It was incredibly tight at the top of the men’s Par/Bogey competition at Tydd St Giles Golf Club last week. Three players finished on +5 in Division One, with Simon Smith edging out both Dean Wright (second) and James Dack (third) after countback. Ali Anthony also needed countback to win the Division Two title, with a score of +5, while ...

It was a big week for Pyramid A in the race for the Spalding and District League Division One title race as they opened up a handsome lead at the top with just six weeks of the season remaining. Nine points clear at the start of play, the Bourne side roared to a 6-0 victory over struggling Consti G to ...

Spalding RFC 14 Rushen & Higham 56 Spalding RFC suffered a heavy home defeat on Saturday as Rushden and Higham triumphed 56-14 at the Memorial Field in Midlands Three East (South). Having beaten the runaway league leaders Stockwood Park at home the previous week – and earlier in the season had inflicted a heavy defeat on Town in the reverse ...

Moulton Harrox 2 Uppingham Town 2 Two goals from captain Ashley Coddington earned Moulton Harrox a 2-2 draw with ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Uppingham Town on Saturday. The defender, who is always a threat from set-pieces, got a rare double for Bobby Patterson and Tim Cole’s charges as they drew for only the second time in the league so ...

Melton Town 3 Holbeach United 0 Danny Clifton felt he could take plenty of positives from Holbeach United’s 3-0 defeat at Melton Town on Saturday. The rock-bottom Tigers lost for the 24th time in 27 Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North games as their impending relegation drew closer, with Will Bestwick (24), Cameron Smith (40) and Robbie Parsons (77) finding the ...

Spalding United 0 Ilkeston Town 0 Spalding United’s impressive recent form against the top teams in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division continued on Saturday as they held table-topping Ilkeston Town to a battling 0-0 draw. The Tulips, who have beaten fellow big-hitters Halesowen Town (1-0) and Belper Town (2-1) in recent weeks, held their own against an Ilkeston side ...

Spalding United picked up a good point on Saturday as they held title favourites Ilkeston Town to a 0-0 draw at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, while Holbeach United lost 3-0 at Melton Town. Starting in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division, the Tulips perhaps had the better of the chances in their Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash. ...

A Donington bare knuckle boxer is to return to the ring at the age of 46. John Stephenson is due to fight in the heavyweight division at the Ragemania event in Atherstone, Warwickshire on Saturday May 7. He’s still waiting to hear who he will fight on the bill but he has fought two previous bare knuckle fights and won ...

Countback was needed to split the top three performers in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s February Medal. Will Woodrow, Mark Cooper and Dean Wright all scored 66, but it was Woodrow who claimed the victory from Cooper in a very tight finale. The other divisional winners were Stephen Jeffries and Andrew Lynn. Men’s section: February Medal competition: ...

Brett Whaley wants his in-form Spalding United to show their fans just how far they’ve come this Saturday as they welcome Pitching In NPL Midlands Division leaders Ilkeston Town to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm). The Tulips have been in fine form recently, having secured four wins out of their last five – including away wins at promotion-chasing ...

Lewis Thorogood feels that March will be a key month in Pinchbeck United’s bid to stay in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North. The Knights, who sit in the relegation zone ahead of the weekend’s fixtures, have just seven games left to play this season and are playing catch-up on direct rivals Selston and Newark. Starting with a trip to ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club added 142 more medals to their impressive tally at the third and final weekend of the Lincolnshire County Championships. Held at Louth, the Spalding-based club put in a gargantuan effort over the weekend to end up with a hefty haul of 179 medals from the three rounds. This incredible showing led to South Lincs being ...

No less than 11 of Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s players helped Lincolnshire to a national quarter-final win against Cumbria in the Liberty Trophy. Lincolnshire, who were last inter-county national champions back in 2018, were always in control after taking an early 20-shot lead. Cumbria battled back to get within eight shots, but Lincolnshire pulled away again to secure a comfortable ...

A last gasp goal from Andy Barlow secured the East Men’s Hockey League Division Six North West title for Spalding 5th on Saturday. The runaway table-toppers, who have yet to lose in the league all season, had to wait until the dying seconds to wrap up the title with Barlow netting from the last touch of the game to give ...

Red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st are celebrating after clinching the East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West title on Saturday. Goals from Hermione Wright and Ellie Holland gave Spalding a 2-1 Glen Park success over nearest rivals Cambridge South 2nd on Saturday, making it 18 wins from as many matches so far this season and securing a deserved championship. Wright ...

One of the tightest games in the recent history of the Spalding and District Snooker League was played out last week between two teams from the Spalding Services Club. The fixture was in Division Two, with Services B beating friendly foes Services E 4-2 in a clash that saw all five frames decided on the final black of the game ...

Loughborough Students 9 Holbeach United 0 Upbeat boss Danny Clifton has urged his Holbeach United players to remain positive despite their perilous plight. The Tigers were humbled 9-0 at Loughborough Students in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North on Tuesday night, stretching their winless run in the league this season to 26 games. Goals from Joshua Bailey (2), Sid Kerr ...

Two Josh Ford strikes earned Moulton Harrox a 2-1 derby win at Holbeach United Reserves in the ChromaSport PDFL League Cup on Saturday. Ford won and scored a penalty just before the break at Carter’s Park, before his trademark finish late in the game sealed the win. An injury-time consolation gave the Tigers a sniff of a late comeback, but ...

Newark 4 Holbeach United 1 Danny Clifton bemoaned individual errors and more terrible bad luck as Holbeach United suffered a 4-1 defeat at relegation rivals Newark on Saturday. The Tigers, who are now 15 points from safety with nine games left to play, showed plenty of positives at Greenwich Avenue, including a stunning first-half goal from Lewis Baughan. But they ...

Belper Town 1 Spalding United 2 Spalding United’s impressive form continued on Saturday with an eye-catching 2-1 victory at high-flying Belper Town. The Tulips made it four wins from five games as strikes from Ben Starkie (34) and Gregg Smith (pen 79) sunk fourth-placed Belper at The Raygar Stadium. Joshua Woodcock pulled one back for the hosts – who did ...