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A rugby-mad youngster from West Norfolk fulfilled every fan’s dream when he walked onto the hallowed turf at Twickenham on Saturday.Toby Ring was picked as a mascot for England’s World Cup warm-up match against Fiji.The ten-year-old from South Wootton, who is a pupil at Glebe House, in Hunstanton, was picked for the honour after his mum Jade nominated him to escort the players out of the tunnel and onto the

Swaffham's hopes of Broke Cup glory were dashed by Norwich at the final hurdle on Monday.The club suffered an 82-run defeat in the Mid-Norfolk Sunday Cricket League showpiece at Sprowston Cricket Club.Swaffham won the toss and elected to bowl.Swaffham cricketers before their Broke Cup final. Pictured back, from left, are: Jordan Twiddy, Joe Bayliss, Jack Dennis, Ben Mills, Dave Annakin, Liam Exley. Front: Blake Davies, Dillon Walker, Oil Wynne, Toby

King's Lynn slipped to a 57-33 defeat at Leicester on Monday as the play-off-chasing Lions proved too strong.Robert Lambert was sensational once again for the MacInnes Stars whilst skipper Simon Lambert took the scalp of Lions guest Dan Bewley in a real highlight of the meeting, but this was a night where the middle-order injuries really caught up with them.The Lions were fired up after a heavy loss at Belle

King’s Lynn Town 2 Alfreton Town 1Bartosz Cybulski scored on his home as King's Lynn Town picked up their first win of the National League North season.The former Derby County frontman fired the Linnets in front early in the second half before Josh Barrett doubled the advantage from the penalty spot 13 minutes later.Alfreton pulled a goal back with a penalty of their own - but Lynn deservedly held on

Downham Town cruised into the second qualifying round of the FA Vase this afternoon with a thumping 5-1 victory over West Norfolk rivals Swaffham Town.Three goals in the opening quarter of the contest put the tie well beyond Swaffham's reach at the SCL Memorial Field and although the Pedlars did pull a goal back in the second half, the hosts added two late goals to comfortably see them through.Downham have

King's Lynn Town were still left searching for their first win of the season as defender Tom Clifford saw red in the 3-1 defeat at Chorley.Clifford was sent-off in the second half of Lynn's encounter in Lancashire after Josh Coulson had cancelled out the home side's opener from the penalty spot on the stroke of half-time.Two late goals rubbed salt in the wounds for Lynn, who were indebted to goalkeeper

Heacham players enjoyed every single second of their debut in the FA Vase as the Magpies ran out convincing 5-1 winners over Kirkley and Pakefield.Fletcher Toll notched a hat-trick for the hosts with Owen Gilbert and Luke Gray also on target as David Griggs' side put a tough couple of weeks behind them in the club's first-ever appearance in the competition.Heacham's reward is a home tie against Dussindale and Hellesdon

Hometown hero Alex Street has been placed in interim charge of Wisbech Town following the departure of Leon Mettam.Street will take charge of the team for tomorrow's trip to Godmanchester in the FA Vase.The popular Street started his career at the Fenmen as a 17-year-old before enjoying four promotions with King's Lynn Town during a ten-year spell with the Linnets.Alex Street has been placed in interim charge at Wisbech Town.

Trips as far afield as Sweden, Bulgaria and Germany await Nathan Jones as he looks to turn his dream of becoming a professional snooker player into reality.The Lynn cueman, 33, has seven dates on his Q School calendar as bids to be the green baize star of West Norfolk.Jones' first date is at South Shields this weekend and he has not given up hope of forcing his way into the