Spalding RFC 24 Newbold on Avon 14 A dramatic late try from Ben Williams steered Spalding RFC back to the promised land of Midlands One East as they delivered in Saturday’s winner-takes-all promotion play-off. Town were never behind in the Midlands Two East play-off with South division runners-up Newbold on Avon. Skipper Harry Sharman ran in a first-half try, while ...

Spalding RFC secured an immediate return to Midlands One East after a superb 24-14 win over Newbold on Avon in Saturday’s promotion play-off. Harry Sharman and Ben Williams scored crucial tries for Town at the Memorial Field, with James West kicking the rest of the points in the winner-takes-all clash. The two teams exchanged penalty scorers early on, with West twice ...

Mario Golf World Tour review Format: Nintendo 3DS Out: Friday May 2 If the prospect of Mario Kart 8 hitting the shelves later this month isn’t satisfying all of you Nintendo fans, it’s well worth joining the maestros of the Mushroom Kingdom for a pre-race round of golf this week. That’s right, the most multi-talented plumber in the business is ...

Spalding RFC captain Harry Sharman accepts that the club’s stellar season will mean nothing if they lose on Saturday. Town, who finished second in Midlands Two East (North) welcome Midlands Two East (South) runners-up Newbold on Avon to the Memorial Field for a winner-takes-all promotion play-off (3pm). The winners will play Midlands One East rugby next season – which was ...

The final day of the UCL Premier Division saw Holbeach United slip out of the top ten after Desborough Town won 2-1 at Wellingborough Town to leapfrog them in the table. Ar Tarn’s victory at The Dog and Duck sees them end up tenth, with Glen Maddison’s Tigers having to settle for 11th spot. With Spalding United long-since crowned champions ...

Rob Ambrose reckons that Spalding Town are in for one of their toughest Lincs ECB Premier League games of the season on Saturday. Town visit a Lincoln Lindum outfit that lost their opener at Sleaford by 13 runs – but Ambrose is sure that they will be among the title contenders this year. Although they were boosted by a 15-point ...

Deeping Rangers 1 Spalding United 2 UCL Premier Division Dan Cotton’s Easter Monday double ensured that Spalding United enjoyed a winning farewell to the United Counties League. The winger notched on 37 and 43 minutes at Outgang Road, cancelling out Simon Ashton’s tenth-minute header from a Scott Ginty cross. Cotton’s first was a clinical finish after Ashton’s back header fell ...

Andy Law and Aidan Moore both scored twice to fire Pinchbeck United to the Spalding Sunday League crown at the weekend. The duo bagged braces in Pinchbeck’s 4-1 victory over third-placed Punchbowl Panthers at Monkshouse Playing Field as Tom Roberts’ side move an unassailable eight points clear at the top of the table. Sean Cade scored for Punchbowl, who now ...

Long Sutton Sunday (229-8) beat Uffington (177-5) by 52 runs An excellent batting display from Long Sutton’s Sunday side saw them start their Rutland League campaign with a victory at Paradise Field on Sunday. Winning the toss and batting first is a rarity for any Sutton side – but it looked as though they might regret it when Steve Skoulding ...

Holbeach United 0 Wisbech Town 4 UCL Premier Division Holbeach’s UCL Premier Division season ended with a whimper as Wisbech waltzed to a 4-0 Easter Monday victory at Carter’s Park. Adam Millson (11 & 77), Tony Battersby (45) and Billy Smith (70) all scored for the Fenmen, who avenged a 2-0 home defeat to the Tigers just over a week ...

Spalding Town CC 1st (258-8) drew with Market Deeping 1st (244-7)   Impressed Spalding Town skipper Rob Ambrose has declared himself happy with Saturday’s derby draw against Market Deeping. Town picked up 15 points in their Lincs ECB Premier League opener at Spalding Grammar School, with star man Warren Nel making an unbeaten 116. The South African’s knock was the ...

Stuart Parker was on impressive form to see off a sizeable field and win Spalding Golf Club’s Massey Cup qualifying competition. The 11-handicapper continued his excellent early-season form by scoring 41 Stableford points at the Surfleet course.Teenage talent Hugo Kedzlie (5), another to have performed admirably so far this campaign, took second spot on countback from Doug Garfoot (13) after ...

Long Sutton 1st (154-7) lost to Boston 1st (156-2) by 8 wickets Sutton’s first game back in the top tier of South Lincs and Border League ended in heavy defeat at the hands of the title contenders Boston at the Mayflower on Saturday. Promoted Sutton were made to bat first in the Division One clash – and lost Phil Barnes ...

Two top turnouts at Spalding Cycling Club’s open pair of ten mile time trial events have boosted morale among its members. The number of new members and guest riders attending the events is increasing and adding to the competition, making for an exciting start to the campaign. The first race was dogged by windy evening weather, but a host of ...

Spalding swimming star Chloe Hannam gave a fine account of herself at the British Gas Swimming Championships in Glasgow. The event, otherwise known as the Commonwealth Trials, saw Hannam compete in four differing events – and she clocked some cracking times. Her first event was the 400m IM, in which she entered 15th. However, a season’s best time (just 1.5secs ...

A Dan Cotton double ensured that Spalding United concluded their UCL Premier Division title-winning season with a 2-1 victory at Deeping Rangers on Monday, while Holbeach United were thumped 4-0 by Wisbech Town in their finale. Starting at Outgang Road, champions Spalding had to come from behind after their former defender Simon Ashton put hosts Deeping ahead on ten minutes. ...

Spalding United 1 Huntingdon Town 2 (UCL Premier Division) Pat Rayment toasted a bright Spalding United future as his side finally got their hands on the UCL Premier Division title on Saturday – despite seeing his side lose 2-1 at home to Huntingdon Town. The all-conquering Tulips were jubilant as they lifted the club’s first league title in ten years, ...

Holbeach United’s hopes of a top ten finish in the UCL Premier Division took a hit on Saturday as they were handed a 4-0 derby defeat at Lincolnshire neighbours Deeping Rangers. Alex Beck (13) fired hosts Deeping into an early lead at Outgang Road, with Jamie Graham doubling their advantage on 23 minutes. Goal machine Ryan Oliver put the game ...

Film review: The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (12A) Run time: 2 hours 22 minutes The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is an Electro-charged sequel that builds well on the largely successful reboot of the blockbuster Marvel franchise back in 2012. Andrew Garfield returns as everyone’s favourite web-slinger – and for my money is now a much better Spidey than Tobey Maguire’s version of ...

ChromaSport Peterborough & District Football League Results for Saturday, April 19 Both Moulton Harrox and Holbeach United Reserves enjoyed big wins in the ChromaSport Peterborough and District League on Saturday. Harrox stormed to a 6-1 home success over Ramsey Town in the Premier Division to keep their hopes of a top six finish alive, while Holbeach cruised to a 5-1 ...