Author Archives: Rachel Mayfield

Only five boats take to the river

With a few Welland Yacht Club members having prior commitments for the bank holiday weekend five turned out for Sunday’s racing.The first two races of the day were three and four of the Pursuit series, where the class handicaps are applied up front to allocate different start times for each class. The theory being after the race duration all boats ...

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Football results and fixtures

RESULTS DOR-JAN PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUEPeterborough Senior Cup Final Holbeach United Reserves 2 Uppingham Town 4. Premier Div (Sat): Crowland Town 3 Oakham United 2, Leverington Sports 1 Moulton Harrox 2. (Mon): Uppingham Town 4 Crowland Town 2. (Tue): Tydd P Moulton Harrox P. (Weds): Uppingham Town L-L Holbeach United Reserves. Div One (Sat, selected, 2pm): Sawtry 3 Holbeach ...

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Celebrating another super hockey season

Spalding Hockey Club celebrated the end of another season with a day of awards. The day started with the junior section enjoying games in the sunshine followed by their presentations.Junior award winners were: Under 9 – Blossom Willson, Alfie Spridgen and Brody Richardson; Under 11 – Millie Barker, Sonny Ilic and Isla Worrall; Under 13 – Eliza Morris, Elliot Ashton ...

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Three top ten finishes but drop in standings

Tom Fisher recorded three top 10 finishes on the Kime Racing Yamaha R6 in round three of the No Limits Pirelli Super 600 championship at Donington Park over the Coronation weekend to drop a place in the rider standings to joint fifth.Fisher qualified in fifth place and lined up in the middle of the second row for the start of ...

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John’s five wicket haul as Long Sutton 2nds batter Boston

The South Lincolnshire and Border League local derby at Long Sutton was among the matches rained off.Sutton were racing along at 49 without loss of six overs before the rain came, Nathan Oliver (20 not out off 17) and Calvin Bird (21 off 16) having given them a fast start. Both sides take eight points.Long Sutton 2nd XI meanwhile managed ...

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Rain hits fixtures

In the Lincolnshire Premier Division, Spalding Town picked up 12 points at Grantham Town.They were put in and reached 81 for 9 from 24 rain-affected overs.In response, Grantham were 19 for 2 from 4.2 overs when the rain brought an end to proceedings.Spalding 2nd XI romped to an impressive home win over Grantham 2nd XI taking just 37 overs to ...

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Young cricketers hitting their stride

Those at Spalding Town Cricket Club are a hive of enthusiasm this season, in part thanks to the vast junior set up that’s offering the sport to all ages and backgrounds. The club have been looking to get everyone involved in the junior section in particular and get even more young cricketers through the ranks.1st XI captain Jonny Manton, wicketkeeper ...

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Latest results from Tydd St Giles

The latest results from Tydd St Giles Golf Club are:Men’s April pairs Texas scramble – 1st Simon Smith/Dean Wright net 64, 2nd (ocb) Ali Anthony/Matthew Thomas net 65, 3rd Luke Rowell/Ian Cooper net 65, 4th (ocb) Tom Ainsley/Andy Sleath net 66; Seniors’ Ged Taylor Stableford Trophy – Division 1: 1st Peter Sharp 40 points, 2nd Mick Vassall 36 points, 3rd ...

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Three wins and centuries for Moulton

A fine innings from Josh Newton saw Moulton Harrox beat Sleaford 2nds in the South Lincs and Border Premier Division.He came to the crease with the home 1 for 1 after Matt Barnett’s was caught for a duck attempting a drive early on.Newton began aggressively, hacking a couple of boundaries through the covers as he raced to 50 inside 15 ...

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Semi-final spot for Spalding in last Memorial Ground game

Spalding 45Boston 7 Spalding welcomed local rivals Boston to the Memorial Ground on Saturday in a quarter final NLD Shield Cup game. Both teams play at the same level but in different leagues, with Boston having won promotion as run-away champions, whilst Spalding won promotion as runners up in their league.Two years ago Boston, at their ground, had run out ...

