Pyramid A are the new Spalding and District Snooker League Division One champions after beating third-placed Pyramid C 4-2 on Thursday night. Needing just a point to be sure of the title with a game to spare, Mick Twell’s (R14) second frame success was enough to seal the crown. But the long-term leaders weren’t done there and further victories from ...

Daventry 43 Spalding RFC 12 Spalding RFC’s penultimate game of the Midlands Three East South season saw them soundly beaten 43-12 at Daventry on Saturday. The defeat ensures that Town have gone an entire season without winning away from home, with the weekend reverse their 12th loss on the road from as many outings. Having upset second-placed Bourne the week ...

A late stunner from substitute Ricardo Silva fired Jubilee to Mont Pell Trophy glory on Sunday. The Portuguese smashed home a half-volley into the top corner at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field to give the Spalding-based side a 2-1 victory over CSKA Emneth Reserves. Chris Beale had earlier given Paul Rudkin’s side a 1-0 lead direct from a free-kick, ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Quorn 1 Lewis Thorogood hailed Alex Smith’s last-minute penalty save as a “bonus” as Pinchbeck United bid to stave off relegation from the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North took another twist on Saturday. The Knights drew 1-1 with Selston at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with Spencer Weir-Daley’s 42nd minute penalty cancelling out Bamoussa Cisse’s early ...

Moulton Harrox moved into the semi-finals of the ChromaSport PDFL League Cup on Friday night with a hard-fought 2-1 victory at Whittlesey Athletic Reserves. Goals from new signing Stacy Cartwright and master marksman Josh Ford sealed the success for Bobby Patterson and Tim Cole’s charges. They are joined in the last four by Stamford Belvedere, Warboys Town and Deeping Rangers ...

Long Eaton United 7 Holbeach United 0 Holbeach United are now just two games away from going an entire season without claiming a win after being dispatched 7-0 by Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North leaders Long Eaton United on Saturday. The Tigers, who are already relegated from the division, have now lost 29 of their 32 league games this season ...

Soham Town Rangers 0 Spalding United 2 Spalding United ended their five-game winless streak with a convincing 2-0 victory at struggling Soham Town Rangers on Saturday. Goals in each half from Sam Cartwright (12) and Liam Adams (47) gave the Tulips all three points against a Soham side that dropped to the foot of the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division’s ...

Spalding United ended their five-game winless run with a 2-0 victory at Soham Town Rangers on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United drew 1-1 with Quorn and Holbeach United were hammered 7-0 at Long Eaton United. Starting with the Tulips, goals in each half from Sam Cartwright (12) and Liam Adams (47) gave them all three points against the Pitching In NPL ...

Welland Yacht Club’s new season got under way on Sunday with and excellent turnout of 13 boats for the Robert Creek Shield. The opening day of action saw three races contested, with ace Andy Prior winning all three of them to start off as he means to go on. The competitors were greeted with a gentle and sometimes variable breeze, ...

Spalding Indoor Bowling Club’s sensational season continued last week as Chelsea Tomlin came home from Nottingham with the much-coveted national two bowl singles title. It’s the second time that Spalding star Tomlin has won the extremely competitive event, having first clinched the crown back in 2019. In a field that was full of current junior and senior internationals, Tomlin eased ...

Danny Clifton is backing his Holbeach United side to put up stern resistance in Saturday’s top versus bottom clash at Long Eaton United (3pm). The already-relegated Tigers go to table-topping Long Eaton some 77 points behind them after 31 Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North games – making them a very long shot to spring a surprise. Clifton isn’t expecting a ...

Spalding United manager Brett Whaley wants to see his Spalding United side snap their losing streak on Saturday. The Tulips have suffered defeats in their last three games and haven’t won in five Pitching In NPL Midlands Division fixtures following Saturday’s 2-0 home reverse against Coleshill Town. They visit relegation-threatened Soham Town Rangers this Saturday (2pm) and Whaley has warned ...

Following the merger with the Lincolnshire Cricket Board, Lincolnshire County Cricket Club face the forthcoming season in good heart – and are looking forward to an exciting and successful season in the three National Counties competitions. In the Eastern Division One Championship they face strong opposition with home fixtures against Staffordshire and newly promoted Bedfordshire. Norfolk and Suffolk provide the ...

A staggering 212 medals were collected by swimmers from South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club as they shone on multiple fronts at the West Norfolk Open Meet. Spalding-based South Lincs also won the Top Club trophy at the King’s Lynn competition, while members Lucy Wilson and Frank Lamb claimed the Top Girl and Top Boy accolades respectively. Wilson competed in 12 ...

Andy Molsom returned to the track following an 18-month injury lay-off as he contested the first round of the Caterham Graduates Racing Club at Silverstone. A right arm injury, which was unconnected to motorsport, offered Spalding racer Molsom time to reflect and he has changed his support team to 7 Works Automotive, who are a specialist Caterham and Lotus 7 ...

Maureen Orwell and Anita Cross emerged as the winners of Spalding Golf Club’s President’s Putter Competition. The ladies’ section defeated Sally West and Kay Green in the final – which was the culmination of several rounds of foursomes knockout matchplay competition held over the last six months at the Surfleet course. TYDD ST GILES GC Men’s section: Combined Stableford pairs ...

A Spalding Cycling Club member has been given a commemorative jersey to mark winning her first national championship event. Tilly Gurney won the National Grass Track Championship event her club hosted last year. To celebrate the achievement, members of the club presented a special vest to her at its recent presentation evening. The 22-year-old is originally from Deeping St Nicholas ...

Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Pyramid A are one point from the title after winning 5-1 at home to Services C. Victor Rouse (O7) beat Nigel Cherry (014) 61-56 in the opening frame but Services hit back in the second as Geoff Hemsil (R21) edged Mick Twell (R14) 68-53. Wins for Matthew Chapman (scr), Norman Vaughan (O14) ...

Spalding RFC 24 Bourne 15 Spalding RFC produced one of their best performances of the season as they beat high-flying South Lincolnshire rivals Bourne 24-15 on Saturday. With Town down in ninth and Bourne second at the start of play, the visitors were hot favourites to complete a Midlands Three East (South) derby double at the Memorial Field. But their ...

Loughborough Students 2 Pinchbeck United 0 Two quick-fire goals early in the second half sentenced Pinchbeck United to a 2-0 defeat at Loughborough Students on Tuesday night. The Knights remain in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North drop zone after strikes from Anthony Steven Lynn (50) and Theo Sackey (52) at the Loughborough University. It was always the toughest game ...