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Frecklington feels Spalding United are ‘well placed’ despite recent blip in league

Bullish Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington is refusing to press the panic button after a run of four games without a win in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South. The Tulips were the early pace-setters in the division and only lost for the first time on October 15, but are now six points off the top in third place. Frecklington admits ...

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Fantastic four finish gruelling Winter Wolf event to boost the coffers of Young Dons FC

Four South Holland athletes have raised vital funds for Young Dons FC after completing the dreaded Winter Wild Wolf event at Stanford Hall. Mick Jackson, Adrian Dunbar, Amy Grogan and Chris Grogan (pictured) took on the gruelling event – despite knowing that it is classed as by far the toughest of the Wolf Runs. It involved a 10km cross country ...

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Agar holds his ground to win wet and wild Frostbite Series race at Welland Yacht Club

Race two of Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series got under way on Sunday with seven participants braving the wet and windy elements. The scorpion of Andy Prior and Tom Bell took the lead from the line, closely followed by the enterprise of Ian Thompson and Andy Stopper, RS200 of Alan Cox and Roger Ackroyd and the phantom of Gerri Van ...

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South Holland go top of the Spalding and District Table Tennis League by downing Pinters

Week seven of the Spalding and District Table Tennis League saw a return to the problems of last season – with postponements and unfinished matches prominent. In Division One, all four matches were, at least, started and this led to changes at the top of the table. Jokers faced Aches and Pains at the opposite end of the table and ...

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Girl power helps Nene Valley Harriers party in the park as Taylor leads the way

Nene Valley Harriers’ team were one of the star attractions as a soggy Wicksteed Park played host to the latest the North Midlands Cross Country League meeting. It was the first proper mudbath of the season, as the rain that had set in early in the morning continued to fall throughout the afternoon However, when the going gets tough Nene ...

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Table-topping Peterborough Sports hand Holbeach United a home reverse

Holbeach United 1 Peterborough Sports 4 Life after Tom Roberts began with a 4-1 home loss against ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Peterborough Sports for Holbeach United on Wednesday night. The Tigers trailed 1-0 at the break thanks to a strike from the free-scoring Mark Jones, then Sports doubled their lead through Josh Moreman early in the second period. Dan ...

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Pyramid B hit the top after whitewashing billiards title rivals Holbeach C

Pyramid B stormed to the top of Spalding and District Billiards League by thrashing nearest rivals Holbeach C 7-0 on Monday night. Darrell Read (R50) made breaks of 34 and 22 for the Bourne side, who are now level on points with their opponents. Donington are one point behind the top two after seeing off Holbeach A 5-2. Ben Wrigglesworth ...

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Holbeach United chairman Dougill targets Cundy as new boss to ensure continuity

Holbeach United chairman Dave Dougill has confirmed that he’d like Martyn Cundy as the club’s next manager after Tom Roberts’ departure on Saturday. Number two Cundy, a former Holbeach player and manager of Moulton Harrox, is Dougill’s number one choice for the job as he seeks continuity ahead of the busy festive period. The Tigers chairman also revealed that he ...

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Spalding Indoor Bowls Club dominate latest list of England triallists with ten picks

Ten top talents from Spalding Indoor Bowls Club have been handed England trials. Amazingly, Spalding has the highest number of triallists in total of any club in the country. Jordan Philpott will try to retain his place in the men’s under-25 team, while Ruby Hill and Chelsea Tomlin are hoping to keep their spots in the ladies’ under-25 team. Rebecca ...

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Spalding men smash title rivals CoP 2nd for six to take over at top of the table

Spalding 1st are back on top of East Men’s Hockey League Premier B Division after hammering title rivals CoP 2nd 6-2 at Glen Park on Saturday. Top at the start of play, the city side bossed the early exchanges – but Spalding went in 1-0 up at half time thanks to a a short corner by Stuart Cunnington. CoP levelled ...

