Sport

All three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders brought points back to Wyberton from Donington Park this weekend at round three of the 2019 Pirelli National Superstock 1000 and 600 championships. Milo Ward had three Stock 1000 races to contest and qualified well in 21st place to start the first of two races on Saturday afternoon. But he encountered a problem with ...

Spalding Town slipped to their first defeat of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season on Saturday. Mid-table Grantham 2nd proved too strong for the table-toppers at Spalding Grammar School as they picked up a 37 run success, handing skipper Jonathan Miles his first loss in his new Town role. On a day when the toss was always ...

Ten-man Pinchbeck edged to a one-wicket victory at Boston 3rd in South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday to move away from the bottom two. Bowling first, Pinchbeck did their job to perfection by dismissing their hosts for 128 in 35.3 overs. Kevin Manning (27) and William Lakin (36) scored well at the top of the innings, but ...

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club climbed to the top of their Unicorns T20 competition group by defeating Cumberland in both of their matches at Penrith over the weekend. Heavy rain resulted in the first match being reduced to just five overs per side. Cumberland won the toss, elected to bat and totalled what looked like a competitive tally of 47-3. However, ...

Spalding’s Custodians Fencing Club has recently celebrated its landmark 25th anniversary – and they are now aiming to keep the traditional Olympic sport alive in South Holland. The club was founded by coach Andrew Bayston, who is actively seeking new members to join them at the Castle Spots Complex. Bayston, along with the British Fencing Association and the Sports Council, ...

Martin Cook and Alan Cox both enjoyed victories in Welland Yacht Club’s Personal Handicap Pursuit Series on Sunday. With no morning action, rounds three and four of the series took place in the afternoon and ten boats took to the starting line amid little or no wind assistance, with staggered starting times. First to set off were siblings Samuel (helm) ...

The amazing Diane Morris has completed the daunting Brathay 10 in 10 event. Morris, who is a member of Spalding-based Halmer Harriers, ran the Windermere Marathon course every day for ten consecutive days. Incredibly, her fastest two times came in the final two marathons around England’s largest lake, with the clockings of 4.46hrs and 4.48hrs on days nine and ten ...

A packed Spalding Services Club saw Green Dragon’s Scott Williams take many of the individual titles on offer at the Crowson VW Pinchbeck and District Winter Darts League’s finals night. He started his evening in the singles semi-finals, winning 2-0 against Duggie McInerney from the Tigers Club. The other semi saw Luke Rhodes (Ship Albion) beat Darren Royal (Green Dragon) ...

Ben Wilson returned to the scene of the horrific crash that cost him three years of his career over the weekend as he continued his comeback. Kirton racer Wilson, who heads to Donington Park for round three of the 2019 British Supersport Championship this weekend, spent last week in Northern Ireland at the North West 200 races. The Mill Road ...

Spalding Gymnastic Academy’s boys’ competition squad did themselves proud recently at the County Floor and Vault Team Championships. The junior team won bronze for the Cradge Bank-based club with some good routines, before the senior team following up that success with a bronze of their own. Leo Vanof, Liam Main, Zac Wilkins and Elliot Brook made up the junior team, ...

Nick Meekins stormed to victory in the latest Civil Service Seniors gathering at the Decoy Lakes complex at Whittlesey. Fishing on Damson Lake, Meekins made excellent use of the prolific peg one and romped home with 132lb of carp up to 11lb to his flavoured pellets. Jon Bartlett was second again, with 108lb of smaller carp to sweetcorn, while Alan ...

Weston Hills star Johnathan Hoggard claimed his second win of the BRDC British F3 season at Snetterton over the weekend. The Fortec Motorsports ace clinched top spot in the first of three races at the Norfolk circuit, before charging from the back of the grid to claim eighth position in round two. However, he was involved in a three-car collision ...

Spalding Golf Club’s Seniors Open Day was once again a huge success as 160 players took to the Surfleet course on Friday. This year, the event was contested by golfers from as far afield as Lincoln and Swaffham – while winners Brian Hall and Michael McCreery made the trip from Thorpe Wood GC. Their score of 47 points saw them ...

Neil Palmer stormed to victory at Spalding Cycling Club’s latest Drop Bar Challenge event. This takes riders back to the old days of racing before the days of aero bars, aero helmets, skin suits and deep rim wheels. It was a much better evening than the last two held, although there was still a stiff breeze from the south east ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s Walking Hockey sessions have got off to a great start. Since the first session just after Easter, attendances have been around the 20 mark – with many making a return to the game after a break of several years. The sessions are held on the all-weather pitch at Glen Park (Surfleet) on Wednesday mornings from 10.30am to ...

Four goals from Damien Makwana couldn’t stop Spalding Water Polo losing 8-6 at Cambridge in their latest Herts League clash. In what was a thrilling end-to-end tussle, Makwana’s heroics, plus goals from John James and Ben Marsters, weren’t quite enough to deny the hosts. Spalding Water Polo’s juniors got their season under way with a tournament at Grantham’s Mere’s Leisure ...

Spalding Town made it five wins from as many South Lincs and Border League Premier Division matches on Saturday as they beat rivals Boston 2nd by four wickets. In a game reduced to 35 overs per side because of the rainfall, Town limited Boston to 122-9 at Spalding Grammar School before making a decisive 124-6 in reply. Having lost the ...

Moulton Harrox picked up an impressive 20-point haul in South Lincs and Border League Division One as they beat Claypole by seven wickets. Harrox skipper Simon Juckes won the toss and had no hesitation in asking the opposition to bat first in what looked like bowler-friendly conditions at Broad Lane. Opening bowlers Alex Baker and Nohman Jarral bowled superbly with ...

Long Sutton lost ground on the top two in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division after suffering a comprehensive home defeat against Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. Visitors Woodhall Spa scored 193-8 batting first at Paradise Field after being inserted in by the hosts. Sutton could only muster 89 in 26.5 overs as their reply collapsed, leaving them 104 ...

South Holland duo Pinchbeck United and Holbeach United will have five new rivals in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division. Three Leicestershire-based sides – Quorn, Shepshed Dynamo and Loughborough University – have moved sideways from the Total Motion Midland League Premier Division, while both Anstey Nomads and Lutterworth Town have been promoted from UCL Division One. The five teams leaving ...