A Gosberton Risegate man led his team to a speedway title in spectacular fashion.Simon Lambert says lifting the Championship Cup as captain of the Scunthorpe Scorpions was the best moment of his career.The 34-year-old has been in the form of his life in recent seasons and won all four of his races in the second leg of the cup final ...

Long Sutton Men’s 1st team returned to action after a week’s hiatus taking on St Ives Men’s 2nd. St Ives Men’s 2nd and Long Sutton are two of a few early stalwarts of the New England Hockey East League Division 2 North West, having done battle every year since its formation three years ago and a battle some have certainly ...

On Sunday, Spalding Lightning started the defence of the under 30s double triples competition.The team was forced into a change from last season as Dominic McVittie is now too old whilst Chelsea Spencer enters her last year in the competition.Spalding Lightning’s first round opponents were Boston who were not phased by playing the defending champions and actually were as far ...

Holbeach United manager Danny Clifton has been left pleased with performances in the last week but late goals cost them before a penalty shoot out defeat on Tuesday night.Saturday’s game at home to Holland in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North went as the previous Wednesday’s game against Parsons Drove, a 2-2 draw with the Tigers conceding a late equaliser.Against ...

New faces couldn’t stop Spalding United from enduring yet more away day blues at Lye Town on Saturday. Goals in the ninth and 90th minutes saw Lye take the points in the Pitching In Northern League Midland Division clash.It means the Tulips have taken just two points from their last four away games.They haven’t won away in the league since ...

A second half collapse saw Pinchbeck United lose 4-0 at Lincoln United on Saturday as the mini-revival came to an end.After a draw with Belper and victory over Blackstones in their previous outings, the Knights held their own in the first half on Saturday at a Lincoln side who sit third in the league with games in hand on those ...

The curtain came down on the Pinchbeck and District Summer Darts League with finals night at the Spalding Services Club. The first game of the evening was the Ward Trophy final between the Lincoln Arms D and Consti Club C.Consti Club C ran out 5-4 winners thanks to wins by Jack Morton, Josh Faulkner and Dean Chapman.This was followed by ...

Sunday saw the next three races in the Autumn Points Series held in sunshine and a good breeze that encouraged 11 boats to come to the start line.With the wind blowing straight down the river it made for a beating start with a long and short tack and the favoured port end providing some interesting moments at the beginning.It was ...

A 5-1 win for Services C has seen them take the top spot in Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League. They beat Pyramid C, with Jason Green (O56) the only winner for the home team.Services’ wins came from Craig Fitter (O63), Jordan Philpott (R7), Kevin Fitter (O14) and Shane Cummins (O14).Consti E are holding on to second ...

Moulton Harrox’s trip to Scunthorpe proved a fruitful one in the County Junior Cup.They beat Manor Park 6-1 in the competition with goals from Marcus Perry, Louis Steadman, Joe Townsend, Cameron Fox and Emilio Mead enjoying a double from the bench.Tydd, Holbeach United Reserves and Holbeach Sports are all out.Tydd lost by the odd goal in seven at Skegness Town ...

On Sunday (October 29), Spalding Lightning progressed in the Egham Trophy against local rivals Boston. The match was closely contested for the first half but Spalding Lightning stepped up a gear from about ten ends to open up a good lead before winning the match by 29 shots (93-64).Although Spalding Lightning won on three rinks, their best winning rink was ...

Donington are top of the Spalding and District Billiards League having won four of the five matches played so far.They beat third placed Bourne Pyramid B 5-2 on Monday night.Wins from Mick Pearl (R70) and Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) gave them the victory.Darrell Read (R40) got the points for Pyramid, a 37 break helping him to a win over Tony Scully ...

The annual Lincoln Arms Golf Day for the Daisy Williamson Shield was held at Gedney Hill Golf course on September 24.The competition was won by Chris Page with many other prizes awarded to the golfers for various things.Organiser Nigel Burrell, thanked Charlie at Gedney Hill Golf Course, along with everyone who took part. He also thanked the people who helped ...

A cheque for the grand sum of £3,011 was presented to a representative from Tonic Health by the Lady Captain of Spalding Golf Club, Jean Wilkinson at the Ladies’ Section AGM on October 5.Jean said that she was absolutely delighted by the amount raised during her year as Lady Captain for this very worthwhile local charity, all due to the ...

Annie Dunham has qualified for the Ladies’ World Matchplay Championships at Potters Leisure Resort on the Norfolk coast.The Spalding Indoor Bowls Club player took on many international players from across the British Isles in her qualifying event at Desborough (Maidenhead).She beat Jacqueline Henderson in straight sets(7-5, 8-2) before ousting former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Sian Honnor, also in straight sets ...

Pinchbeck United will have gained confidence, despite a 2-1 defeat at Holbeach United on Tuesday.The friendly was arranged to bridge a gap in both teams’ fixture lists and saw the Thurlow Nunn League team hit back from behind to earn victory, thanks to goals from Harvey Thorne and Jack Prentice.However, after recent heavy defeats, Knights manager Lewis Thorogood will have been pleased to ...

Spalding United remain top of the Midland Division of the Northern Premier League, despite surrendering their unbeaten record to Loughborough Dynamo on Saturday. A 3-1 defeat saw all the goals come in the second half and, while manager Elliot Sandy insisted there as no need to panic, he was determined to make sure lessons were learned.“I was so disappointed and ...

It took a while but Tydd can finally celebrate a win in the GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough League. They ended a run of 16 games without a win, spread across two seasons, with a 2-0 success against Sawtry. Jack Minchella put them ahead and Carlos Costa secured the points with four minutes to go.Further up the Premier Division table, Nathan ...

Josh Fyson scored twice and Frazer Watt was also on target in Long Sutton’s 5-3 defeat at unbeaten leaders Wisbech Town in Division Two North West of the East Men’s League on Friday.The second team had a 5-0 walkover because opponents Cambridge City 5th were unable to raise a side in Division Three North West.Annabelle Giles made her debut for Long ...

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the first of five primary schools tournaments scheduled for this school year at Glen Park, Surfleet, on Friday and it was a huge success.Sixteen teams from 13 schools participated and many of the 130 youngsters were making their hockey debuts.Some schools are expecting to add a team for future tournaments so the aim is to get ...