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Harborough Town 2 Holbeach United 4 Debutant George Zuerner netted twice as Holbeach United won a bad-tempered ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at Harborough Town 4-2 on Saturday. Signed from Lincoln Moorlands Railway last week, ex-Spalding United midfielder Zuerner marked his Tigers’ bow with the opening goal on 30 minutes at Bowden’s Park. Zak Munton doubled the Holbeach lead eight ...

Southwell RFC 66 Spalding RFC 10 Spirited Spalding RFC suffered another heavy defeat on Saturday – but they did show their mettle in the second half to stop high-flying Southwell running riot. Town, who are already relegated having only won once all season, were beaten 66-10 by their second-placed hosts in Midlands Two East (North). It looked like the Elephants ...

Spalding RFC lost 66-10 at Southwell on Saturday as their wretched run in Midlands Two East (North) continued. Town, who have now lost 18 of their 19 league games, are all but relegated after the defeat. Full report online on Monday. RESULTS Midlands Two East (North): Market Bosworth 25 West Bridgford 24; Matlock 23 Loughborough 24; Melbourne 54 Kesteven 8; ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United hit four goals in impressive away wins on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United reached another cup final. Spalding were 4-0 winners at Leek Town in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, with Brad Wells (25), Nathan Whitehead (39), Jordan Lemon (45) and Cenk Acar (45) all netting before half time. The win keeps the Tulips third ...

Confident Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson believes that his side will be on the brink of clinching a play-off place if they can emerge unscathed from their next four fixtures. The Tulips, currently third in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, have a tough-looking spell of four away games in two weeks to contend with. Following their impressive 1-0 win over ...

Snooker professional Mark King made a special appearance at the Crowland British Legion Club last Saturday night. Romford’s King, who once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, took on nine local players in exhibition matches. Amazingly, Spalding and District Snooker League ace Jason Green, of the Pyramid Club in Bourne, managed to take a frame off the ...

The final of Spalding Golf Club’s Presidents Putter winter foursomes knockout competition proved to be a close-run affair. Contested between the ladies’ section pairs of Olive Gooderson and Sue Matthews and Ruth Atkins and octogenarian Mo Wallace, there was no shots given between them. Both sides built up a two-hole lead at one stage, before being brought back to level ...

Seb Hayes admits that seeing star striker Josh Ford get sent off for dissent on Saturday actually pleased him. The Holbeach United boss has been calling for more passion and aggression from his side – and he certainly got that in last weekend’s 2-0 win over ON Chenecks. A number of Ford’s other Tigers team-mates were also involved in heated ...

Saturday’s huge PFA Senior Cup semi-final with Premier Division leaders Peterborough Sports Reserves could shape Pinchbeck United’s season. That’s the verdict of player/boss Ian Dunn, who feels the winner of the clash will not only book a place in the final – but also seize the initiative in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title race. ‘Win at all costs’ is ...

Gosberton Risegate speedway ace Simon Lambert will reach the pinnacle of his career this weekend as he prepares for his very own testimonial meeting. Having been a King’s Lynn Stars asset for the last 11 years, the British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA) granted his testimonial – dubbed Rambo Lambo’s Decennary – over a year ago. Now based in Kirton, Lambert, ...

Spalding 1st saw their title dream in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B dashed by CoP 2nd on Saturday as the city side clinched the crown with a 3-2 victory at Glen Park. Hosts Spalding started the top-of-the-table clash much the better at Surfleet – and went ahead when Stuart Cunnington set up Glen Richardson, who showed immaculate touch and ...

A free trip to Headingley beckons for members of the Lincolnshire Cricket Groundsmen’s Association. The Association is providing free transport to the Yorkshire stadium this Monday (March 27), to meet award-winning head groundsman Andy Foggerty and to learn about his pre-season preparations.   Members will then visit the rugby ground next door to speak to Ryan Golding. Tea and coffee ...

Nene Valley Harriers had two individual winners as they travelled to RAF Cranwell for a match against the Air Training Corp’s (ATC) national team. Five teams of Nene Valley athletes made the trip, with Matt Dowling and Alex Hampson storming to impressive individual wins. The club’s athletes take part in the national finals for the ATC and their score is ...

Five Spalding Indoor Bowls Club ladies were involved with the England squad for the British Isles International Series at Belfast. Annie Dunham and Rebecca Simpson retained their places, while Ruby Hill and Chelsea Tomlin were making their debuts and Louise Catchpole was the travelling reserve. In the first match, England played against the hosts Ireland and found their form early ...

Nobody has accrued more points in Spalding and District Snooker League than Long Sutton A – but they were hammered 5-1 at Holbeach B last week.   The shock result of the week shouldn’t hamper Sutton’s Division Two title hopes, but it does give the second tier’s chasing pack a glimmer of hope. Hosts Holbeach had frame wins from Zac ...

Week 20 in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League had a full set of matches in Division One – but just three part matches in Division Two. In the top tier, South Holland strengthened their position at the head of the table by taking a maximum while all their rivals dropped points. John Gilbert and Jean White saw off ...

Ian Dunn insisted that results are now all that matter for Pinchbeck United as they continued their bid for a ChromaSport PDFL treble with a 3-1 Premier Division win over Peterborough ICA Sports on Saturday. A first-half cracker from Liam Ogden was wiped out by a strike from the speedy Josh Smith at Knight Street, as fifth-placed ICA threatened to ...

Paul Crowson saluted a job well done as Moulton Harrox beat Sawtry 3-0 on Saturday to keep their slim ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title hopes alive. A fine first-half strike from Joe Townsend gave Harrox a 1-0 half-time lead at Broad Lane, before second-half efforts from Jake Cawthorne and Marcus Parry – who ran the visitors ragged – wrapped up ...

In-form Long Sutton Athletic moved into the top six of ChromaSport PDFL Division One table by beating Peterborough Polonia 2-1 at London Road on Saturday. With skipper Billy Oliver missing, Polonia put the Magpies under ample pressure in the first period without being able to break the deadlock. Sutton created chances of their own, however, and looked the better side ...

Keeper Wayne Wilding was the hero as Moulton Harrox Reserves won a dramatic PFA Challenge Cup semi-final on penalties to keep their double bid on-track. Harrox, the runaway PDFL Division One leaders, went 1-0 up at Whittlesey Athletic Reserves on Saturday – but were pegged back by a late Daniel Redhead goal. That forced penalties, with Wilding saving the first ...