Spalding Indoor Bowls Club are hosting the national under-25 singles finals for the second time next weekend (January 22 and 23). Spalding’s very own Ruby Hill and Jordan Philpott will be in action – and the latter will be hoping to make it an indoor and outdoor double after winning the outdoor national under-25 singles at Leamington Spa in the ...

Table-topping Spalding 5th returned to East Men’s Hockey League Division Six North West action with a 2-0 win at Cambs Nomads 4th on Saturday. In one of only three games involving South Holland sides over the weekend, goals from Charlie Smith and Tom Pilgrim moved Spalding nine points clear at the summit. It wasn’t such a good return for Spalding ...

It was cup week in the Spalding and District Darts League as some stellar showdowns were set-up for finals night. In the Supreme Cup semi-final, Consti A booked their place in the final with an emphatic 7-0 win over Rose and Crown. A fine showing saw 180s from Nick Moyses, Simon Waterfall and Andy Bingham. In the other semi, Green ...

Members of South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club were on incredible form at the Northampton Winter Festival as the squad of 30 brought back 77 medals between them. Held at Corby, several new personal best times (PB) and club records were set as the Spalding-based club finalised their preparations for the upcoming county championships. Rico Bringeman impressed over the weekend, claiming ...

KFC says it’s hoping to have a Spalding branch open by the summer as work started this week on a new site for the company and a proposed Taco Bell. Planning permission for the single unit to be shared by the restaurants on the Lincs Gateway Business Park, near to the A16 Applegreen Service Station was granted last July. The ...

Not even a stellar 87 clearance from Mark Gray could stop Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Pyramid A on the first round of fixtures in 2022. In an all-Bourne affair on Thursday night, table-toppers Pyramid A saw off their rivals Bourne SC A 4-2 in a game that also had three frames go to the final black. ...

Huntingdon & District 26 Spalding RFC 7 Spalding RFC kicked off their 2022 fixtures in Midlands Three East (South) with a 26-7 defeat at Huntingdon & District on Saturday as their travel troubles continued. The defeat leaves Spalding tenth in the table, level with the two sides below them, and still without an away win in the league this season. ...

The adverse weather conditions on Saturday didn’t seem to bother Holbeach United Sports as they raced to a 3-0 win over Oakham United Reserves in ChromaSport PDFL Division Two. Connor Bell, Jared Carver and sub Ben Mansour grabbed the goals at Holbeach United Community Sports Academy as the young Tigers secured an eighth victory of the season. In the same ...

Spalding United 3Shepshed Dynamo 0 Three goals in the last 18 minutes earned Spalding United a 3-0 victory over Shepshed Dynamo on Saturday – and gave Brett Whaley his first win as boss. Top scorer Jordan Macleod broke the deadlock for Spalding in the 72nd minute, before Shepshed keeper Brandon Ganley was sent off moments later for conceding a penalty. ...

Pointon 0 Moulton Harrox 2 A stunning strike from Josh Ford helped fire Moulton Harrox into the last four of the Lincs FA Junior Cup on Saturday as they defeated hosts Pointon 2-0. Ford, who has scored some sensational goals over the years, pulled one right out of the top drawer when he fired home a free-kick from distance in ...

Spalding United secured their first win under new boss Brett Whaley on a rain-hit Saturday of football action. The Tulips, who were one of the few teams in Lincolnshire to get their game on due to the heavy rainfall, defeated Shepshed Dynamo 3-0 in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. All of the ...

Lewis Thorogood has warned his Pinchbeck United team that they will have to play without fear if they are to get anything from their derby at Boston Town on Saturday. The Knights, who are one place and two points clear of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North drop zone, are big underdogs for the trip to take on the fourth-placed ...

New Spalding United manager Brett Whaley wants his side to be matching the form of the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division big-hitters by the end of the season. Whaley, who left his role as Wisbech Town boss to take the Tulips’ job just before Christmas, is excited by the challenge that awaits him at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. ...

Boss Danny Clifton admits that it’s proving difficult to nail down his best team and add experienced heads at Holbeach United. Having only taken two matches as Tigers chief, Clifton is beginning to put his own mark on the squad after handing out debuts to youngsters James Blake, George Warrington, Sam Harris and Lewis Baughan in the 1-1 draw at ...

For many people, the original Matrix film (1999) still stands up as arguably the best science-fiction film of all time. I’ll be honest, I’m one of that crowd – and I even loved the sequels Reloaded (2003) and Revolutions (also 2003), which is something of an unpopular opinion. Another Matrix film has long been mooted, but when it was revealed ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Holbeach United 1 The spoils were shared as South Holland rivals Pinchbeck United and Holbeach United played out a 1-1 draw on Monday. Both battling to stave off relegation in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North, the draw didn’t really suit either side at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Holbeach, who handed starts to new signings ...

Despite rain and light winds 12 boats lined up for the Brass Monkey Trophy race at Welland Yacht Club on Boxing Day – which also served as both the final race of the 2021 Frostbite Series and the last meeting of the season. Similar to the previous week, a light north easterly wind was blowing, meaning the boats has to ...

South Holland rivals Pinchbeck United and Holbeach United drew 1-1 in their Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North derby on Monday. In a clash between two of the leagues bottom three, the first half was goalless at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field as the Tigers fielded a number of debutants. And it was Danny Clifton’s side who went ahead early ...

Histon 1 Spalding United 1 A second-half goal from new signing Ben Seymour-Shove earned Spalding United a 1-1 draw at Histon on Saturday in what was Brett Whaley’s first game as boss. Whaley, who was named as the new permanent Tulips chief just before Christmas (more on page 23), would have been hoping that his new side would end their ...

A second-half goal from new signing Ben Seymour-Shover earned Spalding United a 1-1 draw at Histon on Saturday in what was Brett Whaley’s first game as boss. Spalding were favourites to end their four-game winless run against hosts Histon, who sat in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division relegation zone at the start of play. But, after a goalless first ...