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A rapidly improving team within the Spalding United Youth set-up are calling on more girls from South Holland to follow in their footsteps and join them. Girls in school years 3, 4, 5 and even 6 are wanted by the Tulips – with the progress of the under-10 side highlighted as a great reason for them to give football a ...

Three of the Spalding and District Billiards League’s big hitters made fine breaks on Monday night. Rob Childs (O230) led the way with scores of 67, 61 and 58, while Mick Cooper (O150) weighed in with efforts of 58 and 40 and Mick Johnson (O180) sank a cool 49 and 37. Childs, the league’s most handicapped peformer, made his scores ...

Dave Frecklington is hoping to end something of a personal hoodoo on Saturday. The Spalding United supremo has never beaten Saturday’s opponents Chasetown as a manager – a record that now spans seven games over four years. Frecklington drew six blanks against the side from The Scholars Ground during his time with former club Lincoln United. That run was extended ...

Seb Hayes is adamant that Holbeach United’s season isn’t over. The Tigers have no chance of winning silverware this season after exiting two cup competitions in recent weeks, but boss Hayes feels they can still have a say in when the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title is won. He wants the team to rediscover their pride and finish the season ...

Spalding 1st kicked off their 2017 East Men’s Hockey League fixtures with a fantastic 5-2 thrashing of fellow Premier B high-fliers Blueharts on Saturday. Showing no sign of rustiness following the winter break, Spalding goal machine Stuart Cunnington inspired the victory with yet another hat-trick that leaves his side third in the table. Hosts Spalding had the better of the ...

Fast-learner Gabriel Khoza surprised everyone at Spalding Kickers Taekwondo by winning the trophy for best student at the club’s December grading. Khoza has only been training at the Castle Sports Complex for a few weeks, but his enthusiasm and kicking techniques impressed examiner master Paul Day. Spalding Kickers are a family club and are offering two free taster sessions for ...

A top team display saw Spalding Poachers 1st return to East Women’s Hockey League action with a 3-1 success at Bourne Deeping 1st on Saturday. After a determined opening on a very cold afternoon, Kelly Slater opened the scoring after Maisie Dobbs launched the ball into the D. The hosts hit back with a controversial goal to level the scores, ...

It’s pretty much as you were in the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race after the top three teams all suffered defeats on Thursday night. Leaders Donington C were shocked 5-1 at Holbeach D, but actually extended their lead by a point as second-placed Pyramid B crashed 6-0 at basement boys Bourne SC A. Both sides got ...

There is no room for complacency in the Spalding United squad as their title charge enters the home stretch. That’s the verdict of bullish boss Dave Frecklington, who is hoping to add two new faces to his squad over the next week to ensure there is competition for places in the final 16 Evo-Stik NPL First Division South games. He’s ...

Ian Dunn praised Pinchbeck United’s second-half showing as they kept the defence of their President Premier Shield crown on track. Pinchbeck battled back from 1-0 down at half-time to beat visitors ICA Sports 2-1 at Knight Street – booking their place in the semi-finals in the process. An offside-looking Tom Curtis gave the Peterborough side the advantage in the quarter-final ...

Pleased Paul Crowson talked up a top team performance as Moulton Harrox walloped Wisbech Town Reserves 4-1 on Saturday. A brace from Ben Allen, a Dan Woods penalty and a stunning individual effort from defender Ash Coddington earned defending ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division champions Harrox all three points at Broad Lane – and moved them back into second place. Allen ...

Long-term ChromaSport PDFL Division Four leaders Holbeach Bank saw their title dream take a sizeable hit on Saturday. Brett Schlechter’s charges were handed a 4-2 home reverse by rivals Cardea to weaken their position at the summit. Danny Hunt and Sam Thompson netted for Bank, but they are now just a point clear of Premiair (five games in hand) and ...

Three talented athletes won medals as Nene Valley Harriers kicked off their 2017 track and field season in style at the Northern Indoor Athletics Championship meet at Sheffield EIS Arena. Inspirational performances were the order of the day in the city of steel – and setting the scene was Zoe Lucas, who bounded home with a bronze medal in the ...

A weakened Nene Valley Harriers team still performed admirably at the latest Frostbite League meet at Nene Park. With the Harriers under-strength, Yaxley Runners, Werrington Joggers and Eye Community Runners took full advantage of the late change in venue from March, finishing as second, third and fourth teams respectively in what was effectively a home race. The race was due ...

Loughborough 57 Spalding RFC 6 Time is beginning to run out for Spalding RFC to mount any kind of attempt to avoid relegation from Midlands Two East (North) this season. Town slumped to another heavy defeat on Saturday, going down 57-6 at mid-table Loughborough to make it 12 defeats from 13 games. The Elephants are now staring down the barrel ...

Rugby Town 1 Spalding United 2 A much-improved second half performance saw Spalding United keep their title hopes in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South very much alive with a battling 2-1 victory at relegation threatened Rugby Town on Saturday. They did it despite losing central defender Neal Spafford to a straight red card on 48 minutes – and then going ...

Another heavy loss on Saturday has left Spalding RFC 15 points from safety in Midlands Two East (North). Town slumped to a 57-6 defeat at Loughborough and have now been beaten in all but one of their 13 league games this season. They are 11 points adrift at the bottom, too, but do at least host fellow struggles Market Bosworth ...

Ten-man Spalding United produced an impressive comeback to win 2-1 at lowly Rugby Town on Saturday and keep their title hopes alive. After a goalless first half, the Tulips were reduced to ten men when Neal Spafford appeared to hit out at David Kolodynski early in the second period. It didn’t take long for hosts Rugby to cash in on ...

Boss Seb Hayes has told his Holbeach United squad to stop feeling sorry for themselves. The Tigers are currently on a dire run of results that has seen them lose five matches on the bounce, conceding 16 goals and going out of two cups in the process. Having suffered the indignity of going out of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup to ...

Dave Frecklington insists that his Spalding United side now have more “fire in their bellies” after Saturday’s top-of-the-table loss against Shaw Lane AFC. The Tulips chief is refusing to give up on winning the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South title after the 1-0 defeat, but has set his side a minimum target of ten wins from their 17 remaining matches ...