Sport

The last match of the 2022/23 East Hockey season saw Spalding Men’s Thirds go down to a 3-2 defeat at home to Cambridge City Fifths. Nigel Cookson was there to capture some of the action.

Spalding had a strong squad for their trip to Kesteven in the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire Challenge Cup quarter-final on Saturday. The Grantham team pinned Spalding back in their own half at the start but steadily the tables were turned with Harry Brown’s penetrating carries making it Kesteven’s time to defend on their own try line, with James Lacey and ...

Bourne snooker ace Mark Gray (O105) lit up the Spalding and District Snooker League in the final week of the season with an incredible 102 break. Gray, playing for Bourne SC B in Division One, got the break in his victory over Services A’s Vince Fitter (O35).His team went on to lose 5-1 though, with wins for Jake Haslam (O7), ...

He might only regard himself as a ‘pub-level’ player, but Spalding’s Ian Tilley will be mixing it on the biggest stage this weekend. Tilley, 65, will be refereeing at the 42nd British Internationals at Chapel St Leonards, looking after some of the game’s top stars.The butchery manager, who works at the Vine House Farm Shop, Deeping St Nicholas, will be swapping cleaver ...

With little wind and a reasonably fast flow on the river, only two boats took to the start for the first race of the day at Welland Yacht Club, the third in the Munson Cup series. With the shortest possible course set, the GP14 of Nick Bonsor and Helen Boyd took the lead from Kieron Powell in a loaned Solo. Progress ...

Spalding Ladies upset the form book to take victory in the Trudy Bates competition against favourites Lincoln in the final at Horncastle. Spalding won the southern section of the county league but north winners Lincoln had lifted the trophy for the last four seasons.Spalding started the better and never looked back as they were in front from the outset. There was ...

Pinchbeck United will look to secure their position in the United Counties League Premier Division as they take on bottom of the table at Nottinghamshire side Selston on Saturday.The Knights picked up what could prove to be a vital point last Saturday against the other side in the relegation places, Heather St John’s drawing 1-1.Elliot Foster’s first half penalty after ...

Spalding United are still looking to clinch a Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division promotion play-off place after a 1-0 defeat to Coleshill Town on Saturday and postponement on Monday.Elliot Sandy’s side only need one win at most from their final two games to secure a top five finish and a home tie in the semi-finals.But they’ve been made ...

Holbeach United say they will now send some sort of side to Harwich in Essex after the league fined them £500 for not fulfilling the fixture they won 4-2 a month ago.After the referee failed to send off a Tigers’ player in the 87th minute of that game, the Thurlow Nunn League said the game should be replayed on April ...

Want to learn a new activity? Why not give croquet a try?Pinchbeck Croquet club are offering a five-session coaching course for beginners and improvers.The course starts on Monday, June 5 from 10.30am-12pm. Sessions will then be held on June 19, July 3, July 17 and July 31 at the same times.Coach Tim Barzycki said: “Croquet is a very sociable activity ...

Holbeach United have launched a junior girls’ team which is already proving hugely popular.Sessions only started three weeks ago for those aged five to ten years old, but there’s already 30 girls signed up for sessions at Holbeach King’s Academy on Pennyhill Road.Coach Sarah Jane Hollowell hopes to get teams playing in leagues when they restart in September.“The sessions so ...

The cricket season gets underway this weekend with Spalding Town, Long Sutton and Moulton Harrox all looking to build on last year’s campaigns. After securing their status in the ECB Lincolnshire Premier Division last season, Spalding are looking to push on under new 1st XI captain Jon Manton.“We’re all feeling good about the new campaign and we pretty much have ...

On only his third weekend taking part competitively in the sport of banger racing, a Spalding man’s first ever win has seen him crowned a national champion. Harry Hart took a commanding first place in the Rookie Bangers English Championship at Skegness on Easter Sunday.The 22-year-old has only recently taken up the motor racing where contact between cars is a ...

Tydd St Giles golf club results:qSeniors’ individual stableford division – 1st Ken Doughty 32 points, 2nd Chris Moore 31, 3rd (ocb) Chris Tirrell 30. Division 2 – 1st Ken Parker 32, 2nd (ocb) Toby North 31, 3rd David Abram 31. Division 3 – 1st Eddie Minter 33, 2nd Steve Dewey 30, 3rd Paul Kingswood 28. Division 4 – 1st Adrian ...

G&S Racing Kawasaki was down to one rider for the opening round of the 2023 Pirelli National Superstock championship which took place at Silverstone.Jorel Boerboom rode to 31st in the first race on Saturday and went on to take a strong 25th on Sunday in the second encounter.Without a rider in the Junior Superstock championship at the moment due to ...

Gosberton D have been crowned champions of Division Three in the Spalding and District Snooker League. Despite not having a match this week, Gosberton now cannot be caught by runners-up Whittlesey C, who won 4-2 on Thursday.Seven points separate the two teams, meaning that even if Gosberton lose the final game of the season 6-0 and Whittlesey win 6-0, there ...

RESULTS PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEPremier Midlands (Sat, selected): Spalding Utd 0 Coleshill Town 1; Gresley Rovers 0 Stamford 0. UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North (Sat, selected): Pinchbeck United 1 Eastwood CFC 1, Deeping Rangers 0 Anstey Nomads 2. (Mon): Sleaford Town 4 Pinchbeck Utd, Wisbech Town P Deeping Rangers P. THURLOW NUNN EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat, selected): ...

April 2 was the culmination of the indoor archery season which saw archers from Spalding’s Silver Spoon Bowmen compete in the Lincolnshire County Indoor Championships hosted by Friskney Bowmen at the Peter Paine Sports Centre in Boston.The champions from Silver Spoon are:Ladies’ Recurve Amy Gott, Ladies’ Compound Lynn Fisher, Ladies’ Longbow Ros Lorimer.Men’s Recurve Sam Newton, Men’s Barebow Ian Macrae.Junior ...

Easter Sunday saw a gentle breeze and the clouds clearing to give way to sunshine and an increasing breeze later as the boats took to the water at Welland Yacht Club. The first race in the Munson Cup series of six saw an excellent turnout of 12 boats come to the start line in a gentle breeze that was blowing ...

Holbeach United manager Danny Clifton says he’s ‘praying’ the club get moved out of the Thurlow Nunn League as the fall out over a game re-arranged due to a referee’s error rumbles on. The Tigers had been told to replay a game on Saturday they won 4-2 at Harwich and Parkeston last month courtesy of four Cal Davies goals after ...