had 20 League teams, 14 British League teams and 6 National Cadet & Junior League teams. Gymnastics The Mill Gymnastics Academy was founded in Draycott in 2019 with a focus on women’s artistic gymnastics, from beginners to national competitors. Football Draycott Amateurs Football Club were active in the 1950s and 1960s, becoming League Champions, Cup Champions and won the Divisional Cup (South) in the Derby Senior League in 1957. The club's home ground was on Gamble's Field (now Thoresby Crescent). The Club ceased activity in the mid to late 1960s. Cricket Draycott Cricket Club had a history dating back to 1849. The club's ground was situated behind the school on Hopwell Road. Draycott Cricket Club relinquished their ground to the school in 1962 and ceased activity soon after in the early 1960s. The Ground at Hopwell Road was periodically used by other clubs (St Lukes & Michael's CC and Risley CC) in the 1980s but is now a public recreation park with a football ground. Notable residents Maurice Broomfield, photographer Nikki Brammeier, cyclist John Winfield, footballer See also Listed buildings in Draycott and Church Wilne References Villages in Derbyshire Borough of Erewash