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Table tennis round-up: Second seed Gibson crowned supremes champion

Two champions were crowned as the Spalding and District Table Tennis League held its second round of individual events – the supremes and the doubles. The ladies’ and junior events were also scheduled but were held over, in part for lack of entries. A shortage of entrants was also noticeable in the two that were held, with just 18 in ...

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Speedy Spalding racer Molsom bags a solid brace of second places at Pembrey

Spalding racer Andy Molsom picked up a pair of second places and clocked the fastest lap in his class at Pembrey to stay second in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club championship. Bright and sunny weather greeted Molsom in South Wales for what was the second race meeting of the new season. Race one was on the traditional Pembrey layout, while ...

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Snapped cable denies Spalding Grammar School racers a final berth

The Spalding Grammar School trio of William Smalley, Finley Sargent and Jack Duffy were denied a trip to the national final of the British Schools Karting Championship when a throttle cable snapped during one of their heats. The boys qualified for the event having won their local final at Nottingham by a handsome margin over Boston Automotive – allowing them ...

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PDFL round-up: Pinchbeck United complete league season with five-star win

Pinchbeck United rounded off their ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division season with a 5-2 victory over Langtoft United at Knight Street on Tuesday night. The goals came from Conner Eyes, Tyler Wright,  Brad Murrell, Chris Shipley and returning top scorer Ollie Maltby – his 62nd of the season. Maltby played wearing a protective mask and should now be fit to feature ...

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Hall’s heroics ensure Spalding Town lose close clash with Sleaford in final over

Spalding Town suffered final over heartbreak on Saturday as Sleaford edged a close Lincs ECB Premier League contest by just five runs. Town looked set to break their duck for the season after Hafiz Majeed (3-44), Jon Miles (2-33) and Luke Hollingworth (2-40) helped knock visitors Sleaford over for 190 at Spalding Grammar School. Hollingworth (49) and Warren Nel (31) ...

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South Lincs and Border League cricket: Moulton Harrox power to cracking cup win

A strong showing with bat and ball saw Moulton Harrox beat Graves Park by four runs in a South Lincs and Border League cup cracker on Saturday. Half-centuries from Joe Broomfield (57) and Andy Goodley (62 not out) steered Moulton to 229-5 from 40 overs at Harrox Field, while Jack Barnett (34) and Lance Bettinson (25) also scored well. In ...

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Late Wisbech Town Reserves goal denies depleted Moulton Harrox in end of season fare

Depleted Moulton Harrox battled back from a 1-0 half-time deficit to pick up a 2-2 draw at Wisbech Town in their penultimate ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division game of the season on Saturday. Mark Hardwick’s penalty after five minutes gave Wisbech the lead, but Jake Cawthorne and Joe Townsend struck just after the break to put Harrox ahead. However, Neil Goodbourn ...

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Nice and three-sy for Pinchbeck United as Knights seal second place with Sawtry success

A comfortable 3-0 win over Sawtry on Saturday was enough for Pinchbeck United to wrap up second place in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. Goals from Tom Brooks, player/boss Ian Dunn and a Tyler Wright penalty were enough for Pinchbeck at Knights Street, against a Sawtry side that had a player sent off in the second half. Dunn admitted that ...

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PDFL round-up: Pinchbeck United seal second place, Cawthorn sacked as Long Sutton Athletic boss

Pinchbeck United wrapped up second place in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Sawtry. Goals from Tyler Wright, Tom Brooks and player/boss Ian Dunn did the job for Pinchbeck at Knight Street. But, while they clinched the runners-up spot, results elsewhere also meant that Peterborough Sports Reserves sealed the title. Behind them, Moulton Harrox were ...

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Hayes: Back me long-term and I’ll win silverware with Holbeach United

Ambitious manager Seb Hayes has vowed to make Holbeach United regular contenders for silverware if he’s given time at Carter’s Park. Hayes, who replaced Tom Roberts as Tigers chief back in December, took charge of 21 games over the 2016/17 season – wining ten, losing ten and drawing one. That saw Holbeach finish in seventh place in the standings, which ...

