outside the town hall. The market has its roots from the 1200s, where a yearly market was also held in the start of July. Sport The municipality has an official leisure, culture and sport policy. It focuses on a tight relationship and cooperation between the municipality and the various organizations around the municipality. The municipality is home to a sizable sports facility. This facility is called Nyborg Sports and Leisure Center (Danish: Nyborg Idræts- og Fritidscenter). This facility is home to a number of sports organizations. Sports represented in these organizations include fitness, badminton, handball, kayaking, bowling, rowing, tennis, diving, athletics, gymnastics, swimming, triathlon, petanque and volleyball. The main section of the Nyborg Sports and Leisure Center is located near the motorway exit in Nyborg, and is called Nyborg Sports Center (Danish: Nyborg Idrætscenter). In this facility are a number of swimming pools and an indoor water-fun-land. The Nyborg Sports Center is also home to an athletics stadium, used by athletics and gymnastics organization NGIF Gymnastics and Athletics (Danish: NGIF Gymnastik & Atletik), with around 750 members. It was founded on 20 November 1894. NGIF holds official training for the Bridge Run, which is a quarter or half marathon across the Great Belt Bridge. Also a part of Nyborg Sports and Leisure Center are two sports halls, known as the Nyborg Halls (Danish: Nyborghallerne). In these halls are facilities for badminton, handball and indoor association football. In the northern part of Nyborg is also the Skovpark Hall (Danish: Skovparkhallen), housing facilities for badminton, handball, volleyball and basketball. Saint Canute's Golf Club (Danish: Sct. Knuds Golfklub) is a golf club located at Knudshoved. It was founded in 1954. The golf course consists of 18 holes, with holes 5 to 9 located on area owned by Nyborg Municipality. In 1959 the Danish National Championship in golf took place on Saint Canute's Golf Club's course, marking the first time this event was held outside Copenhagen. The golf club has around 800 members. The maritime nature of the municipality results in popularity in maritime sports. Nyborg Marina and the fjord outside Nyborg are home to several organizations related to sailing, kayak and rowing. Among those is Nyborg Sailing Organization (Danish: Nyborg Sejlforening), sailing several different kinds of boats. The organization was founded in 1895, making it one of the oldest sailing organizations in Denmark. The first sailing races were held in Nyborg already in