Sport
Tadworth has a Non-League football club Banstead Athletic F.C. who play at Merland Rise.
Tadworth Cricket Club is situated opposite the Duke's Head Pub, on the south-east side of the B2032. It has picturesque grounds surrounded by woodland and with the lighting from the pubs opposite illuminating it on a summer's evening. The club was founded in 1903, and at that time the club was originally based at a site some 400 yards north of where it is currently situated. It is not known exactly when the club moved to its present site, but it is believed to be before the First World War. The 'Green' was substantially smaller then and lacked a pavilion.
In 1951 the club members built a new pavilion on the present site. It, along with the whole of the clubs' records and ground equipment, were destroyed by fire. The new pavilion was opened by Alf Gover (formerly of Surrey CCC and England) during Tadworth Village week in 1993. During the summer months, cricket is played at the ground nearly every day by the Club, or the local prep school, Chinthurst School. The ground is often let to nomadic sides, which in the past has included the Gaieties Cricket Club (whose President was the late playwright, Harold Pinter, who became a frequent visitor to the ground).
The club has three adult teams, two of which play on Saturday afternoons in the Surrey Downs League, and the other plays Sundays. The club also has a substantial colts section, with players aged 8–13 who play cricket throughout the week, and play competitive cricket in the NEC Surrey Colts League.
There is a cycling club that meets regularly on Thursday and Friday nights and Sunday mornings. It is made up of approximately 40 local cycling enthusiasts.
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