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Table tennis: Spalding and District League gets a boost from Round Table and Ladies’ Circle

Last week the Spalding and District Table Tennis League were very pleased to receive a donation from Spalding Round Table and Ladies Circle – which will help support the League’s summer coaching scheme for juniors. Emma Potts, Louise Luck, Mark Le Sage, Matt Clark, Bill Rai and league member Matt Cole presented the cheque on their behalf to President Jean ...

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PDFL round-up: Moulton Harrox smash nine to close in on the Premier Division title

A whopping 9-2 win over Langtoft United moved Moulton Harrox to within a whisker of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title on Saturday. Goals from Danny Maddison (3), Joe Townsend (3), Marcus Parry (2) and Danny Lambe-Hyner at Broad Lane put Harrox in an almost unassailable lead, with Thorney now the only side able to stop them. That would, however, ...

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Dunn salutes ‘best performance’ as Maltby stunner caps great Pinchbeck United win

Pinchbeck United 7 N’Hampton ON Chenecks 0 Ollie Maltby scored an outrageous long-range goal as Pinchbeck United romped to a super 7-0 success over ON Chenecks on Saturday. Top scorer Maltby was the star of the show in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field as he netted a hat-trick – including a ...

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Newport Pagnell hand Hussey his first league loss as Holbeach United manager

Holbeach United 0 Newport Pagnell 3 Disappointed boss Danny Hussey admitted that his Holbeach United side were bettered in every department on Saturday as Newport Pagnell Town handed them a 3-0 home reverse. First-half goals from Michael Lyons (10) and Dom Lawless (penalty 28) gave the Swans a 2-0 lead at the break, before Josh Winters rounded off the win ...

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Impressive Duggan show can’t prevent heavy Spalding United defeat

Tadcaster Albion 3 Spalding United 0 After another goalless first half Spalding United were once again put to the sword by promotion-seeking Tadcaster Albion at the i2i Stadium on Saturday. Two weeks earlier, again in the north East, the Tulips had shared equal footing with Evo-Stik NPL East Division leaders Morpeth Town until the hour mark – but ultimately suffered ...

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Saturday football: Magic Maltby inspires seven-up Pinchbeck, Tigers tamed by Swans and Tulips tumble at Tadcaster

Ollie Maltby scored a wonder goal as Pinchbeck United romped to a 7-0 success over Northampton ON Chenecks on Saturday, but Holbeach United suffered a 3-0 home reverse against Newport Pagnell Town and Spalding United were beaten 3-0 at Tadcaster Albion. Starting in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division, Pinchbeck were the big winners of the day with an emphatic ...

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Snooker and billiards finals weekend: Ace Green pips four-time winner Fitter in top class Scratch clash

Jason Green lifted his second Snooker Scratch title on Saturday night after edging out four-time winner Craig Fitter 4-3 in the show-piece match of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League’s finals weekend. Pyramid potter Green, who first lifted the President’s Cup back in 2011, shaded a titanic tussle with Services star Fitter 4-3 (66-9, 33-71, 23-71, 71-26, 27-64, ...

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Returning Acar can be Spalding United’s key man in bid to avoid drop

Talented winger Jenk Acar has been backed to lead Spalding United to safety ahead of his long-awaited return to the starting line-up this weekend. Tulips chief Matt Easton considers Acar to be his best attacking threat and admits that he’s been badly missed over the past three months. Easton confirmed that Acar will start in Saturday’s tough-looking trip to Evo-Stik ...

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Holbeach United boss Hussey expected a tough battle with “impressive” Newport Pagnell

Holbeach United go into Saturday’s tough-looking Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash with Newport Pagnell Town (3pm) in a confident mood. The fourth-placed Tigers booked their place in the Knockout Cup final with a 2-0 win over Leicester Nirvana on Wednesday, but now turn their attentions to another Carter’s Park fixture this weekend. Boss Danny Hussey scouted eighth-placed Pagnell in ...

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Star washout not the worst news for Pinchbeck United after busy run of games

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits that he was relieved that Tuesday night’s fixture at Peterborough Northern Star was postponed. The Knights saw their Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Branch Bros Stadium called off due to the heavy rain in Peterborough causing the pitch to be waterlogged. Dunn had a host of first team players either unavailable or carrying ...

