Alderney
✦Active since 1970
First golf club in Alderney established by Army Garrison at Fort Albert and Fort Tourgis 1900-1932. Course fell into disrepair and became a dairy farm. Current site selected 1967, officially opened 1970.
Thirty-eight clubs across the Bailiwick. The oldest, Kings Premier Health Club (1857), is described as the second oldest tennis club in the world; the newest is Victoria Park, opened 2025 as Guernsey FC's home ground. Founding years known for 31. Concentrated in St Peter Port (14) and St Sampson (6), with three Alderney clubs. —
Alderney
✦Active since 1970
First golf club in Alderney established by Army Garrison at Fort Albert and Fort Tourgis 1900-1932. Course fell into disrepair and became a dairy farm. Current site selected 1967, officially opened 1970.
St Peter Port
Second oldest tennis club in the world, established 1857. Over £3 million invested in facilities since 2015 with further £3 million in planned improvements.
Vale·Sports club
✦136-year heritage (1890)
Royal title conferred by Queen Victoria in 1891. Course redesigned by Philip Mackenzie Ross in 1949. Shares L'Ancresse Golf Links with L'Ancresse Golf Club (est. 1895). Site features historic defensive loophole towers (1770s), Bronze Age burial sites, and WW2 pillboxes.
Alderney
Part of Alderney Football Association
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…
St Andrew
✦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·Est. 2011
Part of Guernsey FC Holdings Limited
First team from the Channel Islands to compete in mainland British football and first to play in the FA Cup (2013-14). Born from Guernsey's success in the 2010 FA National League System Cup, whose final was the first FA competition final held outside UK mainland.
Alderney
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.
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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
St Peter Port
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.
St Sampson
✦Active since 1932
Vale Recreation Football Club is a football club. The club was founded in 1932 and is affiliated to the Guernsey Football Association. It provides player pathways from the age of five through to senior football. The club has achieved the FA's Charter Standard Development Status…
Alderney
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
✦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 Sampson
✦Active since 1950
Vale Recreation Bowls Club was formed in 1950 following a donation of land by Jurat Wilfred J Corbet OBE. The club provides outdoor bowling and social facilities for its members. Don Ogier is the club president and greenkeeper. Under-21 junior playing membership is free, with a…
St Sampson
Part of Guernsey Tennis & Padel LBG
Guernsey Tennis Club is a tennis club in St Sampson. The club has Guernsey's only indoor tennis courts, with 4 indoor plexi-cushion courts in a 24,000 sq ft hall. It also has 2 outdoor artificial-grass courts that are fully flood-lit and individually enclosed. The club also has…
St Martin
St. Martin's Lawn Tennis Club is a tennis club. The club has 5 all-weather courts, 3 of which are floodlit. The Club Coach is Richard Smeed, who is a level 4 LTA qualified coach. The club runs daily group coaching sessions for ages 3-18, for all standards. The Club takes part in…
St Peter Port·Est. 1946
✦Guernsey's only track and field club
Guernsey Athletics Club was founded in 1946, shortly after World War II, during a period when the island was rebuilding its community and recreational activities. The club is thriving and has reached new heights, with eyes set on performance, participation, and being athletes…
St Peter Port
✦106-year heritage (1920)
Guernsey Sporting Club is a Private Members Club in St Peter Port. The Club was founded in 1920 and was the brainchild of its founding President, Lt-Col Thomas Hutchesson MC (OE). It supports charities that assist serving and retired members of HM Forces and their families, and…
Vale
✦131-year heritage (1895)
L'Ancresse Golf Club was formed in 1895, initially as an Artisan Club. L'Ancresse Links is an 18-hole championship course at the northern end of Guernsey. Playing membership was opened to female members for the first time in 2022.
St Peter Port
✦164-year heritage (1862)
Royal Channel Islands Yacht Club is a yacht club in St Peter Port. The RCIYC was founded in 1862. The Clubhouse is open throughout the year for members to drop in for a drink. Each year the RCIYC's race team, under Race Officer Stuart Place, host over 20 races.
St Peter Port
QEII Petanque Club is a sports club in St Peter Port. The club offers group sessions for between 4 and 16 people. It runs a lunchtime pétanque business league for company teams.
