Sport

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 ...

Spalding United 1 Belper Town 0 A rasping penalty lashed home by Lee Beeson at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday ensured that the Tulips remain on course for a promotion play-off place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The 57th minute spot-kick, awarded when Conor Higginson was unceremoniously brought down just inside the area, saw off a spirited ...

Holbeach United 2 Northampton ON Chenecks 0 Goals from Mitch Griffiths and Charley Sanders ensured that ten-man Holbeach United returned to winning ways at Carter’s Park on Saturday. Griffiths smashed the Tigers ahead on 44 minutes to break the stubborn resolve of visitors ON Chenecks, before Sanders buried a header on the hour to settle the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division ...

South Holland big-hitters Spalding United and Holbeach United both racked up welcome home wins on Saturday. Spalding kept their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off bid firmly on course with a 1-0 win over Belper Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, while Holbeach earned a 2-0 ChromaSport UCL Premier Division success over Northampton ON Chenecks at Carter’s Park. ...

Buoyant boss Chris Rawlinson has told Spalding United to put last weekend’s 1-0 defeat to Witton Albion behind them. The Tulips’ bid to secure a favourable play-off position wasn’t hindered by the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field defeat, but Rawlinson doesn’t want it to trigger an untimely slump. Spalding go into Saturday’s home clash with Belper Town (3pm) in third ...

The young guns from Holbeach United under-9s Black have received a major sponsorship boost from KDH Projects. Donington-based construction specialists KDH have provided the Tigers with new training jerseys, which have gone down really well with the players and staff. KDH commercial director Carl Rout was on hand to present Holbeach boss Rob Bell with one of the jerseys last ...