Stranraer - Sport

Sport

The town is the home of Stranraer FC, the local semi-professional football team who play at Stair Park. They currently play in the Scottish Second Division. Stair Park is also home to Stranraer FC reserve team who play in the South of Scotland League. The rugby team Wigtownshire RFC are based in the town and are currently in West League Division 2. They play at London Road Playing Fields, opposite Stair Park.

Also at Stair Park are BMX and skateboarding ramps, and all-weather tennis and netball courts. The town also has a swimming pool (with flume), fitness suite, gymnasium and large sports hall at the council-run Ryan Centre, as well as other football fields, parks and all-weather multi-purpose pitches.

Throughout the years, Stranraer has also become a centre of excellence for Scottish curling. The town boasts the first hotel in the world with an indoor curling ice rink (North West Castle), and was the birthplace of Hammy McMillan, a World Champion curler, who continues to live in the town today. The town is host to a number of annual curling championships, including the Scottish Ladies Curling Championship and the World Juniors Curling Championship.

There is also two lawn bowls clubs in Stranraer where both clubs are very successful and have won major national and international honours in recent years.

A small leisure boat marina was constructed in Stranraer Harbour in 2008.

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