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Rawlinson wants Spalding United squad to stick together and build on super season

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson has urged his players not to waste what has been one of the most memorable seasons in the club’s history. The Tulips missed out on promotion to the Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Division after losing in Saturday’s play-off final to Witton Albion. Goals from Bradley Bauress and Anthony Gardner either side of a stunning strike ...

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Snooker round-up: Tulips B toast title triumph despite final day defeat

Tulips B were crowned Spalding and District League Division One champions despite slipping to defeat in their final match of the season. They were beaten 4-2 at Gosberton B, but that was still enough to fend off the challenge of Donington C who had done all they could by thrashing Boundary B 6-0. Victories for Ady Sibley (O7) and Darren ...

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Spalding Indoor Bowls Club trio earn Midlands final coup

Three Spalding Bowls Club players attended the Midlands Regional Finals of the EIBA School of Excellence at Melton Mowbray. Nathan Puttrell, Jonathan Field and Jamie Goodliff qualified from the local event in January, playing three games to the ‘sets’ format which was followed by a skills test in the afternoon. Points were awarded for the various events with Nathan finishing ...

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Spalding RFC young guns end Nottingham hoodoo to lift NLD Cup in fine style

The talented teens from Spalding RFC under-15s have completed a six-year journey by being crowned NLD Cup winners. Having reached the final of the competition for the third year on the spin, the Spalding lads finally defeated arch rivals Nottingham – who had beaten them in the previous two finals – 27-5 to clinch the crown. With the game less ...

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Young Holbeach United side clinch Peterborough League title in dramatic late show

Holbeach United under-13s clinched the Peterborough Junior Alliance Division Two title after a dramatic final match of their season. The young Tigers needed a point from their last day title decider against Leverington, who raced into a two-goal first half lead. However, Holbeach hit back with two goals in the final ten minutes to take the title and cap a ...

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Hat-trick of Welland Yacht Club wins for on-song ace Prior

In-form Andy Prior enjoyed a second clean sweep of wins in as many weeks at Welland Yacht Club over the weekend. The bank holiday weekend took its toll on numbers for Sunday’s racing, with several people away. Some eight members in six boats prepared to start the first race of the day, which was the fourth round of the Morning ...

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Weather halts G&S Kawasaki’s progress at Oulton Park as trio all fail to finish

It was a bad day at the office for the G&S Racing Kawasaki team as the weather put paid to the racing for all three of their riders at Oulton Park over the weekend. Qualifying had gone well for the two Superstock 1000 riders, Sammy Coventry and Tom Fisher – but come race day it had been raining and, although ...

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Lord fires four as Spalding Water Polo claim victory over Hatfield in season opener

Spalding Water Polo got their Herts League season off to a winning start by defeating Hatfield 11-9 at the Castle Sports Complex pool last week. Hosts Spalding took control in the first quarter, with goals from Gareth Lord (2), John James and Ed Martin to lead 4-2. Hatfield then scored three in the second quarter to Spalding’s two, making the ...

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Clarke shrugs off arm pump to claim solid eighth spot at Oulton

Aaron Clarke picked up a strong eighth place in the Superstock 600 race at Oulton Park over the weekend. Despite again suffering from arm pump during qualifying – which slowed him down a little – the Kirton racer was raring to go in his race, which took place in difficult conditions on a drying track. The draperRACING ace started from ...

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Spalding Town still looking for maiden Lincs ECB Premier League win after Dixon’s heroics save Spa

A virtuoso display from Woodhall Spa’s Ross Dixon handed Spalding Town a second Lincs ECB Premier Division defeat on the spin on Saturday. Dixon, coming in at number eight with the score on 95-6, blasted an unbeaten 102 from just 73 deliveries to power hosts Spa to 257-9 from their 50 overs at Jubilee Park. The all-rounder then snared figures ...

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