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Sport in Sussex, the Glossary

Sport in Sussex forms an important part of the culture of Sussex.^[1]

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Alan Minter

Alan Sydney Minter (17 August 19519 September 2020) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1981.

Alex King (rugby union)

Alexander David King (born 17 January 1975) is a rugby union footballer who played at fly-half for ASM Clermont Auvergne and formerly Wasps.

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All England Jumping Course at Hickstead

The All England Jumping Course at Hickstead, widely known as Hickstead, is an equestrian centre in West Sussex, England, principally recognised for its showjumping events.

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Arlington, East Sussex

Arlington is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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Arundel Castle Cricket Ground

Arundel Castle Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Arundel, West Sussex, England, nearby to Arundel Castle.

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Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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BAFA National Leagues

The BAFANL (BAFA National Leagues) is the primary American football domestic league competition in Great Britain.

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Beach House Park, Worthing

Beach House Park is a formal garden in Worthing, a town and local government district in West Sussex, England.

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Ben Evans (golfer)

Benjamin Evans (born 13 December 1986) is an English professional golfer who has played on the European Tour.

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The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

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Billy Twelvetrees

William Wesley Twelvetrees (born 15 November 1988) is a rugby union footballer who currently plays centre or fly-half for Ealing Trailfinders and formerly played as inside centre for the England national rugby team.

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Bowls England

Bowls England governs the game of flat green outdoor bowls for men and women in England.

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Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Brighton, is a professional football club based in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.

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Brighton & Hove Albion W.F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Women Football Club is an English women's football club affiliated with Brighton & Hove Albion.

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Brighton Bears

Brighton Bears was a British basketball team based in Brighton, Sussex.

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Brighton College

Brighton College is an independent, co-educational boarding and day public school for boys and girls aged 3 to 18 in Brighton, England. The school has three sites: Brighton College (the senior school, ages 11 to 18), Brighton College Preparatory School (children aged 8 to 13, located next to the senior school) and the Pre-Prep School (children aged 3 to 8).

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Brighton Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the country founded in 1868.

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Brighton Marathon

The Brighton Marathon is an annual marathon in Brighton and Hove, England.

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Brighton Racecourse

Brighton Racecourse is an English horse racing venue located a mile to the northeast of the centre of Brighton, Sussex, owned by the Arena Racing Company.

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Brighton Speed Trials

The Brighton Speed Trials, in full The Brighton National Speed Trials, is commonly held to be the oldest running motor race.

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The British American Football Association (BAFA) is the national governing body for the sport of American football and non-contact Flag football in the United Kingdom since 1985.

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British and World Marbles Championship

The British and World Marbles Championship is a marbles knock-out tournament that takes place annually on Good Friday and dates back to 1588.

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British Basketball League

The British Basketball League (BBL) was a men's professional basketball league in Great Britain and represents the highest level of competition within the United Kingdom.

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British Jumping Derby

The British Jumping Derby meeting – known for sponsorship reasons as the Al Shira'aa Hickstead Derby Meeting – is an annual showjumping event held since 1961 at the Hickstead in June every year.

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Broadfield Stadium

The Broadfield Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Crawley, West Sussex, England.

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Burgess Hill

Burgess Hill is a town and civil parish in West Sussex, England, close to the border with East Sussex, on the edge of the South Downs National Park, south of London, north of Brighton and Hove, and northeast of the county town, Chichester.

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Championship belt

A championship belt is a large, extravagantly designed belt used primarily in combat sports such as boxing, mixed martial arts, and professional wrestling to signify the champions of the promotion or company, much like a cup or trophy in other sports.

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Charles Wollaston

Charles Henry Reynolds Wollaston (31 July 1849 – 22 June 1926) was an English footballer who played as a forward for Wanderers and England.

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Chidham and Hambrook

Chidham and Hambrook is a civil parish in the Chichester district in West Sussex, England located approximately five miles (8 km) west of Chichester, south of the A27 road, near Bosham.

