Thirteen sports clubs and associations across the Bailiwick. Guernsey Swimming Club (1886) — the island's second oldest sporting club — anchors the founding range; the newest dates to 2018. Football accounts for six, cricket and rugby two each, athletics, swimming and netball one apiece. St Peter Port holds four, Castel three. —
St Sampson·Attraction
Part of The Football Association (affiliated as county FA)
✦133-year heritage (1893)
Founded in 1893 when affiliating to The Football Association. New permanent home at Victoria Park (£10m development) opened in 2025, featuring 3G pitch, 400-seat stadium, clubhouse with bar and kitchen, and changing room block. Previously based at The Corbet Field.
Vale·Organization
✦Active since 1931
Founded 1931; moved to Port Soif 1970; entered Priaulx League 1974; clubhouse opened 1 June 1996; clubhouse extended 2008; won first Priaulx League title 6 May 2017
Alderney·Organization·Est. 1991
Part of Alderney Football Association (Alderney FA)
Football played on Alderney since Victorian times. Only Muratti win in 1920. Island teams amalgamated in 1991 to compete in Guernsey leagues. Name evolved from Aurigny Nomads to Bavaria Nomads to Alderney Nomads (2014-15) to Alderney FC (2016-17). Nomads remains the nickname…
Castel·Organization·Est. 2005
Cricket played in Guernsey since at least 1866. Guernsey Cricket Association (GCA) formed 1927. GCB established c.2005 to manage ICC membership process. Annual Inter-Insular match against Jersey since 1950.
St Andrew·Organization
✦133-year heritage (1893)
Oldest football club in the Channel Islands. Founded October 1893; first match was against Army 1st team on 5th October 1893. Founder member of the Guernsey Football Association.
St Peter Port·Organization
✦113-year heritage (1913)
Founded February 1913 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Rugby was played in Guernsey before organised football. Club survived both World Wars, joined English leagues in 1987. First XV rebranded as Guernsey Raiders in 2015.
Alderney·Organization
Earliest cricket reference on Alderney dates to 1922 when Sir Pelham Warner sailed from Guernsey with his undefeated Middlesex/England side and lost. Post-WWII cricket continued mainly against Jersey and Guernsey. In 1968 Sir Derrick Bailey, an Alderney cricketer and club president, founded Aurigny Air Services, improving mainland links and attracting more touring sides. A new pavilion was opened by John Arlott OBE in 1983 after the Grand Hotel fire of 1981. An artificial strip replaced old matting in the late 1980s.
View full profile →Alderney·Organization
The Alderney Football Association is a registered charity, number CH139, operating on Alderney. It organises competitions, manages representative teams, and develops football at all levels on the island. The association enters Alderney in the Muratti Vase, the inter-island…
St Sampson·Organization
✦Active since 1932
Vale Recreation Football Club is a football club established in 1932, affiliated to the Guernsey Football Association (GFA). It holds FA Charter Standard Development Status and offers a player pathway from age five through youth teams to senior football. Brian Arthur Tyrrell is…
St Peter Port·Organization
✦106-year heritage (1920)
Guernsey Sporting Club is a private members' club established in 1920, with charitable objectives to support military charities and promote sporting activity in Guernsey. Lt-Col Thomas Hutchesson MC (OE) was its founding President. The club provides a bar serving drinks and…
St Peter Port·Organization
✦Oldest in this niche
140-year heritage (1886)
Formed in August 1886, second oldest sporting club in Guernsey. The States Cup has been part of the club's heritage since the early 1900s.
St Peter Port·Organization·Est. 1946
✦Guernsey's only track and field club
Guernsey Athletics Club (GAC), founded in 1946, is based at Footes Lane Athletics Track in St Peter Port, operating a 400m all-weather track with floodlighting, field event areas, and a spectator stand. The club offers coaching across track and field, cross-country, road…
St Peter Port·Organization
Part of Affiliated to England Netball
✦Active since 1940
Founded in 1940 during the German Occupation of Guernsey by Verity Wellington, Doreen Down and Miss F. Mallett. Board restructured in 2021.
