Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn had a good night’s work on Tuesday, making two good signings after seeing his side win. Midfielder Jimmy McDonnell, who was with Pinchbeck in their Peterborough League double-winning season, put pen to paper to seal a return to the club. And winger Andrew Melton, who has impressed Dunn over a couple of matches, has signed ...

Crashes and the weather conspired to leave Ben Wilson with just a single MCE British Superbike championship point at Brands Hatch on Sunday. With grid positions for race two set from the fastest lap in the first encounter, Wilson started from row six. But the 20-lap affair was red-flagged on just the second lap for a crash and a new ...

Spalding Cycling Club raced to a tight win in an inter-club 25-mile time trial it hosted. The course was centred around the A52 at Donington, with 32 riders in near-perfect weather conditions. With the cumulative times of the first three riders from each club counting, Spalding on 178.00 minutes were narrowly ahead of Bourne Wheelers (179.43mins). Sleaford Wheelers and Boston ...

English Schools’ under-17 shot put bronze medallist Rob Shaw proved his loyalty to his club when he turned out for Nene Valley Harriers to take another win at the latest Eastern Young Athletes’ League at Basildon. Shaw had been competing at the prestigious English Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham earlier in the weekend, where he threw a personal best 15.06m ...

Hillside and Grantham B are in the hat for the next round of the Cliff Hall Memorial Shield – but they progressed in differing manners. Hillside were made to work hard for their win, having edged out The A Team 3-2 at Donington. Vince Fitter, Kevin Fitter and John Keeton delivered the three wins needed for Hillside, with Nigel Brasier ...

Two students at a Spalding tae kwon do class have been awarded black belt grading. The achievement is the culmination of four years’ training for Dani Bassett (17) and Oliver Nicholson (13). For Dani, it’s a triumph over adversity after she was registered as being blind in her left eye and took a break from the sport. Instructor Jon Cooper ...

  You may not be aware of this fact, but volleyball is one of the highest participated sports in the world. With that in mind, you probably don’t realise that Spalding boasts one of Lincolnshire’s most thriving clubs in the sport too. Volleyball Spalding wants to change that – and there are plenty of opportunities for you to get involved ...

Spalding Grammar School’s under-13 cricket side have completed a fantastic season by winning two major trophies within the space of a week. The talented team have wrapped up both the David Cross Shield and the Lincolnshire County Cup prize, reaffirming their status as one of the Grammar’s most promising groups. First, they retained the under-13 version of the David Cross ...

First team player Wayne Wallace produced a stunning Stableford round to take the top prize on Captain’s Day at Spalding Golf Club. Peter Bridge’s competition was played in glorious sunshine, with over 180 men and 15 ladies plotting their way round the Surfleet course. The coveted captain’s prize was won by Wallace (5 handicap) with a superb 45 points – ...

  More than 100 golfers from around the region took part in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Senior Open Day event. The Stableford pairs competition, which was played in excellent conditions, saw some very good scores achieved. The overall winners were John Manders (from Ely GC) and Ted Gathercole (Rotherham GC) with a fine 47 points. Tydd’s senior co-ordinator Brian ...

Holbeach United bosses John Chand and Graham Drury declared themselves mostly happy with what they saw in a 6-1 defeat of Wyberton FC on Tuesday. Six different players notched for the Tigers. Gary King and Lee Dube started up front and grabbed the first two goals before Ash Fuller maintained his scoring streak and sub Courtney Meade edged the Tigers ...

  Spalding United Under-9s had a day to remember when they played at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium. The boys had a tour of the changing rooms at the Premier League ground, before getting the chance to run out of the tunnel on to the pitch to play some cup games. Pictured are (back, from left) – Daniel Beresford, Ellis Perry-Burdett, Oliver ...

Top trio Elaine Hancock, Dianne Platt and Pat West won Spalding Golf Club’s Lady Captain’s Day competition amid an excellent turnout at the Surfleet course. With the best two scores counting, score of 79 points was good enough to seal their success. Another prize on offer – the nearest the pin on the ninth hole – was won by Angela ...

Defender Adam Jackson has made a swift return to Spalding United to challenge himself further. The left-back is in the squad for Thursday’s friendly at Yaxley after a change of heart over rejoining Holbeach United this summer. He’s expected to sign for the Tulips in the next few days. After winning back-to-back United Counties League Premier Division medals with the ...

  A former top-class show horse has been stabbed while in a Holbeach field. It’s believed Joe, a 19-year-old stallion, was cut with a pocket knife or penknife in a random attack. It left the pie-bald horse so traumatised that a vet gave him only hours to live. Fortunately distraught owner Chelsea Richardson has seen Joe pull through and hopes ...

The first-ever Spalding parade to mark Armed Forces Week received great support. Held on market day, a stall and bucket collection raised £751.21 for the charity Veterans’ Aid. The parade was led by South Holland District Council chairman Coun Robert Clark and Lord Lieutenant of Lincolnshire Tony Worth, and included Spalding Marching Ambassadors Band. Standards borne were Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ...

Spalding Town Forum says good traffic management will be key to keeping road transport moving around the town during the huge rail upgrade this year. Network Rail’s £280million Great Northern Great Eastern project to improve the Peterborough to Doncaster line through Lincoln will mean two long periods of work in Spalding, expected to cause severe disruption on the roads. The ...

Busy teenager Rhiannon Saunders added another £121 to her fundraising tally for a school trip to Tanzania next year. The 14-year-old held a pyjama party at Pinchbeck Village Hall last Friday. About 20 people enjoyed games with prizes donated by local businesses, including the village bakery and Birchgrove Garden Centre. Rhiannon, a student at Sir John Gleed School in Spalding, ...

A former councillor is calling for treatment facilities for cystic fibrosis sufferers to be made available in Lincolnshire. And sufferer Jane Jones says Spalding’s “under-used” Johnson Community Hospital could be a venue. Jane is a rare case in that she was only diagnosed last December, at the age of 62. Usually it is spotted in early childhood. The diagnosis after ...

Spalding’s new primary school is on schedule to open at the start of the next academic year. Wygate Park Academy, which is part of The Boston Witham Academies Federation, is being built by Holbeach firm Langwith Construction under a £2.5m contract. Lincolnshire County Council says completion and handover is due to take place on Friday, August 22. Langwith Construction managing ...