Sport
The village has some sporting facilities. The village was home to South Normanton Athletic F.C.. The village also does a lot of Sunday and Saturday teams like Carnfield F.C. and South Normanton Colts Under 10s to under 16s. It also hosts the South Normanton School of Boxing which caters for all ages from 10 up.
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“For generations, a wide range of shooting in Northern Ireland has provided all sections of the population with a pastime which ... has occupied a great deal of leisure time. Unlike many other countries, the outstanding characteristic of the sport has been that it was not confined to any one class.”
—Northern Irish Tourist Board. quoted in New Statesman (London, Aug. 29, 1969)
“What sport shall we devise here in this garden
To drive away the heavy thought of care?”
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