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Chris Eubank

Christopher Livingstone Eubank (born 8 August 1966) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1998.

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Chris Eubank Jr

Christopher Livingstone Eubank Jr. (born 18 September 1989) is a British professional boxer.

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Christine Gosden

Christine Lorraine Gosden (born 17 November 1939), also known by her married name Christine Parfect, is a female retired British swimmer.

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Clare Connor

Clare Joanne Connor (born 1 September 1976) is an English former cricketer who batted right-handed and bowled slow left arm spin.

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Club cricket

Club cricket is a mainly amateur, but still formal form of the sport of cricket, usually involving teams playing in competitions at weekends or in the evening.

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Copthorne, West Sussex

Copthorne is a village in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England.

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County Cricket Ground, Hove

The County Cricket Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as The 1st Central County Ground, is a cricket venue in Hove, in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.

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Cowdray Park, West Sussex

The park lies near Easebourne, West Sussex, in the South Downs National Park.

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Craig Pickering

Dr Craig Keith Pickering (born 16 October 1986, in Crawley, West Sussex) is an English retired sprinter and bobsleigher.

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Crawley Town F.C.

Crawley Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in the town of Crawley, West Sussex, England.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Cricket in Sussex

Cricket in Sussex refers to the sport of cricket in relation to its participation and history within Sussex, England.

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Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.

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Culture of Sussex

The culture of Sussex refers to the pattern of human activity and symbolism associated with Sussex and its people.

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David Purley

David Charles Purley, GM (26 January 1945 – 2 July 1985) was a British racing driver born in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, who participated in 11 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting at Monaco in 1973.

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Derek Bell (racing driver)

Derek Reginald Bell (born 31 October 1941) is a British racing driver.

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Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club

The Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis complex in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

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Duchess of Norfolk

Duchess of Norfolk is a title held by the wife of the Duke of Norfolk in the peerage of England afterwards.

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Dylan Hartley

Dylan Hartley (born 24 March 1986) is a former rugby union player who represented England and Northampton Saints.

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East Grinstead

East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester.

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East Grinstead Hockey Club

East Grinstead Hockey Club is a professional field hockey club based in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England.

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The East Sussex Football League is an English association football competition for amateur teams based in East Sussex and south-west Kent.

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Eastbourne

Eastbourne is a town and seaside resort in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, east of Brighton and south of London.

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Eastbourne Eagles

The Eastbourne Eagles were a British motorcycle speedway team, based at Arlington Stadium, near Eastbourne, England.

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Eastbourne International

The Eastbourne International is a tennis tournament on the WTA Tour and the ATP Tour held at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

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ECB Premier Leagues

The ECB Premier Leagues are a series of regional cricket leagues organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) that form the top tier of club cricket in England and Wales.

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Elite League (speedway)

The Elite League was the top division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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England and Wales Cricket Board

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the national governing body of cricket in England and Wales.

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England national rugby union team

The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.

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The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales.

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English rugby union system

Men's Rugby union in England consists of 106 leagues, which includes professional leagues at the highest level, down to amateur regional leagues.

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European Open (golf)

The European Open is a European Tour golf tournament.

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Everard Davis

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FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in domestic English football.

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FA Women's National League South

The FA Women's National League Southern Premier Division is a league in the third level in the women's football pyramid in England, along with the Northern division.

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Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club

The Falkland Palace Royal Tennis Club (also previously called the Falkland Palace Real Tennis Club) organizes play at the real tennis court in the gardens of Falkland Palace, Fife, Scotland.

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Falmer Stadium

Falmer Stadium, known for sponsorship purposes as the American Express Stadium and more commonly referred to as the Amex, is a football stadium in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.

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Fontwell Park Racecourse

Fontwell Park Racecourse is a horse racing course located in the village of Fontwell in West Sussex, England, owned by ARC Racing.

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Football in Sussex refers to the sport of association football in relation to its participation and history within Sussex, England.

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Gareth Barry

Gareth Barry (born 23 February 1981) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English 11th tier side Hurstpierpoint FC.

