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Ian Dunn is toasting a top week at Pinchbeck United after sealing deals for two top transfer targets. The player/boss, who watched on as his side defeated fierce ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division rivals Moulton Harrox 2-1 on Saturday (see page 36), has snapped up central defender Elliot Pogson and keeper Sam Vince. Pogson arrives from Wyberton, where he has spent ...

Table-toppers Spalding made it four East Men’s Hockey League wins on the spin by thrashing promoted West Herts 2nd 6-0 on Saturday. After a largely shaky start that saw the hosts fail to convert a number of short corners, visitors Spalding went ahead when youngster Joe Rogers buried a short corner of his own into the bottom corner. Leading 1-0 ...

Long Sutton Athletic bounced back to form in style with a crushing 6-1 success over King’s Cliffe in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. A treble from player/boss Matt Cawthorn, a double from Matty Oliver and a Martin Ward cracker did the job for Sutton at London Road. They are now up to tenth in the table having only lost ...

Moulton Harrox Reserves made it eight wins from as many ChromaSport PDFL Division One games as they cruised to a 5-0 victory at Spalding United Reserves on Saturday. Declan Earth (2), John Ball, Steve Sinfield and Lee Hudson all bagged to keep Harrox top of the table. Up in the Premier Division, two goals from Tom Gosling and a Pawee ...

Market Bosworth 29 Spalding RFC 19 Spalding RFC are still searching for their first win of the Midlands Two East (North) campaign after Market Bosworth made them pay the ultimate price for a string of errors on Saturday. Town made life difficult for themselves with a series of penalties being conceded throughout the game – and if host Bosworth’s penalty ...

Leicester Nirvana 2 Holbeach United 3 A no-nonsense display saw Holbeach United end their two-game losing streak at Leicester Nirvana on Saturday. An early Kamron Bass own goal gave the Tigers the lead in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash, but Gurdeep Mudhar equalised on 25 minutes. Jake Clitheroe restored Holbeach’s advantage moments later from an Adam Jackson cross, but ...

Gresley 4 Spalding United 1 BY RAY TUCKER Outplayed, outgunned and out of the FA Buildbase Trophy competition at the first hurdle – it was a really bad day at the office for Spalding United at Gresley’s Moat Ground on Saturday. On a day when so much was expected from the current Evo-Stik NPL Division One South pace-setters, the Tulips ...

Cue ace Mark Gray made the first genuinely big break of the Spalding and District Snooker League season as his Bourne SC A kick-started their campaign with a 4-2 win at Boundary A in Division One. The ex-professional, who plays off a huge O105 handicap, reeled off a 93 break in a frame win against Barry Malthouse (R14) at the ...

Spalding RFC’s winless start to the Midlands Two East (North) season continued with a 29-19 loss at Market Bosworth on Saturday. The defeat, a fourth from as many games for Town, see them fall to the bottom of the early table. A full report will be online at www.spaldingvoice.co.uk on Monday. RESULTS Midlands Two East (North): Kesteven 21 Coalville 20; ...

Spalding United crashed out of the FA Trophy with a 4-1 defeat at Gresley on Saturday, while Holbeach United got back to winning ways with a 3-2 ChromaSport UCL Premier Division victory at Leicester Nirvana. Starting with the Tulips, Evo-Stik NPL First Division South rivals Gresley proved too strong in the Preliminary Round clash. A hat-trick from ex-Holbeach United striker ...

Tom Roberts admits that he and his Holbeach United side have unfinished business when they visit Leicester Nirvana on Saturday (3pm). The Tigers were drubbed 7-0 by Nirvana at the back end of last season in what was the darkest day of his managerial career to date. Everything that could have gone wrong for Holbeach did go wrong that night, ...

Pinchbeck United 2 Moulton Harrox 1 Tom Panton came back to haunt his old side on Saturday as his second-half double fired Pinchbeck United to derby glory against Moulton Harrox at Knight Street. Converted frontman Panton, who was part of Harrox’s ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title-winning side last season, smashed home two venomous left-footed strikes for Pinchbeck on 60 and ...

Dave Frecklington has won his first award as Spalding United manager – but he admits that it’ll mean nothing if his side aren’t in the hunt for more prizes come the end of the season. The Tulips saw their amazing start to the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South campaign rewarded on Sunday when they were named as the season’s first ...

A 54 break from Mick Johnson was the highlight of Monday night’s action in the Spalding and District Billiards League. Johnson (O170) also reeled off scores of 50 and 47 as his Consti B side beat friendly foes Consti C 7-0. Team-mate Jason Rose (R30) also made a cool 30 break in the victory as Consti B grabbed their second ...

Spalding United Whites under-11s are looking the part this season in their brand new sponsored strip. The young Tulips are pictured proudly showing off the new blue and white kit, which has been sponsored by Worldwide Fruit. The team would like to thank the sponsors Worldwide Fruit and Mr Neal Collishaw for their generous sponsorship for providing the team with ...

Teenage Spalding talent Jordan Philpott produced a stunning performance to win Stamford Indoor Bowls Club’s much coveted Nigel Kettle Memorial Singles Open crown. Philpott, a 19-year-old Spalding Indoor Bowls Club ace, defeated former world champion Greg Harlow in the final to clinch the title and pocket £750 in prize money. Philpott, who has won SIBC’s under-25 Open for the past ...

Red-hot Holbeach United Sunday kicked off their Lincs Sunday Cup campaign with a thumping 20-0 victory over Fleet UC. Jack Smith (5), Billy Smith (4) and Adam Jackson (3) all ran riot at University Academy Holbeach, as the Tigers put the rest of the competition on notice. An own goal and Jackson’s first of the afternoon put the Tigers 2-0 ...

Two Gedney Hill Golf Club members have qualified for the Regional Finals of the League to Dubai and the Morocco Matchplay Championship. David Lord and Rob Newns will be at Tudor Park in Kent for the League to Dubai regionals on Monday, October 17. Before then, the Gedney Hill pair will contest the Moroccan Matchplay regional at Slaley Hall, Newcastle, ...

Almost two years have passed since the South Holland sporting community lost stalwart Henry Walkers – but he’s now been immortalised at Spalding Town Cricket Club. Henry, who played more than 1,100 games for Town between 1964 and 2014, lost a short battle with illness during his 50th season with the club. Unbeknown to him, Henry had been recognised by ...

Consistency proved key for Gail Follington on Sunday as three second places were enough to give her overall glory at Welland Yacht Club’s Carl Bilbie Pursuit Trophy. The event was well attended, with 11 boats taking part in three races – including four from the junior section. The trophy used personal handicaps to allocate each boat’s start time, with the ...