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Spalding Poachers 2nd produced a devastating display to wallop Wisbech 3rd 11-0 in East Women’s Hockey League Division 3NW on Saturday. Knowing that winless Wisbech were rooted to the foot of the table, Spalding knew that the Glen Park clash would be a good game to try out new positions and formations. It was a very slow game from start ...

Promotion from East Men’s Hockey League Premier B remains a realistic aim for Spalding 1st after a hard-fought 3-1 win over Wisbech Town on Saturday. They remain in the box seat for second place with four games to go after the Glen Park success over a Wisbech outfit that belied their lowly league placing. The visitors started brightly and soon ...

Ken Doughty put in a stellar performance to top the Division One standings by six points at Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s senior Stableford Trophy event. He scored 42 points, leaving Ken Parker and Lee Smith (both 36 points) way behind in second and third places respectively. Results: Seniors’ section: Stableford Trophy competition: Division One – 1st Ken Doughty 42pts; ...

Tulips B have taken over at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division One for the first time in recent months after a 5-1 victory at fellow high-fliers Whittlesey A. A 28 break from Mark Woodberry (O49) in a frame win, plus further successes from Joe Garland (scr), Ady Sibley (O7) and Darren Woodberry (O35) clinched it for ...

Spalding and District Billiards League big-hitters Mick Johnson and Mick Cooper both reached the latter stages of the EABA English Grand Masters Billiards event at Nuneaton. Having earned a place at the Attack Snooker Centre event via the south/east qualifiers in Cambridge, both managed to negotiate the group stage. The duo were drawn to play each other in the quarter-finals, ...

A second-half double from returning player/boss Matt Cawthorn fired Long Sutton Athletic to a 3-1 home win over Glinton and Northborough on Saturday. Matt Oliver’s well-taken finish gave Sutton a deserved 1-0 lead at the break, but Andrew Wright’s impressive finish on 50 minutes levelled the scores at London Road. However, hitman Cawthorn – who has missed the last few ...

Leverington Sports 1 Pinchbeck United 4 Ian Dunn praised his hard-working Pinchbeck United side after they made it 15 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division wins on the bounce on Saturday. Yet another hat-trick from top scorer Ollie Maltby, who now has 49 goals for the season, plus a Tyler Wright strike steered second-placed Pinchbeck to a 4-1 success at Leverington Sports. ...

Netherton United 3 Moulton Harrox 2 Downbeat Paul Crowson admitted that Moulton Harrox shot themselves in the foot on Saturday as they blew a 2-0 lead at Netherton United in the semi-final of the President Premier Shield. Early headed goals from Marcus Parry and Ashley Coddington at The Grange had Harrox on-course for a mouth-watering final against South Holland rivals ...

Doubles from Harry Grigas and Lee Jackson helped Whaplode Drove beat fellow ChromaSport PDFL Divsion Four promotion hopefuls Holbeach Bank 4-3 on Saturday. Goals from Tyger Atkin, Steve Coles and George Leatherland proved to be in vain for Bank, who remain second, with Drove now six points behind them in fifth place Tydd St Mary Reserves also won, with Jack ...

Newark RFC 31 Spalding RFC 5 A much-improved first-half performance couldn’t stop Spalding RFC suffering another Midlands Two East (North) defeat on Saturday. Newark, the only team Town have beaten in the league this season, avenged that Memorial Field loss with a 31-5 triumph. The loss – a 16th from 17 games – leaves the Elephants 25 points from safety ...

Regular fixtures took a break as the Spalding and District Table Tennis League started the Guardian Cup last week. In what is the third of the league’s cup events, four singles are played – each to 33 points – and the scores totalled. After that a hidden handicap is added to one of the teams to find the winners. Round ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s Top Club team beat Hartlepool at York IBC on Sunday to reach the national semi-final. They travelled to the neutral venue with hopes of reaching the finals and were faced with tough opponents in Hartlepool. Most disciplines were close affairs, but Spalding came out on top in all of them to reach the last four. That ...

Spalding RFC moved closer to relegation from Midlands Two East (North) on Saturday as they lost 31-5 at Newark. Town’s 16th loss from 17 league games leaves them 25 points from safety with five games remaining. More to follow. RESULTS Midlands Two East (North) Results: Loughborough 28 West Bridgford 20; Market Bosworth 40 Kesteven 34; Matlock 5 Coalville 27; Newark ...

A total of close to £700 was raised at Spalding Golf Club’s lady captain’s charity lunch. The event, sponsored by Hills Department Store, saw the ladies’ section players enjoy a two-course lunch, followed by a short talk by Val James from Macmillan Cancer Support. This was followed by a fashion show, narrated by Christabel Paul, buyer and head of the ...

Tydd St Giles Golf and Country Club raised an amazing £2,750 for their chosen 2016 charity. The captain’s charity for 2016 was the Neurological Critical Care Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, with events played throughout the year helping raise funds towards the final total. Tydd club captain Neil John presented the sum to Nicky Newton, the Community Fundraising Manager, ...

The Spalding Sunday League title race remains a two-horse race after rivals Sutton Bridge Sunday and Holbeach United picked up contrasting wins over the weekend. Odds-on favourites Holbeach cruised to an 11-0 victory at Spalding Wanderers to stay third, while table-toppers Bridge ground out a 1-0 triumph at Jubilee. Starting with the Tigers, Tim Cole and Josh Ford’s side made ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes is hoping that Friday night’s derby at Peterborough Northern Star is the start of a new trend in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. Friday night fixtures are something of a rarity in the division, but Hayes reckons that the Tigers – along with the likes of Star, Wisbech Town, Peterborough Sports and Yaxley – should ...

Both Holbeach United and Spalding United saw their games postponed over the weekend, while Pinchbeck United won 4-1 at Leverington Sports and Moulton Harrox were knocked of the President Premier Shield after a 3-2 defeat at Netherton United. Starting with South Holland’s big two, Spalding saw their high-profile trip to Witton Albion in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South called off ...

Spalding United won’t allow Evo-Stik NPL First Division South promotion rivals Witton Albion to get the better of them on back-to-back weekends. That’s the verdict of confident manager Chris Rawlinson, who is preparing his Tulips for a double-header against the Cheshire-based side. Spalding visit Witton, who leapfrogged them into second on Tuesday night after winning 4-3 at Stocksbridge Park Steels, ...

An impressive 16 students recently completed the FA Basic referees course at Spalding Grammar School. Nine students from Spalding Grammar were joined by seven others from around the county to be put through their paces by the Lincs FA Training Team – Michael Brader, Rob Windle, Sarah Grundy, Simon Bell, Jonathan Amess and George Richardson. The course entailed a two ...