News of recent NNRFA events and activities

Norwich has one of the country's finest Norman castles. It has now finally fully reopened to the public on 7 August after a multi-million-pound refurbishment project which has taken five years. 

The transformation has restored the stone keep at the heart of Norwich Castle to how it would have looked in its original form as a Norman Royal Palace. These thrones in the great hall would have welcomed Henry I, third son of William the Conqueror, and his wife. 

The project is an exciting foretaste of 2027: The Year of the Normans. The twinning between Norwich and Rouen – capital city of the Normans in Normandy – means that NNRFA and our sister organisation in Rouen, Rouen Norwich Club, will play a part in the celebrations. 

The hundreds of young footballers competing in the Cringleford International Junior Football Tournament on 2/3 August included 60 youngsters from Rouen!

What a thrill to see the Rouen and the French flags flying on their gazebos! 

You can read all about it on our Football page.