunn started the club at Hayes's Townfield School. Interim locations included St Christopher's [[Approved school|Approved School]] and Harlington Scout Hut, until in 1978 the club was granted a piece of land at the back of Judge Heath Lane Sports Centre. A concerted effort by club-trainers, boxers and committee-members produced for the club a purpose-built gym. In 2006 the land on which the gym was built was sold for development, and, following a campaign, a replacement facility was built to the front of the former Hayes Stadium. From its formation, the club has produced successful boxers at national competition level. [[Chris Finnegan]] represented the pinnacle of the club's success, winning the 1966 [[Amateur Boxing Association of England|Amateur Boxing Association]] [[ABA Middleweight Champions|Middleweight]] title, before going on to win the Olympic [[List of Olympic medalists in boxing|Middleweight]] gold medal in 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html|title=Hayes Amateur Boxing Club: History|access-date=15 December 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218165501/http://hayesabc.weebly.com/history.html|archive-date=18 December 2014}}</ref>

Hayes [[Bowls]] Club (at Botwell Green, Central Avenue) is one of thirteen bowling clubs in Hillingdon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/article/2200/Bowls |title=Bowls |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2023 |website=www.hillingdon.gov.uk |access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>

On 24 July 2012, Hayes was the gateway for the [[London 2012 Olympic Torch|Olympic Torch]]'s passage into Hillingdon borough in the [[2012 Summer Olympics torch relay]]; the route traversed North Hyde Road and Dawley Road.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hayes the Olympic Torch Gateway for Hillingdon |last=Griffith |first=Jack |url=https://www.mylondon.news/news/local-news/hayes-olympic-torch-gateway-hillingdon-5975845 |newspaper=[[MyLondon]] |date=25 July 2012 |access-date=21 August 2024}}</ref>