Sport

Long Sutton Athletic’s new under-18 team are hoping to make their mark on the local scene next season. Bossed by Tom Kierman and his assistant Terry Kemsley, Sutton will be playing in the Peterborough Youth League against the likes of Spalding United under-18s and Wisbech St Mary under-18s. The under-18 team will work closely with the Magpies’ first team and ...

A village cricket club has been left counting the cost of damage caused to the covers used to protect their square. Officials at Moulton Harrox Cricket Club discovered on Sunday that the corrugated plasticised sheeting on their covers had been damaged beyond repair. And the South Lincs and Border League club now faces a race against time to repair its ...

Spalding racer Liam Warren enjoyed another impressive outing at Cadwell Park as he took part in the Derby Phoenix series. Warren, who runs Woodgate Fencing Ltd in Spalding, had to contend with crazy weather at the Louth circuit. He enjoyed a good start to the weekend with his bike nicely set up ready from the previous weekend in the Thundersport ...

The Spalding and District League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – has decided that the extended season to catch-up on matches will end next week (June 30). Any matches still not played by then will be declared void. Last week did see some action on the table, however. In Division Two, with nothing riding on the results, three matches were ...

Teenage golfing talent Hugo Kedzlie has received yet another accolade after being selected for the England squad for next month’s McGregor Trophy. Played at Royal Ashdown Forest in Sussex from July 12-14, the McGregor Trophy is the English under-16 boys’ open championship – with the first two rounds serving as the Nations Cup. Spalding Golf Club ace Kedzlie, who is ...

Spalding Town made it seven wins on the spin on Saturday as they saw off Stamford Town by 92 runs to go 28 points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. On a rain-hit day, Town were inserted into bat by their hosts – and didn’t quite manage to replicate their recent explosive form. ...

A new six-a-side football league in Spalding is looking for teams to sign up. Storm Soccer Sixes are based at Sir John Gleed School’s Astroturf in Spalding and already have eight teams signed up to get things going. Those eight – Mail Carters, Haven’t Got a Kalou, Team Rockstar, #NoNameboys, Athletic Dildao, Xavi Dodgerz, Spalding Youth and Warriors – took ...

Spalding speed merchant Andy Molsom clinched two podiums as the Caterham Graduates Championship arrived at Rockingham Motor Speedway for rounds five and six. Finishes of second and third leave the South Holland racer, of Molsom and Associates Optometrists, at the top of the driver standings in the ‘Supers’ section. Qualifying went well for Molsom in Corby, as he clinched front ...

Paula Brown and Elaine Hancock were the winners of the annual Ping Day in Spalding Golf Club’s ladies’ section. Some 24 teams took to the Surfleet course for a four-ball-better-ball Stableford competition, playing off 90 per cent handicap allowance in fine weather. A magnificent score of 46 points earned Brown and Hancock the win, ahead of Gill Dewhurst and Julie ...

Buoyant skipper Rob Ambrose has admitted that Spalding Town need to earn promotion from the South Lincs and Border League in order to progress as a club. Town, relegated from the Lincs ECB Premier Division last season, are desperate to return to the county big time at the first attempt. Currently 20 points clear in the Premier Division and on ...

Steven Rushworth’s impressive knock of 81 helped Spalding Town recover from a dreadful start to beat Orton Park 2nd by 77 runs in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Having elected to bat after winning the toss, Town looked in dire straits when openers Harry Wilkinson-Roberts and Richard Gilbert were both dismissed for ducks. Ethan Lawrence (4) followed to leave ...

Elite Sports Academy is proud to announce that their popular football development centre is back after the half-term break. The development centre is open to all new and existing players and not only provides children with fun and friendly football sessions to develop skills – but is also a place where children can make new friendships and learn other skills ...

Nene Valley Harriers almost pulled off a stunning win in their British League Division Three match at Chelmsford. The Harriers finished a lowly seventh out of the eight teams in the first round at Cornwall last month, failing to record a single A string win. But in round two it was a totally different story as they were able to ...

A host of records rolled at round six of Spalding Cycling Club’s ten mile time trial league as warm weather attracted a big field of 29 riders. They a enjoyed a warm, dry and superfast evening with three course best times (CBs) and seven personal best times (PBs) clocked. Of the field, 20 were members with four families represented by ...

The talented young guns from Pinchbeck United under-10s roared to victory at the annual Wisbech St Mary six-a-side football tournament on Sunday. The tournament, which is one of the biggest of its kind in the country and officially the largest in the east region, had over 500 football teams attend throughout the weekend. In the under-10s section, which consisted of ...

Ros Nickols topped the leaderboard at Welland Yacht Club’s latest regatta after winning two of the three races on Sunday. The Cradge Bank-based club’s fourth regatta of the season started with a reasonable breeze and nine boats taking part in race one, with two junior entries. The boats soon picked up good speed with Nickols and Andy Agar soon breaking ...

Pinchbeck United look set to pull off one of the signings of the summer so far after revealing they’ve got a deal in place for Moulton Harrox goal machine Ollie Maltby. The striker, who finished as the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s leading scorer last season with 42 goals, has verbally agreed to join Ian Dunn’s side. Having been part of ...

Spalding Golf Club’s first team recorded a much-needed first league victory of the season with a thumping 5-1 triumph over Burghley Park. The Spalding winners at the Surfleet course on Saturday were James Crampton and Richard McCrae, Dan Hines and Lloyd Chatham, Mark and Ollie Mitchell, Chris Moxon and Wayne Wallace and skipper Andy Grimwood and Hugo Kedzlie. Having lost ...

There’s been a lot to like about the first week of Euro 2016 in France. Forgetting the hooligan element (I’m not going to comment or pass judgement on what has or hasn’t happened), the football has been pretty decent across the board. I’d include England’s performance against Russia in my list of highlights too, despite the obvious annoyance at conceding ...

Buzzing boss Dave Frecklington has added combative midfielder Matthew Varley to his Spalding United squad – and is hoping two more high-profile targets will follow. Varley joins the Tulips from NCEL Premier Division side Staveley MWFC and lists Matlock Town, Sheffield FC and Rainworth Miners Welfare among his former clubs. A long throw expert, Varley is described as a “winner” ...