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Fine start to season

It’s three wins out of three for Long Sutton in the South Lincs and Border League Championship.Jake Burton’s side continued their fine start to the season with a comprehensive eight wicket win over Grantham.The visitors were all out for 143 after batting first.Josh Baker was the star claiming 5 for 23 in six overs, while Charlie Crisp claimed 3 for ...

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Blow for Moulton in the title battle

Peterborough and District League Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox suffered a blow to their title challenge as they lost 3-1 at Crowland Town on Tuesday night.Uppingham Town won 2-0 at Stamford Belvedere at the same time to move two points behind Moulton but with two games in hand.Harrox themselves won 1-0 at Belvedere on Saturday when Uppingham were held to ...

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Heartbreak for Tulips

Spalding United came within three minutes of promotion before suffering play-off heartache on Saturday. They were arguably the better side in the opening 90 minutes against Halesowen with captain Nathan Stainfield heading in a 37th minute corner in front of a crowd of 3,250.But in injury time keeper Michael Duggan failed to hang on to a shot and Kieran Donnelly ...

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Football results and fixtures

RESULTSPITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidlands Division (Sat, 3pm): Play-off final – Halesowen Town 2 Spalding United 1 (AET). DOR-JAN PETERBOROUGH AND DISTRICT FOOTBALL LEAGUEPremier Div (Sat, selected): Holbeach United Res 0 Uppingham Town 0, Oakham United 2 Tydd 2, Oundle Town 0 Crowland Town 7, Stamford Belvedere 0 Moulton Harrox 1. (Tues): Crowland Town 3 Moulton Harrox 1, Holbeach United ...

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Town lose in league and cup

Spalding Town fell to a heavy nine wicket defeat at Sleaford on Saturday before exiting the National Cup the following day.The visitors elected to bat on winning the toss but struggled to 116 all out in the 44th over.Mitch Freeman (20), Ben Smith (20), Harry Birch (13) and Brandon Andrews (10) were the only players to reach double figures.Birch had ...

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Football results and fixtures

RESULTS PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidlands Division (Sat, selected): Halesowen Town 0 Stamford 0, Sporting Khalsa 2 Spalding United 1. (Tues): Play-off semi-final, Spalding United 2 Sporting Khalsa 1. UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Div North (Wed): Melton Town 3 Boston Town 1. (Thurs): Wisbech Town 4 Deeping Rangers 3. (Sat, selected): Boston Town 2 Selston 0, Deeping Rangers 2 Loughborough Students ...

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Moulton stay in front of the pack

A fourth straight win kept Moulton Harrox ahead of the chasing pack in the Dor-Jan Peterborough League’s Premier Division on Tuesday.They saw off Deeping Rangers Reserves 3-1, having beaten Stilton United 3-0 on Saturday.Joe Townsend scored twice at Stilton with substitute Martin Sandall also finding the net, despite the sending off of Ashley Coddington.Their final home match of the campaign ...

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A final push for Tulips

All roads lead to Halesowen on Saturday, after Spalding United secured a trip there in the Pitching In Northern Premier League Midland Division play-off final. But the Tulips had to do it the hard way, hitting back from a goal down to beat Sporting Khalsa 2-1 on Tuesday, having lost by a similar score against the same opponents just three ...

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Johnson strikes for safety

Ben Johnson’s stoppage time winner on Saturday ensured Pinchbeck United are safe from the drop from the Premier Division North of the United Counties League.That secured a 3-2 win over Heanor Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Field and gave them breathing space going into their final match of the campaign at Selston on Tuesday.Andre Williams gave The Knights an early ...

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Woolsey’s off with a win

Moulton Harrox under 16s gave a fitting send off to manager Phil Woolsey with a 7-0 thrashing of Spalding United, reports Freddie Auston.From the outset the hosts faced an uphill battle against a strong Moulton side.First half goals from Bobby England, Callum Pratt and Ozzy Livermore left the game dead and buried before half-time.Spalding struggled to get a foot in during the first ...

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