The centre of Spalding will be transformed into a colourful celebration of all things autumn at next week’s Pumpkin Festival. The popular event takes place on Friday, October 3 and promises to be another spectacular day out. The festivities – which have been a popular diary date for over a decade – are organised by South Holland District Council, sponsored ...

Those people most at risk from flu are being urged to protect themselves and their families as a matter of priority with a free jab. Full protection from the vaccine takes up to two weeks to develop and can help prevent vulnerable patients from further health complications associated with flu, such as pneumonia. Those most at risk include pregnant women, ...

Ash Fuller hit a hat-trick as ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Holbeach United won 5-0 at Wellingborough Town on Saturday. And there was two goals for Jamie Clarke on his debut for the Tigers. The Doughboys had been looking for their fourth straight win but it never looked likely as Fuller and Clarke’s first goals either side of half-time put ...

There was next to no joy at all for South Holland sides in league action in the ChromaSport Peterborough and District League on Saturday. In fact, the only team in the district to win was Holbeach Bank, who romped to a 4-0 success at Glinton and Northborough Reserves in Division Four. In the Premier Division, Pinchbeck United got a draw ...

Little Connie Hammond was distraught after losing her favourite cuddly toy on a trip into Spalding. But thanks to a good deed by a mystery person, the tears turned to happiness after she was reunited with Roary – a mascot of Haven Holidays who has hardly left her grasp since getting him as a present this summer. Mum Gemma Louth ...

Grand plans to improve the historic area around Spalding parish church are being discussed. Vicar John Bennett wants to see better use of The Vista, creating more open views of St Mary and St Nicolas Church and Ayscoughfee Hall. He is proposing a new, smaller and fit-for-purpose church hall, likely to cost between £500,000 and £1million. And he believes a ...

HOLBEACH UTD 2 SLEAFORD TOWN 1: Lee Beeson’s winner sent the Tigers through to the next round of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy. It completed a quick turnaround for the midfielder who had apologised to the club after being sent off for violent conduct four days earlier. That red card came in a 2-0 defeat by Huntingdon Town which ended the Tigers’ 100 per cent start ...

A big-hearted community volunteer with a determination to make Spalding a more attractive place to live has targeted his next project. Mick Clarkson wants to highlight and tackle areas which have become overgrown, ugly and, in some cases, perilous to pedestrians. He’s launched Facebook page Tidy Up Spalding NOW! and is inviting group members to submit photos of places which ...

Ryan Oliver is the man Spalding United boss Pat Rayment has identified to kick-start his stuttering frontline. The 24-year-old striker goes straight into the starting line-up against Newcastle Town on Saturday (Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, 3pm). And Oliver, who played his final game for Deeping Rangers in a 2-1 Lincs Senior Cup win at Bourne Town on Tuesday, cannot ...

By Ruth Jones Nene Valley Harriers’ track and field athletes excelled once again to cap off one of the club’s most successful summer seasons with a strong team performance in the East Anglian League final at Bury St Edmunds. The stand-out achievement came in the men’s U17 competition, with the Harriers’ athletes winning their age group overall, while the U15 girls were second ...

Services A are setting the early pace in the top flight of Spalding and District Snooker League after a third straight win. Mike Knight, Paul Quincey and John McDowell secured frames to maintain the Spalding side’s 100 per cent start to the season and send them top of the table. The 4-2 result was Donington C’s first defeat. Jim Thompson ...

Staff at Johnson Community Hospital have been reminded that patients have priority in the main car park. It follows a complaint that staff appear to be shunning their own car park in preference to getting closer to the hospital’s main entrance. A reader of The Voice said: “I sat in reception from about 8.45am on a weekday while my wife ...

Spalding Town skipper Rob Ambrose is “disappointed” with their second season in Lincs ECB Premier League. A campaign which started promisingly and included the brilliant scalp of a first defeat for eventual champions Bourne ended last Saturday in a somewhat limp manner with defeat to Bracebridge Heath. However, Ambrose accepts that his squad had little to play for and would ...

Holbeach United will have more firepower in the ranks for Saturday’s trip to Wellingborough Town. Jamie Clarke, an experienced former Football League striker who played under joint boss Graham Drury at Corby Town and Stamford, has signed. Clarke had spells with Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Rotherham United, Lincoln City and Boston United. Meanwhile, a move for Yaxley’s Dan Cotton was knocked back ...

A superb unbeaten century from Sam Smith set up a comfortable Pinchbeck victory over Timberlands in South Lincs and Border League Division Two. Pinchbeck set their opponents a stiff target of 197 for victory, thanks hugely to Smith’s brilliant 111, before bowling out the visitors for 111. With opener Danny Jackson dismissed off the second ball, Smith arrived at the ...

A fantastic second evening in Spalding 6-a-side league saw some slick, attractive football. Division One got under way at Surfleet on Monday with Punchbowl Tigers looking solid and organised in a 3-0 win over Simple FC. Jamie Stonebridge did the damage with a man-of-the-match performance. Univeg Team, also looking to register their first points, took on Balotellitubbies – yet to ...

The latest lucky winner of South Holland District Council’s Green Bag Lottery has been revealed. Maria Silva, of Beech Avenue, Spalding, won the £1,000 top prize and was presented with her cheque this week. A delighted Mrs Silva said: “I am over the moon, I really can’t believe I have won.” The Green Bag Lottery, which has been running since ...

Spalding United cruised through to the FA Cup second round qualifying – eventually. But Holbeach United saw their 100 per cent start to the league season ended with a home defeat. The Tulips saw off Holwell Sports 4-0 to secure their place in Monday’s draw. However, they left it late to reinforce their dominance after hitting a purple patch of three goals ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ youngsters completed one of their best ever track and field seasons when they placed an admirable fourth in the Eastern Young Athletes’ cup final at Basildon, writes RUTH JONES. This was the second year in a row that the Harriers had made it to the final of the highly competitive league. To qualify for the coveted final ...

Holbeach United Reserves’ first win of the season moved them off the foot of the Premier Division in ChromaSport & Trophies Peterborough and District League. Ironically, their maiden three-point return came on the day the first team’s 100 per cent winning start ended. Omar Joof’s side won 4-2 at Uppingham Town and are replaced at the bottom by Crowland Town, ...