Worthing
Worthing has a mosque [4]and Islamic centre for a growing multi-ethnic Muslim community in the town. Many locals of English origin are now Muslims and make use of the Mosque. [103]
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Sport
- Football
Nicknamed the Rebels, Worthing F.C. is the town's main football club. They play in the Isthmian League Division One South, having been relegated from the Premier Division at the end of the 2006/07 season.
Worthing United F.C. play in the First Division of the Sussex County League.
Eric "The Rabbit" Parsons played for West Ham United, Chelsea and Brentford in the 1940s and 1950s. He was born in Worthing and continues to live in the town.
Chelsea and England goalkeeper Peter Bonetti grew up in the town, having moved to Worthing from London with his parents in 1948 and having played for Worthing Catholics in the 1950s.
Scott Harris, who used to play for Portsmouth F.C. was born in Worthing in 1985.
- Basketball
Worthing Thunder, formed after local team Worthing Bears moved to Brighton, play basketball in the English Basketball League and are the current league champions.
- Bowling
Women's ten-pin bowling champion Lisa John lives in the town.
- Bowls
Worthing is the home of the English Bowling Association (EBA). Beach House Park in Worthing is also one of the world's most famous bowls venues. Five international standard bowling greens play host to the annual EBA National Championships. These are held every summer (mid/late August) and are the highlight of the EBA calendar. Competitors come from all over England to compete in the various events which culminate in the inter-county Middleton Cup that takes place on the final day each year.
Various other representative and international Bowls fixtures take place at Beach House Park from time to time including British Isles Championships, Junior Internationals and indeed the World Bowls Championships in 1972 and 1992.
- Cricket
Former Test cricketer Donald Smith was born in Broadwater in 1923.
Sussex cricketer Jason Lewry was born in the town in 1971 and was a member of Sussex's County Championship-winning sides of 2006 and 2007.
Former Sussex cricketer and England Under 19 captain Neil Lenham was born in Worthing in 1965.
Worthing's oldest cricket club is Broadwater Cricket Club, which was founded in 1771. In 1837 the club hosted a match on Broadwater Green between a Sussex XI and an England XI. As the town of Worthing grew separately from Broadwater in the 1800s, Worthing Cricket Club was formed in 1855.
Chippingdale Cricket Club is Worthing's oldest cricket club (if we disregard those with a geographical base). The club was founded in 1897 by Frank Sandell for the employees of his building firm.
- Golf
- Professional golfer Gary Evans is from Worthing and now lives in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
- Golf instructor David Leadbetter is originally from Worthing and now lives in Florida.
- Ice hockey
Byron Dafoe, goaltender for the Washington Capitals was born in the town in 1971.
- Kitesurfing
Worthing is home to Lewis Crathern, British Kitesurfing Champion and Neil Hilder, another top UK kitesurfer.[104] Kitesurfing takes place along the coast at Worthing and in particular at Goring Gap between the Goring area of the town and Ferring.
- Rowing
Worthing Rowing Club was formed in 1880[105] and has held an annual rowing regatta since the 19th century.
- Rugby Union
Worthing RFC were formed at York House in the town in September, 1920 and play in the nearby village of Angmering. They are currently in London and South East Division One and have been Sussex county champions every year from 2001-present.
- Swimming
Worthing Swimming Club was formed in 1890 in the YMCA Rooms in Warwick Street.
- Tennis
Former Great Britain Davis Cup player Martin Lee is from Worthing and attended Worthing High School.
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Twin towns and districts
Le Pays des Olonnes (in the Vendee, France)
The Elztal region (in the Black Forest, Baden Württemberg, Germany)
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External links
- Worthing Herald website
- Worthing Borough Council
- Northbrook College Sussex
- Worthing Community Website
- Worthing Deanery (Church of England Churches in the Worthing area)
- Worthing District Scouts
- Worthing Scout & Guide Gang Show
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