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Downham Stow leapfrogged Fakenham at the top of the Norfolk Alliance Premier Division table following a dominant display at Stow Hall on Saturday.A strong batting display from the hosts laid the foundations for a crucial win as reigning champions Fakenham suffered their second loss of the campaign.Home skipper Otto Esse won the toss and chose to bat first in the top-of-the-table clash.Downham Stow v Fakenham in the Norfolk Alliance Premier

Thousands headed to Fakenham Racecourse at the weekend for the Ladies Day Races.The sun came out for the seven races on Sunday, which saw ladies wear their best dresses and fascinators to watch horses and jockeys sprint to the finish line.The event, which first started in 2012, proved to be popular and saw a large number of people attend - according to the Racecourse’s chief executive David Hunter.Many attended the

• All Our Yesterdays photo nostalgia: May sporting moments part two:May 2003: Students from the Linnets football academy were provided with kit bags for their working holiday in Italy, donated by the Norwich and Peterborough Building Society. They also received new matching polo shirts from the student union at the College of West Anglia.They played three matches against teams from the Juventus satellite centre, winning one and losing two. Seated

►All Our Yesterdays: May sporting moments photo nostalgia, part oneMay 2000: It’s that winning feeling: Players in the Dawbarns Pearson Netball League receive their championship and runners-up trophies at the league’s presentation evening held at Lynnsport.Bassetts took the Division One title from second place Diamonds, while Mels Angels were the Division Two winners with Magpies runners-up. Photo: MLNF-00054921Netball. MLNF-00054921May 2000: The Whirlwind, Jimmy White, was blown off course by local

The 2021 World Champion Artem Laguta is joining Lynn as arguably the biggest signing in the MacInnes Stars’ history.Laguta, who defeated Bartosz Zmarzlik in a dramatic head-to-head for the title two years ago, has never previously raced in the British League.But he has now chosen to make his debut in the Sports Insure Premiership with the Stars, with his first appearance to come on Thursday, subject to written international clearance,

Recently-crowned league winners Reffley Reserves completed a league and cup double after running riot with an 11-0 win over KLSC A on Saturday.The historic Charlie Day Cup has seen many closely fought contests in recent years, but this certainly wasn’t one of those at Heacham on Saturday.KLSC started the quickest as Charlie Edgley pounced on a defensive mistake to find himself through one-on-one with Paul Sainty in the Reffley goal,

A weightlifter from West Norfolk - who only took up the sport to help with the effects of the menopause - is a British record breaker.Julie Garner, from Terrington St Clement, achieved the feat with her third lift in a deadlift competition at Nottingham in the masters four age 55-59 category.Garner said: "I was completely blown away. The whole thing seemed very surreal but exciting at the same.Terrington St Clement

Striker Fletcher Toll has committed his future to Heacham Football Club.Toll plundered 31 goals as the club won an eighth successive promotion from the Thurlow Nunn First Division North last season and it was widely believed that he would leave the Heacham Sports Field in the summer.But despite interest from both Dereham and Wisbech Town in recent weeks, the 18-year-old frontman has decided to remain loyal to the Magpies.Striker Fletcher

King's Lynn boss Alex Brady conceded his team carried too many passengers as they were heavily beaten 60-30 at Sheffield last night.The MacInnes Stars were restricted to just two race winners in South Yorkshire on another torrid evening in the Sports Insure Premiership.They were dealt a blow on the morning of the fixture when former World No.2 Krzysztof Kasprzak informed the club he had woken up feeling ill - and