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The initial make up of the football leagues for next season has been revealed and its not been good news for Holbeach.The Tigers had hoped they would be moved back to the United Counties League after a season in the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League which saw them last season face five hour round trips of over 200 miles as ...

Donington snooker player Nigel Brasier has secured a sponsorship deal with Skopes Menswear.Skopes, which has a branch at Spalding’s Springfields Outlet, also sponsors professional snooker player Kyren Wilson.Nigel, who plays on the World Disability Billiards and Snooker circuit, has recently returned from the Belgian Open where although he failed to make it through the main event, he managed to come ...

Unseasonably light winds again greeted competitors for the annual Tulip Trophy regatta at Welland Yacht Club. Seven competitors decided to give the conditions a try and ended up having a pleasant day’s sailing.For the first race the boats started on a beat up to number three buoy for what was scheduled to be a three-lap race.Andy Prior in a full ...

RESULTS DOR-JAN PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUEPremier Div (Thu) Tydd 0 Moulton Harrox 3. (Sat): Crowland Town 5 Wittering Premiair 2. (Tues): Moulton Harrox 7 AFC Malborne 1. Peterborough Senior Cup(Weds): Crowland Town L Oakham United L. Div One (Sat): Peterborough Polonia 3 Long Sutton Athletic 4. Div Two (Sat 1pm): Crowland Town Reserves 3 Tydd Reserves 2. Div Three ...

The Hereward Sports Pinchbeck and District Summer Darts League results for Friday, May 12.Division A:Green Dragon A P-P Lincoln Arms CLincoln Arms A 17-10 Riverside InnConsti Club Z P-P Green Dragon BDivision B:Consti Club A P-P Draymans ArmsLincoln Arms D 15-12 Consti Club CServices Club P-P Consti Club B

Spalding Town Tennis Club is holding an open day on Sunday, May 28, from 10am-2pm.The free event is at Holyrood Walk and will offer a chance to get to know the club and find out more about coaching, tournaments and membership and try out games, drills and technique with the club’s coaches.All equipment will be provided.To find out more call ...

Sally West walked away as winner of Spalding Golf Club’s May Medal.She came first, beating Di Rafferty into second place and Barbara Newcombe into third.The club thanked Baytree Nurseries at Weston for sponsoring the competition.A spokesman said: “Many thanks to Baytree for the lovely prizes and for taking the time to come to the presentation, it’s much appreciated.”

The 2023 Spring Open at Tydd St Giles Golf Club saw more than 100 golfers taking part.It was an individual stableford competition and organiser Gino Ciuffini thanked all for taking part, along with the green keepers and bar staff.Club captain Andy Hicks announced the raffle raised £585.Results: 1st overall Neil Cousins 44 points, 2nd Mark Cooper 41, 3rd (ocb) Steve ...

Gainsborough 33Spalding 22 There were a rare trip up to Gainsborough for Spalding Rugby Club on Saturday for the NLD Plate Cup Semi Final with the home team playing in a different league. As the two teams warmed up you could see the type of game that was likely to evolve with the home team having a bulking and formidable ...

After raising over £11,000 last year for a charity in his grandad’s memory, Long Sutton 1st XI captain Jake Burton already has 771 cricketers signed up across the country to raise money this year.The 28-year-old leg spinner launched Runs 4 Research in memory of club stalwart Trevor in 2021.The very simple concept is that players donate 20p for every wicket ...

Abbi Pulling picked up her first podium in the F1 Academy in Valencia last weekend after a difficult start to the season.In the opener at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Pulling grabbed two pole positions but her and her Rodin Carlin teammates were all disqualified after what officials described as a ‘unintentional technical infringement’ involving parts of the sidepods.From ...

Elliot Sandy has been confirmed as the manager of Spalding United for the 2022/23 season. Sandy took over as player manager after Brett Whaley was sacked in March when the Tulips hit a dry spell in their fight for the Pitching-In Northern League Midlands Division.A lack of goals cost them after a strong start to the season but through a ...

It’s as you were in the Dor-Jan Peterborough and District League with Moulton two points above Uppingham Town.Goals from Declan Earth and Joe Townsend gave Bobby Patterson’s leaders a 2-1 win at Leverington Sports on Saturday.Their scheduled game with Tydd on Tuesday was called off due to a water-logged pitch and will now be played on Thursday.Uppingham remained two points ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club hosted their club finals weekend recently.The weekend started with the blue ribbon events as Chelsea Spencer beat Sandra Hammond 21-5 in the ladies’ singles final and Dominic McVittie beat Graham Smith 21-18 in the men’s singles final.Spencer and McVittie will represent Spalding in the national champion of champions for the 2023/24 season.The finals were followed by ...

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the finals of the Spalding primary schools hockey tournaments at Glen Park, Surfleet. All five of the season’s tournaments held during this school year have been fully subscribed with 20 teams from 13 primary schools participating involving over 150 children each time.As usual, the teams were split into four graded leagues of five teams at advanced, ...

Long Sutton Hockey Club’s junior section will, once again, be sponsored by Wrights Properties, in what is the club’s Centenary Year.Stewart Wright, of Wrights Properties, said: “We would like to thank Josh Baker and all the amazing coaching team for all the time and hard work they put in to making this section of the club such a success.“Not only ...

With a few Welland Yacht Club members having prior commitments for the bank holiday weekend five turned out for Sunday’s racing.The first two races of the day were three and four of the Pursuit series, where the class handicaps are applied up front to allocate different start times for each class. The theory being after the race duration all boats ...

RESULTS DOR-JAN PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUEPeterborough Senior Cup Final Holbeach United Reserves 2 Uppingham Town 4. Premier Div (Sat): Crowland Town 3 Oakham United 2, Leverington Sports 1 Moulton Harrox 2. (Mon): Uppingham Town 4 Crowland Town 2. (Tue): Tydd P Moulton Harrox P. (Weds): Uppingham Town L-L Holbeach United Reserves. Div One (Sat, selected, 2pm): Sawtry 3 Holbeach ...

Spalding Hockey Club celebrated the end of another season with a day of awards. The day started with the junior section enjoying games in the sunshine followed by their presentations.Junior award winners were: Under 9 – Blossom Willson, Alfie Spridgen and Brody Richardson; Under 11 – Millie Barker, Sonny Ilic and Isla Worrall; Under 13 – Eliza Morris, Elliot Ashton ...

Tom Fisher recorded three top 10 finishes on the Kime Racing Yamaha R6 in round three of the No Limits Pirelli Super 600 championship at Donington Park over the Coronation weekend to drop a place in the rider standings to joint fifth.Fisher qualified in fifth place and lined up in the middle of the second row for the start of ...