Spalding Cycling Club member Neil Palmer rode 962 miles and climbed 47,500ft as he completed the gruelling London Edinburgh London (LEL) event in mammoth time of 121 hours. The Audax UK event, held last month, started with 1,550 riders from 50 different countries meeting at Debden in Essex. Just 900 riders finished the event, largely due to injuries, fatigue or ...

All-conquering Royal Mail Cart Bowls Club won their fifth trophy of the season by retaining their County Club Championship title. After winning their local league, Mail Cart were Spalding’s representatives at these championships, which were held at Blackstones in Stamford. Their opponents in the final were Burton House from Boston – and it was an unexpected one-sided affair with Royal ...

Luton 16 Spalding RFC 17 Spalding RFC found a cure for their travel sickness on Saturday as they stormed to an amazing 17-16 win over Luton in Midlands Two East (South) on Saturday. Having gone the entirity of last season without an away win, Town have managed to secure one at the first time of asking to get their campaign ...

Spalding Town will finish in the bottom two of the Lincs ECB Premier Division this season after losing by a 118 runs at Nettleham on Saturday. In this season’s penultimate round of fixtures, Town bowled out their hosts for 210 at Gorse Lane, before Grantham knocked them over for just 92. With a maximum of two sides able to be ...

Newcastle Town 0 Spalding United 2 In-form Spalding United racked up another impressive victory on Tuesday night as they won 2-0 at Newcastle Town to progress in the Isuzu FA Trophy. In a game that was previously scheduled for Saturday but was rearranged due to The Queen’s death last week, a 20th-minute own goal and Elliot Sandy’s strike eight minutes ...

All football matches this weekend involving South Holland sides have been postponed as mark of respect following the Queen’s death on Thursday. From the Premier League all the way down the non-league ladder, no football will be played. That means that Spalding United, Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United and all of South Holland’s other sides will be kicking their heels. ...

Four players from Holbeach’s Carter’s Park bowls team are celebrating a memorable victory at the Bowls England National finals. Louise Whyers, Pearl Flowers (sub for Helen Butler), Penny Strong and Annalisa Dunham were representing Lincolnshire at the Royal Leamington Spa event – and lifted the women’s fours trophy after winning 20-14 against Oxfordshire’s Donna Knight, Carol Gaskins, Katherine Hawes and ...

The biggest fundraiser of the year in Gedney Hill Golf Club’s calendar took place on Sunday – and it was another huge success. More than 135 golfers took part in the annual Daniel Markillie Memorial Day, with the sun shining and making for perfect conditions. A great day was had by all, which started with a bacon roll and coffee ...

Spalding Water Polo hosted their inaugural Summer Friendly Tournament at Bourne Outdoor Pool on Sunday – and emerged as winners of their own event. The event was very well attended with teams from Cambridge, Northampton, Bedford and Grantham joining Spalding in the pool, while mixed teams and up and coming juniors were also able to take part. It was a ...

Boss Lewis Thorogood is demanding a response from his Pinchbeck United side ahead of Saturday’s UCL League Cup clash with Premier Division South high-fliers Coventry Sphinx. The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash (3pm) is a Preliminary Round fixture in the domestic cup competition and a chance for the Knights to bounce back from their 4-1 defeat on Saturday (see ...

Three wins from as many races on Sunday ensured that Mark Scourfield won Welland Yacht Club’s Grounds Trophy. All of the eight competitors were greeted with a welcome breeze, which was forecast to grow as the day progressed. The wind was blowing directly into the club house for race one, but it was Scourfield in the Solo and Geri van ...

Kime Racing rider Tom Fisher rode to a brace of podium finishes at Cadwell Park in the penultimate round of the No Limits Super 600 championship to retain his second place in the overall rider standings. After completing his qualifying in fifth place, Fisher started the first of three races from the middle of the second row. He got a ...

Tim Martin got the better of more than 100 other golfers to win the men’s Autumn Open at Tydd St Giles Golf Club. His score of 65 (nett) pushed Simon Smith (67) into second at the Gino Ciuffini organised event. Results: Overall – 1st Tim Martin nett 65; 2nd Simon Smith 67; 3rd Tim Hines 68. D1 – 1st John ...

The Spalding and District Snooker League returned on Thursday night – and there were some typically impressive performances across the three divisions. In Division One, champions Pyramid A kicked off their title defence with a 4-2 victory over Division Two winners Sutton Bridge A. They lost the first two frames as Mick Tiller (scr) and Glen Ryan (O21), who made ...

by Dona Hall Ace archer Sam Newton has retained his title at the European Transplant and Dialysis Games – making him the current British, World and European champion. Newton, who is a 41-year-old teaching assistant at Spalding Academy and head coach at Spalding Volleyball Club, achieved his latest accolade at Oxford last week. More than 400 athletes from 25 countries ...

Spalding RFC’s first game of the new Midlands Two East (South) season was abandoned after just 13 minutes on Saturday following a nasty injury to Huntingdon’s Jack Skidmore following a horrible collision with a team-mate. The score was 5-5 between the two sides at the Memorial Field before two visiting players collided and both suffered head injuries, resulting in an ...

It’s now ten Lincs ECB Premier League defeats on the spin for Spalding Town after a heavy away beating at Nettleham on Saturday. Visitors Town were put into bat by their hosts at Mulsanne Park after losing the toss –and were skittled out for a meagre 82 in 36 overs, with Haydn Bromfield taking 5-15. Nettleham then eased to 83-2 ...

Dereham Town 0 Spalding United 2 Spalding United kept their unbeaten start to the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division season going on Tuesday night as they moved up to third place in the table with a hard-fought 2-0 win at Dereham Town. After a goalless first half at Aldiss Park, strikes from Dylan Edge (66) and James Clifton (70) gave ...

Moulton Harrox continued their fine form in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division after a six-wicket victory at Freiston on Saturday. Travis Harrison (4-26) starred as Harrox bowled out their hosts for 157 in 43.1 overs, before Shoaib Nasir’s unbeaten 87 steered them to 161-4 in reply. Freiston batted first after winning the toss, but a magical spell from ...

Moulton Harrox secured their most impressive win of the season so far as they handed defending Dor-Jan Windows & Doors PDFL Premier Division champions Uppingham Town a 4-0 home reverse on Saturday. A double from star striker Declan Earth, a Louis Steadman strike and an Ian Bradbury effort off the bench got the job done for Kev Nottingham’s side. The ...