Sport
Football team Weston-super-Mare A.F.C. play in the Conference South at the purpose-built Woodspring Stadium, which opened in August 2004.
There are two rugby clubs in the town; Weston-super-Mare RFC, formed in 1875, and Hornets RFC, formed in 1962. Weston play in National League 3 finishing 9th in the 2010/11 season, whilst Hornets were 2010/11 Champions of the Somerset Premier League and will play 2011/12 season in the Western Counties division. These are national level 5 and level 7 respectively in the English rugby union system.
Somerset County Cricket Club played first class and one-day matches for one week a season on a pitch prepared at Clarence Park, near the sea front. This began in 1914 and continued until the last “festival” in 1996. Weston-super-Mare Cricket Club play at Devonshire Park Ground.
The town is well known amongst motocross enthusiasts for staging the Weston beach race every autumn. In addition, races are also held for youth riders, sidecarcross riders and quad bike competitors. The 2008 winner of the Weston Beach Race was ten time World Motocross Champion Stefan Everts of Belgium.
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