Sport

West Norfolk Rugby Club welcomed a wide range of girls from U12-U16 age groups for a ‘Pitch Up and Play’ day on Sunday, aimed at encouraging participation for those girls who may never have played, as well as showcasing existing teams and their skills.Lots of volunteer coaches and support from the Boys Youth U15 squad enabled numerous matches to be played across all of the club’s pitches over a two-hour

West Norfolk Warriors 1st 14, Mellish Ladies 22The ladies welcomed Mellish Ladies for the first home fixture of the season, setting up a mid-season clash for valuable league points. Both sides fielded a full team, with the game competitive from the off.Mellish’s heavier forward pack immediately challenged West at the breakdown with forceful counter-rucking that put West under pressure. As a result, West didn’t sufficiently control the pace for the

Swaffham Reserves faced fourth-placed Horsford United in Division Three of the Anglian Combination on Saturday, fielding an aspiring young line-up, bolstered by a couple of experienced heads.Goalless in the first half, despite chances at both ends, the deadlock was finally broken by substitute Emre Upston, firing home from the edge of the box.The Pedlars then made it two with a superb effort from another substitute, Tyler Reeve, a shot from

St Neots Ladies 2nd 1, Pelicans Ladies 6Pelicans made the early morning trip to St Neots to face a side bottom of the East Division 2NW.The game started off slowly, with the Pelicans not performing to their usual standard. A few shots towards goal were looking promising, but the visitors were struggling to put them away.Pelicans Ladies in action earlier this seasonLate on in the first half, St Neots went

10K was the competition distance of the day for members of Ryston Runners at the weekend in various locations and over various terrains.Performance of the day on Sunday was notched up by Malcolm Tuff who, despite pre-race concerns over the weather, achieved his objective of qualifying for selection for the England team for next year’s Masters International 10K by running 38:02 for third place in the M55 category (158th overall

Round two of the Norfolk Sportshall League took place in Lynn, with 20 juniors taking part.With West Norfolk fielding a full team of U11 and U13 boys, team spirit was high on the day.The U11 boys performed well again, finishing third overall. The boys changed around events from the previous meeting so they could experience all of the available events.Ben Collison and Chris Elmer at the cross-country championshipsMatas Petreikis continued

West Norfolk 17, Shelford 2nd 27West Norfolk welcomed the league leaders to Gatehouse Lane on Saturday knowing that they would need to pull out one of their best performances of the season to beat a side who had so far only lost once and already had eight try bonus points to their name.With both Lewis Rudd and JJ Hart unavailable in the forwards from the previous week, West welcomed back

Thurston 39, Fakenham 26Counties 2 Eastern CountiesFakenham’s eighth league fixture saw them travel to Thurston, a team they have enjoyed a number of good games with in recent years.Fakenham in action earlier this seasonThe visitors started the game in lightning-fast fashion, scoring twice within the first five minutes. First, winger Kyle Roberts crossed the whitewash, before full-back Murray Tindal followed suit, with co-captain and fly-half Lloyd Marshall slotting one of

Pelicans Men’s 1st 5, Spalding Mens 1st 2Pelicans bounced back from last week’s defeat with a hard-fought victory against Spalding.It was a game which was played out in front of an excellent crowd of ex-players from down the years which made the win even more special. The home side were still without Kirwin Christoffels who is recovering from a hamstring injury but his presence was still felt on the sideline