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Dunn’s delight at ‘devastating’ Pinchbeck United as Maltby smashes super six

Top scorer Ollie Maltby helped himself to a double hat-trick as Pinchbeck United crushed hosts Stilton United 11-1 on Saturday to record their biggest ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win in recent memory. Maltby scored his goals on 15 (pen), 20, 36, 40, 45 and 49 minutes at Knight Street, a haul that makes him the league’s leading marksman on 26. ...

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Hat-trick hero Cawthorn piles praise on seven-up Long Sutton Athletic

Player/boss Matt Cawthorn toasted one of Long Suton Athletic’s best results of the season so far on Saturday. The Magpies smashed Netherton United Reserves 7-0 at London Road in ChromaSport PDFL Division One – meaning they have now beaten them three times already this season. Sutton went ahead when Billy Radeloff’s cross was flicked on by Billy Oliver for Cawthorn ...

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Duo deliver doubles as five-star Moulton Harrox cruise to Uppingham win

Ian Bradbury and Ben Allen scored two goals apiece to fire Moulton Harrox to a 5-0 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win over Uppingham Town on Saturday. Defender Ashley Coddington also got in on the act, as Harrox climbed up to second in the table. Also in the top tier, Crowland Town lost 2-1 at home against Thorney and Holbeach United ...

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Revenge for Tydd St Mary against South Holland rivals Crowland Town Reserves

Tydd St Mary avenged their only ChromaSport PDFL Division Two loss of the season so far by beating South Holland rivals Crowland Town Reserves 3-0 on Saturday. Tydd started well and could have been 1-0 up within a minute but some poor decision making and good defending kept it level. Paul Newcombe then hit a wicked first-time shot off the ...

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Sloppy second-half showing costs Spalding RFC dear in basement battle

Notts Casuals 33 Spalding RFC 12 Spalding RFC returned to the bottom of Midlands Two East (North) on Saturday after losing 33-12 at Nottingham Casuals – the only side who were below them in the standings. A try in each half from Sam Cowell wasn’t enough for Town, who had targeted the game as one in which they could notch ...

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Boss Frecklington rues key errors as Spalding United slump to Steels loss

Spalding United 2 Stocksbridge PS 3 The absence of talismanic skipper Nathan Stainfield loomed large as Spalding United slipped to their fourth Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat of the season on Saturday. Goals from Harrison Biggins (28) and Adam Hinchcliffe (43) put mid-table Stocksbridge Park Steels in command at half time in the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash ...

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Smith’s stunner pinches late point for Holbeach United in Roberts’ swansong

Holbeach United 2 Harborough Town 2 A stunning injury-time free kick from Jack Smith rescued a deserved point for Holbeach United against fellow high-flyers Harborough Town on Saturday. Smith curled a 25-yard effort over the wall and into the corner three minutes into added time at Carter’s Park in what turned out to be Tom Roberts’ final game as Tigers’ ...

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Increased work commitments forced Roberts to walk away from Holbeach United

Outgoing Holbeach United player/boss has admitted that he made his decision to step down from the role with a very heavy heart. Roberts left his position with the Tigers after Saturday’s 2-2 ChromaSport UCL Premier Division draw with Harborough Town at Carter’s Park, citing increased work commitments that saw him miss two games last week. Having joined Holbeach as number two ...

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Crushing Casuals defeat leaves Spalding RFC adrift at foot of the table

Spalding RFC are now six points adrift at the bottom of the Midlands Two East (North) table after losing their crunch clash at Nottingham Casuals 33-12. Having upset Newark in their last outing, Town were hoping to make it back-to-back wins and move well away from the bottom by beating their fellow strugglers. But Casuals, bottom at the start of ...

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Roberts steps down as Holbeach United boss after draw while Spalding United are beaten at home

Tom Roberts stepped down as Holbeach United player boss after watching the Tigers rescue a 2-2 draw with ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Harborough Town on Saturday, while Spalding United slipped to a 3-2 home loss against Stocksbridge Park Steels in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The big story came after all of the action at Carter’s Park, where Holbeach ...

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