Sport

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club are hoping to make more people aware of their weekly bowls drive. The club host their bowls drive at Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex every Wednesday morning at 9am. Over the years it has proved an enormous success and is now well established, with an average of ten teams competing in a very happy and friendly atmosphere. ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ youngsters recorded a fine Eastern Young Athletes League victory at a sun kissed Embankment Athletics Arena. The meeting featured the usual high quota of stellar performances by Russ Prosser’s enthusiastic and talented squad – but consistency of performance won the day with the Harriers finishing in the top three in all six categories of the seven-team contest. ...

A virtuoso all-round display from Hafiz Majeed helped Spalding Town extend their lead at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division to 20 points on Saturday. Town (100-4) collected a maximum 20-point after beating Sleaford 2nd (98) by six wickets at the Memorial Field, with Pakistan ace Majeed taking 5-25 with the ball and making an unbeaten ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose wants his in-form Spalding Town side to be 30 points clear at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division by the end of June. Town, currently 17 points clear at the summit following last weekend’s derby win over Billingborough, have a week off on July 2. Ambrose doesn’t want any other side to be ...

Four players from Spalding Golf Club are gearing up to take on one of the most gruelling feats in the game – the Macmillan Longest Day Challenge. Anthony Murphy (handicap 7), James Quinton (17), Dan Mayfield (11) and Stuart Ruskin (26) will play four rounds of golf in one day at Spalding’s Surfleet course. That equates to 72 holes, around ...

Spalding Rugby Club’s Golf Day Pairs Competition enjoyed a record turnout this year with 76 players taking part. Held at Spalding Golf Club’s Surfleet course, fine weather also helped ensure that the day was a great success. The overall pairs winners were Frank Martino and Matthew Preece, with Graham Middleton and Martin Strickson finishing as runners-up. In the mixed pairs ...

Spalding racer Liam Warren managed a solid 26-point haul from four Thundersport pre-national 600 class races at Cadwell Park as he bids to get his season back on track. Warren enjoyed finishes of 13th, 12th seventh and eighth at the Louth track to move up to 21st place in the rider standings. That represented a decent weekend for Warren, who ...

Tom Roberts has hailed a double transfer coup that has seen Holbeach United lure Spencer Tinkler and Stuart Eason to Carter’s Park for next season. Defender Tinkler has agreed to join from ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Deeping Rangers, having made more UCL appearances for them than any other player. Striker Eason, who had a loan spell with Spalding United ...

Two wins out of three earned Tom Bell overall victory at Welland Yacht Club’s Flag Officers Cup on Sunday. In what was the third regatta of the season for the Spalding-based club, Bell won races two and three to pip his rivals to the crown. Race one saw nine boats take to the starting line – three of which were ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club picked up two impressive awards at the Grantham and Lincoln Vulcans open meet over the weekend. The Spalding-based club took a team of nine swimmers to Grantham Meres Leisure Centre event on Sunday – and they walked away with the coveted Top Club prize. In the individual stakes, it was a day to remember for ...

Boston Rowing Club – who boast a host of South Holland members – have enjoyed recent success on two fronts. They made three ‘A’ finals at the Junior Sculling Regatta held at Eton Dorney’s Olympic course, with J Toynton and Alex Leverage (J14 2X) fourth, M Lambe and B Blanshard (WJ15 2X) fifth and R Latka and J Lakta (WJ16 ...

Talented Spalding teenager Tilly Garfoot produced a fabulous round of six under par to win the England Golf Grand Medal Midlands North Qualifier at Penn GC. Garfoot, who is also a Lincolnshire county girls’ player, topped a list of ten regional golfers who will be going into the grand final at Frilford Heath in Oxfordshire on August 13. Having got ...

New Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington has been handed a major boost after persuading key right back Paul Walker to re-sign for the club. Grimsby-based Walker, who was one of the Tulips’ top performers last season, had initially indicated that he would leave the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field due to excessive travel demands. But he’s had a change of ...

Much is still to play for in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – with the season heading into overtime. According to the league handbook, the season should now be finished. Reality is another matter altogether, with a plethora of unplayed and unfinished matches – 12 in Division One and eight in Division Two, ...

There’s seemingly no stopping Spalding Golf Club’s magnificent Mail on Sunday team. Playing host to Elton Furze Golf Club in round five, Spalding’s women cruised to an impressive 4-1 success at the Surfleet course. Although it was very windy, the conditions were better and the course was in beautiful condition, if not rather tough. Wins came from Lois Williamson (5&3), ...

Pinchbeck United Reserves’ search for a new manager is over after they unveiled Dom Mason on Monday night. Mason replaces the outgoing Gary Coomes, who stepped aside at the end of last season – having led the ChromaSport PDFL Division Two team to glory in the PFA Challenge Cup last term. Meanwhile, Pinchbeck’s first team have been busy agreeing deals ...

In-form Spalding Town extended their lead at the top of the South Lincs and Border League’s Premier Division with an eight-wicket win over fierce rivals Billingborough on Saturday. With visitors Billingborough winning the toss at Spalding Grammar School and electing to bat, Town were left pretty happy when they dismissed their visitors for just 145 in 35.1 overs. Jack Barratt ...

Jack Barnett made a sensational 143 not out to steer Moulton Harrox to maximum points against Timberlands on Saturday. Harrox were put into bat by their hosts in the South Lincs and Border League Division One clash at Martin Road – and they made hay. Opener Barnett carried his bat all the way through the innings, finishing seven shy of ...

Spalding Town 2nd continued their unbeaten run this South Lincs and Border League Division Two season with a crushing 107-run win over Grantham 3rd on Saturday. After losing the toss at the Memorial Field, Spalding were put into bat and started slowly on a very damp wicket. They managed to keep wickets in hand, though, as Harry Wilko (24) and ...

Losing the toss proved pivotal for Long Sutton on Saturday as they were edged out by Market Deeping 2nd in a close South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash at Paradise Field. Being asked to bat first on a damp, sticky track was always going to be hard work for Sutton – and so it proved. Early wickets fell ...