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Race ace Callum Manley secured his place as Rookie 600 Champion for 2023 with a clean sweep of wins at his home track of Snetterton.The Snettisham motorbike racer gave a masterclass of rides, having had one hand on the title with a 43-point lead over his nearest rival going into the weekend.With one round left at the end of the month, Manley is also currently tied on points to claim

Dersingham’s Harry Cobb claimed the biggest win of his career when he took the chequered flag in the Micro Banger UK Championship at the weekendMore than 50 cars were in the race, which was a destructive affair, and saw Swaffham’s Dan Bitson celebrate his birthday by rolling over his car.Cobb was involved in several scrapes but did well to force his way through the gaps to win a classic banger

Football fields across West Norfolk welcomed the return of North West Norfolk League on Saturday with some highly-competitive fixtures to kick-start the season.In Division One, it was a strong start from Reffley who travelled to Clenchwarton.The Reds have suffered the loss of Charlie Dungey and Charlie Rudland to Marshland Saints and Terrington but didn’t seem to miss them as they strolled to a 7-0 victory thanks to hat-tricks from Alfie

The biggest road race event organised annually by Ryston Runners took place on Sunday.The Wissey Half Marathon, begun in a slightly different guise more than 35 years ago, set off at 9:30, and followed its undulating course around the country roads back to the race base at Oxborough Village Hall in what have become customary warm conditions.Out of 177 finishers, first home for the hosts was Dan Guppy, sixth overall

Heacham recorded their second win of the Thurlow Nunn Premier Division season at crisis-torn Norwich United last night.The Magpies travelled to Plantation Park with the pre-match talk being dominated by a number of Norwich players making allegations of death threats, secret filming and verbal abuse after a recent fixture.Allegations came to light on Friday, when much-travelled striker Matt Blake took to Twitter to claim he had received death threats in

King’s Lynn Town 2 Brackley Town 2Injury-ravaged King's Lynn Town saw a two-goal lead slip from their grasp as they came within two minutes of beating league leaders Brackley Town at The Walks.Ismael Fatjado's opener was added to by Bartosz Cybulski early in the second half before former Boston United frontman Jordan Crawford pulled a goal back for the Saints.It was one-way traffic for long periods of the second half

King's Lynn were edged out 46-44 by Ipswich in another tight contest to bring the curtain down on the 2023 season at the Adrian Flux Arena.The MacInnes Stars again did their very best to put a spanner in the works of one of the play-off challengers, and the Witches themselves received bad news from elsewhere as Leicester won a Super Heat at Wolverhampton to become favourites to finish fourth.Ultimately a

A strong Snettisham side upset the formbook to power their way to victory over 2022 winners Aylsham St Giles in the Hunts County Bats Norfolk Junior Cup.An impressive all-round team effort ensured that Snettisham could get their hands on the cup with a victory margin of 58 runs.Aylsham St Giles won the toss and elected to field.Norfolk Junior Cup winners Snettisham. Pictured back, from left, are: Ryan Twiddy, Dan Coggin,

Newly-formed Clenchwarton Navy Under 9s have joined forces with Motor Neurone Disease Association to continue to raise awareness of the disease.The under-9s received sponsorship from a local business that didn’t want to be named.Chairman Ben Hails suggested they had a charity on the front of the shirt and, due to the close relationship with the charity, the team decided on MNDA.Clenchwarton Navy Under-9s are raising awareness of the Motor Neurone