Tim Hines and David Leedle celebrated victory at Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s January Pairs Catch up event. The duo scored 46 points in the men’s section event, which was three better than second-placed Mark Cooper and Neil Morphew (43pts). Third place went to Brad Simpson and Bally Sigurdsson (42pts). * Results: Men’s section: Men’s January Pairs Catch up – ...

Moulton Harrox enjoyed an eye-catching win over perennial rivals Netherton United as the ChromaSport PDFL returned at the weekend. With the season declared null and void, a large number of South Holland sides were among those competing in the three supplementary competitions organised by the league. Harrox, who were unbeaten in the Premier Division before the season was curtailed, romped ...

Spalding Town 1st made a losing start to the new South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season as hosts Skegness 1st handed them an eight-wicket reverse on Saturday. In the only fixture of the day, new Town skipper Chris Dring lost the toss and Spalding were bowled out for 148 in 43.1 overs after being put into bat. A ...

A small slice of normality resumed for Spalding Hockey Club’s players on Saturday as they returned to match action – albeit in the form of inter-club matches. With the COVID-19 pandemic ending the regular season prematurely at the end of 2020, this was the first chance the players have had to put stick to ball in a competitive manner so ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s riders made an impressive return to action as they took the overall team prize at the King’s Lynn CC 25-mile open time trial. The squad of Josh Wallis, Neil Palmer, Frazer Wallis, Simon Wright and Elliot Stones were on fine form at the Downham Market event, clocking a combined time of 2.53.30hrs. Josh Wallis was Spalding’s star ...

Last Tuesday saw Spalding Town Tennis Club return to the court as they held an Easter Camp for juniors. Run by club coaches Glenn Perkins and Ellie Blackbourn, the event was a success with 18 participants of all abilities attending the Holyrood Walk camp. The day, which benefitted from sunny weather, consisted of tennis-based drills, games and match play, before ...

A Holbeach driver who ran off after being stopped by police, told a court that he only did so because his friend in the passenger seat had run off and then he congratulated officers for catching him! Terry Fleckney, 34, of Victoria Street, admitted driving with excess alcohol when he appeared before magistrates in Boston. Prosecuting, Jim Clare said Fleckney ...

A South Holland teacher has told how Prince Philip was instrumental in helping to save his daughter’s life. Jason Martindale learned vital first aid skills while on a Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme and he later used them to save his own daughter. “The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award has been the best thing that I have been involved in,” he ...

South Holland’s towns are beginning to look more like themselves as the majority of businesses reopened on Monday when more COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. Non-essential businesses are now open, alongside pubs with beer gardens. Many shops opened their doors for the first time, gyms welcomed people back into their properties and queues emerged outside hairdressers in the area’s towns and ...

South Holland Police are to conduct a ‘lessons learned’ review after what they say were false reports of people entering properties in Holbeach. Reports, videos and pictures were placed on the Spotted Holbeach Facebook group of individuals in and around people’s properties on Cecil Pywell Avenue and Chestnut Avenue on Wednesday, April 7. Following enquiries, police say the people were ...

A seven-year-old has raised over £500 towards new library books for his school by riding his pony Olaf more than ten miles. John Harrox Primary School pupil Charlie Edgeley and his horse trotted along the Moulton Marsh Sea Barrier for 10.7 miles last week. After the event was delayed from January due to COVID restrictions he completed the trip which ...

Long Sutton’s University of the Third Age group (U3A) was on target with its reopening last week. The group held its first sessions back recently and held an archery tournament for members. A spokesman for the group said: “We’re looking to restart as many of our 30 plus interest groups including archery, table tennis, computer skills, line dancing, bird watching ...

A few months ago there was much publicity about increased police coverage in Holbeach. I pass Holbeach police station on a daily basis, it’s rarely open, even in the daytime, but there are always at least five or six police vehicles parked there, up to eight at night time. A leaflet delivered from the police commissioner recently, quotes new police ...

Having been a resident of Holbeach St Johns for nearly 48 years I feel I must contact you and ask you to get the views of villagers and beyond about the planning application; and to publicise the fact there have been many objections sent to the planning department regarding turning the ground floor of the Plough Inn into residential. Up ...

Lovely to see the big red tulip repaired and painted and back in place on the High Road at Whaplode. Many thanks to those responsible. Lesley HonnorSpalding

Once again we have Sir John Hayes peddling his urban myth about ‘taking back control of our borders’. How many times have we heard it? It’s up there with Elvis is alive and well and working in a chip shop in Hull and Coventry City is a world class football club (okay, I invented that one). While taking on extra ...

Our Lincolnshire County Council are responsible for providing well maintained safe highways, transport, planning, passenger transport, social care, libraries, strategic planning and waste disposal. Almost 80 per cent of our services are supported by our CC and they get the lion’s share of our Council Tax. My share this year being £969.04, so like you I want to see value ...

Irritating tabloid newspapers say we are about to see a return to “the life we love”, and their chief rabble-rouser Johnson goads them on by saying he is looking forward to his “first pint”. But what is there to love about being kept awake late into the night by the racket from bars and pubs in Spalding town centre? A ...

Staff at a Spalding salad factory have joined an initiative to collectively journey the length of the country. A group of colleagues from the Greencore salads site, together with colleagues from their sister site in Boston, have embarked on a challenge to cover the equivalent of the journey from Land’s End to John O’Groats, a total of 1,083 miles by ...

A Holbeach woman has been given a suspended prison sentence after magistrates viewed CCTV images of her knocking another woman to the ground and kicking her, in a totally unprovoked attack in a Skegness car park. Donna Maria Pleasance, 38, of St Matthews Drive but who was living in Weston, Spalding at the time, admitted affray when she appeared at ...