Vale·Organization
✦131-year heritage (1895)
L'Ancresse Golf Club is a golf club established in 1895, sharing the 18-hole championship L'Ancresse Links course with The Royal Guernsey Golf Club. Peter Vidamour is the Club Manager. The club offers visitor golf by green fee, with some restrictions on weekend play, and…
Castel·Organization·Est. 2006
Guernsey Amateur Swimming Assoc LBG (GASA) is the governing body for swimming in Guernsey, applying Swim England and FINA rules to locally registered galas. Established in 2006 as a company limited by guarantee, it represents Swim England-subscribed swimming organisations…
St Peter Port·Organization
Guernsey Yacht Club is a private members' club in St Peter Port, offering a range of boating activities for both sailing and motor enthusiasts. It has a junior section with dinghy training for ages 5 to 18, and a programme of yacht and dinghy racing in the Little Russel…
Vale·Organization
Wheels for You is an unincorporated charitable association and a registered Guernsey charity (CH1061), entered on the Guernsey charity register on 29 May 2024. It provides accessible cycling sessions using adapted tricycles and bicycles. The charity is governed by a board of…
St Pierre du Bois·Organization
✦116-year heritage (1910)
Rocquaine Regatta LBG is an organisation that promotes, organises, and runs one annual regatta day at Rocquaine Bay. The regatta, first held in 1910, is free to attend and includes raft and swimming races, crab pot pulling, sandcastle competitions, junior sand races, wife…
St Sampson·Organization·Est. 2022
Channel Islands Tennis and Padel LBG (CITAP) is the governing body for tennis and padel in the Channel Islands, which are treated and compete as one LTA county. Formed in 2022 as an LBG to take over the activities of the Channel Islands Lawn Tennis Association, it is a member of…
St Sampson·Organization·Est. 1977
Guernsey Swimarathon is a fundraising affiliate registered with the Association of Guernsey Charities. It is an organisation that supports community sports recreation in St Sampson.
Castel·Organization·Est. 2017
Guernsey Walking Football Club is a registered charity (CH629) established in 2017, offering pay-and-play and competitive walking football at KGV Memorial Playing Fields in the Castel, open to all ages and abilities. Affiliated with FIWFA, the WFA and the Guernsey Sports…
Castel·Organization·Est. 1990
Part of Leisure Leagues (UK)
Leisure Leagues Guernsey runs organised six-a-side football leagues at KGV Playing Fields in the Castel. It operates Monday and Wednesday leagues across three skill-graded divisions — Premier League, Division 1, and Division 2 — with matches played on a 3G artificial pitch in…
St Peter Port·Organization·Est. 2010
Guernsey Rugby Academy is a company limited by guarantee and a Guernsey-registered charity (CH349) that provides rugby training and matches for children aged 4-18, for both boys and girls, from Tots to Colts. Established in 2010, the Academy operates to RFU standards, including…
Alderney·Organization·Est. 2018
Founded in March 2018 to bring rugby culture to Alderney. Also has a developing junior section. Plays exhibition matches against other Channel Island teams including Sark Shags and Guernsey Barbarians.
St Peter Port·Organization
Guernsey Hockey LBG is a non-cellular company and registered charity (CH247) established in 2007. It operates under England Hockey's SafeGuard Policy and Code of Conduct. The club enters teams in England Hockey competitions, including Ladies' and Men's 1st XIs and junior teams…
St Peter Port·Organization·Est. 2015
Guernsey Disability Swimming LBG is a registered charity providing supervised swimming for people with disabilities. Incorporated in 2015, it is a non-cellular Guernsey company limited by guarantee with five directors. The charity holds a weekly exclusive hire of Beau Sejour…
St Martin·Organization·Est. 2020
Guernsey Swim All Seasons is a swimming organisation registered as a charity with the Guernsey Charity Register and listed as 'Health' with the Association of Guernsey Charities. It provides swimming activities for various seasons.
St Saviour·Organization
Guernsey Bicycle Group is a not-for-profit community organisation promoting safe, legal and courteous cycling as a community, leisure, and health activity. Registered as a domestic charity with the Guernsey Registry (CH1023) and the Association of Guernsey Charities, it is…
Vale·Organization·Est. 2016
Guernsey parkrun is a community event that organises a free 5km timed run, jog, or walk every Saturday at 9am. Open to all abilities, it welcomes adults and children aged 4 and over. The event was established in 2016, with the first run held on 9 April 2016, and is organised…