Golf
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.
Norfolk's Andrew Marshall is preparing for a return to Qualifying School after a disappointing finish to his Challenge Tour campaign. Marshall needed a top four finish in the season ending Apulia San Domenico Grand Final in Italy to push himself into the top 20 of the rankings and regain his playing privileges on the full European Tour.
Leading Norfolk amateur Stuart Ballingall has transferred his winning ways to the US college circuit. The Dunston Hall teenager, who has twice won the Norfolk Open, is now a freshman at the University of Missouri where he's become a regular in the college golf team and already chalked up his first win.
Andrew Marshall's hopes of making a return to the top tier of European golf via the Challenge Tour's Order of Merit all but disappeared yesterday. Needing a top four finish at the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final in Italy to break into the top 20 of the rankings, the Norfolk professional slumped to a hugely disappointing second round of 78.
The end of an era has arrived at Royal Cromer with the retirement from golf of the Woodhouse twins after 55 years of continuous membership. Eric and Reg Woodhouse, who are 83, are reckoned to have walked about 45,000 miles around the course, during this time - that's almost twice around the world.
The Links C team retained the Norfolk Senior Nines Championship on home territory with one change from the team that had won last year's inaugural trophy.