Norton Sports were promoted to the Kent League following Wednesday night's annual meeting at Lordswood FC.

The Kent County League champions made their presentation to the member clubs before being accepted by a unaninmous vote.

Kent League chairman Denise Richmond said: "It's excellent news for the club and is another big step forward after the successful promotion of Holmesdale last season.

"It was good to see the member clubs back the plans of the management committee.

"The other plus was that there were no negative comments from the clubs, it was all positive and that's good to hear.

"Norton were delighted to be promoted and we're looking forward to seeing them progress."

Norton will groundshare at Herne Bay next season while they continue to make progress to develop a long-term ground that meets the Kent League's criteria. Norton told the meeting that they have a major sponsor for the next five years to help assist with the increased costs.

Clubs also voted to change the League Cup format for the Premier Division to a two-legged knock-out basis from the much-maligned group stages.