Sport

Sam Cooke reckons that Spalding RFC need to take points from all three of their remaining Midlands Two East (North) fixtures to avoid the dreaded drop. Town were dumped back into the relegation zone by Mansfield’s big 46-12 win over Bakewell Mannerians on Saturday, meaning the Nottinghamshire side now lead them by two points. The Elephants welcome title-chasing Ashbourne to ...

A record number of 51 entrants lined up for Spalding Cycling Club’s traditional season-opening 27-mile hilly time trial event. Many names on the starting line for the Edenham course were making a second or third appearance at the event, while this year it also attracted riders from Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Fine conditions with very little wind at first made for ...

Holbeach Weight Training Club attracted eight powerhouses to their first powerlifting competition in many years on Saturday – and it proved to be a record-breaking afternoon. Craig Candler emerged as the winner on the day ahead of Daniel Taylor and Sam Fowler in second and third places respectively, but all eight showed off their talent. The first discipline on the ...

Holbeach United player/boss Tom Roberts is hoping to add a few fresh faces to his squad on the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division’s deadline day. The Tigers have 13 games still to play before the end of the season on May 2 – a run that will see them play two four-game weeks. The first of them begins on Saturday, with ...

Spalding Gymnastic Club’s Lucas Webb and Luke Waterson were crowned county champions at and Individual six-piece competition held at Lincoln. The event once again showed the depth of talent Spalding have within the club, as the squad also won numerous medals across the age groups. In the under-10 age group, Luke Jakins won the silver on the floor, while Marco ...

Moulton Harrox’s amazing bid to become the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s invincibles continued on Tuesday night with a big 4-0 victory at AFC Stanground. A first-half volley from Matt Watkin gave Harrox a 1-0 half-time lead at Yaxley’s In2itive Park 3G base, before top scorer Ollie Maltby, Joe Townsend and Ben Allen added further goals to propel Harrox 15 points ...

It’s looking increasingly like just two teams can win Spalding and District Snooker League’s Division One title as the league enters its final five weeks. That’s after table-topping Donington A dispatched third-placed Services E 4-2 last week. Early wins from Peter Keal (R7), Nigel Brasier (O7) and Jim Thompson (O7) got the job done for the leaders, despite a 25 ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s Graham Smith and Matt Whyers won all three of their matches to help England clinch the Home International Series crown at Llanelli. The pair formed a front end for Swale IBC’s Perry Martin and skip Rob Paxton, from Taunton Deane. First up for England were hosts Wales – and the visitors made light work of things, ...

Newport Pagnell Town 3 Holbeach United 1 Andrew Tidswell has told his Holbeach United team-mates that they’ll never win the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title while they continue to show an alarming lack of commitment. The player/assistant manager was speaking after the Tigers slipped to a costly 3-1 defeat at third-placed Newport Pagnell Town on Saturday. Goals from Dom Lawless ...

New signing Tom Sergeant marked his Pinchbeck United debut with two goals as they thrashed Sawtry 7-0 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. The ex-Holbeach United and Sleaford Town attacker, who had been unattached, notched twice in the first half at Knight Street – and would have had a hat-trick but for missing an open goal. The other ...

Jake Farrell’s second-half strike proved the difference as Spalding United Reserves edged out Long Sutton Athletic 1-0 in a very close game at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. In windy conditions, both sides did their best to play football on the deck in the ChromaSport PDFL Division One derby duel. The home side had plenty of the ...

A rare Phil Groves goal was the highlight as seemingly unstoppable Moulton Harrox romped to a 7-0 win over Uppingham Town in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Doubles from top scorer Ollie Maltby and captain Billy King set unbeaten Moulton on their way to a 23rd league win from 24 matches at Broad Lane, while Ben Allen and ...

Spalding United 0 Lincoln United 0 Marcus Ebdon accepted that Spalding United’s hopes of reaching the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs are all but over after an Easter Monday bore draw with Lincoln United. The Tulips and fifth-placed Lincoln cancelled each other out at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with neither side doing enough to deserve all three ...

The scheduled derby between Holbeach United and Wisbech Town was postponed on Easter Monday due to a waterlogged Carter’s Park pitch. An 11am pitch inspection deemed the surface unplayable, meaning the Tigers now have another fixture to fit in to their busy end-of-season schedule. Talks to reschedule the derby for Wednesday night have been held, but no date has yet ...

Belper Town 1 Spalding United 1 Spalding United were denied their first away win in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South since November as Belper Town battled back to hold them 1-1 on Saturday. The Tulips, who went into the game with a lingering hope of reaching the play-offs, looked to be on track for a rare away win when Joe ...

Spalding United’s hopes of reaching the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs look to be over after a 1-1 draw at Belper Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United’s faint ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title hopes are also in tatters after a 3-1 reverse at Newport Pagnell. Starting with the Tulips, they looked to be heading for a first away win ...

Marcus Ebdon has vowed that Spalding United’s Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season won’t end with a whimper. The Tulips’ hopes of reaching the play-offs are getting thinner by the day – and a 0-0 draw at Carlton Town on Wednesday only just kept their faint promotion hopes alive. Saturday’s 2-0 reverse at Kidsgrove Athletic  saw Spalding drop down to 11th ...

Weston Hills youngster Keris Moore has qualified for the national final of the British Mountaineering Councils (BMC) Youth Climbing Series. The 11-year-old competed in three qualifying rounds this year and delivered consistent performances to achieve third place overall and secure her spot on the Peak Climbing team for the April finals at Ratho, near Edinburgh. Moore started climbing three years ...

The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title race should look a lot clearer come 5pm on Monday. That’s the verdict of Holbeach United player/boss Tom Roberts, who will lead his side into two tough tests over Easter. A trip to third-placed Newport Pagnell Town on Saturday (3pm) and a home derby date with Wisbech Town on Easter Monday (3pm) await the ...

South Holland race ace Adam Cunnington has been given a timely boost in his bid ahead of his first-ever crack at the Mini Challenge series. Cunnington, a company director at Whitehouse Farm in Gedney Dyke, has been provided with much-needed sponsorship from Tydd St Giles Golf Club and The Pure Leisure Group. The 49-year-old has been racing since he was ...