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Late penalty halts Holbeach United’s winning run but Hayes is happy to extend unbeaten run

Holbeach United 2 Cogenhoe United 2 A late penalty denied Holbeach United a fifth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division win on the bounce on Saturday as Cogenhoe United held them to a 2-2 draw at Carter’s Park. The Tigers trailed 1-0 at the break following a classy Matt Long finish (43), but two quick-fire deflected strikes from Matt Warfield (75) and ...

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Saturday football: Acar fires Spalding United to vital win, Holbeach United pegged back by late penalty

Spalding United moved ever-closer to securing third place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South with a 1-0 win at Kidgsrove Athletic on Saturday, while Holbeach United extended their unbeaten ChromaSport UCL Premier Division run to five games after drawing 2-2 at home to Cogenhoe United. Starting with the Tulips, Cenk Acar’s 73rd-minute strike was enough to settle a close contest ...

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Feel-good factor gives Sunday Tigers extra incentive ahead of Sincil Bank final

Excited Holbeach United Sunday co-boss Tim Cole feels that everybody in the town is behind them as they bid to win their first-ever trophy this weekend. The Sunday Tigers make the trip to Lincoln City’s Sincil Bank on Sunday to take on The Notts FC in the final of the Lincs Sunday Cup. Bossed by Cole and joint player/manager Josh ...

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In-form Holbeach United challenged to finish UCL Premier Division season unbeaten

Buoyant boss Seb Hayes has challenged his side to keep their fine run of form going and finish the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season without losing another game. Having won their last four – including successes over Newport Pagnell Town and Eynesbury Rovers in the past week – the Tigers are back into the top six. Placing at least fifth ...

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Double podium for Spalding race ace Molsom at Oulton Park in season opener

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom got his new Caterham Graduates Racing Club season off to a great start with two second places at a rain-hit Oulton Park. Molsom, who competes in the Super-Graduates class, qualified third for both races. Just before the first race, the rain started again and didn’t relent. Molsom made a good start and set about trying to ...

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Wilson puts his knowledge to good use in new role as Gearlink rider coach

Following the removal of the external fixator from his injured right leg, Ben Wilson is now back on his feet and has re-joined the team at Gearlink Kawasaki as rider coach. Wilson, from Kirton, has gone through multiple operations to repair the damage to his very badly broken right femur following his crash at the North West 200 in May ...

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Don’t miss the chance to see some top indoor bowls in Spalding this weekend

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club hosts its annual under-25 open on Sunday – with some of the best young bowlers in the country in action at the Castle Sports Complex. The tournament, again being generously sponsored by Hughes Electrical, is played to a quick-fire Premier Threes format. Each match is best of three sets, with each set being just three ends. ...

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Spalding United battle back for impressive draw at title-chasing Witton

Spalding United bounced back from going 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Witton Albion in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Thursday night. A Tom Owens strike (32) gave title-chasing Witton a half-time lead – and they doubled their money when Will Jones netted eight minutes into the second period. However, Leon Mettam (55) and Jordan Lemon (68) hit back ...

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Rawlinson: Spalding United still on track for 80-point target

Chris Rawlinson doesn’t believe that Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Stocksbridge Park Steels will derail Spalding United’s hopes of clinching a favourable play-off position in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The Tulips chief felt his side were “poor” last weekend, but feels they are still very much on-track to reach his golden figure of 80 points – which would secure third ...

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Sam seals solid 21st on G&S Kawasaki debut at Donington Park

It wasn’t the best start to the season for the Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki team as both Tom Fisher and Ben Luxton suffered crashes and new recruit Sam Coventry placed 21st at Donington Park over the weekend. After completing his qualifying in 25th position, Coventry began the new format Superstock 1000 race from a ninth row grid position and, despite ...

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Clarke settles for 11th as his Donington Park charge is cut short by arm pump

Aaron Clarke’s chances of a top five finish at the opening round of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship were hit by an untimely bout of arm pump over the weekend. Clarke recorded an 11th-placed finish for his team draperRacing at Donington Park on Sunday to bring five championship points – but he could easily have bagged a few more. ...

