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West Norfolk cueman Nathan Jones is celebrating reaching the last 16 of the English Amateur Snooker Championships.Jones came through four gruelling qualifying rounds in the sport's oldest running competition to cement his spot at the finals weekend.His late-night exploits saw him miss the last train back to King's Lynn and he was forced to book an overnight stay in the capital.A delighted Jones said: "It is the biggest and longest-running

Heacham manager David Griggs says his players used last season's double defeat against Downham as inspiration for their victory at the SCL Memorial Field on Wednesday night.The Magpies stormed to the Thurlow First Division North title last season but lost to their West Norfolk rivals, both home and away, in the process.But his players used those two losses to their advantage as they ended Downham's unbeaten start to the current

West Norfolk's five-game game unbeaten run was ended on Saturday by a physical Southwold side who returned home with a 29-18 win.The visitors have provided formidable opposition in recent years, resulting in some close and hard-fought encounters, and this clash proved no different.West Norfolk head coach Darren Clarke said: "Firstly congratulations to Southwold on an excellent victory.West Norfolk man-of-the-match Lewis Rudd. Picture: Roz Bridges“They executed their game plan well, capitalised

Downham Town 1 Heacham 2Lewis Gibson scored twice as Heacham came from a goal down at the break to end Downham's unbeaten start to the new Thurlow Nunn Premier Division season.The two newly-promoted sides served up a cracker at the SCL Memorial Field but it was the Magpies who prevailed to cease Downham's unbeaten streak at home in the league, which had stretched back to almost two years.Heacham had goalkeeper

Saturday was a big day for Necton, who secured their first-ever Mid Norfolk Youth League win in the Girls' Under-12 division at KLSC Lionesses.It was KLSC who stormed into a two-goal lead though, with Ella Turner bagging both as Necton were caught on the break.Into the second period, Mille Giles’ first-ever goal gave the away side the belief they needed.A deflected effort from Halle Ewen restored parity following a short

Under-13 players from West Norfolk Rugby Club travelled to Peterborough to take part in a tri-county festival.Twelve teams from across Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Lincoln converged between the sticks on the main pitch, standing united and proud in their club colours in front of an enthusiastic crowd of supporters and photographers.The popular skills challenge quickly sorted out the players into groups to compete in the three challenges of tug of war,

Former West Norfolk Junior Badminton ace Harry Wakefield enjoyed a prolonged run in the doubles event at the World Junior Championships.Wakefield, from Feltwell, and his played partner Robin Harper reached the last 16 stage in Spokane, with several eye-catching performances along the way.Following a 14th-place finish at the team event, the individual action began on Monday and the doubles competitions brought the strongest performances.Feltwell's Harry WakefieldHarper and Wakefield will take

West Norfolk Swimming Club scooped trophies for Top Boy (Den Vojevoda), Top Girl (Valeria Soldatihhina) and Top Club for the most points scored at Dereham Leisure Centre.Vojevoda won gold in the 100m freestyle, 50m breaststroke, 50m fly, 200m IM, 50m freestyle and 100 butterfly and silver in the 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke and 200 freestyle.Soldatihhina was victorious across all her races, gaining gold and achieving personal bests throughout.Cory Hill and

West Norfolk Swimming Club’s Junior Fenland League team finished their 2023 campaign with a solid performance in the A Final last month.Taking place at Whittlesey, the event saw the four teams with the best record across the season’s fixtures compete head to head in one last competition to settle their final league placing for the year.After an incredibly successful season, Oliver Kenny’s squad found themselves competing against St Ives, Wisbech