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Alive King’s Lynn Community Football has scooped a Norfolk County FA’s Grassroots Positive Football Environment Award.Thanks to the scheme, football has never been in a better place across West Norfolk.The award is a real accolade to all of the team and cements their philosophy, which is to help develop all our players as well as the person in a positive way.Norfolk Grassroots Football Awards, at The Space in Norwich. Pictured

Ipswich 41 West Norfolk 24West Norfolk returned home empty-handed from their second trip to Ipswich in the space of three weeks.The Gatehouse Lane outfit were excellent in the first half against a side who were relegated from Regional 2 Anglia last year before Ipswich took control in the second half.Head coach Darren Clarke said: "Once again we were competitive for 40 minutes. With the wind and the slope in our

It was double delight for Terrington Tigers in the Mid Norfolk Youth League (MNYL) Girl’s Divisions on Saturday, picking up wins in both competitive age groups.In the only fixture of the weekend in the Under 14s, the Tigers hosted last year’s champions Heacham, who were cursing their luck in losing two players through illness on the morning of the game.Terrington goals from Summer Ringer and Alice Todd (2) did the

Docking club secretary Ash Woodhouse was the man of the moment as he struck five goals in their comprehensive Division One victory over West Lynn.They find themselves in second place in the league and unbeaten in their first five games of the league season.The double-digit victory for the Rangers saw goalscorers include Harry Sands, Liam Spooner, Jamie Tooth and Dom Howell.The management and players of The Woottons would like to

For the third successive game, Pelicans secured themselves a win with an emphatic 5-1 scoreline.Although there were times in this game where they had to dig deep against a resolute Norwich Dragons side, who had yet to win this season, the visitors gave Pelicans a bit more to think about than last week's opposition, Kettering.However, this didn’t stop the home side from opening the scoring through Harry Sampson who got

Pelicans Hockey Club has done it again with another very successful junior tournament on Sunday.The club hosted an event for the U10s in the morning and for the U12s in the afternoon with teams from Pelicans, Dereham, Long Sutton, Magpies, North Norfolk, Norwich City, Norwich Dragons and Wisbech battled it out for glory.With 37 teams entered in total, the tournament was split between the U10s playing round-robin games (boys) and

A Ryston Runners member who has competed in six of the World Marathon Majors hopes her story can inspire others to take up running.Gill Hart completed the Chicago Marathon earlier this month - making it six in all after taking her place at London, New York, Paris, Boston and Tokyo equivalent over the course of the last 28 years.Hart's first-ever running race was the London Marathon back in 1995, and

Blue skies and beautiful sunshine welcomed West Norfolk U13s to Ipswich RUFC to compete in a friendly match ahead of the West Norfolk first-team fixture.West's continuing run of success was backed by a keen and early arrival which soon passed helped along by a gentle to moderate breeze, steadying the anticipation of the battle against a formidable Ipswich.After a powerful start from both sides, West's front row, lead by Harry

Two of King's Lynn Soccer Club's U15 Lionesses have been offered places at the Peterborough United Women and Girls Academy, through the partnership between the two clubs.Fearne Russell and Lana Sturgeon have been with the Lionesses from the beginning.Manager Brit Hay explained ‘ Having this club partnership with Peterborough United has been great.Fearne Russell and Lana Sturgeon"It’s a real opportunity for local girls to showcase their skills as evidenced with