The weather put paid to all but one Spalding Sunday League match last weekend. Swineshead Institute Sunday’s pitch was deemed playable and they slammed Mulberry 11-0 in the John Chappell Shield. In King’s Lynn and District Sunday League, only one game survived in Division Three. Heacham Reserves well and truly opened the Fleet floodgates, with a 10-0 win. George Patience ...

Jamie Clarke has dismissed snipes that Holbeach United are on a downward spiral. The striker barked a defiant message after netting the late winner in a thrilling 3-2 FA Vase tie against Huntingdon Town last Saturday. It set up a third round trip to London Colney on Saturday, December 6. Clarke said: “The gaffers deserve it and the fans of ...

Police in Spalding are increasing patrols as they launch a crime and anti-social behaviour deterrent operation in the run-up to Christmas. Operation Washer, which begins on Monday and ends on Christmas Eve, will focus on street drinking, cycle offences, theft from shops and youth-related anti-social behaviour. Community Policing Inspector Jim Tyner said: “The main aim of Operation Washer is to ...

Long Sutton Men’s 1st go into a two-week break full of confidence after a 4-0 win over City of Peterborough 2nd in Premier B on Saturday. Sutton’s slick hockey and hard work was too much for COP, who were forced into many mistakes. Harrison intercepted a 16-yard hit and slotted the ball to Fyson who finished superbly into the net ...

A football player’s life was saved on Saturday when the opposition’s manager used vital first aid training. The drama happened at Pinchbeck United’s Knight Street ground after Sawtry midfielder Chris Down suddenly collapsed just before half-time of a ChromaSport and Trophies Peterborough League Premier Division match. At first, Pinchbeck player/manager Ian Dunn – who was at the opposite end of ...

Spalding Ladies 1st hit the top of East League Division 2NW after deposing City of Peterborough with a 3-1 win in Surfleet. And on Sunday they won through to round three of the HA Cup, beating higher league Watton 3-2. Saturday’s league match was a very tight affair with Spalding giving everything against a quick and well disciplined city side. ...

Cue ace Mark Gray is ready to help steer Europe to victory over the USA in the Mosconi Cup 2014. His second appearance in the team comes six years after the first – an 11-5 win for Europe in Malta in the annual event. Gray, who is the resident professional at Bourne Snooker Centre, and plays for them in Spalding ...

Five unbeaten records were shattered on another fast and furious night of Spalding and District Table Tennis League action. Week eight of the Vital Recruitment-sponsored competition was another night of league action at Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex. Some seven matches were played, but only five were completed – with two teams a player short. Bladerunners held on to top spot ...

  More medals were won as a group of Spalding Gymnastics Club members travelled to Colchester to take part in an inter-class competition against some very good opposition from the southern region. Excelling in the junior section were Lily Thompson, Katie Parker, Emmi Bell and Maisie Foden, with the talented Thomposon winning bronze on vault. At the older level, Lucia ...

A Nene Valley Harriers contingent travelled to Sheffield English institute of Sport last Saturday for the Notts AAA open meeting and produced some excellent early season performances. Performances of the day went to Megan Pusey, an unsung hero at the club who frequently stepped in to score valuable points for the team events during the summer. She ran a personal ...

Another smashing night at the business end of the season of Spalding 6 a-side league saw Old Boy Coaches secure promotion from Division Two and Balotellitubbies pull off the unthinkable in the top tier. Division One: Business as usual for Brennans Sports in division one as they steamrolled past EPH Allstars 8-1. Tyler Wright putting in a worldy performance to ...

Spalding United climbed one step nearer to the play-off positions in Evo-Stik League Division One South at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday following a comprehensive 4-0 victory over a fancied Stafford Rangers side. The Tulips leap-frogged their rivals into sixth position with two goals in each half of a competitive encounter enjoyed by 207 fans – the best attendance ...

It was a great day for South Holland’s two premier football sides. Spalding United are now on the very brink of the play-off positions and Holbeach United came from behind twice to seal a place in the third round proper of the FA Vase. The Tulips romped to a 4-0 win over fellow promotion hopefuls Stafford Rangers at the Sir Halley ...

Three food establishments in South Holland have the lowest possible food hygiene rating. Long Sutton takeaways San San, in High Street, and Chilli Hut, in Market Place, are zero-rated, as is Toppings in Westlode Street, Spalding. The rating reflects the food hygiene procedures, structure and cleanliness, and confidence in management. Importantly, it is not based on any other factors such ...

Holbeach United 3 Huntingdon Town 2: Nobody could have left Carter’s Park on Saturday feeling short-changed. Even in the late manner in which this FA Vase tie was settled by Jamie Clarke’s strike, Huntingdon Town fans might concede that it was full value for money. It had everything – 95 minutes’ commitment from two good sides, excitement, great goals, full-blooded ...

At least one primary school in South Holland is poised to sever its links with a troubled meals provider. It comes after Spalding’s Monkshouse Primary School was forced to text parents at 9.30pm on Monday asking them to supply packed lunches for all children due to receive a hot lunch the following day. Its school meals provider – Food 4 ...

By Spalding town centre manager Dennis Hannant Having handed in my military clothing and equipment, identity card and car pass and received my final MoD pay slip, I now feel able to leave my military career behind me, albeit tinged with some sadness and move forward in my new role as the Town Centre Manager. On first impressions the fundamentals ...

  Chosen Charity of Holbeach has smashed its target of donating £25,000 to good causes during 2014. A £2,000 presentation to Spalding PHAB (Physically Disabled and Able Bodied) on Monday (pictured) achieved the landmark. Chosen treasurer Iris Boland said: “I would like to thank all of the staff at Chosen and our customers for making this possible.”

It may have been a long time coming and fraught with more than one issue along the way, but Spalding finally has a new town centre manager in post. Dennis Hannant took up the role last week and immediately set about increasing the profile of the town centre by fixing dates for a series of events during 2015. Yet he ...

Spalding resident Christine Meggitt’s proposal to transform Winsover Road signal box into a dolls’ house workshop and showroom has MP support. However, box owner Network Rail has still not responded to her offer last month to buy the building, which was decommissioned as part of the recent upgrade of the level crossing. It has been earmarked for demolition. Mrs Meggitt ...