Editing Truro (section)

===Sport===
Truro temporarily hosted the [[Cornish Pirates]] [[rugby union]] club in the 2005–2006 season, but it moved again for 2006–2007 to share the ground of [[Camborne RFC]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7732973.stm |title=Pirates want to stay at Camborne |date=17 November 2008 |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702201102/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/7732973.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> In April 2018, the construction of a [[Stadium for Cornwall]] was discussed with [[Cornwall Council]], which had pledged £3 million for the £14.3 million project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/17/cornish-pirates-stadium-council-funding |title=Stadium for Cornwall moves step closer with £3m of council funding |first=Paul |last=Rees |date=17 April 2018 |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 January 2019 |archive-date=17 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717153953/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/apr/17/cornish-pirates-stadium-council-funding |url-status=live}}</ref> It is planned for a site in [[Threemilestone]].<ref name=threemilestadium>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7155912.stm |publisher=BBC News |title=Renewed hope for sports stadium |date=21 December 2007 |access-date=13 January 2008 |archive-date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804123249/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7155912.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The town's remaining rugby union side, [[Truro RFC]], founded in 1885. It belongs to [[Tribute Western Counties West]] and plays home games at St Clements Hill. It has hosted the [[CRFU Cornwall Cup]] several times.

[[Truro City F.C.]], a [[association football|football]] team in the [[National League South]], is the only Cornish club ever to reach this tier of the [[English football league system]]. It achieved national recognition by winning the [[FA Vase]] in 2007 against [[A.F.C. Totton]], in only the second final at the new [[Wembley Stadium]]; it became the first Cornish side ever to win the trophy. Its home ground is the [[Truro City Stadium]] in [[Threemilestone]].

[[Cornwall County Cricket Club]] plays some home fixtures at [[Boscawen Park]], which is also the home ground of Truro Cricket Club.

Truro Fencing Club is a national flagship, having won numerous national championships and supplied three fencers for Team GB at the [[London 2012 Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Truro Fencing Club |url=https://trurofencing.club/ |website=Truro Fencing Club |access-date=3 January 2019 |archive-date=3 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210251/https://trurofencing.club/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Other sports amenities include a [[leisure centre]], golf course and tennis courts.

====Cornish wrestling====
Truro has been a centre for [[Cornish wrestling]] for centuries.<ref name="RCG11061808">Royal Cornwall Gazette, 11 June 1808.</ref><ref name="CG20061946">Cornish Guardian, 20 June 1946.</ref><ref name="WB21092017">The West Briton, 21 Sep 2017.</ref> Before the formation of the Cornish Wrestling Association, the tournaments in Truro were often described as the ''Great County Wrestling Matches''<ref name="LFP18091886">Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser, 18 September 1886.</ref> and, with winners getting money prizes or silver medals,<ref name="WMN17071884">Western Morning News 17 July 1884.</ref><ref name="C03071890">The Cornishman, 3 July 1890, p4.</ref> silver cups<ref name="WBCA22071886">West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 22 July 1886.</ref><ref name="SAS30051907">St. Austell Star, 30 May 1907.</ref> and silver belts.<ref name="RCG05101893">Royal Cornwall Gazette, 5 October 1893.</ref><ref name="WMN17091891">Western Morning News, 17 September 1891.</ref> A large number of venues have been used throughout Truro, including various inns which put on tournaments such as the White Hart Inn,<ref name="RCG26051832">The Royal Cornwall Gazette, Falmouth Packet, and General Advertiser, 26 May 1832, p3.</ref> Western Inn,<ref name="RCG07071832">Royal Cornwall Gazette, 7 July 1832.</ref> Ship Inn<ref name="WBCA19071844">West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 19 July 1844.</ref> and Victoria Inn.<ref name="LFPCA24071858">Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser, 24 July 1858.</ref>

In the 1970s, [[Truro Cathedral School]] taught Cornish wrestling as part of its [[physical education]] programme and was at this time the only school in Cornwall to do so.<ref>[[Peter Berresford Ellis]] (1974) ''The Cornish Language and its Literature''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, p. 199</ref>

John Lander was a noted wrestler during the late 1700s and early 1800s. He was landlord of the Fighting Cocks Inn in Truro and was the father of the famous explorers [[John Lander (explorer)|John Lander]] and [[Richard Lander]].<ref name="WMN08091944">Hedgecoe, John: ''A L Rowse's Cornwall'', Weidenfeld and Nicolson (London), 1988, p74-75</ref>