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King's Lynn Town 4 Kettering Town 1 New boss Mark Hughes enjoyed his first victory in management this afternoon as King's Lynn Town responded to the departure of their former boss in the best possible fashion.The interim Linnets boss saw his side close the gap on league leaders AFC Fylde – 2-1 losers at Spennymoor Town – by overcoming Kettering Town in National League North.Hughes, assisted by Hugo Langton, oversaw

Year 11 rugby players from KES Academy are the toast of the county after coming from behind to defeat Wymondham College 24-22 in a tense final.Trailing 10-0 at the interval, a strong half-time team talk saw KES dominate in the second half to eventually take the honours 24-22 after an incredible battle.KES Academy principal Sarah Hartshorn said: "What an amazing achievement that will drive them forward to future successes at

Wet weather last weekend meant that just two Division One fixtures went ahead as planned in the North West Norfolk League.Docking Rangers hit six for the second weekend in a row with a comprehensive 6-3 over Watlington Reserves.Docking found themselves behind at the break but goals from James Boyden, Brad Durham, Ryan Mellor, Liam Spooner and Jamie Tooth secured the points.Swaffham Reserves (63413797)Joshua Bacon, Danny Hannigan and Darren Van Campenhout

As the cream of golf converge on Augusta for the Masters this week, a golfer from West Norfolk has his sights on earning himself a Challenge Tour card.Kale Heath, from Dersingham, is currently playing on the ‘Clutch Pro Tour’ after turning professional a year ago, but has ambitions of taking to the greens alongside some of the big names in the sport.Heath said: “My ambition for this season on the

King's Lynn’s management team have issued a message to supporters following a 58-32 KO Cup defeat at Sheffield on Thursday.The MacInnes Stars endured another tough night on the road as the Tigers put themselves firmly in charge of the tie, with the second leg still to come at the Adrian Flux Arena on April 24.Skipper Josh Pickering returned to form with 11 points from five rides, including two race victories,

King's Lynn’s Danish star Frederik Jakobsen says it would be wrong to read too much into Monday’s opening-night defeat at Wolverhampton.The MacInnes Stars were beaten 56-34 in their first Premiership match of the season, on a night when only Jakobsen and Michael Palm Toft really got to grips with the tricky, diminutive Monmore circuit.The duo scored 22 of the visitors’ points between them with Jakobsen piling up 13+1 from a

A big field of West Norfolk drivers delivered some exceptional performances at Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday.Sam Hildon was in great form in the 1500cc bangers in which he roared to success in one of the heats and also came home in tenth place in the final.Alex Smith also continued his great form from the 1500 Icebreaker where he finished in second place in the other heat.Stock cars 1

Amy Magnus was the hat-trick heroine as King’s Lynn Town Ladies secured three points to lift themselves off the bottom of the table.Lynn’s recent run of poor form was finally put to bed as the they put in a solid performance of entertaining, fast and free-flowing football in a 5-2 demolition of hosts Bowers and Pitsea in the ERWFL Premier Division.Magnus dazzled with her tenacious turn of speed as she

West Norfolk Ladies hosted a mixed Diss team as they powered through their second match of the Norfolk Cup.Agreement was made for the game to be 12-a-side, making the pitch feel twice its usual size.Some might say that it was typical weather for rugby: cold, wet and muddy with wind that made passing and lineouts tricky from the start.Action from West Norfolk Ladies Norfolk Cup game against Diss at Gatehouse