Spalding Town 1st XI had a weekend to forget as they were heavily beaten by second placed Market Deeping in the Lincolnshire Premier Division.After being put in Spalding were in trouble early on at 56 for 5 despite opener Chris Dring’s 32 from just 22 balls.All five wickets fell to Hayatullah Niazi who claimed 5 for 24 in his eight ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club ladies’ section put on their annual AM/AM open competition recently.The winning team was Maria Taylor-Vassall from Tydd, with Bev Harpham Deborah Ellis and Sue Adlan from Burghley Park Golf Club.The team came in with an impressive score of 102 points. Second were Claire Smith and Jane Moss from Kirton Holme, with Nicole Elphick from Sutton ...

A 93 from stand-in skipper Joseph Broomfield against his old side and 62 from fellow opener Clive Bayston sent Moulton Harrox on their way to victory over Spalding 2nd XI.Broomfield opted to bat first on winning the toss in the South Lincs and Border League Division One match up.Bayston and Broomfield started steadily reaching 31 for 0 after the first ...

A stunning 162 not out from Josh Newton propelled Moulton Harrox to a comprehensive 82-run win at Freiston.Moulton are hot on the heels of Long Sutton in the South Lincs and Border League sitting in second.And Newton continued his fine form as Moulton posted 256 for 4 from their 45 overs after electing to bat first.Australian Jamie Kitchen’s brutal bullying ...

Long Sutton bounced back to winning ways with a fine win over Orton Park to remain top of the South Lincs and Border League Championship. Sutton held their nerve and chased down 205 while seven wickets down after slipping to 124 for 5 at one stage.Jacob Gray and Dom Clay were the eventual heroes after Calvin Bird (23) and Nathan ...

The Pinchbeck and District Winter Darts League came to an end with its recent finals night. Held at Spalding Services Club, the evening started with the H&H Cup final between Consti Club Z and Pinchbeck FC.Thanks to wins from Malc Kelk, Craig Woods, Jason Waltham and Mark Dixon, Pinchbeck came out on top.This was followed by the fours competition final ...

A new 6-a-side football league is starting in Holbeach – and teams are urged to join now before the last few remaining places are snapped up!The leagues are already proving popular, and will take place at Holbeach United on Sundays.Teams are competing for top prizes in the Leisure Leagues Prize Draw – which has already seen thousands of pounds of ...

It was back to the Pode Hole course for Spalding Cycling Club for this week’s 10-mile time trial.Ten riders took the course on a slow Wednesday evening with an unfavourable wind blowing up the long Delph straight.A familiar face made a return to racing this week, Josh Wallis took the win in his dad’s bike, setting a time of 21:27, ...

Spalding Tennis Club hosted the Lincolnshire South East School Sport Partnership’s School Games tennis competition recently with a team from Monkshouse finishing an excellent second place. Westfield in Bourne pipped them to the title in the annual Years Three and Four competition that involved seven schools.A Designated Sports Leader from Spalding Academy helped oversee the 15 teams who each played ...

Pinchbeck United continue to build for the future and have had their development XI accepted into membership of the Boston & District League.Meanwhile, the Knights have amended their pre-season programme with three more matches added and one cancelled.The scheduled home meeting with Downham Town on Tuesday, July 18 has been replaced with a visit from National League North King’s Lynn Town’s u23 side.Additional friendlies ...

There was joy and sorrow for G&S Racing Kawasaki on Sunday as Asher Durham secured two podiums but Jorel Boerboom suffered a crash at Knockhill in round four of the Pirelli National Superstock and Junior Superstock races. Durham was in fine form and completed qualifying in seventh place to start the first of his two races from the head of ...

Tydd will continue to play in the Premier Division of the Peterborough League, despite finishing in the bottom two last season.The promotion of FC Peterborough to the Eastern Counties League and Stilton United’s decision to take a voluntary drop to Division One, means there is no relegation from the top flight.The newly-named GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough League will also contain two ...

Moulton Harrox climbed into the top two of the South Lincs & Border League Championship thanks to defeats for two of their closest rivals and a win of their own at Grantham Seconds.Sleaford Seconds went down by seven wickets at home to Newborough, while Woodhall Spa suffered an 85-run thrashing by leaders Long Sutton to allow Moulton to close the ...

Sunday saw the first two races in the Sunday Points Series at Welland Yacht Club and the helms were greeted with the forecasted very light winds and sunny skies. With what little wind there was and its direction, it gave a short beat to No.1 buoy but the five boats that braved the conditions were not helped by the amount of ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club ResultsMen’s June medal Division 1: Winner Ady Bills 75-10=65, 2nd Shane Millar 79-10=69, 3rd Andy Hicks 82-12=70.Division 2: Winner Martin Bowman 82-18=64, 2nd Tom Ainsley 83-17=66, 3rd Tim Hipkin 82-15=67ocb.Division 3: Winner Bradley Power 81-21=60, 2nd Luke Stanford 95-28=67, 3rd David Woodcock 90-22=68.Men’s June Pairs: Winner Steve Skoulding & Martin Wells 46pts, 2nd T Langdale ...

Spalding Town suffered a mauling at Bourne in the Lincolnshire Board Premier League, crashing to an eight-wicket defeat.The visitors posted 172/9 from their 50 overs, having recovered from 85/7 but high-flying Bourne needed only 22.3 overs to reply with a winning 173/2.None of the Spalding batsmen could kick on after getting themselves in, with Brandon Andrews (43), Nilantha Atapattu (37), ...

The Silver Spoon Bowmen are celebrating county championship glory after a successful day at the Lincolnshire Outdoor Archery Championships in Boston. A large team from the Spalding-based club travelled to the Mayflower Sports Ground and returned with six county champions in their ranks.Amy Gott won the Lady Recurve title, with the Lady Compound championship going to Lynn Fisher.Junior Lady Recurve champion was Jemima ...

Kime Racing rider Tom Fisher rode well at Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire to secure three top-five results in round four of the No Limits Pirelli Super series 600cc class at the weekend to move nearer to the top four in the rider standings.After qualifying his Yamaha R6 in seventh place, Fisher began the first of three races from the ...

Ollie Wilson swept the board in round three of the Dirt Track Riders Association at Greenfields Oval near Alford on Saturday. Riding a KTM85cc, the 11-year-old rider from Kirton won the Flat Track Youth Intermediate class, coming first in all three qualifying races before coming first in the final.Toby Johnson was second each time and Marcie Skipp finished third in all ...

The annual two-up time trial championships at Spalding Cycling Club saw a cold, blowy night greet the riders.The special event sees riders pair up and work together to achieve the fastest time.Shaun Brennan and Shane Mezzatesta, of Fenland Clarion CC, proved to be fastest, clocking 21mins 31secs. Because they are not Spalding members, their time does not count towards championship results.The club award ...