City Tennis Men's League Division 1 Pl W D L AD FOR AG DIFF PTS 1 Cringleford A 12 9 0 3 414 354 60 18 2 Acle A 11 8 0 2 412 228 184 16 3 Taverham A 10 7 0 3 356 284 72 14 4 Thorpe 12 6 0 6 413 355 58 12 5 Cromer A 10 5 0 5 316 324 -8 10 6 Cromer B 11...
Sport on TV Weekend 26 October The omen’s didn’t look good for Friday night’s SPL match between Motherwell and Hibs. Games between these two averaged about 6 per game and the last one was 6-6. A goal less draw looked on the cards. A better statistic was...
Sport Review Weekend 21st October The weekend started with ESPN’s football coverage. Rather than the traditional German fixture, they chose the French League instead. Not my favourite as the matches tend to be rather dull. Bordeaux entertained Lille in...
City League Division 5 Wednesday 5th September Taverham F at home This was the big one. Our sensational win at Marsh had clinched promotion, but now the title was in our sights, a win would seal it. We entertained bottom club Taverham F, but wouldn’t...
Saturday 8th September Norfolk Girls League Sprowston U 13’s v FC Bradwell The miserable summer ended in traditional style, with the hottest day of the year, not ideal for the first game of the season. Defending champions, Sprowston were looking forward...
Derby weekend. What a weekend with 3 derbies to look forward to. It started with a historic match. The first ever Highland derby in the SPL. Inverness entertained Ross County. what a match it was, the perfect start to the weekend. Play swung from end...
Sport on TV 4 November The most exciting weekend of the winter so far, 1st round day of the FA. always good this as unknown non league sides have their chance of fame. What a start it was, Friday night saw ESPN show Cambridge City v Milton Kenes Dons....
NN Tennis League 7th May 13 Baseliners v Crusaders The first match of the season and a difficult start, like last year. We entertained Crusaders who are one of the favourites for the title. last year, we had just pipped them to 2nd place and they were...
North Norfolk Tennis League 2013 Season Preview After a hard winter, summer is slowly on its way and we can look forward to the tennis season. Last year was a good one despite the weather and two matches not being completed. Once again, I will be updating...
Referees took centre stage this weekend, as I had a busy 3 days. It started with the rugby league game between Leeds and Wigan. Two old rivals, but this year was slightly different. Wigan had been hit by injuries, including Sam Tomkins. Their young side...
North Norfolk League Memories I thought I would take a stroll back in time and look back over some of my summers playing in the North Norfolk League It all started back in 1986, I had just joined North Walsham tennis club, based at Rossi’s. The North...
21st May Please note, where a game ends 4 set all, I have called this a draw. Games are not used to decide the winner, they are only used if teams are level on points and sets. Table Po Team Pl W D L SetsW Sets L Gam W Gam L Set Dif Gam Diff pts 1 Aylsham...
Tuesday 21st May City League Division 4 Jarrolds Home Our second match of the season and our first at home, on our new courts. A vital match too against one of our relegation rivals. But the scars of last week’s defeat at Acle hadn’t heeled as I had a...
Sunday 12 May North Norfolk Aylsham v Baseliners After our heavy defeat at home to Crusaders, we had a much changed team for the trip to Aylsham. Alf replaced Jim and Chris Clark joined captain Anne Armitage as the two ladies. We were keen to gain our...
Monday 13 May City League Division 4 Acle C away After last week’s false start, we finally made our long awaited return to Division 4, with a difficult trip to Acle. With Nick nursing an injury it was going to be a tough start. Storm clouds were gathering...
Thursday 23rd May City League Division 3 Blofield B home Another cold night with storm clouds gathering, our walking wounded faced a tough task at home to Blofield B. Formerly Carrow Exiles, they had come down for division 3. With three of our squad suffering,...
City League Division 4 Friday 31st May Bostons B v North Walsham Parks A We made out first ever City league trip to Lime Tree Road to face Bostons B, the first ever meeting between the two clubs. They had come down from division 3, so we faced a tough...
North Norfolk League Saturday 15 June Net Cords v Baseliners We found ourselves with a hastily re-arranged match with Net Cords, their opponents had cancelled. It was not a good move as we had another of players unavailable in what was an important match...
North Norfolk League Wednesday 19th June Bad Bounces v Baseliners After a disappointing defeat on Saturday, we faced a vital game against Bad Bounces. We had a strong side out with Anne and Chris Chapman returning and Lucio making his debut. In perfect...
League update 7 August Latest results Taverham 8 v 0 Baseliners Aylsham 0 v 8 Taverham Aylsham 8 v 0 Bad Bounces Po Team Pl W D L SetsW Sets L Gam W Gam L Set Dif Gam Diff pts 1 Taverham 8 8 0 0 56 8 367 157 48 210 14 2 Aylsham 9 4 1 4 35 37 305 317 -2...
16th August Please note presentation afternoon, 1 September 1.30 for 2.00 start Po Team Pl W D L SetsW Sets L Gam W Gam L Set Dif Gam Diff pts 1 Taverham 9 8 0 1 56 16 367 205 40 162 14 2 Crusaders 7 5 0 2 34 22 250 214 12 36 10 3 Aylsham 10 4 1 5 37...
Thursday 22 August City League Division 4 Taverham E v North Walsham A On a bright sunny evening, we made our way to Taverham for our final game of the season. Everything depended on this match, a win would see us safe, a loss would send us down. The...
Gorleston Rangers Tournament 2013 Saturday 20th July Under 16 girls With the summer heat wave in full swing, Gorleston Rangers held their annual tournament. Any concerns about the weather were soon forgotten as fret flew in from the sea, making it a slightly...
Gorleston Rangers Tournament Sunday 21 July Ladies Back to Oriel for the second day of the Gorleston Rangers tournament. This time the ladies took centre stage. Lowestoft had dropped out leaving one team short in group B. So there five teams played 10...
North Norfolk League Baseliners v Net Cords 23 July With time running out, we faced a vital home match with Net Cords, needing a win to climb off the bottom of the table. Alfe and I made a slow start to the men’s doubles finding ourselves a break down,...
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