Norwich Dragons 1st 3Spalding Men 1st 4A spirited performance from a depleted Spalding side saw them earn the points in an East Men Division One North thriller.Six players were unavailable due to illness and injuries so it meant recalls for the evergreen Steve Rogers (54), Matt Sanders (49) and a place on the bench for manager Jason Naylor (54). To ...

There was no match for Spalding first team but the seconds were in a top-of-the-table local derby action at Bourne.However, it was the hosts who romped clear at the top of the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire & Derbyshire RFU Merit Two East table with a 45-7 success to end the visitors’ winning start to the season.Spalding Veterans’ home meeting against Thorney was called ...

Sunday saw Welland Yacht Club welcome sailors from the Ouse Amateur Sailing Club in West Norfolk and North Hykeham Sailing Club to compete in the Wash Rivers and Edgar Bain Trophies. Historically the Wash Rivers event was competed for between Welland, Witham, Denver and Whittlesey clubs – all based on rivers that flow into the Wash. Later Peterborough, Ouse Amateur and North ...

Consti E are holding on to top spot in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League, thanks to a 5-1 home win. They beat Holbeach C with wins from Sean Jeynes (O14), Jack Chilvers (O7), George Neary-Philips (021) and Simon Law (O7).A 27 clearance from Chilvers and a 22 break from Jeynes helped them on the way to ...

Jason Bates (O160) hit six breaks of 20 or more on his way to a 200-190 win for Bourne SC against Holbeach B’s Neil Harvey (R50) but it was not enough to save his team from a 5-2 defeat on their travels in the Spalding Billiards League.Dennis Hix (R70) and Chris Chamberlain (R40) chalked up 200-186 and 200-189 wins to keep ...

A South Holland powerlifter will be heading to Coventry next week to take part in a world championship event.Harry Barker trains hard and hopes to take the title when he takes part in the International Powerlifting League (IPL) competition on October 19.The week-long contest features different categories within the sport over five days at the Royal Court Hotel.The 23-year-old already ...

A charity event at Spalding Golf Club in memory of Mervyn Stanley raised £300 for the Brain Tumour Research charity.Mervyn’s widow Pauline and his two daughters attended and presented prizes to the winners.First place went to Danny Huddlestone, who received the winner’s trophy from Mrs Stanley. The trophy was designed and made by event organiser Nev Bingham.Second and third places ...

Spalding ladies have won the Taskers Trophy, a national golf competition.They beat Waltham Windmill to reach the regional round, where they recorded an unexpected win against Sherwood Forest.They then hosted Mickleover and Matlock, again winning both matches to progress to a semi-final match at Lingdale in 30-degree heat.Nothing fazed the Spalding women and they won through to the final.There they faced ...

Current club captain Andy Hicks emerged triumphant in Tydd St Giles Captains Over The Years charity competition.Organiser Ian Cooper announced that £350 was raised on the day, which will go to Holbeach Hospital, the club captain’s charity pot choice.Seniors’ October Medal, Division 1: 1 Mark Amor 80-16=64, 2 Michael Flint 83-12=71, 3 Mick Vassall 82-10=72. Division 2: 1 Gary Allen 84-20=64, ...

The 45th annual match between Drovers and Hillbillies took place at the Surfleet home of Spalding Golf Club.It is generally viewed as the season finale, with many players keen to compete.The format was fourball match play between teams captained by Roy Blake and Rob Sampson.Refreshments were provided at the halfway house.A total of 80 players were involved in the match, which finished10-10, meaning the ...

Three wins out of four in the final rounds of the DTRA UK Flat Track Intermediate championship at Greenfields Dirt Track near Alford confirmed Ollie Wilson as champion. The South Lincolnshire-based 12-year-old had won every race in the previous five rounds of the championship and was top of the leaderboard in practice with an advantage of just half a second ahead of Oskar ...

The qualifiers have been named for the Hereward Sports Pinchbeck & District Summer Darts League singles qualifiers.In Division A are Jay Taylor (Green Dragon A), Steve Gaughan (Lincoln Arms A), Jimmy Tennyson (Green Dragon B) and Paul Blow (Lincoln Arms A).Division B qualifiers are Richard Barker (Services Club), Dan Gent (Lincoln Arms D) Jacob Herd (Consti Club C) and Tony Spinks (Lincoln Arms D).

A relatively new driver in competitive motorsport has landed his first national championship.Steve Schweikhardt, from Spalding, rounded off a brilliant season with the 750 Motor Club by clinching the overall title in the final round at Donington Park.Schweikhardt entered the BMW Car Club’s annual championship three years ago in a car he built himself and the 48-year-old’s previous best was third place ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s men’s section put on their annual Ryder Cup competition.It saw club captain Andy Hicks’ side take on a team put together byvice-captain Jimmy Dack.Despite it being a hard-fought contest, the match was played in the correct spirit of the competition, with thevice-captain’s team emerging narrow victors by 11.5 points to 10.5.Other club results:Seniors’ Pesty’s pot stableford, ...

The ups and downs of racing affected the G&S Racing Kawasaki Junior Superstock team at Donington Park on Sunday.Sam Laffins took a comfortable victory in the penultimate round of the campaign and it could easily have been a double podium for the team but Asher Durham was unlucky to crash out of fourth place when challenging for third.After qualifying in ...

Consti E are at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League thanks to a 5-1 win at Donington C. Lee Hempsall (O14) got Donington off to a good start with a win over James Kingston (O28) but it went downhill for them after that.Sean Jeynes (O14), James Kingston (O28), Jack Chilvers (O7) and Martin Ulyatt (O7) ...

Pinchbeck United halted their poor run with a solid point in the league on Saturday after a cup win in the previous midweek.The Knights drew 2-2 at Newark and Sherwood United in the United Counties League Premier Division at the weekend.They fell behind to a 38th minute penalty after keeper Ben Robson was adjudged to have brought down Toby White ...

The Sir Halley Stewart hosts a meeting of the early pace-setters in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Midland Division this Saturday as leaders Spalding United host Bedworth United. The pair are both on 16 points and will be looking for an early season statement win.The Tulips, who have played a game less, lost their perfect record on Tuesday but ...

Free-scoring Holbeach United came from 2-0 and 3-1 down to seal an impressive win at home to Swaffham Town in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North.For the fourth game in five, the Tigers scored four to edge past the visitors.After a dreadful start where they found themselves two behind Holbeach responded through Connor Pilbeam five minutes before the break.Around the ...

Spalding Town Tennis Club are celebrating the installation of new LED floodlights providing year-round tennis on the all-weather courts.The lights will provide more availability for juniors and working members in the autumn and winter evenings as well as coaching sessions and more accessible tennis.In conjunction with this, the club is offering half price membership until the end of April.Coaching sessions ...