Holbeach United 1 Skegness Town 5 New Holbeach United boss Danny Clifton insisted that he had nothing negative to say about Saturday’s 5-1 home defeat against Skegness Town. Ex-Tiger Jonny Lockie (7 and 27) grabbed two of the Skeg goals at Carter’s Park, while Conor Marshall (12) and Jordan Smith (36 and 51) also netted as Holbeach conceded five or ...

Spalding United suffered a 3-2 defeat at Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United lost 1-0 to Deeping Rangers and Holbeach United were humbled 5-1 at home by Skegness Town. In the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division, it’s now two defeats on the spin for Spalding after they were edged out in a cracker at Loughborough. The Tulips fell 2-0 ...

Spalding Fishing Club will hold its first competitive club match for more than 20 years on Sunday. The venue for the meeting is the River Glen, with the draw at the roadside New Bridge (West Pinchbeck) at 9am, with fishing from 10am until 2pm. The club, which has been in decline over the years, has seen a substantial increase in ...

Margaret Fox, Norman Davis and Ryan Rout-Lester are celebrating after winning Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s Christmas Bring and Take Texas Scramble and Tappit Hen Trophy. They scored 67.5, which pushed Nicola Elphick, Brenda Bell and Tony Fox (67.6) and Sarah Sheldrick, Ash Durance and Roy Fox (68.4) into second and third places respectively. A raffle on the day also raised ...

Spalding United caretaker manager Bruno Porfirio is hoping that a positive result at Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday (3pm) will enhance his chances of securing the job full-time. Porfirio, who stepped up to replace Gaby Zakuani as Tulips chief late last month, has won one and drawn two of his four games in charge with the only losing coming against Yaxley ...

Pinchbeck United boss Lewis Thorogood is hopeful that his side can build on last weekend’s key victory over relegation rivals Selston as they prepare to take on Deeping Rangers on Saturday. The Knights climbed out of the relegation zone after completing the double over Selston and are now targeting a derby victory over out-of-sorts Deeping at the Sir Halley (3pm). ...

An incredible eight players from Spalding Indoor Bowls Club clearly impressed the England selectors last weekend as they were called up to represent their country for numerous upcoming fixtures. For the men’s senior team, Stephen Harris has been called up for the first time and will lead the rink skipped by team captain, Greg Harlow. Spalding’s Graham Smith and Mark ...

The final round of 2021 fixtures in the East Men’s Hockey League served up a pre-Christmas cracker as Long Sutton 1st edged out Spalding 2nd 4-3 in Division 2NW. Sutton went into the Glen Park clash as slight favourites, but it was hosts Spalding who started strongly and raced into a 2-0 lead with goals from Harry Naylor and Steve ...

Four of South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club’s leading members took part in the Swim England National Winter Championships at Sheffield last week – and produced stellar showings. Ellisha Cookson, Mollie Briggs, Emma Croker and Rico Bringeman contested 20 events between them and produced a host of exceptional results over the three days of fierce competition. Between them they picked up ...

The top two in Division Two of the Spalding and District Snooker League clashed last Thursday night – and it was second-placed Sutton Bridge A who took the scalp of leaders Bourne SC C. After Chris Page (scr) took the opening frame for the table-toppers, three successive wins from Thomas Horspool (O42) who made a 46 break, Shane Balding (O49) ...

Bourne 15 Spalding RFC 0 High-flying Bourne handed Spalding RFC a 15-0 reverse in Saturday’s Midlands Three East (South) derby as clinical finishing proved to be the difference between the South Lincolnshire rivals. With the two sides at opposite ends of the table, youthful Town were always likely to be underdogs on the day – but they’ve been boosted in ...

New Holbeach United boss Danny Clifton has expressed his gratitude to the club for giving him the chance to take on the biggest challenge of his managerial career so far. Clifton, a former Stamford, Blackstones, Boston Town and Wisbech Town player in his heyday, was seen as something of a leftfield choice to fill the void at Carter’s Park created ...

Long Sutton Athletic pulled off the shock of the weekend as they beat Holbeach United Reserves 3-2 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. Strikes from Freddie May, Jamal Nyang and James Ward gave the rock-bottom Magpies a big win against a Holbeach side that went into the fixture in third. Jordan Keeble and Jordan Olive got the goals for the ...

Moulton Harrox climbed up to third in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division table as they battled to a 1-0 win over old rivals Netherton United on Saturday. A red card to John Smith on the 30-minute mark made life difficult for Moulton, but Declan Earth’s deflected free-kick after the break gave Bobby Patterson and Tim Cole’s side a huge victory. ...

Selston 1 Pinchbeck United 2 A second-half Nick Jackson strike gave Pinchbeck United a massive 2-1 win at relegation rivals Selston on Saturday as they moved out of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North drop zone. The Knights, who hadn’t won in any competition since September 11, got off to the perfect start in Nottinghamshire when Zane Millar netted after ...

Spalding United 1 Yaxley 3 Caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio admitted that Spalding United fell well short of their recent standards in Saturday’s 3-1 home defeat against Yaxley. The Tulips saw their three-game unbeaten run under Porfirio’s charge shattered by the Cuckoos at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, as they slipped to 11th in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division. ...

Quorn 5 Holbeach United 0 Club legends Phil Barnes and Dean Elston were back in the dugout as Holbeach United suffered another damaging defeat on Saturday. With Gary Frost leaving the club by mutual consent last Tuesday, Barnes and Elston – who themselves stood down as manager and assistant boss before Frost was appointed – took caretaker charge as the ...

Spalding United suffered a 3-1 home defeat against Yaxley on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United climbed out of the drop zone with a 2-1 victory at Selston and struggling Holbeach United were thumped 5-0 at Quorn. In The Pitching In NPL Midlands Division, Spalding lost for the first time under caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio as neighbours Yaxley completed a league double ...

Holbeach United are looking for their third manager of the season after Gary Frost left the club on Tuesday night. Frost, who only took the Tigers job on October 14, replaced Phil Barnes in the Carter’s Park hot seat. He leaves the club in the same position as he found it – bottom of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North ...

A late Ryan Flitton strike earned Spalding United a fine 2-2 draw at high-flying Chasetown on Saturday, while Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were on the receiving end of heavy defeats. Starting with the Tulips, they rescued a great point at Pitching In NPL Midlands Division title hopefuls Chasetown in dramatic style. After a goalless first period, Scott Floyd put ...