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Two brilliant performances mean Holbeach United are still very much in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North play off picture. The Tigers beat Needham Market U23s 3-1 away from home on Saturday and followed that up with a huge 4-1 win at home to Whittlesey Athletic on Monday.Manager Danny Clifton said: “It was a fantastic Easter and as well as ...

The Tulips Supporters’ Club has been a massive hit this season and it’s looking to take at least two coachloads of fans to Spalding United’s County Cup final in two weeks’ time. The Tulips will take on Scunthorpe United in the final at Lincoln City’s LNER Stadium on Wednesday, April 17.There are two coaches set to take supporters to the ...

Spalding United enjoyed a brilliant Easter weekend that brought six points and a return to the top of the league with four games remaining. The Tulips won 3-0 at Shepshed Dynamo on Saturday and 2-0 at home to Hinckley LR on Monday.And with Harborough Town suffering a surprise 2-0 home defeat to previously bottom of the table AFC Rushden and ...

Reigning 750 Motor Club BMW Car champion Steve Schweikhardt picked up where he left off last year with a good start to the 2024 championship. The opening round of the year was at Donington Park on Sunday (April 1) with two 20-minute races.Steve qualified in second place in the wet conditions and after a poor start battled back to finish ...

Both Moulton Harrox and Crowland Town’s hopes of the Peterborough and District League Premier Division title took a hit on Saturday. Moulton were held by fellow champion hopefuls Warboys Town 1-1, Ashley Coddington scoring for the hosts.Crowland were beaten 1-0 by Holbeach United Reserves who moved out of the bottom two.Also winning to help boost their bid to not be ...

A 5-1 win saw Pyramid A crowned Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two champions on Thursday night. They beat Consti B to give them the title, two points ahead of club mates Pyramid D, who finished runners-up after going down 5-1 to Gosberton A.Victor Rouse (R7), Mick Twell (R7), Norman Vaughan (O21) and John Twell (O7) got the wins ...

The lawn has been cut several times to achieve a smooth fast running surface in preparation of the start of the season at Pinchbeck Croquet Club. Ken Knock and Tim Barzycki have been carefully setting the hoops to be one eighth of an inch wider than the croquet balls, which is considered generous and makes the hoops relatively easy, which ...

A South Holland youngster is celebrating after becoming British inline speed skating champion. Holly Gray, who is a Year 3 pupil at Sutton St James Primary School, went to Nottingham to take part in the Inline Speed Skating British Championships.She took part in three races – 100m sprint, 200m and 500m – competing against others from all over the UK.Holly ...

Old Laurentians 26 Spalding 25 Agony again for Spalding, as they lost away to Old Laurentians with the last play of the game. This was a similar outcome to two weeks ago, when they also lost away to Vipers.The only consolation was they came away with two bonus points.Spalding kicked off and immediately pinned Laurentians inside their 22 and it ...

Spalding United shook off the disappointment of conceding a last gasp equaliser to leaders Harborough Town on Saturday to move second with a win over Lye Town on Tuesday. The Tulips had looked set to make a statement win in the Pitching In Northern League Midland Division thanks to Riley O’Sullivan’s strike at the weekend.But they conceded in the 95th ...

A brilliant second half performance from Holbeach United on Saturday put them right in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North play-off picture. Five sides are separated by just two points in the race for the last chance to be promoted.That’s after the Tigers beat another of those sides, Harwich and Parkeston 4-2 on Saturday.The Tigers took the lead through a ...

Pinchbeck United face a huge home game with Hucknall Town on Saturday in a match which could go a long way to saying which of the two will stay up. With the threat of the drop looming, both sides have picked up form in recent weeks.The Knights made it two wins from two on Saturday, putting in a fine performance ...

Spalding and District Darts League players took to the oche for their finals night recently. The first game of the night was the Kelly Foster Cup final which was an all-Drayman’s Arms affair.The Division 1 A team beat the Division 2 B team, only dropping just one game on the way.The fifth and decisive win came from Josh Grainger against ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club results:Seniors’ Stableford Division 1 – 1st Jonathan Schultz 35 points, 2nd Paul Rushbrook 34 points, 3rd (ocb) Chris Moore 33 points. Division 2 – 1st Dave Punshon 38 points, 2nd Paul Milward 34 points, 3rd Adrian Wallace 33 points. Division 3 – 1st Dave Worrall 36 points, 2nd (ocb) Geoff Chappell 28 points, 3rd Joe ...

Divisions One and Three in the Spalding and District Snooker League are all wrapped up with a week to go, but it’s still all to play for in Division Two. Donington C are Division One champions, tying up their campaign on Thursday night with a 6-0 win over Services C.Wins came from Lee Hempsall (O14), Shaun Pickering (R21), Mat Turner ...

Spalding 43Old Laurentians 7 Spalding welcomed Old Laurentians from Rugby to Centenary Park with the visitors one place above the home team in Midlands Counties 1 East (South).The visitors kicked off facing a strong wind and within two minutes had been pinned back deep in their half after a 50-20 kick by Conall Mason giving Spalding the lineout.With an excellent ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 4Cambridge South 3rd 1Goals: Amy Naylor, Ellie Holland, Georgina MaplethorpeThe game began quite slowly due to the unexpected pace of the ball on the pitch, but this didn’t hinder Spalding’s performance.After just four minutes the first short corner was won. A great injection from Kate Amess sent the ball to Holland who found the back board. The ...

Last weekend, Spalding Lightning won the national mixed top club title for the third time in its history at the national championships at Nottingham IBC. In the semi-final on Saturday, Lightning played Hartlepool in a match that was always destined to go down to the wire.Lightning started the stronger of the two teams as they won both singles meaning they ...

The South Lincs swimmers were in action in Retford at the Bassetlaw Regional Qualifier Open Meet recently. A team of 35 swimmers headed north to take on a range of events and acquitted themselves admirably with a large collection of medals and new personal best (pb) times.Will Vere bagged nine medals, five of them gold, in the boys’ 15 years ...

Supporters of Spalding United have provided some Easter cheer through chocolate. The Tulips Supporters Club have held several food collections since forming last summer and their latest drive was to collect Easter eggs for families who might otherwise not receive one.For Saturday’s top of the table clash with Harborough Town supporters were asked to bring some confectionary with them.And a ...