Sport

Two youth teams from Pinchbeck United reached the semi-finals of the Wisbech St Mary tournament over the weekend. Both the under-16 boys and the under-14 girls came within a whisker of reaching their respective finals, having put in a string of impressive performances to reach the last four. Two under-16 boys teams were entered into what were both difficult group ...

Trophies were dished out as the Spalding and District Cribbage League held its annual end-of-season dinner and presentation night. Held at Spalding Services Club, the evening saw the league’s winners and runners-up get their hands on the silverware won during the 2016/17 campaign. That included league champions Rose and Crown (Fleet), who enjoyed a fantastic season. Also celebrating were Carter ...

MatDuf were crowned Spalding and District Table Tennis League’s Division Two champions after edging a winner-takes-all tussle with Hurricane Brothers last week. The duo had finished the regular season level on points at the top of the second tier table – and traditional methods were unable to separate them. It was thought that the title would have to be shared ...

Gedney Hill Golf Club’s annual Daniel Markillie Memorial Day event attracted close to 100 players this year – and raised more than £3,000 for charity. There was a fitting winner of the ladies’ competition too, with Daniel’s mum Kim Markillie taking the prize. Other results: Gedney Hill Open AM-AM: 1st Chris Bennett, Eddie Grange, Steve Steels & Pete Vinter 93pts; ...

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom has taken over at the top of the Super-Graduates driver standings after bagging his first win of the Caterham Graduates Racing Club season. Molsom roared to glory at Donington Park, shattering the current lap record for his class in the process, as he replaced Toby Briant at the top of the championship. Molsom yet again qualified ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders head north of the border to Knockhill for the next round of their respective championships this weekend. Tom Fisher and Sammy Coventry enjoyed some strong results for the Wyberton team in their Superstock 1000 championship round at Donington Park, when they were riding as part of the support programme to the World Superbike championship ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ young athletes were too hot for the opposition to handle in their Eastern Young Athletes League fixture at Cambridge. The incredibly talented teenagers won four of the six age group categories as they dominated the match from first to last. First place finishes came thick and fast, and at under-17 level Ronan Rawlings won both the 100 ...

Spalding Town’s winning run in the Lincs ECB Premier Division ground to a halt on Saturday as Bourne handed them a five-wicket reverse. After impressing with the bat in their back-to-back wins over Alford and Louth, Town faltered at the Abbey Lawn and were dismissed for just 155 in 47.2 overs. To their credit, the Spalding bowlers gave the notoriously ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ men’s track and field team pulled off a remarkable result to finish second in their British League fixture at Manchester. Seriously depleted due to holidays, illness and injury, the squad travelled north with thoughts of a damage limitation exercise – but returned home as a team of heroes. Nene Valley have a reputation for recruiting many of ...

A strong all-round showing saw Long Sutton defeat hosts Graves Park by eight wickets in the SLBL Cup (Division D) on Saturday. Having won the toss and elected to field, Sutton set about removing Graves Park for 154 in 36.2 overs. Although opener Chris King (59) and Liam Maskell (43) both scored very well for the home side, they lost ...

Moulton Harrox are eyeing another successful season next time around after wrapping up their 2016/17 campaign with their annual awards bash. Finishing third in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division behind champions Peterborough Sports Reserves and promoted Pinchbeck United represented a strong season for the first team, while the impressive Reserves did a super Division One and PFA Challenge Cup double. ...

Figures of 4-40 from Darren Hibbert weren’t enough for Moulton Harrox on Saturday as they slipped to a big 105-run loss against Claypole. Harrox won the toss in the South Lincs and Border League Division One clash – but suffered a long day in the field after inserting their visitors into bat. Skipper James King led the charge with 67, ...

Spalding Tennis Club are offering potential new members a free training session with Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) registered coach Enoch Annan this Sunday. For new adult members of all standards, the session will run for an hour from 10.30am at their Holyrood Walk base at Clay Lake (PE11 2RY). Lessons would then be £5 per hour for a group session ...

Buoyant skipper Rob Ambrose insists that his Spalding Town are full of confidence ahead of Saturday’s trip to big-hitting Bourne. Town have won back-to-back Lincs ECB Premier Division games ahead of the Abbey Lawn clash (noon) – and could move into the top six with another victory. Bourne, who are fifth, are famed for their explosive batting firepower. Only one ...

Consistent Brian Cobb clinched the Flag Officer’s Cup after a close battle with Paul Burton at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday. With near perfect conditions of sunshine and a reasonable breeze, seven boats took to the starting line for the first of the afternoon’s three races. An unlucky Phil Robinson suffered a broken tiller and had to get back to ...

The standard of play was incredibly high as the Crowson VW Pinchbeck and District Winter Darts League came to a close with a fantastic finals night. No less than eight trophies were up for grabs at the Spalding Services Club event, while the league champions also collected their titles. The H&H Cup went the way of Riverside A, who beat ...

Race ace Liam Warren firmly erased the memory of an early-season crash by roaring to a hat-trick of race wins at Cadwell Park. Spalding speedster Warren, who races a Triumph 675 bike with Thunder Sport GB in the 600 Pre-national Sportsman class, won every race he finished at the Louth circuit. Warren arrived at Cadwell in tenth place in the ...

Spalding Rugby Club are celebrating after holding yet another highly successful golf day at Spalding Golf Club. With the sun beating down all afternoon, some 76 golfers took part in a Pairs Betterball competition at the Surfleet course. The event was extremely well supported by local businesses, who not only took part but also sponsored individual holes – with T ...

Chris Wright did himself and Nene Valley Harriers proud with a 75th place finish in the Vitality London 10,000m last Monday. It was the 25-year-old’s first race since April’s London Marathon, and he returned to the capital full of confidence after a pleasing marathon debut. Wright clocked a time of 32.40mins on a circuit which took in many of the ...

Josh Newton helped himself to a stunning century to steer Spalding Town to an emphatic 80-run win over Louth on Saturday. A Saturday-best 159 from opener Newton was the mainstay of Town’s 258-5 at Spalding Grammar School, before Roy Tilley took 6-42 to dismiss the rock-bottom visitors for 178. Having lost their first two Lincs ECB Premier Division games of ...