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Win and loss as Tigers do battle with league’s top two

Holbeach United’s double against the Thurlow Nunn Division One North got off to a disappointing start as they were beaten 5-1 by Framlingham Town on Saturday. After getting an impressive 1-0 win at home to Great Yarmouth the previous mid-week, the Tigers made the trip to Suffolk on the back of successive wins.And they took the lead early on through ...

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Football results and fixtures: February 22

RESULTSNORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidland Division (Sat): Bedworth Utd v Spalding Utd.UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North (Tue): Pinchbeck Utd v Newark and Sherwood UtdTHURLOW NUNN LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat): Whitton United 1 Holbeach Utd 2. (Wed): Holbeach Utd L Great Yarmouth Town LPETERBOROUGH LEAGUEPremier Division (Sat): Holbeach Utd Sports 2 Netherton Utd 1, Tydd 1 Moulton Harrox 0, Oakham Utd 3 Crowland ...

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Tydd dent Moulton’s title hopes

Tydd enjoyed a brilliant 1-0 win over Moulton Harrox to boost their chances of avoiding relegation while denting the visitors’ title hopes.A Maxwell Burrell strike in the 34-minute was enough to see second-from-bottom Tydd to victory in the Peterborough and District League Premier Division.Moulton, who had Reece Crane sent off, remain second and just a point behind leaders Uppingham Town, ...

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Tigers win away

Holbeach United beat Whitton on Saturday to earn a fine three points in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North play-off hunt.The Tigers put an end to their recent away day troubles, but they had to do it the hard way after falling behind to Thomas Watkins’ fifth-minute goal.Holbeach found their way back into the game thanks to a Sam Carter ...

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Sandy calls for more from Tulips

Spalding United are offering free entry for under 16s this Saturday for what could be a big game in the Pitching In Northern Premier Midlands Division title race. The Tulips were beaten 2-1 at mid-table Bedworth United last Saturday to fall further behind leaders Harborough Town.It means they’re now four points back from Harborough who also have a game in ...

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Run of home games starts with loss

Pinchbeck started a run of five straight home games with a defeat as they look to secure their place in the United Counties League Premier Division North.With eight of their final nine game at the Sir Halley Stewart, the Knights need to start picking points up there as they stand second from bottom three points above Hucknall Town, who are ...

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Sutton ladies’ 2nd go down to Wisbech 3rd

Long Sutton HC Ladies’ 2nd 0Wisbech 3rd 5 The game was a rescheduled match against the team currently sitting at the top of the league.This didn’t make any difference though as Long Sutton 2nd had already knocked one team off the top.The game started well with Long Sutton pushing Wisbech back but the game was to be an end to ...

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Close match sees men’s 1st beat Kettering in 4-3 thriller

Spalding Men’s 1st 4Kettering 3Goals: Dan Azzopardi, Jacob Baker, Steve Rogers, Stuart CunningtonAfter an aggressive performance from both teams, Spalding were able to claw their way to victory at Kettering.Spalding started on the front foot with some great link up passing between the midfield and the strikers.This led to an early goal from Azzopardi with a clean sweep at the ...

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Whitewash opens gap at top

A 7-0 win for Bourne Snooker Centre has widened the gap at the top of the Spalding and District Billiards League.Elliot Gaunt (R40), Ian Clare (R50) and Lester Gaunt (O10) all won to whitewash Holbeach A.They now sit 18 points clear of second-placed Donington, who went down 5-2 away to Pyramid A.Their winners were Reegan Cooke-Holmes (R80) and John Twell ...

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Championship success

Martial artists from Spalding, Holbeach and Long Sutton have been competing in the TAGB (Tae Kwon Do Association of Great Britiain) Midlands Championships 2024The event was held at Kettering Sports Village and 15 fighting areas ran throughout the day with over 800 entries.The Mark Farnham Schools provided 62 competitors, and well over 60 spectators who all travelled over on the ...

