- Chestfield cricket club
Chestfield Cricket Club [http://www.chestfieldcc.co.uk] is a member of the Shepherd Neame Kent Cricket League [http://www.kcl.uk.net] and as of 2008, plays in Division 2. The club has three senior teams on a Saturday and also a midweek eleven which plays friendly fixtures. As well as this, the club runs junior sides at Under 11, Under 13 and Under 15 level, which each compete in the local Canterbury District League and Cup competitions.
On September 8th and 9th, 2007, the club played an Oakwood Homes XI for 35 hours to break the Guinness World Record for the
World's longest cricket marathon , previously held by Red Row Cricket Club, Northumberland,England,standing at 34 hours, set on 26th and 27th May 2007.The record was originally set by Cricket Club des Ormes in France in 2003, at 26 hours and 13 minutes.
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