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Holbeach United book Knockout Cup final place after Nirvana success

Holbeach United 2 Leicester Nirvana 0 Holbeach United have reached the final of the Future Lions UCL Knockout Cup after a 2-0 win over Leicester Nirvana at Carter’s Park on Wednesday night The Tigers, fourth in the UCL Premier Division table, were hot favourites to progress against a Nirvana side that hadn’t won since January – and so it proved ...

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Spalding IBC duo Ruby and Chelsea impress as England retain their title

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s Ruby Hill and Chelsea Tomlin both played a big part as England retained the Clara Johns Trophy over the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, the Spalding duo represented England in the senior international series, which took place at Falcon Indoor Bowls Club in Chelmsford. Hill was selected at lead with Laura Holden, Stefanie Branfield (both Clevedon) ...

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Hockey round-up: Long Sutton 2nd seal Division 4NW title with emphatic win

Prolific Long Sutton 2nd were crowned champions of East Men’s Hockey League Division 4NW in typical style on Saturday as they smashed Cambridge Nomads 2nd 6-2 to clinch the crown. A hat-trick from the in-form Josh Fyson was the highlight for Sutton, while Luke Jackson, James Collingwood-Smith and Tyler Hagan also weighed in with goals on a big day for ...

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Strong South Holland contingent are ready to roll at banger racing opener

Following the great start to the stock car racing season at the Adrian Flux Arena it’s the turn of banger racing to take centre stage at the track on Saturday (5pm). There are two classes of National Banger in action, with support from the Junior Bangers and a second outing of the season for 1300cc stock cars at the King’s ...

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On-song South Lincs swimmers are city slickers with haul of 32 medals

It was another impressive weekend for South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club as they picked up 32 medals at the City of Leicester Age Group Meet. Some 28 of the Spalding club’s swimmers competed across all events on the programme, collecting 13 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals – as well as setting numerous personal best (PB) times and achieving ...

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Table-tennis round-up: Kerry and Sawyer into Roy Gibson Rose Bowl semi-finals

Last week saw the Spalding and District Table Tennis League hold its annual competition for the Roy Gibson Rose Bowl. This event is played as a round robin with individuals playing off a handicap up to 31 over the best of three legs. Some 17 members took part and were divided into four groups – with the top two progressing ...

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Anker stars in Rolls Royce showing as Spalding RFC race to impressive home victory

Spalding RFC 74 Rolls Royce RFC 14 Resurgent Spalding RFC romped to a massive 74-14 victory over Rolls Royce on Saturday to keep their faint hopes of finishing in the top two of Midlands Three East (North) alive. Ash Anker was the star of the show for Town with four tries at the Memorial Field on a day they had ...

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Snooker round-up: Super 92 clearance from Gray but his Bourne SC A side are beaten

A sensational 92 clearance from Mark Gray was in vain on Thursday night as his Bourne SC A side were beaten 5-1 at Boundary B in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. The O105 handicapper made the clearance against Barry Malthouse (R14) in frame two, but was the only Bourne winner as Richard Wilson (O7), Dan Smith ...

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Sunday football round-up: Trio of trebles in huge Kirton Town victory

An amazing three hat-tricks were scored in the same game as Kirton Town crushed Mulberry 11-5 in a goal-crazy Spalding and District Sunday League clash at the weekend. Third-placed Kirton moved to within a point of the leaders with the huge win, as Ashley Davis (3), Sam Reed (3), Josh Dunworth (2), Matt Tyrrell (2) and Ashley English all found ...

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PDFL round-up: Rivals Tydd and Long Sutton battle out an exciting derby draw

The spoils were shared in Saturday’s ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division derby between rivals Tydd and Long Sutton Athletic at the Fenland Stadium. The free-scoring Jake Clitheroe bagged a double for Tydd, but his heroics were cancelled out by strikes from Connor Bell and Brandon England for the Magpies. The draw keeps Sutton 14th, while Tydd are eighth. In Division One, ...

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