Sports and Leisure in Thurrock

Sports and leisure are an important part of the history of any community. Thurrock has produced many people prominent in their own sports both nationally and internationally. We will be featuring the history of a number of different personalities and sports clubs on these pages.

Athletics

Fatima Whitbread - Thurrock's World Champion

Baseball

Thames Raiders

Bowling

Ellen Austin

Thurrock Area Ladies Bowling Association

Chess

Thurrock Chess Club

Cricket

Belhus Cricket Club

Orsett Cricket Club

Fondu Cricket Club

Football

Aveley Football Club

Belmont FC (1919 - 20)

East Thurrock United Football Club

Grays Athletic Football Club

Tilbury Football Club

Purfleet Football Club

Golf

Orsett Golf Club

Hockey

Thurrock Hockey Club

Music

Grays Town Band

Rugby

Thurrock Rugby Club

Speedway

Lakeside Hammers

Information about the Thurrock Sports Council web page can be found by following this link.

If you have information about the history of other sports clubs or would like to see a history of your club featured here, please contact us.

email to : chairman@thurrock-history.org.uk

This page was last updated on 14 December 2021

The number of pages viewed on this site since 28th June 2005 is: