Author Archives: Rachel Mayfield

Coach of the Year

Spalding Water Polo Club’s head coach Dave Lord has been announced as Swim England’s Coach of the Year.Runner up was club member Amelia Stewart.The winners were announced at a gala event last weekend at Loughborough University.Assistant coach Mark Le Sage said: “This is an amazing achievement for the pair and the club, which reflects the commitment and dedication that surrounds ...

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Men’s 2nd only winners for Sutton

LSHC Mens’ 1st 3Bourne Deeping 1st 4The home side boasted a 14-man strong squad with additions of Dan Oldfield, Will Taylor and Mckenzie East.The game began with Sutton pushing early doors. However, five minutes in, Bourne Deeping got on the scoresheet.The ball found its way through several bodies and the keeper was unable to prevent a Bourne player from tapping ...

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Men’s 4th lose 11-0 at home

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 0St Ives 1st 5After an unfortunate loss last week, Spalding Ladies’ 1st were determined to come back fighting against St Ives.St Ives scored their first goal from a penalty flick, which Freya Lee almost saved with a great dive to the left of the goal.St Ives continued their aggressive attack with multiple short corners achieved, converting two ...

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Large crowd watch Spalding on way to win

Spalding 21Oakham 7 Spalding welcomed Oakham to Centenary Park on their President’s Day with both teams having won two out of three games since the start of the season in Counties 1 Midlands East (South) league.Coming into the team were two of Spalding’s up and coming young players, Jack Grundy flanker and James Holland at fullbackIn front of a large ...

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Spalding darts finals night sees some shock winners

Monday night saw the Spalding and District Darts finals night held at Tigers Social Club in Holbeach. The first game of the evening was the Kelly Foster Cup between Division One’s Green Dragon and Division Two’s Tigers B.Green Dragon won 5-2 with wins from Scott Wiliams, Duggie Mcinerney and Simon Horton in the singles, edging the win.Then was the Dick ...

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Game Bird Open winners

Tydd St Giles ladies put on their annual Game Bird open competition, with Tydd’s Chris Young continuing her winning streak with playing partner Angela Mander, from King’s Lynn Golf Club.In the 4BBB they came in first with 43 points, followed by Amanda Cook and Marilyn Sayer, from Gedney Hill Golf Club, in second place with 37 points.Third, from Middleton Hall ...

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Impressive treble

On Sunday, September 17, Steve Hill, Harry Mycock, Dominic McVittie and Martin Spencer finished an already impressive outdoor bowls season by winning the Midland Counties Fours Championship at East Leake Bowls Club in Nottinghamshire.The quartet who play their domestic bowls at Royal Mail Cart were Lincolnshire’s representatives in the Midland Counties Championships after winning the county fours title earlier in ...

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Play-offs for finals

An enjoyable social evening was held at Spalding Services Club on Friday for the Spalding Darts League competition play-offs for finals night.Qualifiers were:Mixed Pairs – Dan Gent and Stacey Banister and Paul and Kayleigh Blow; Captain’s Cup – Paul Faulkner and Dan Gent; Ladies’ Cup – Stacey Banister and Sharon Barnard.The organisers thanked Ian Tilley for his help on the ...

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Teams take hammering during six 6-0 victories

It was whitewash wins galore in the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night as six teams won their matches 6-0. Four of the results came in Division Two and two in Division Three.Consti B, Donington A, Consti F and Services D got the wins in the second division, while Holbeach F followed last week’s 6-0 win with another ...

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Late goals sink Knights

It was another tough weekend for Pinchbeck United as they lost 5-1 at home to Melton Town in the United Counties League Division Premier Division North, conceding four in the last 18 minutes.The Knights initially responded well to their 11-0 hammering against Loughborough Students last week and took the lead through Taylor Jaine.However they were pulled apart late on, Thomas ...

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Tulips’ FA Cup run over

Spalding United’s run in the FA Cup came to an end on Saturday as they were beaten 3-1 at Mickleover.The leaders of the Southern League Premier Division ran out comfortable winners in the end as the Tulips looked to go for a second win in the competition against a higher ranked side.Andy Dales’ 13th minute drive from long range gave ...

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Sutton are champions

Long Sutton look set to play in the top flight of Lincolnshire cricket for the first time in 17 years after being crowned South Lincs and Border League Championship champions on Saturday. They needed three points to seal the title on Saturday.But any hopes of being able to seal it with maximum batting points went out the window after Freiston ...

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Poor start ends Tigers’ winning run

A dreadful start did for Holbeach United on Saturday, despite a valiant comeback at Great Yarmouth Town in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North.The Tigers found themselves 4-0 down at the break after conceding three goals in the opening 20 minutes, the first from a penalty.George Cozens scored twice and Jesse Fenn once before Sam Adams netted just before the ...

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A mixed bag for Long Sutton teams

LSHC Mens’ First 2Cambridge South 2nds 2The first game of the season saw the mens’ 1st secure a well earned point away at Cambridge South.The game was end to end action, with both teams taking chances, but falling short of results.South opened the score line with a quick counter attack, leading to a tap-in at the back post.Sutton dug deep ...

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Ladies’ 2nd team kick off in style

Spalding Ladies’ 2nd 11Pelicans 2nd 1Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe, Karen Timby, Kelly Cooper, Milly Hastings, Sophie Wilson.In an great display of skill and teamwork, Spalding Ladies 2nd hosted Pelicans 2nd. The final scoreline of 11-1 reflected the team’s dominance throughout.The midfield was controlled brilliantly, distributing the ball with precision, and maintaining constant pressure.The scoring spree began three minutes into the match ...

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Great tennis in Chairman’s Cup

A great afternoon of tennis at Spalding Tennis Club for the annual Chairman’s Cup which saw Ben and Martin Brittain lift the men’s trophy and Gill Williams lift the ladies’ trophy.Both trophies were presented by Lincolnshire Tennis chairman John Copsey.After four hours of tennis with 33 players and spectators, Williams won the ladies’ trophy and Ben and Martin Brittain overcame ...

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Harrox defeated

Moulton Harrox were knocked off the top of the GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough and District League Premier Division on Saturday.They went down 3-1 at Stanground Sports after being reduced to 10 men when Declan Earth was sent off. Louis Steadman scored a consolation for Moulton late on.Back on top of the division are Uppingham Town who beat bottom of the ...

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Moulton still in the hunt for second place

Moulton Harrox Cricket Club beat Deeping by seven wickets to ensure they could still finish second in the South Lincs and Border League Championship.Opener Matthew Rose enjoyed Moulton winning the toss and bowling, taking 4 for 33 early on backed by Harry Lovell (1 for 15) and Anish Suwarneraj (1 for 16) also struck as Deeping’s top six were ousted ...

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Spalding improve on last year’s showing

Spalding Town have finished the Lincolnshire Premier League in ninth place, closing the season out with a heavy defeat at Grimsby Town. Jon Manton’s side improved on their 11th placed finish from last season, having picked up six league wins in the county’s top flight.Manton won the toss and put Grimsby in on Saturday.Spalding started well with Brandon Andrews (2 ...

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Final of Daily Mail Foursomes contest

At the beginning of the year Gedney Hill golfers Kim Markillie and Chris Bennett started on the Daily Mail Foursomes journey.There were 938 clubs that entered the nationwide competition and over seven rounds the number of clubs has been whittled down to the last remaining 16 clubs.Markillie and Bennett played Round 7 at Overstone Park Golf Club, Northampton on Friday, ...

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