St Sampson
✦Active since 1973
Guernsey Rowing Club is an offshore rowing club. The club was formed in 1973, and rowing in Guernsey can be traced back to 1894. The club is a member of British Rowing and has been awarded SportsMark by the Guernsey Sports Commission. Ben Vaudin is the Club Captain and a…
Vale
✦Active since 1968
Guernsey Velo Club was formed in 1968. The club is a British Cycling affiliated club. It offers cross-country and gravity mountain biking year-round, cyclocross in winter, and road racing and time trials in summer. The club hosts weekly Flyers racing leagues for ages 5 to 15…
St Sampson
✦134-year heritage (1892)
Northerners AC is a football club affiliated to the Guernsey Football Association. The club plays in the FNB Priaulx League and has approximately 40 volunteer coaches. Northerners AC officially opened its own ground, Northfield, on Saturday 18 August 1973.
St Martin
✦132-year heritage (1894)
St Martin's AC is a football club in St Martin. The club was established in 1894. It offers football for anyone aged 5 and over. The club has over 200 minis and youth players across 42 age groups and teams. For adults, there are three representative teams and a team in the local…
Alderney·Sports club
Alderney Tennis and Padel Club is a multi-sport racquet club on Alderney, offering padel, tennis, pickleball, and beach volleyball. The club offers intro clinics and mix-ins for padel, tennis adult hitting sessions, and a junior coaching programme. It features a Caribbean…
Alderney
The Moorings is a bar on Alderney. It serves burgers, pizzas, seafood, and salads, all made by the chef. The venue offers takeaway food and off-licence drinks. The Moorings is available for event hire for functions, community events and live music.
St Sampson
✦129-year heritage (1897)
Belgrave Wanderers is a football club in St Sampson. The club was officially founded in 1897. It has a Priaulx League team that plays at the highest level of island competition.
St Peter Port
Guernsey Hockey LBG is a hockey club in St Peter Port. The organisation is a limited company and a compulsorily registered domestic charity. It operates under England Hockey's SafeGuard Policy, Spirit of Hockey Code of Conduct, and Equality and Diversity Policy. The club's…
Castel
Guernsey Walking Football Club offers pay-and-play walking football sessions at KGV Memorial Playing Fields. Walking football is a unique small-sided ball game, similar to Association Football. The club adheres to the latest revised edition of the WFA 'Laws of the Game'. Rick M…
St Peter Port
Guernsey Yacht Club is a yacht club situated close to Castle Cornet and overlooking the harbour in St Peter Port. It caters for a range of boating activities, both sailing and motor, and has an active junior section offering dinghy training. The club offers a junior sailing…
Castel
Part of Leisure Leagues (UK)
Leisure Leagues Guernsey organises six-a-side football leagues. The leagues are right at the heart of their communities, making donations to charities all over the world. A 6-a-side league runs on a Wednesday night in Castel. Players can sign up to all leagues as a single…
St Martin·Est. 2020
GUERNSEY SWIM ALL SEASONS is a charity based around all things swimming, raising funds for other charities through events. The charity aims to promote outdoor swimming safely. Min Henry is the founder of Guernsey Swim All Seasons. It is a member of the Association of Guernsey…
St Peter Port
Guernsey Rugby Academy is a company limited by guarantee in St Peter Port. The Academy provides opportunities for children aged 4-18 to play rugby in Guernsey. It is listed as a Sport organisation on the Association of Guernsey Charities register. Bethan Haines is the…
St Peter Port
Guernsey Triathlon Club is a limited company affiliated to Triathlon England and a member of the British Triathlon Federation. The club has been awarded the British Triathlon Bronze Tri Mark Award. Emily Jane Squire is a director of the company.
St Peter Port
Guernsey Disability Swimming LBG provides supervised, protected swimming facilities for people with a range of disabilities. It is listed as a Disability organisation on the Association of Guernsey Charities register. The organisation offers weekly exclusive hire of Beau Sejour…
St Peter Port
Guernsey Bowling Club is a bowls club in St Peter Port. It offers a Young Rollers section for children up to the age of 17, supervised by 15 coaching members. The club has a bowling green only available through the Guernsey Bowling Club. Chris Dyer is the club captain.
Castel
Fizzy Fish Swimmers aims to teach children to swim confidently and safely. The swim school is a Swim England Swim School Member. Lessons are for primary-aged children and are capped at a 5:1 student-to-instructor ratio. The programme covers the Swim England Learn to Swim…
Vale
Guernsey parkrun is a community event designed to encourage more people to be active and healthy. It is a free 5km timed run, jog or walk which is open to all abilities, adults and children age 4 and over. The event director is Lorna O'Donnell. Over the past decade, 466 parkruns…