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Consti B close the gap at top of Division Two with 5-1 win

A 5-1 win for Consti B in the Spalding and District Snooker League has allowed them to close the gap on Division Two leaders Pyramid D by a point. They beat clubmates Consti F, thanks to wins from John Christian (R7), Martin Fear (O7), Mick Johnson (O28) and Steve Spencer (R14).Justyn Stanley (scr) got the better of John Keeton (O7) ...

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Tydd Golf Club results

Tydd St Giles golf club results:Seniors’ February medal competition: Division 1 –1st (ocb) Mick Vassall 80-9=71, 2nd Gary Allen 89-18=71, 3rd (ocb) Derrick Marsh 89-17=72. Division 2 – 1st Stephen Horton 87-20=67, 2nd Steve Skoulding 89-20=69, 3rd Dave Punshon 90-19=71. Division 3 – 1st Salvatore DiBella 96-28=68, 2nd Geoff Chappell 102-31=71, 3rd Ken Walker 102-29=73.Men’s February stableford: Division 1 – ...

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Borett bags the winning catch

Spalding Fishing Club anglers in round five met a very uninvitingly coloured and fast running River Glen on Sunday but having cancelled two matches due to recent inclement weather the anglers voted to fish in these difficult conditions.The fishing, whilst hard, was better than expected with 60 per cent of the field topping 2lbs.Leading the way was the consistent Steve ...

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Poor second half show sees Spalding fall to Stockwood

Stockwood Park 33Spalding 14 Spalding travelled to Stockwood Park, Luton, knowing that they had never lost to the home team in league games. However back in November, at Centenary Park, Spalding scraped home by the narrowest of margins 28-27 so a closely fought game was being expected by all.Within two minutes of kicking off it looked like Stockwood would be ...

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South Lincs swimmers storm to success at Championships

The South Lincs swimmers have completed three weekends of Lincolnshire County Championships, held in January and February at Grantham and Louth. The team of 40 swimmers collected an impressive 124 medals over the championships, comprising 47 gold, 44 silver and 33 bronze.There were some very impressive swims and results from the South Lincs athletes.Francesco Monaco led the way in the ...

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Tigers will look to beat away blues

Holbeach United are still in the hunt for the Thurlow Nunn Division One North play-offs, but they could really do with finding their form away from home. Saturday’s 3-0 loss at Norwich CBS is now four matches without a win and four defeats in a row away from Carter’s Park.They’ve only won once away from home since September 2, a ...

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Moulton Harrox close gap

Moulton Harrox are one point behind Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division Leaders Uppingham Town after beating the weather and Oundle Town on Saturday. Water-logged pitches were the order of the day in most of the league, but the Harrox Playing Field was in a fit enough state to play.The club was glad to have got the game on ...

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Wet weather frustrates Tulips

It was a wet weekend for Spalding United as their scheduled Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division match with Lye Town was postponed. Spalding visit 13th place Bedworth United on Saturday.Despite them not playing a former Tulip helped aid his old side’s title charge.Dylan Edge was on target for Cambridge City in a 2-1 win over third placed Anstey ...

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Knights taken down by leaders

Four second half goals sunk Pinchbeck United as they came up against United Counties League Premier Division North leaders Sherwood Colliery on Saturday.The Knights competed in the first half having their own chances as they made the visit to Nottinghamshire.But former Nottingham Forest and Notts County striker Craig Westcarr gave Sherwood the lead in the 50th minute.Jobe Shaw then doubled ...

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Ladies’ 3rd team celebrate 10-1 drubbing of Cambridge

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1Cambridge City 5th 4Goals: Ellie HollandSpalding started the game well with great attack play from Amy Naylor and Kate Amess with Holland taking shots in the D, but none were converted.Cambridge then started piling on the pressure with attack after attack. The bounce of the pitch led to Spalding mistakes and Cambridge got two goals in quick ...

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