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Crowland A clinched the Spalding and District Billiards League title as they held their nerve on the most exciting final night of the season in recent memory. Three teams went into Monday night’s finale knowing that they had a chance of lifting the league crown, but two of those – Crowland B and defending champions Long Sutton – squared off ...

Ben Wilson will make his debut for Team EHA in round one of the National Superstock championship at Silverstone this weekend. Wilson will be riding the Aprilia RSV4RF for his new team – and was at Donington Park last week to take part in the British Superbike test day where he made good progress with the set up. Adjustments were ...

Kirton race Aaron Clarke will make his debut for new team Draper Racing over the weekend as Silverstone plays host to round one of the Superstock 600 championship. Clarke, who put his new bike through its paces at Donington Park last weekend, has switched machinery to Yamaha this year and is posting faster times than ever before. He is happy ...

Just four rounds of fixtures remain in Spalding and District Snooker League – and Donington A have opened up a big ten-point lead in Division One after defeating Holbeach A 5-1 on Thursday night. Wins from Gavin Lucas (R7), Steve Burdell (R14), Sam Major (O28) and Tony Scully (O21) ensured that the long-term leaders took full advantage of their game ...

Kempston Rovers 1 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts couldn’t hide his disappointment with the officials after seeing his Holbeach United side denied a fine win at title-chasing Kempston Rovers on Tuesday night. The Tigers looked set to secure a very impressive ChromaSport UCL Premier Division victory when Jack Smith nodded them ahead from a corner on 40 minutes at Hillgrounds ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom is setting the early pace in the Caterham SuperGraduates class after roaring to a win and a second place on the opening weekend of the season at Silverstone. Molsom, of Molsom & Associates Optometrists in Spalding, was second in Saturday’s race before cruising to a fine win in race two on Sunday. Saturday’s qualifying session was ...

Mighty Moulton Harrox need just ten more points to be sure of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title after cruising to a 6-1 win over Stilton United at Broad Lane on Tuesday night. Despite losing skipper Billy King to a hamstring injury during the warm-up, Moulton were 3-0 up at the break thanks to a penalty from top scorer Ollie ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn believes his Pinchbeck United side have every chance of finishing second in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division after a 4-1 victory at ICA Sports on Saturday. Two Tony Edwards strikes inside 15 minutes put Pinchbeck in command at Jubilee Park, before Fabio Ramos pulled one back for the hosts. After the break Tyler Wright deflected home a Dunn ...

Two goals in the last ten minutes earned Long Sutton Athletic a thrilling 4-4 draw with Wittering in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. Having fallen behind at London Road, the Magpies levelled when player/boss Matt Cawthorn bagged before the break. Wittering hit back to go 2-1 ahead early in the second period, only for Adam Fitch to level for ...

Moulton Harrox took another huge step towards clinching the ChormaSport PDFL Premier Division title by beating second-placed Peterborough Sports Reserves 4-2 at Broad Lane on Saturday. Jonny Clay headed home Billy King’s fifth-minute corner to give Harrox the perfect start, but they were pegged back when Jamie Graham converted a hugely controversial penalty. Harrox’s leading scorer Ollie Maltby restored the ...

Underdogs Tydd St Mary defeated Spalding Town 5-3 on penalties to lift the Spalding Inter Services Trophy after a thrilling 4-4 draw at Carter’s Park on Saturday. The Saints, who play in ChromaSport PDFL Division Three, had to battle back from 2-0 down to force extra time against Division Two outfit Town. They then led 3-2 and 4-3 in the ...

A hotly-disputed late leveller from ex-Tiger Ashley Fuller denied Holbeach United on Tuesday night as Kempston Rovers battled back to earn a 1-1 draw in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. The Tigers, who were playing their second of four matches this week, went ahead on 40 minutes through Jack Smith. They held that advantage all the away up until the 94th ...

Northampton SR 1 Holbeach United 1 Tom Roberts warned his Holbeach United players that they are playing for cup final shirts after witnessing a drab 1-1 draw at struggling Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday. Sean Coughlan’s superb strike put the Tigers 1-0 ahead on ten minutes in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at Fernie Fields, but Dalton Bettles earned ...

Spalding RFC 26 Ashbourne RUFC 19 Spalding RFC pulled off a spectacular upset on Saturday as they defeated title-chasing Ashbourne 26-19 at the Memorial Field to potentially save their season. Defeat at the Memorial Field would have all but sentenced Town to a second-successive relegation – but their Midlands Two East (North) future is now very much in their own ...

Shaw Lane Aquaforce 5 Spalding United 0 Spalding United stumbled to their heaviest Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat of the season on Saturday as title-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce handed them a 5-0 beating. Goals from James Walshaw (14), Gavin Allott (57), Lee Bennett (66) and Adam Priestley (77 and 84) accounted for the Tulips, although they did at least ...

A week set aside for cup matches saw just eight matches played in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League (sponsored by Vital Recruitment). With last year’s finalists in the Guardian Cup out, a fresh name will feature in 2016 – and three of the four matches were played, albeit with mixed results for the handicapper. Can’t Move Won’t Move ...

Spalding RFC’s under-17s travelled to Hull on Easter Sunday to take part in the inaugural colts sevens festival – and gave a very good account of themselves. With 12 strong sides taking part, it was inevitable that Spalding would get a tough championship group – and so it proved, with Driffield, Leigh Lions and Selby the opponents. Spalding, usually slow ...

Spalding RFC jumped out of the drop zone as they produced a potentially season-saving performance to beat title-chasing Ashbourne 26-19 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Skipper Sam Cooke had warned his side that they’d need to take point from all three of their remaining Midlands Two East (North) fixtures to stand a chance of staying up – and the Elephants ...

Spalding United slipped to 12th place in Evo-Stik League First Division South after a 5-0 drubbing at title-chasing Shaw Lane Aquaforce on Saturday, while Holbeach United were held to a 1-1 draw at Northampton Sileby Rangers in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division. The Tulips travelling to Barnsley without unavailable boss Marcus Ebdon and absent number two Danny Hussey on Saturday, ...

The new season at Spalding Golf Club began with a bang as the Buckingham Cup was contested at the Surfleet course. Calm conditions led to some very good scoring in the men’s section four ball betterball competition, which was played off a 90 per cent handicap. In the end it was two of the club’s juniors – Thomas Langford and ...