Spalding Indoor Bowls have moved into the last 16 of the national mixed Egham Trophy competition after an 87-83 victory over Barwell. Their reward for the victory is a home tie against Nottingham in the next round on Sunday, December 12 – with the winners progressing to the quarter-finals. Spalding started the stronger of the two teams and at five ...

Three brave Welland Yacht Club members contested the latest round of the Frostbite Series on Sunday despite the difficult conditions served up by storm Arwen. Although the winds weren’t as bad as Saturday, the temperature was nearing freezing – so the first task was to break the ice off the boat covers to get rigged. A favourable course was set ...

Spalding Vets 44 Lincoln Vets 15 Harry Sharman ran in a hat-trick of tries as Spalding RFC’s vets saw off their counterparts from Lincoln 44-15 on Saturday. Lincoln were hit with unavailability and injury and only travelled to south Lincolnshire with ten players, but Spalding showed great sportsmanship and lent them five players, – including up and coming first team ...

Holbeach United finally have something positive to build on ahead of Saturday’s Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North clash with Newark at Carter’s Park (3pm). That’s the view of boss Gary Frost, who was impressed with the Tigers’ showing in last weekend’s 2-1 loss to high-flying Loughborough Students. Both Aaron Eyett’s super solo strike, which ended their long wait for a ...

Lewis Thorogood is refusing to push the panic button after seeing Pinchbeck United fall into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division’s relegation zone. The Knights dropped into the bottom two for the first time this season after losing 2-0 at relegation rivals Quorn on Saturday. And, with third-placed Anstey Nomads the visitors to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday ...

Spalding United CEO Leigh Porter admits that the club are in no rush to make a definitive decision on who will be the next permanent manager. Caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio has taken four points from two games since stepping up to the Tulips hot-seat in the wake of Gaby Zakuani’s departure two weeks ago. Porter feels that Porfirio has the ...

Five-time winners Moulton Harrox are hoping to keep their affinity with the Lincs FA Junior Cup going on Saturday. Harrox welcome fellow big-hitters Lincoln Moorlands Railway to Broad Lane for what is undoubtedly the tie of the fourth round – with whoever progresses moving on to be big favourites to lift the county crown. Joint Moulton boss Bobby Patterson reckons ...

Consti A remain top of the Spalding and District Darts League’s Division One table after a hard fought 4-3 win against Green Dragon on Monday night. Sam Roberts and Nick Moyses grabbed the last two singles wins for Consti to seal the victory on the night, while Darren Royal had two 180s and a 112 check out for the Green ...

It’s now ten wins from as many East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West games for red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st after another dominant display on Saturday. Maddie Haunch (2), Ellie Holland (2) and Georgina Maplethorpe found the net as the Poachers brushed aside hosts Cambridge City 4th 5-2 to move seven points clear at the top. Spalding started well ...

Long Sutton 1st gave their East Men’s Hockey League Division Two North West season a shot in the arm by thrashing St Neots 1st 6-1 on Saturday. Josh Fyson (2), Josh Baker (2), Dan Batten and Luke Proctor all found the net for Sutton at what was a very stormy Peele Leisure Centre amid 40mph winds, heavy rain and sideways ...

It was a big week in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League as four of the top five were in action against each other. The headline fixture saw leaders Pyramid defeat third placed Holbeach C 4-2 to strengthen their lead at the summit to four points. Shaun Lee (O28) sank an early 28 break for Holbeach C, ...

I’d suggest that you’d need to have been living under a rock for much of the past 25 years if you’ve never heard of sisters Venus and Serena Williams. Two of the top female tennis players of all-time, they dominated the sport for the best part of 20 years and took the ladies’ game to new levels on and off ...

Moulton Harrox 3 Oundle Town 0 Bobby Patterson heaped praise on his Moulton Harrox side after they braved dreadful conditions to defeat Oundle Town 3-0 on Saturday. A double from Alfie Woodward and an Ian Bradbury strike fired Moulton to a hard-fought three points in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. However, it was the windy conditions that proved the most ...

Quorn 2Pinchbeck United 0 Pinchbeck United slipped into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North’s relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 loss at fellow strugglers Quorn. Strikes from Charlie Marzano (41) and Jack Samples (60) did for the Knights, who are now 17th in the 18-team division, one point from safety and seven clear of rock-bottom Holbeach United. Pinchbeck saw ...

Holbeach United 1 Loughborough Students 2 Aaron Eyett scored Holbeach United’s first goal in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North since way back on August 28 – but it was in vain as Loughborough Students won 2-1 at Carter’s Park. After a goalless first period on Saturday, high-flying Loughborough moved 2-0 up thanks to goals from Dylan Edwards (59) and ...

Holbeach United Reserves returned to form in fine style on Saturday as they hammered South Holland rivals Crowland Town 6-2 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. After suffering back-to-back defeats, third-placed Holbeach ran riot at Snowden Field thanks to goals from Fenn Storey (2), Kyle Compton, Jordan Keeble, Cameron Lee and sub Oliver Foster. Danny Firth and Giuliano Staffieri replied ...

Spalding United 1 Bedworth United 1 A second-half Ben Starkie strike earned Spalding United a 1-1 draw with Bedworth United on Saturday – and made it four points from two games for caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio. The Tulips fell behind on 33 minutes at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field when Ryan Nesbitt rounded keeper Harry Fisk and netted on ...

The results for South Holland’s top sides Spalding United, Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were almost as bad as the grim weather on Saturday. Starting with Spalding, they at least picked up a point after being held to a 1-1 draw by Bedworth United in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division. The Tulips, again under the caretaker charge of Bruno ...

Race ace Andy Prior emerged victorious at the second round of Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series on Sunday. Ten boats took to the starting line with reasonably strong breeze and stronger gusts forecast – and it was Helen Boyd (Solo) who got away first, followed by Geri van Haren (Phantom) and then Prior (Laser Radial). Behind them were Alan Cox ...

Mick Cooper and Mick Johnson both made big breaks in the Spalding and District Billiards League as Consti B beat Holbeach A 7-0. Consti’s Johnson (O170) made a 57 and 38 in victory, while Cooper (O190) sank a 69, 54 and 48 in defeat. Elsewhere, leaders Donington beat hosts Pyramid B 7-0 with Tony Scully (R60) bagging a 28 break. ...