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Downham Stow 233-5North Runcton 232-8Downham Stow romped home to record a double this season over neighbours North Runcton with a five-wicket success.Action from Downham Stow’s victory over North RunctonRuncton won the toss and batted and set 232-8 which looked a reasonable total to defend on a wicket that was not coming on to the bat.The visitors looked in a good position after dismissing Ben Wilcox and Liam Muggeridge with the

It was a disappointing exit from the League Challenge Cup midweek for Swaffham Town.The Pedlars took the lead 22 minutes into the game, Dylan Edge smashing home from sixteen yards.The balance was restored eight minutes into the second half through an unfortunate own goal.Man of the match Oli Williams makes his presence known in the Pedlars’ game against Whitton United on Saturday. Photo: Eddie DeaneThe game then went to penalties,

Two evenings of racing preceded an in-house competition masquerading as a social event for members of Ryston Runners AC last week.Wednesday saw the last of the races in the Peterborough 5K Grand Prix Series, this one hosted by Bushfield Joggers at Nene Park.Madison Hicks completed her series by placing 22nd overall and 2nd U11G in the 3k event, with 12:03. George Pettit, Nigel Kenny, and Gina Hurrell competed over 5k

Endurance running comes in many shapes and forms, but 6 of the West Norfolk AC athletes found their route rather more prehistoric than normal this week, when they took part in the ROARR! dinosaur park Dino Dash, hosted by Norwich Road Runners.It’s fair to say it’s a difficult event with some very steep hills and meat eating company along the winding paths.The junior race was a 2.5k two lap affair,

It was a perfect weekend for Marshland St James kart racer Jenson Sayell at Hunts Kart Racing Club’s 2023 Kimbolton Festival over the weekend.Nine-year-old Sayell won five out of five races, took the fastest lap in each race (and qualifying) and was voted Commentators’ Cadet of the Weekend.Saturday’s qualifying session set the grid for Heat 1. Sayell took his Micromax to pole position with a time of 48.00 seconds around

Simon Hepher enjoyed a good day at the office by winning the Norfolk Seniors’ Championship at the golf club where he works – Middleton Hall.Hepher, who runs the shop at the West Norfolk club, used his day off to fine effect as he fired a four-over-par 75 and clinched victory by two shots.Local knowledge came in handy for Hepher, especially on the back nine. He showed a cool head on

King’s Lynn skipper Nicolai Klindt admits he’s counting his blessings after the horror crash which ended his season.Klindt was brought down in a freak accident in Poland last Sunday when racing for Gdansk at Ostrow, when opposing rider Oliver Berntzon lifted into the fence and then slewed back across on to the circuit.Berntzon was then powerless to avoid wiping out both his team-mate Francis Gusts and Klindt, with the Dane

Jake Banwell will face the biggest challenge of his racing career this Saturday (4pm) when Stock Car Championship fever comes to the Adrian Flux Arena with a massive double header featuring the 1300 Stock Car World Championship and 2L Stock Car British Championship.Banwell is the only local qualifier in the 1300 Stock Car Worlds and will start the big race on the fourth or fifth row depending how the draw

King’s Lynn travelled to Manchester to take on Curzon Ashton on Tuesday night in their second successive away match.After Saturday’s shock of a 3-0 defeat at last year’s play-off rivals Chester, the Linnets were hoping to bounce back and register their first victory of the league season.The game started with both sides wary of each other. Tom Hughes fired in Lynn’s first shot of the match which went wide of

King’s Lynn Town will welcome Gloucester City to The Walks tomorrow in their fourth league game of the new season.The Tigers have not had the best of starts to the campaign, losing 4-2 at Blyth Spartans on the first day of the season and 2-0 at home to Banbury United on Tuesday night. Their single point came from a 1-1 draw at Bishops Stortford last Saturday.Gloucester City have this week