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Gary Evans (golfer)

Gary Evans (born 22 February 1969) is an English professional golfer.

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Gemma Spofforth

Gemma Mary Spofforth (born 17 November 1987) is an English former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics, FINA world championships and European championships, and England in the Commonwealth Games.

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George Brann

George Brann (23 April 1865 – 14 June 1954) was an English amateur cricketer and footballer who had a long career with Sussex County Cricket Club at the end of the 19th century, and played three matches for the England national football team.

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George Huth Cotterill (4 April 1868 –) was an English amateur footballer who made four appearances for England as a forward in the 1890s, captaining the side on his last two appearances.

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George Hutson

George William Hutson (22 December 1889 – 14 September 1914) was a British athlete who competed mainly in long-distance running events.

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Glynde

Glynde is a village and shares a civil parish with Beddingham in the Lewes District of East Sussex, United Kingdom.

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Good Friday

Good Friday is a Christian holy day observing the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary.

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Goodwood Circuit

Goodwood Circuit is a historic venue for both two- and four-wheeled motorsport in the United Kingdom.

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Goodwood Festival of Speed

The Goodwood Festival of Speed is an annual motorsports festival featuring modern and historic motor racing vehicles taking part in a hill climb and other events, held in Goodwood House, West Sussex, England, in late June or early July.

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Goodwood Racecourse

Goodwood Racecourse is a horse-racing track five miles north of Chichester, West Sussex, in England controlled by the family of the Duke of Richmond, whose seat is nearby Goodwood House.

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Hastings Saxons

Hastings Saxons were a British motorcycle speedway team which operated for two years between 1948 and 1949 at the Pilot Field in Hastings.

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Holly Colvin

Holly Louise Colvin (born 7 September 1989) is an English former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler and right-handed batter.

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James Lillywhite

James Lillywhite (23 February 1842 – 25 October 1929) was an English Test cricketer and an umpire.

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Jamie Spence

James Stephen Spence (born 26 May 1963) is an English professional golfer.

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Jarvis Kenrick

Jarvis Kenrick (13 November 1852 – 29 January 1949) was an English footballer.

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Jem Broadbridge

James "Jem" Broadbridge (1795–1843) was an English professional cricketer who is widely considered the outstanding all-rounder in England during the 1820s.

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Joe Marler

Joseph William George Marler (born 7 July 1990) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a prop for Premiership Rugby club Harlequins and the England national team.

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Johanna Konta

Johanna Konta (born 17 May 1991) is a British-Australian former professional tennis player.

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John Wisden

John Wisden (5 September 1826 – 5 April 1884) was an English cricketer who played 187 first-class cricket matches for three English county cricket teams, Kent, Middlesex and Sussex.

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Jolyon Palmer

Jolyon Carlyle Palmer (born 20 January 1991) is a British motorsport commentator and columnist, covering the Formula One World Championship on BBC Sport, Channel 4 and F1TV.

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Kristina Cook

Kristina "Tina" Cook (née Gifford, born 31 August 1970), is a British three-day eventing rider.

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Lancing College

Lancing College is a public school (English private boarding and day school) for pupils aged 13–18 in southern England, UK.

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Leslie Godfree

Leslie Allison Godfree (27 April 1885 – 17 November 1971) was a British male tennis player who was especially successful in doubles and mixed doubles.

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Lewes F.C. Women

Lewes Football Club Women is a women's football club affiliated with Lewes F.C. The club compete in the and play at The Dripping Pan.

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Liam Treadwell

Liam Treadwell (3 January 198623 June 2020) was an English National Hunt jockey, who won over 300 races between 2009 and 2019.

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List of British flat horse races

A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern.

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List of racket sports

Racket sports are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object.

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List of real tennis organizations

Real tennis organizations: a list of associations and clubs for the sport of real tennis.

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List of tennis stadiums by capacity

The following is a list of notable tennis stadiums by capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators they can regularly accommodate.

