27/07/2025
Submission to consultation on proposals for local government reorganisation in Surrey
We wish to ensure that any reorganisation confirms the integrity and identity of the historic County of Middlesex in any strategic authority the Borough of Spelthorne is included by ensuring the name of Middlesex is in the title of any new authority. The Federation of Middlesex Sports backs the ‘North Surrey’ option.
The FMS submission relates solely to Questions 6 and 9.
CLUBS IN THE BOROUGH OF SPELTHORNE who are parented or affiliated to a Middlesex sporting body.
When Surrey County Council swallowed up Middlesex’s Staines UDC and Sunbury on Thames UDC in 1965 and the two councils merged to become the Borough of Spelthorne in 1974, the Government statement was as follows:
”The new county boundaries are administrative areas, and will not alter the traditional boundaries of counties, nor is it intended that the loyalties of people living in them will change, despite the different names adopted by the new administrative counties.”
Despite many local government reorganisations, most Middlesex County governing sporting bodies continued to follow the traditional geographical boundaries of Middlesex so the abolition of the smaller administrative County of Middlesex (Middlesex County Council) made little difference to local sport in Spelthorne and the county at large.
Therefore, the vast majority of all sports clubs within the Borough of Spelthorne remain parented or affiliated to Middlesex governing sporting bodies for their particular sport: using the River Thames as the historic boundary between Middlesex (to the north) and Surrey (to the south). We therefore we support the name of the historic County of Middlesex is included in the naming or title of the new authority which includes Spelthorne.
Archery
Middlesex County Archery Association
Laleham Archery Club
Spelthorne Archers
Badminton
Middlesex County Badminton Association
Shuttles Staines
Bowling
Middlesex County Bowling Association
South Middlesex Bowling League
Ashford (Middlesex) BC
Bishop Duppas (Shepperton) BC
Fordbridge BC
Staines BC
Stanwell BC
Sunbury BC
Canoeing
Shepperton Slalom CC
Cricket
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex Junior Cricket Association
Middlesex Federation Cup Competition
Ashford (Middlesex) CC
Staines & Laleham CC
Sunbury CC
Diving
Middlesex County Amateur Swimming Association
Staines Swimming Club
Football
Middlesex County Football Association
Ashford Town (Middlesex) FC
Ashford Town (Middlesex) WFC
FC Sunbury
Shepperton Pumas FC
Spelthorne Spartans FC
Spelthorne Sports FC
Staines & Laleham FC
Staines & Lammas (Middlesex) FC
Staines Strollers Walking FC
Football Leagues
Middlesex County Football League (Saturday)
Middlesex County Football League (Sunday)
North Surrey & Middlesex Border League
Golf
Middlesex County Golf Union
Ashford Manor
Gymnastics
Spelthorne Gymnasts (Sunbury)
Hockey
Middlesex County Hockey Association
Ashford (Middlesex)
Staines HC
Sunbury HC
Thames Valley HC
Horse-Racing
Kempton Park
Netball
Middlesex County Netball Association
Ashford
Rowing
Bishopsgate (Laleham)
British Airways (Staines)
Burway (Laleham)
Sir William Perkins (Laleham)
Staines Boating Club
Sunbury Skiff/Punting
Rugby Union
Middlesex County Rugby Football Union
Staines Rugby Union FC
Sailing
Middlesex Sailing Clubs
Aquarius Sailing Club (Sunbury/Hampton)
Desborough Sailing Club (Shepperton)
Littleton Sailing Club
Small Bore Rifle
Middlesex Small-Bore Rifle Association
Staines Gun Club
Table-Tennis
Middlesex Table Tennis Association
Ashford TTC the main Middlesex County TTC hub
Staines & District Table Tennis League
Tennis
Middlesex Lawn Tennis Association
Ashford (Middlesex) LTC
