Tennis
The Norfolk 18 and under county teams both found themselves embroiled in a battle for survival at County Cup last weekend but while the boys team escaped the drop, the girls were relegated.
There was success at the Hildon 12 Counties Championships in Corby for the Norfolk Under-16 girls, who topped their group ahead of Hereford & Worcestershire, Notts and Bedfordshire.
Norfolk youngsters Maria Andrews and Catherine Broster had a successful weekend at the 12 and under Grand Prix Masters event at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton, reaching the semi-finals and quarter-finals respectively.
The new eight indoor court pay-and-play tennis centre in Easton has set up a new winter county event. Teams from across the east of England have been competing for the inaugural Easton Inter County Challenge.
Richard Bloomfield had a positive week in Kaarst, Germany at the $15,000 futures tournament as he reached his first quarter-final of 2010. A tight first round win over Russian Denis Matsukevitch was followed by a more comfortable straight sets defeat of Germany's Kevin Deden, but his run was ended by Daniel Danilovic of Montenegro.
Richard Bloomfield fell in the second round of the $15,000 Futures event at the Graves Centre in Sheffield last week, but not before pushing top seeded Uladzimir Ignatik to the limit.
Richard Bloomfield suffered an early exit from the $15,000 Futures event in Glasgow last week as he fell in the opening round to Charles-Antoine Breza from France.
Norfolk professional Richard Bloomfield begins his 2010 season at the $15,000 Futures event in Glasgow this week. Bloomfield has spent the off-season completing a strength and conditioning programme, designed to alleviate discomfort suffered from a slipped disc in his back which dogged his 2009 campaign.
Pippa Horn is in the last 32 of the Junior Orange Bowl event in Florida after victories over Natella Nabieva of Uzbekistan and Joana Valle Costa from Portugal.
Norfolk's Pippa Horn had a fantastic run at the prestigious Eddie Herr International Junior Tournament to reach the semi-finals before falling to eventual winner Spencer Liang of the USA.