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Little Horsted

Little Horsted (also known as Horsted Parva) is a village and civil parish in the Wealden district of East Sussex, England.

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London to Brighton events

London to Brighton refers to a variety of races, tours, charity bicycle rides and rallies that take place between London and Brighton in the United Kingdom.

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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR (known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton)) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922.

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Margaret Weedon

Margaret Kate Weedon (née Macrae, and formerly Mercer, 31 October 1853 – 19 October 1930) was a British archer who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.

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Mark Davis (snooker player)

Mark Davis (born 12 August 1972) is an English professional snooker player from St Leonards in Sussex.

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Max Faulkner

Herbert Gustavus Max Faulkner, OBE (29 July 1916 – 26 February 2005) was an English professional golfer who won the Open Championship in 1951.

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Medieval football is a modern term used for a wide variety of the localised informal football games which were invented and played in England during the Middle Ages.

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Men's England Hockey League

The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales.

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Midhurst

Midhurst is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England.

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Motorcycle speedway

Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit.

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Nassau Stakes

| The Nassau Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older.

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National Basketball League (England)

The National Basketball League, or NBL for short, is a league competition representing semi-professional and amateur basketball clubs from England and Wales.

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National Development League

The National Development League formerly called the National League was formed in 2009 as the third division of speedway in the United Kingdom, replacing the Conference League.

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National Hunt racing

National Hunt racing is a form of horse racing particular to France, Great Britain, and Ireland, that requires horses to jump fences and ditches.

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National League 2 South

National League 2 South (known before September 2009 as National Division Three South) was a level four league in the English rugby union system until the end of season 2021–22.

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National sport

A national sport is a physical activity or sport that is culturally significant or deeply embedded in a nation, serving as a national symbol and an intrinsic element to a nation's identity and culture.

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Ollie Richards

Ollie Richards is a professional rugby union player who has played for Leeds Carnegie in the Aviva Championship and Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership Educated at Blatchington Mill School and Sixth Form College and Brighton College, he was in the Harlequins Academy from the age of 15 before signing professionally and moving to Leeds at 18 years of age.

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Oval Raceway

The Oval Raceway, also known as the Angmering Motor Sports Centre or Angmering Raceway was a motor racing circuit on the outskirts of Angmering, near Worthing, West Sussex in the United Kingdom that closed on Sunday 27 November 2022 to make way for a new housing development.

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Penfold Tournament

The Penfold Tournament was a golf tournament on the British PGA tournament circuit.

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Petworth

Petworth is a town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England.

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Petworth House

Petworth House is a late 17th-century Grade I listed country house in the parish of Petworth, West Sussex, England.

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Plumpton Racecourse

Plumpton Racecourse is a National Hunt racecourse in the village of Plumpton, East Sussex near Lewes and Brighton.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.

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Preston Park, Brighton

Preston Park is a park near Preston Village in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England.

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Professional Golfers' Association (Great Britain and Ireland)

The Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) is the professional body which represents the interests of teaching and club golf professionals in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.

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Real tennis

Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (also called "lawn tennis") is derived.

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Rebecca Cooke

Rebecca Cooke (born 24 June 1983) is a retired British swimmer.

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Ross Chisholm (rugby union)

Ross Chisholm (born 19 October 1990 in Cuckfield, England), is an English professional rugby union player for Harlequins in the Gallagher Premiership.

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Royal International Horse Show

The Royal International Horse Show (originally the International Horse Show) is the official horse show of the British Horse Society and consists of both showing and showjumping events.

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Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court

The Royal Tennis Court, Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed court for playing the sport of real tennis.

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The Rugby Football Union (RFU) is the national governing body for rugby union in England.

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Rugby School

Rugby School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England.

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Rugby union

Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or more often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century.

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Rugby World Cup

The Men's Rugby World Cup is a rugby union tournament contested every four years between the top international teams, the winners of which are recognised as the World champions of the sport.

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Sally Gunnell

Sally Jane Janet Gunnell (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track-and-field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles.

