Sport
Driffield is home to Driffield Mariners Football Club, who have won 3 Hull Sunday League titles in recent years.
The town has a cricket club in which its first team play in the ECB Yorkshire League. First class cricketers Andrew Gale, Richard Pyrah, Steven Patterson and Ishara Amerasinghe have all played for the club.
Driffield Rugby Union Football Club is a member of the RFU and Yorkshire RFU, playing its senior fixtures in Yorkshire Division 1. The club fields four senior teams, a colts team and mini/juniors (at every age group from Under 7s to Under 17s) every week during the season.
Driffield has an 18-hole golf club that has been at its present location since 1934.
Driffield has recently added a new sports centre to the list of sports venues in the town, replacing the old sports centre; both are located just north of Driffield Secondary School and can be accessed via Bridlington Road instead of through the school. The new facility will include a main pool and learner pool, new sports hall, a 50-piece gym in line with the successful East Riding Leisure Tone Zone brand and a studio/multi-use room.
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