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An exciting partnership has been unveiled between Springwood High School (SHS) and Grimston Cricket Club, which will see the two organisations building closer ties to promote youth sports.The innovative agreement will see Grimston CC coaches delivering specialist cricket development sessions to Springwood pupils, alongside a ground-share initiative so that school matches can be played at the Grimston Cricket Ground.Head of youth cricket Sam Adkin is enthusiastic about the prospects -

A devoted chairman of a West Norfolk football club has been honoured with a 2023 Grassroots Hero Award.AFC Lynn Napier's Billy Simper has been recognised for going above and beyond for his respective club.Clubs participating in this year’s Fosters Solicitors Anglian Combination Football League, which encompasses 96 teams across Norfolk and Suffolk, were invited to nominateSimper was nominated and stood out for his "personal drive and commitment" in growing AFC

Joint Downham Town manager Craig Dickson says promotion to the Thurlow Nunn League Premier Division is just reward for so many people at the club.Downham rubber-stamped their elevation to Step 5 football for the first time in the club's history with a resounding 4-0 victory over Harwich and Parkeston at the SCL Memorial Field.John Fysh has been involved at the club in some capacity for more than 60 years and

King's Lynn Town's focus will not waver and manager Mark Hughes believes his players have momentum on their side heading into the National League North play-offs.Seven successive wins at the end of the season weren't quite enough to get Lynn over the automatic promotion line as AFC Fylde claimed the title on the final day of a pulsating campaign.Lynn will entertain either Alfreton Town or Kidderminster Harriers in the play-off

Downham Town 4 Harwich and Parkeston 0Downham Town are celebrating promotion to Step 5 of the football pyramid for the first time in the club's history.Dale Stokes and Craig Dickson's side made sure there was no slip-up in this afternoon's play-off final against Harwich and Parkeston with a dominant 4-0 victory at the SCL Memorial Field.The home side scored two goals in either half to send the Reds into the

King’s Lynn Town 2 Curzon Ashton 0King's Lynn Town were denied automatic promotion on the final day of the season - and the play-offs are next on the horizon – despite beating Curzon Ashton 2-0 at The Walks.The Linnets held up their end of the bargain by beating the Nash in front of a bumper final day attendance of 2380, but AFC Fylde also won by the same score at

Following a week off, stock car and banger racing returns to the Adrian Flux Arena on Bank Holiday Monday (1pm).Four formulas will be in action at the Adrian Flux Arena in the shape of the two-litre stock cars, two-litre bangers, 1500cc bangers and Reliant Robins.A fantastic entry of cars are expected including many West Norfolk drivers.Austen Freestone heads the local entry of two-litre stock cars and he will be looking

Promotion this season would be that little bit extra special, according to the Downham Town management team heading into Saturday's play-off final against Harwich and Parkeston.A number of the current squad are local lads while joint bosses of Craig Dickson and Dale Stokes have live and breathed the club since a young age.After a number of near misses, the SCL Memorial outfit are bidding to reach Step 5 football for

King's Lynn’s Danish racer Thomas Jorgensen says the team’s gating simply has to improve – in order to avoid “embarrassing” results such as last Monday.The Stars were humiliated 56-34 on their own track in the KO Cup by a Sheffield side who simply love the Adrian Flux Arena, but the hosts did not make life easy for themselves.With tricky track conditions, making fast starts was of paramount importance, and it