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Scott Welch

Scott Roy Welch (born 21 April 1968) is a retired British professional boxer.

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Selmeston

Selmeston is a village and civil parish in the Wealden District of East Sussex, England.

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Slindon Cricket Club

Slindon Cricket Club was famous in the middle part of the 18th century when it claimed to have the best team in England.

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South East Counties Women's League

The South East Counties Women's League is an association football league in England.

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South of England Championships

The South of England Championships, also known as the South of England Open Championships, was an outdoor tennis event held on grass courts at the Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club in Eastbourne, United Kingdom from 1881 until 1972.

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The Southern Combination Football League (named Premier Sports Southern Combination Football League) is a football league broadly covering the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and South West London, England.

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The Southern League is a football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from East Anglia, the South and Midlands of England, and South Wales.

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Sport in England

Sport in England plays a prominent role in English society.

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Sport in Worthing

A wide variety of sport in Worthing has been played, which has a long and interesting history.

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Steve Ovett

Stephen Michael James Ovett, (born 9 October 1955) is a retired British track athlete.

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Stoolball is a sport that dates back to at least the 15th century, originating in Sussex, southern England.

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Sussex

Sussex (/ˈsʌsɪks/; from the Old English Sūþsēaxe; lit. 'South Saxons') is an area within South East England which was historically a kingdom and, later, a county.

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Sussex County Cricket Club

Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.

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The Sussex County Football Association, also simply known as Sussex County FA or Sussex FA, is the governing body of football in the county of Sussex, England.

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Sussex Cricket Board

The Sussex Cricket Board is the former governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Sussex.

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Sussex Cricket League

The Sussex Cricket League, founded in 1971, is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in Sussex, England, and since 1999 the Premier Division has been a designated ECB Premier League.

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The Sussex Rugby Football Union is the society responsible for rugby union in the county of Sussex, England and is one of the constituent bodies of the national Rugby Football Union.

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Sussex Senior Challenge Cup

The Sussex Senior Cup is an annual association football knockout cup competition for men's football clubs in the English county of Sussex; the winning team is presented with the Sussex Senior Challenge Cup, the county senior cup of the Sussex FA.

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Sussex Stakes

| The Sussex Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older.

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Sussex Thunder

The Sussex Thunder are an American football team from England based in Sussex.

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Sussex Women cricket team

The Sussex Women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for the English historic county of Sussex.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Test cricket

Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

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The Open Championship

The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious.

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Tinsley Green

Tinsley Green is an area in the Borough of Crawley, one of seven local government districts in the English county of West Sussex.

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Tom Cribb

Tom Cribb (8 July 1781 – 11 May 1848) was an English bare-knuckle boxer of the 19th century.

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Tom Mitchell (rugby union, born 1989)

Tom Mitchell (born 22 July 1989) is an English rugby union player.

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Tom Molineaux

Thomas Molineaux (March 23, 1784 – August 4, 1818), sometimes spelled Molyneaux or Molyneux, was an American bare-knuckle boxer and possibly a former slave.

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Tom Sayers

Tom Sayers (15 or 25 May 18268 November 1865) was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter.

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Vera Tanner

Iris Vera Tanner (20 November 1906 – 22 February 1971) was an English swimmer born in Eastbourne, who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Wanderers F.C.

Wanderers Football Club was an English association football club.

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Weald

The Weald is an area of South East England between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs.

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The West Sussex Football League is a football competition in England, formed in 1896.

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William Hammond (cyclist)

William Robert Hammond (2 July 1886 – 13 January 1960) was a British road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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William Lillywhite

Frederick William Lillywhite (13 June 1792 – 21 August 1854) was an English first-class cricketer during the game's roundarm era.

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Wimbledon Championships

The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.

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Withdean Stadium

Withdean Stadium is an athletics stadium in Withdean, a suburb of Brighton.

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Women's association football, more commonly known as women's football or women's soccer, is the team sport of association football played by women.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_in_Sussex

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