page_title: Greetland
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Greetland / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Greetland Cricket &amp; Bowling Club
context_page_description: Greetland is a village in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The appropriate Calderdale Ward is called Greetland and Stainland. The population of this ward at the 2011 Census was 11,389. It is located 1 mile west of Elland and 2.5 miles south of Halifax.
  In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Greetland like this:
  "Greetland, a village and a chapelry in Halifax parish, W. R. Yorkshire. The village stands 1 mile W of Elland r. station, and 3 SSW of Halifax; and has a post office under Halifax. The chapelry is part of the township of Elland-cum-Greetland. Pop. 2, 584. There are stone quarries, and several large woollen, worsted, and cotton mills."
context_section_description: Sporting facilities in Greetland include the "Greetland Community Centre", which consists of an indoor multi-purpose pitch, as well as several outdoor natural grass pitches. The venue also has a small bar area that has been voted club of the year 2007 by CAMRA.
  The community centre is home to the Greetland Goldstars Football Club and Elland Boxers rugby club, which has various teams in different age groups playing in the local junior football leagues.
  Their motto is "To win fairly and to lose with honour".
  The club achieved FA Charter Standard Development Club Status in January 2007.
  Founded in 1858 the "Greetland Cricket & Bowling Club" is still active and the club competes in the "Halifax League", playing host to teams from around Calderdale and Kirklees. The pitch is on the banks of a small river and is prone to flooding.
  The Greetland Social Club has three table tennis teams which play in the Halifax Table Tennis League.
  Various local rugby league teams play at the Greetland All Rounders rugby ground. The site contains an indoor bar and meeting area and a floodlit outdoor pitch. The ground is often used for community events and is used regularly by the district scout groups.
caption: Greetland Cricket & Bowling Club, with the rear of the 'Andy Thontons' building to the right. The bowling green is directly behind the row of trees in the centre of the picture.
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