Golf
Thetford's Lawrence Dodd won a full card for the 2010 Alps Tour after he finished in 26th place, on two-under par, at the qualifying school in Italy. Dodd opened his 54-hole campaign in style, with a three-under 69 at Metaponto.
Harleston Magpies Ladies host Ipswich in a mouth-watering Conference East encounter on Sunday (12.30pm). This fixture brings together the league's top two teams, with Magpies one point behind Ipswich, so a win would see Magpies go top.
Norfolk's rising young star Amber Ratcliffe has two more reasons to celebrate a spectacular year in girls' golf. The Royal Cromer player, who has only just turned 14, has won two top Norfolk awards which reflect season-long improvement and achievement.
Local knowledge proved crucially important when the latest Great Yarmouth & Caister winter pro-am/am-am was played in gale force winds. Seventy players braved the conditions - and returned some good scores.
Professional Neil Lythgoe pulled off a spectacular win in the latest Norfolk Alliance meeting at Thetford - when he holed three shots from off the green.
Professional Danny Chapman found the best possible way to thank his local supporters - with a five-shot win in the professional event at the latest Norfolk Alliance meeting.
Top Norfolk professional Neil Lythgoe made short work of his first outing on the new-look Bawburgh course - with a five-under par 67 and a new course record.
Teenagers Matthew Bacon and Aaron Bullock wrapped up their 2009 season with a convincing win in the EDP Norfolk Junior Foursomes at Bawburgh. Bacon (Costessey Park) and Bullock (Caldecott Hall) finished three shots clear of the field after returning a fighting gross score of three-over par 75 - on a wet and windy day.
Norfolk Open champion Ian Ellis is launching a winter tour for professionals and amateurs which will move around the local clubs. The Dogleg Tour gets underway at Costessey Park on Friday, November 20 and another dozen events are already planned, with more to be added to the schedule.
Two newcomers to Norfolk girls' golf took the honours at the end-of-season Autumn Shield meeting at Dunston Hall. Jessica Dixon, 13, won the event with an impressive 43 points while her Thetford club colleague, Alisha Margerum, 12, was runner up with 38.