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Golfers have raised over a grand for a charity that provides supporting living in the county. Every Thursday the Spalding Golf Club Social Group meet up at the club to play paying £2 to enter.Of that £1 goes to the winner, 50p towards a Christmas dinner and 50p to a charity.They held that Christmas dinner last week and invited Tess ...

There was confusion after Spalding Rugby Club’s match with Peterborough Lions was abandoned halfway through the first period on Saturday. The club’s players and officials were left surprised when the referee ended proceedings in the Counties One Midlands East (South) around the 20-minute mark.It followed a flash point between the sides.It has been reported elsewhere that all of the players ...

Their team’s game against Rugby Town may have been postponed due to a water-logged pitch on Saturday, but Spalding United fans were still on form to help a local charity. The club launched a Tulips Against Hunger, Christmas foodbank appeal.For their scheduled ‘Pitching In’ Northern Premier Midlands Division game on Saturday, supporters were asked to bring in food to be ...

Most of the games in the GCE Peterborough and District Football League were called off, but there was some action. Crowland Town were at home to league leaders and reigning champions Uppingham Town. Despite an Archie Rickards double, they succumbed to a 3-2 defeat.Sutton Bridge United lost by the same score at home to Oakham United Reserves in Division Two.Mark ...

Six members of Spalding Indoor Bowls Club received call ups to play for England this week. It was a special moment especially for Dominic McVittie (pictured) who has been selected to play for the men’s senior team for the first time, whilst Stephen Harris and Graham Smith retain their places.McVittie will play number three to current world indoor singles champion ...

A 6-0 win for Consti E has pushed them up into second place in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. They whitewashed Holbeach D to move up from fifth to second, within four points of leaders Services C.Consti’s winners on the night were Sean Jeynes (O14), Jack Chilvers (O7), George Neary-Phillips (O21), Simon Law (O7) and Martin ...

Professional billiards player Rob Hall wowed at an exhibition knocking in breaks of 178, 148 and 121. During the exhibition match at Spalding’s Consti Club, three-time World Billiards Championship finalist Rob squared off against Spalding Billiards League players Jason Rose, Neil Harvey and John Bellerby.He gave them 700 points start and ended up with a total score of 1,248 against ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1City of Peterborough 3rd 3Goals: Erin McMurraySpalding Ladies 1st had a strong start, putting pressure on Peterborough early.Some great work by Lauren Spenceley and McMurray up front kept forcing mistakes from the opposition’s defence, allowing Spalding some good chances on goal.Unfortunately, Spalding went 1-0 down after a good goal from Peterborough but were able to quickly even ...

Golfers have set temperatures rising at a Spalding charity that helps bring the town’s elderly together. The seniors’ section at Spalding Golf Club have clubbed together to raise a fantastic £3,000 for The Meadows.And the charity has used the money to fund a much-needed replacement boiler as well as a new cooker.The centre can continue to put on events and ...

RESULTSNORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidland Division (Sat): Harborough Tn 1 Spalding Utd 1.UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North: Pinchbeck Utd P Belper Utd P. Hinchingbrooke Cup (Tues): Pinchbeck Utd 1 Eaton Socon 2.THURLOW NUNN LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat): AFC Sudbury Res 1 Holbeach Utd 2.PETERBOROUGH LEAGUEPremier Division (Sat): Crowland Tn 1 Leverington Sp 0, Holbeach Utd Res P Netherton Utd P, Oundle Tn ...

Spalding United manager Elliot Sandy was left delighted as his side earned a point at Pitching In Northern Premier Division leaders Harborough Town on Saturday despite playing with ten men for more than half the game. Tyler Winters was shown a straight red just before half time, but the Tulips more than held their own to earn a 0-0 draw.It ...

Harry Tidswell netted the only goal as Crowland Town beat ten-man Leverington Sports on Saturday.They moved to sixth in the Peterborough and District League Premier Division as the league was hit by a host of postponements due to frozen pitches.In Division One, Holbeach United Sports are up to fourth after a 3-1 win at Glinton and Northborough.While all the games ...

John Yambasu returned to Holbeach United to help the Tigers shrug off the loss of their top scorer and move towards the Thurlow Nunn First Division North play-off places. The forward is on duel forms with Pinchbeck United and came back to replace Conner Pilbeam who has made the move to Sleaford Town at a level above.Pilbeam has netted 15 ...

Pinchbeck United had a night to forget on Tuesday as they went out of the Hinchingbrooke Cup with a 2-1 defeat at home to Eaton Socon.Eaton are fourth from bottom of the Spartan South Midlands League Division One, a level below the Knights.At a freezing Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field Amadu Kanu netted for the home side in the opening ...

Over 40 trophy and award winners along with friends and family, attended the annual end of season presentation evening at Spalding Golf Club to be presented with their trophies and awards by the 2023 captain Ben Blom and the club professional James Beinlich.Blom said: “I’m very pleased to say that it has been a very successful season for the club ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club secured an important win at home against Grantham in the men’s county league. Before the game, Grantham were challenging Spalding at the top of the county’s south division but a strong performance from the home side saw them win by 19 shots (83-64).Spalding also won 12-2 on match points but the main damage was done by ...

Thirty-two darts players turned out to compete in the annual Steve Smith Shield crazy blind pairs competition.Played at the Lincoln Arms in Spalding in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support, the trophies were sponsored by the Lincoln Arms and Karl Rolfe.Winners were Kieran Bowman and Logan Goddard.A spokeman said: “It was a great event, which was well-supported by the locals and ...

Pyramid’s Spencer Dawkins lit up Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night with a spectacular 65 break. Dawkins (O56) knocked in the break on his way to a win over Consti E’s Sean Jeynes (O14).He now holds the accolade of highest overall snooker break and highest break for Division One so far this season.He got ...

Bourne SC took over at the top of the Spalding and District Billiards League with a 7-0 romp against third-placed Donington. Oli Player (R40) made a solid start with breaks of 23 and 20 in his 200-176 opening frame win and Elliott Gaunt (R50) and Lester Gaunt (scr) kept up the winning pace.Consti A lost top spot, despite a 5-2 ...

Spalding Golf Club, Captain’s Charity 2023 raised £5,764.20 for Macmillan Cancer Support.Past captain Ben Blom thanked everyone who supported him in helping to raise the funds for the Holbeach and Spalding branch of his nominated charity.It is a charity Blom was keen to support as Macmillan were there for his father in his time of need, making his last few months more ...