Rugby

BUXTON RFC 43 SPALDING RFC 0 Spalding RFC suffered a heavy 43-0 defeat at Buxton on Saturday to stay seventh in Midlands Three East (North) after five games. In what was the first meeting between the two sides in recent memory, Town were always up against it after the lengthy three-hour trip to the Peak District. With a few regular ...

Spalding RFC suffered their worst defeat of the Midlands Three East (North) season on Saturday as they crashed 43-0 at Buxton. The defeat is Town’s second on the spin and sees them stay seventh in the table, with no other games played in the division. See www.spaldingvoice.co.uk on Monday for a full report.

KESTEVEN 24 SPALDING RFC 5 Spalding RFC failed to build on the momentum generated by two Midlands Three East (North) home wins on the spin as Kesteven cruised to a 24-5 derby victory on Saturday. The in-form Gav Sharman did run in another try for Town, but they were comfortably second best at Woodnook. Spalding were outplayed by a team ...

SPALDING RFC 38 GRIMSBY RFC 21 Gav Sharman ran in a hat-trick of tries as Spalding RFC recorded back-to-back wins in Midlands Three East (North) by beating Grimsby 38-21 on Saturday. There was a brace of tries for Willis Ingleby and an interception try by Tom Wilson to round off the rout for Town at the Memorial Field, as they ...

Spalding RFC made it back-to-back home wins in Midlands Three East (North) after beating Grimsby 38-21 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Town are up to seventh as a result of their second win from three league games this season – and are just six points off second place with a game in hand. A full report from the game ...

Spalding RFC were knocked out of the RFU Midlands Division Cup on Saturday after a late flurry of points from St Ives at the Memorial Field. Town matched their opponents for an hour of the showdown and were just a point off the pace at one stage, but a spree of injuries allowed the visitors to secure a 45-18 success. ...

SPALDING RFC 27 BIRSTALL RFC 8 Spalding RFC ran in five tries as they clinched their first win of the Midlands Three East (North) season by beating Birstall 27-8 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. A warm welcome was extended to Birstall for their first-ever visit to the ground, with Spalding naming a strong team in the match programme featuring ...

BELPER RUFC 38 SPALDING RFC 18 If Spalding RFC were thinking that life would be easier following their relegation to Midlands Three East (North), they need to quickly think again. Town were battered 38-12 at Belper in their season opener on Saturday, as their fine pre-season form eluded them. Within the first minute Spalding had a scrum on the half ...

Spalding RFC get their new Midlands Three (East) season under way with a trip to Belper on Saturday (3pm). Town, who were relegated last season, are playing at their lowest level in recent memory – but will be bidding to bounce back under the stewardship of new skipper Richard Cooke. Ash Piccaver and Jason Steels will both act as his ...

Spalding RFC beat rivals Stamford RFC 25-22 in an entertaining pre-season clash on Saturday. Led by new skipper Richard Cooke, who was ably assisted by vice-skippers Ash Piccaver and Jason Steels, Town ran in five tries in the second half to turn a 12-point deficit on its head. The Elephants kicked off with wind and sloping pitch advantage looking for ...

The practically unbeatable Spalding Rugby Club U12 team has been nominated for the Community Sports Group prize in the Pride awards. Last season the team won four tournaments and lost only one game. The nomination states: “Spalding Rugby Club’s U12 team is made up of boys from all around South Holland, with fantastic support from their keen as mustard parents. ...

Spalding RFC are back in training ahead of their new Midlands Three East (North) campaign, which gets under way at Belper on September 2. Having dropped two levels in three seasons, there are some new rivals for Town this time around – with the most notable fixtures being against Sleaford on November 25 and March 24. The Elephants will be ...

Spalding Rugby Club are celebrating after holding yet another highly successful golf day at Spalding Golf Club. With the sun beating down all afternoon, some 76 golfers took part in a Pairs Betterball competition at the Surfleet course. The event was extremely well supported by local businesses, who not only took part but also sponsored individual holes – with T ...

Nene Valley Harriers made a solid start to their British League campaign at Crawley as they finished as runners-up behind Trafford AC. Several athletes achieved early season personal best times (PB), with Gideon Okoh running 10.70secs for fourth place in a high grade 100m race. Sixteen-year-old hot prospect Ronan Rawlings was making his British League debut, and finished second in ...

Lucky young guns from Spalding RFC shared a matchday with ten-time English champions Leicester Tigers on Saturday as they made up the guard of honour to welcome the teams at Welford Road. Tigers secured a bonus-point win against Sale Sharks in the final home game of the Aviva Premiership season as Spalding were given the opportunity to follow in the ...

The talented teens from Spalding RFC under-15s have completed a six-year journey by being crowned NLD Cup winners. Having reached the final of the competition for the third year on the spin, the Spalding lads finally defeated arch rivals Nottingham – who had beaten them in the previous two finals – 27-5 to clinch the crown. With the game less ...

How the fortunes of these two teams have changed over the last 12 months. This time last year Spalding entertained Coalville at home on the last game of the season with both teams having had a fairly poor season, sitting just above the relegation zone, but Spalding tore Coalville apart with an outstanding second half display of running rugby coming ...

Spalding RFC will conclude the toughest season in their recent history at Coalville this Saturday (3pm). Town, who have lost 20 of their 21 games so far in Midlands Two East (North), visit a Coalville side that are still in with an outside chance of winning the title and, at the very least, will hope to clinch a play-off position. ...

Spalding RFC’s under-11s gave a great account of themselves as they travelled to the annual Kingswood festival held at Holt RFC in Norfolk. The festival is held over two weekends, with a total of 175 teams representing 30 rugby clubs from around the country – and it is estimated that over 2,000 children aged between six and 12 were playing ...

Spalding RFC 12 Ashbourne RFC 38 Spalding RFC were unable to build on an encouraging first half as they suffered a 38-12 defeat to Ashbourne in their final home game of the Midlands Two East (North) season on Saturday. Already relegated and having only won once all season, Town were always likely to be up against it in the Memorial ...