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Hockey round-up: Promoted Spalding 1st sign off stellar season in style

Having already clinched promotion to East Men’s Hockey League Premier A, Spalding 1st completed their campaign with a big 7-3 success at West Herts 2nd on Saturday. Connor Allen and Stuart Cunnington found the net for Spalding in a closely contested first half, but they found themselves trailing 3-2 at the break. Deciding that they wanted to finish the season ...

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Dream Dubai showing from Gedney Hill Golf Club pairing David and Rob

Gedney Hill Golf Club duo David Lord and Rob Newns finished a fantastic third at Grand Finals of the League to Dubai competition. The pair travelled out to Dubai for the finals last Thursday and played three rounds of golf on three different courses in the United Arab Emirates. Round one saw them take on the Arabian Ranches Course, where ...

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Bell gets Welland Yacht Club season off to a flyer with Shield success

Welland Yacht Club’s 2017 season got under way with the Robert Creek Shield regatta on Sunday – and it was Tom Bell who took the honours. Some nine boats took to the water for race one, hoping that the anticipated breeze would come. As always, it was essential for the fastest boats to get away cleanly from the start to ...

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Depleted Spalding RFC suffer big Bridgford beating but hope to finish with a flourish

West Bridgford 100 Spalding RFC 0 Downtrodden Spalding RFC were handed a 100-0 reverse by hosts West Bridgford on Saturday as they suffered their heaviest loss of the Midlands Two East (North) season. The Town thrashing was not unexpected considering they are already relegated – but the scale of the defeat certainly takes the shine off recent performances, where they ...

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Assistant boss Ross happy despite ‘scrappy’ Pinchbeck United win over Stanground

Allan Ross admitted that Pinchbeck United never really found top gear despite cruising to a 5-2 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win over AFC Stanground Sports on Saturday. The assistant boss, who was in charge with Ian Dunn absent, watched on as Ollie Maltby (2), Tom Brooks, Liam Ogden and an own goal steered his side to a scrappy Knight Street ...

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Tydd St Mary spot-on again as they stun Long Sutton to lift Inter-Services Trophy

Spot-on Tydd St Mary retained the Spalding Inter-Services Trophy after upsetting neighbours Long Sutton Athletic on penalties at Carter’s Park on Saturday. In a game that saw four players sent off, ChromaSport PDFL Division One side Sutton looked set to take the trophy after Billy Oliver opened the scoring in the first half of extra time. However, Division Two underdogs ...

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PDFL round-up: Moulton Harrox Reserves finally lose unbeaten league record

After going 24 games unbeaten in ChromaSport PDFL Division One, Moulton Harrox Reserves finally lost on Saturday. Peterborough Polonia were the team to finally take Kev Nottingham’s table-toppers down, winning 3-2 at Broad Lane in a real thriller. Top scorer Declan Earth and defender Chris Hall netted for Harrox, but Karol Cieslak (28) and Adrian Mizia (71 & 80) struck ...

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Crowson believes Moulton Harrox can keep winning run going and push for the title

Moulton Harrox’s stellar form in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division continued on Saturday as they romped to a 4-1 victory at Sawtry. A penalty from Dan Woods and headers from central defenders Ashley Coddington and Matt Watkin gave Harrox a commanding 3-0 lead inside half an hour. Lee Kenealy’s keeping clanger allowed Nick Finney to pull one back, but Ben Allen ...

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Holbeach United show Seb that they possess the all the key attributes in awesome Eynesbury success

Eynesbury Rovers 0 Holbeach United 3 Seb Hayes praised his Holbeach United side as they earned a fine 3-0 win at high-flying Eynesbury Rovers on Saturday – despite playing 50 minutes with ten men. The Tigers looked to be cruising to victory at the Alfred Hall Memorial Ground when Spencer Tinkler (22) and Charley Sanders (28) scored copycat headers from ...

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