Sport

Competitive league football returns early for South Holland sides this season – because of the UCL/PDFL Groundhop initiative. Pinchbeck United get the new ChromaSport UCL campaign under way on Friday, July 28 with their first-ever game in UCL Division One. They will visit relegated Huntingdon Town for a showdown at Jubilee Park (7.45pm). Saturday (July 29) then sees Holbeach United ...

Andy Prior wrapped up overall victory in Welland Yacht Club’s six-race pursuit series with two rounds still to contest with a double win on Sunday. In pursuit racing, a personal handicap is applied to a theoretical hours race time to allocate each participant with a start time. Currently there is 14 minutes difference between the first and last boat at ...

Another points finish is the aim for Aaron Clarke as draperRACING heads back to Donington Park for the next round of the Superstock 600 championship this weekend. The latest trip to the Leicestershire circuit is part of the support package to the World Superbike championship. Kirton racer Clarke has been going well so far this year and, having recorded an ...

G&S Racing Kawasaki team have a new face in their ranks as they travel to Donington Park for the next round of the Superstock 1000 and 600 championships this weekend. With Ben Luxton parting company with the Wyberton team, he is replaced in the stock 600 class by young Dutchman Jorel Boerboom – who will make his debut aboard the ...

Two coaches from Spalding Gymnastics Academy have passed their level two women’s artistic coaching exam. Emma Goodliff and Lexi Coote both joined the Academy as youngsters and their success is a big boost for the Cradge Bank based club. Spalding-based Goodliff, who is 20, has been a gymnast at the academy since she was five and is still a competitive ...

A host of winners were crowned as the finals of the Spalding Primary Schools Hockey Tournaments were held at Glen Park on Friday. Some 170 primary school children from 13 local schools took part in the tournament, run in association with Spalding Hockey Club, with teams being divided into four leagues – advanced, intermediate and beginners (A and B) levels. ...

Father and daughter duo Jim and Chelsie Wainwright have both reached the rank of black belt with Spalding Kickers Taekwondo. The duo set about finding a Taekwondo club in which they could train together more than four years ago – and opted for Kickers after a recommendation. They had a taster session and joined immediately. One of the big advantages ...

More than 230 children got their hands on silverware as Holbeach United Community Sports Academy held their popular end of season presentation day last weekend. Members of the Tigers’ under-7, under-8, under-9, under-10, under-11, under-12, under-13, under-14 and under-16 boys teams, plus the under-14 girls, were all at King’s Academy for the bash. Those aged from under-7 to under-10 were ...

Athletes from Nene Valley Harriers enjoyed a gold-rush in the 2017 Cambridgeshire track and field county championships at Peterborough’s embankment track. Despite splitting their athletes between the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire championships, the medal podium seemed to be permanently occupied by the red, white and blue Nene Valley vests. The Harriers picked up 14 gold medals along with plenty of silvers ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League finally limped to a conclusion last week. The main contenders for the Division Two title – MatDuf and Hurricane Brothers – were present to play their remaining games. It began with a battle royale between Stewart Duffill (MatDuf) and Dylan Taylor (Win for a Curry). Duffill took the first end 17-15, but Taylor ...

Winless Spalding Town begin a more favourable run of fixtures in the Lincs ECB Premier Division with a trip to mid-table Alford on Saturday (noon). Town have lost four of their opening five fixtures in the county top flight, with the exception being Saturday’s washed out home clash with leaders Bracebridge Heath. Alford, who have registered two wins from their ...

A knock of 40 from opener Jon Garner helped Spalding 1st beat hosts Newborough 2nd by four wickets in Rutland League Division Four East on Sunday. Having opted to bowl first, Town limited their hosts to 129-9 as Chris Green (2-19) and Tom Decamps (2-28) took two wickets apiece. Garner and Decamps (27) put on 78 for the first wicket ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes has paid tribute to Josh Ford and Jamie Stevens after the talented duo agreed switches to ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Wisbech Town. Club captain Stevens and last season’s top scorer Ford were announced as Wisbech players on Monday night, with Hayes admitting he’s been fighting to keep the pair from the first day he ...

Pinchbeck United expect to be playing step six football at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field next season. That’s the verdict of player/boss Ian Dunn, who says all of the paperwork is in place for Pinchbeck to be promoted from ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division for the first time in their history. Dunn says the Knights have a one-year agreement to ...

Talismanic skipper Nathan Stainfield has been backed to excel at a higher standard of football after opting to end his four-year spell with Spalding United. Stainfield, who joined the Tulips from Boston United back in 2013, informed Tulips boss Chris Rawlinson that – at 28 years of age – he wants to test himself further up the non-league ladder. Widely ...

Four-some Tydd St Mary beat Langtoft United Reserves 4-1 in the ChromaSport PDFL Division Two play-off final on Saturday to clinch a second promotion in as many seasons. The Saints will play PDFL Division One football next season – alongside the likes of Crowland Town, Long Sutton Athletic and Moulton Harrox Reserves – thanks to goals from James Woods, Jason ...

Stanground Sports Res 2 Moulton Harrox Res 3 Delighted boss Kev Nottingham paid tribute to his Moulton Harrox Reserves side as they completed a memorable double on Friday night. The Division One champions came from 2-0 down to beat Stanground Sports Reserves 3-2 in the PFA Challenge Cup final at Yaxley’s In2itive Park, rounding off a stellar season in the ...

The top awards were spread out at Holbeach United’s end of season presentation night last Saturday. Captain Nick Jackson landed the coveted player’s player of the season prize, while Spencer Tinkler took home the manager’s player of the year gong and the first team’s clubman award. Teenage talent Dan Dougill’s breakthrough season was rewarded with the young player of the ...

Some top times were clocked as Spalding Cycling Club’s members took on the annul Drop Bar Challenge last week. The annual event saw 15 club members and four guests race over the ten-mile course using standard machines, with multiple gears, or fixed and single free speed. In 2016 it was Ben Moore who topped the leader board with 24.37mins ahead ...

Title-winning boss Kev Nottingham doesn’t feel Moulton Harrox Reserves should be considered nailed on favourites to complete a league and cup double on Friday night. Nottingham’s side, who won ChromaSport PDFL Division One at a canter, round off their season with a PFA Challenge Cup final against Division Two outfit Stanground Sports Reserves at Yaxley’s In2itive Park 3G base (7.30pm). ...