Spalding suffered a heavy defeat in their first match of the Lincolnshire Premier League season. Chasing visitors’ Lindum’s 50-over 226/2 total, Spalding were bowled out for 141 in the 47th over.Opener William Wright (116no) and Robert Cook (61no) were their chief tormentors, sharing an unbroken third-wicket stand of 147.Mitch Freeman hit a six and four 4s on his way to 52 ...

Spalding face Boston at home in the Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Cup this weekend and warmed up with two matches at the Memorial Field. For the Vets, it was their last match at the Memorial Field as the club complete their relocation to their new ground next seasonMeanwhile, with the big cup tie looming, it was important to have a ...

Tydd St Giles golf club resultsSeniors April Medal competition:Div 1: 1 Ali Anthony 87-14=73, 2 Paul Chaplain-Barton 81-7=74, 3 Mick Vassall 86-10=76 ocb. Div 2: 1 Andy Turner 90-20=70, 2 Lee Smith 88-17=71, 3 Chris Tirrell 90-18=72. Div 3: 1 Steve Dewey 96-27=69, 2 David Leedle 99-25=74, 3 Paul Milward 97-22=75. Div 4: 1 Chris Woods 96-28=68 ocb, 2 Ian ...

Pairs qualifiers in the Crowson Volkswagen Pinchbeck & District Winter Darts League are: Division A – Steve Stancer/Andy Bingham (Lincoln Arms A), Sean Trafford/Andy Porter (Green Dragon B), Jason Williams/Jason Taylor (Green Dragon A) Tony Clark/Andy Taylor (Riverside Inn).Division B – Stu Ewins/Matt Broderick (Consti Club B), Carl Pogson/Chris Hollands (Consti Club B).

Sunday served up windier conditions than the forecast was telling the eight sailors for the first race at Welland Yacht Club, the fifth leg of the Munson Cup series.With a beating start away from the clubhouse that would take them up river to no.4 buoy, it was tight on the start line as the boats jockeyed for position.At the off it ...

It proved to be home rule for Spalding at the Lincolnshire County Indoor Bowls finals. Spalding Indoor Bowls Club hosted the event and emerged with top honours.Ruby Hill led the way, with three county titles, while Dominic McVittie won two and Graham Smith, Chelsea Spencer, Jean Patterson and Jack Wells won one each.In the morning session, Hill won the ladies ...

Former British Superbike and Supersport racer Ben Wilson’s eldest son Ollie is following in his dad’s tyre tracks.Just like his dad, the 11-year-old started his racing career with the Mablethorpe Sand Racing club and has made the move up to the flat track DTRA series, riding a KTM85. He enjoyed plenty of success with four wins in the opening round at the ...

A team of 17 from South Lincs Swimming Club headed north to compete at the City of Leeds National Qualifier. It was an opportunity for the club’s older swimmers to set times for inclusion in the national championships rankings and for the younger swimmers to experience a high level of competition.Charlie Bisby came away with five gold and a silver ...

Pinchbeck United will look to secure their position in the United Counties League Premier Division as they take on bottom of the table at Nottinghamshire side Selston on Saturday.The Knights picked up what could prove to be a vital point last Saturday against the other side in the relegation places, Heather St John’s drawing 1-1.Elliot Foster’s first half penalty after ...

Spalding United are still looking to clinch a Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division promotion play-off place after a 1-0 defeat to Coleshill Town on Saturday and postponement on Monday.Elliot Sandy’s side only need one win at most from their final two games to secure a top five finish and a home tie in the semi-finals.But they’ve been made ...

Holbeach United say they will now send some sort of side to Harwich in Essex after the league fined them £500 for not fulfilling the fixture they won 4-2 a month ago.After the referee failed to send off a Tigers’ player in the 87th minute of that game, the Thurlow Nunn League said the game should be replayed on April ...

Want to learn a new activity? Why not give croquet a try?Pinchbeck Croquet club are offering a five-session coaching course for beginners and improvers.The course starts on Monday, June 5 from 10.30am-12pm. Sessions will then be held on June 19, July 3, July 17 and July 31 at the same times.Coach Tim Barzycki said: “Croquet is a very sociable activity ...

Holbeach United have launched a junior girls’ team which is already proving hugely popular.Sessions only started three weeks ago for those aged five to ten years old, but there’s already 30 girls signed up for sessions at Holbeach King’s Academy on Pennyhill Road.Coach Sarah Jane Hollowell hopes to get teams playing in leagues when they restart in September.“The sessions so ...

The cricket season gets underway this weekend with Spalding Town, Long Sutton and Moulton Harrox all looking to build on last year’s campaigns. After securing their status in the ECB Lincolnshire Premier Division last season, Spalding are looking to push on under new 1st XI captain Jon Manton.“We’re all feeling good about the new campaign and we pretty much have ...

On only his third weekend taking part competitively in the sport of banger racing, a Spalding man’s first ever win has seen him crowned a national champion. Harry Hart took a commanding first place in the Rookie Bangers English Championship at Skegness on Easter Sunday.The 22-year-old has only recently taken up the motor racing where contact between cars is a ...

Tydd St Giles golf club results:qSeniors’ individual stableford division – 1st Ken Doughty 32 points, 2nd Chris Moore 31, 3rd (ocb) Chris Tirrell 30. Division 2 – 1st Ken Parker 32, 2nd (ocb) Toby North 31, 3rd David Abram 31. Division 3 – 1st Eddie Minter 33, 2nd Steve Dewey 30, 3rd Paul Kingswood 28. Division 4 – 1st Adrian ...

G&S Racing Kawasaki was down to one rider for the opening round of the 2023 Pirelli National Superstock championship which took place at Silverstone.Jorel Boerboom rode to 31st in the first race on Saturday and went on to take a strong 25th on Sunday in the second encounter.Without a rider in the Junior Superstock championship at the moment due to ...

Gosberton D have been crowned champions of Division Three in the Spalding and District Snooker League. Despite not having a match this week, Gosberton now cannot be caught by runners-up Whittlesey C, who won 4-2 on Thursday.Seven points separate the two teams, meaning that even if Gosberton lose the final game of the season 6-0 and Whittlesey win 6-0, there ...

RESULTS PITCHING IN NORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEPremier Midlands (Sat, selected): Spalding Utd 0 Coleshill Town 1; Gresley Rovers 0 Stamford 0. UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North (Sat, selected): Pinchbeck United 1 Eastwood CFC 1, Deeping Rangers 0 Anstey Nomads 2. (Mon): Sleaford Town 4 Pinchbeck Utd, Wisbech Town P Deeping Rangers P. THURLOW NUNN EASTERN COUNTIES LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat, selected): ...

April 2 was the culmination of the indoor archery season which saw archers from Spalding’s Silver Spoon Bowmen compete in the Lincolnshire County Indoor Championships hosted by Friskney Bowmen at the Peter Paine Sports Centre in Boston.The champions from Silver Spoon are:Ladies’ Recurve Amy Gott, Ladies’ Compound Lynn Fisher, Ladies’ Longbow Ros Lorimer.Men’s Recurve Sam Newton, Men’s Barebow Ian Macrae.Junior ...