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South Holland strengthened their hold on top spot in Spalding and District Table Tennis League in the final round of fixtures before the Christmas break.   They are three points clear in the top tier after a 5-0 win over Nets and Edges, John Gilbert and Richard Hammond did the damage in the singles with Jean White stepping up for ...

Flawless Spalding 4th have reached the midway stage of the East Men’s Hockey League Division 6NW (N) season with a perfect record after thrashing Alford 2nd 7-1 on Saturday. The table-toppers, who have scored 63 times and conceded just six times en-route to nine wins from as many matches, regularly field as many as seven young players in their side, ...

Speedway star Simon Lambert has unveiled initial details for his testimonial meeting at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena at the start of next season. Original plans to stage the event this past August had to be put on hold, but Lambert is delighted to announce that “Rambo Lambo’s Decennary” will now be staged on Sunday, March 26, with a 2pm ...

Long Sutton 1st stormed ahead of South Holland rivals Spalding Poachers 1st in East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW thanks to a thumping 3-0 victory over Bourne Deeping 1st on Saturday. Captain Leanne Woodhead fired an unstoppable rocket of a shot to put Sutton on course for victory. Two smart goals in both halves – scored by in-form striker Lyn ...

Upbeat Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington feels that his side aren’t too far away from rediscovering their dazzling early season form. Despite losing four of their last five Evo-Stik NPL First Division South fixtures, the Tulips’s steely showing at Basford United on Saturday was packed full of positives for the Spalding supremo. The return to fitness of long-term absentees Brad ...

Ominous Holbeach United Sunday cruised into the last eight of the Lincs FA Sunday Cup with a crushing 7-0 win at Metheringham. Joint player/boss Josh Ford led by example with four of the goals, while a Jonny Allen double and a header from defender Jonny Clay rounded off the rout. The Tigers have made no secret of their desire to ...

A last-gasp goal denied Long Sutton a deserved draw on Saturday as hosts Upminster snatched a 3-2 win in East Men’s Hockey League Division One. The game started slowly, but Sutton began to apply pressure on the home team by camping in their half and winning a succession of short corners – one of which was converted by a drag ...

Loyal Martyn Cundy has offered to stay on and help out whoever takes on the role of Holbeach United manager after turning down the job following a stint as caretaker boss. Cundy, who was chairman Dave Dougill’s number one choice for the role and is popular with the club’s players, admits that it’d be “selfish” of him to take the ...

The race to win Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series remains wide open after Ros Nickols became the third different winner in as many rounds on Sunday. Bright sunshine and little wind greeted the 11 boats on the starting line for round three, with experience key in such conditions. Nickols emerged victorious from Brian Cobb in second, with Paul Burton taking ...

Newly-formed Holbeach United under-6 football team have been boosted by sponsorship from three businesses. Jakemans (menthol confectioners based in Sutterton), JW Concrete (based in Holbeach) and Centralinc Systems Limited (also based in Holbeach) have all backed the young Tigers. An amazing £500 donation from shirt sponsor Jakemans helped finance purchasing the new kit, with everyone at Holbeach incredibly thankful.

An amazing run of nine wins from ten games has fired Long Sutton C to the top of Spalding and District Snooker League’s Division Three. A mainstay in the basement division over the past few years, Sutton C are showing the kind of form that could finally see them achieve promotion – highlighted by last Thursday night’s 5-1 home victory ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls came through a tough test in the national mixed knockout competition on Sunday as they beat Barwell by 77 shots to 56. Spalding took the lead early on, but Barwell never gave in and it was two rinks that made the difference. Annie Dunham’s set recorded an impressive 29-16 victory at Barwell whilst Graham Smith’s quartet posted ...

A total of 19 swimmers from Spalding-based South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club returned home from the City of Peterborough Winter Open Meet with a whopping 30 medals. The three-day event produced 13 gold medals, ten silvers and seven bronzes, as well as a plethora of personal best (PB), county (CQT) and midland (MQT) times. Stand out performances included that of ...

Spalding Gymnastic Academy recently took a group of their talented youngsters to a competition at Dave’s Gymnastic Club in Colchester – and came away with a host of medals. Although it was a late start, the gymnasts showed no sign of tiredness and put together some very good routines to come away with plenty of rewards to show for their ...

Comeback kings Long Sutton Athletic turned a 3-0 deficit into a 5-4 win at Oakham United Reserves on Saturday as player/boss Matt Cawthorn struck a stoppage-time winner. With Oakham usually very strong at home, Sutton looked to be in dire straits in the ChromaSport PDFL Division One clash when Will Lee (28), Richard Phoenix (33) and Liam Mullineaux (40) found ...

Moulton Harrox’s bid for glory in the Lincs FA Junior Cup ended in penalty shoot-out heartache on Saturday. Harrox were level at 3-3 with hosts North Somercotes United after 90 minutes and then 4-4 after extra time, with Ben Allen, Ainsley Johnson, Marcus Parry and Joe Townsend all on target. But the hosts won the shoot-out 4-2 and progress to ...

In-form Tydd St Mary stunned higher-graded Netherton United Reserves 2-1 on Saturday to progress in the ChromaSport PDFL’s PFA Challenge Cup. With Netherton struggling a little in Division One and Tydd on scorching form in Division Two, an upset always looked likely on paper – and so it proved. Both sides had opportunities early on, but it was the Saints ...

Spalding RFC 7 Southwell 31 Rock-bottom Spalding RFC far from disgraced themselves as they pushed Midlands 2 East (North) high-fliers Southwell all the way on Saturday before succumbing to a 31-7 loss. In a match of high quality and commitment, Town were right in the game until the last ten minutes when a couple of lapses in concentration let the ...

Basford United 1 Spalding United 0 Spalding United slipped to their fourth defeat from their last five Evo-Stik NPL First Division South fixtures as a late Fabian Smith strike gave hosts Basford United a narrow victory on Saturday. The defences of both teams were prominent throughout a very tight and closely contested game on a bitterly cold afternoon in Nottinghamshire, ...

Northampton Sileby Rangers 3 Holbeach United 2 Caretaker boss Martyn Cundy paid tribute to his patched-up Holbeach United side after seeing two late goals deny them what would have been an incredible away win at Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday. Missing no less than ten players ahead of the clash, goals in either half from Aaron Eyett and Tommy Treacher ...