Moulton Harrox are looking forward to the 2021 season with relish and they’ve been boosted by captain Chris Beale having already made a significant century on the field. The skipper has raised over £1,300 for the South Lincs and Border League side by running for 100 miles within 31 days, much of which took place on the field. It’s helping ...

Spalding Golf Club’s professional Adam Keogh is to leave the club for a prestigious new appointment. The 32-year-old has spent eight successful years with the Spalding establishment but is moving on at the end of May. He’s taking up the role of head coach and academy manager at Woodhall Spa Golf Club which is home to The National Golf Centre ...

Spalding and Long Sutton Hockey Clubs have had their league seasons officially terminated – but there may be an opportunity for end of campaign competitions. The East League made the announcement last week that the league season would be terminated. Secretary Neil Liversedge said: “The feedback we have had from both clubs and senior members from clubs is that there ...

Gosberton’s Abbi Pulling is targeting a title tilt after confirming that she’ll be racing in British Formula Four again for the 2021 season. The 17-year-old is set for a second season with the JHR Developments team after impressing last year winning the JTR Rookie of the Year award for a sixth placed finish in the championship following several podiums. Now ...

The United Counties League says it’s looking to run a mini-competition for interested clubs after the season was null and voided for a second year – but it’s likely Holbeach United won’t be involved. It follows last week’s announcement that the FA was recommending curtailing all leagues at steps three to six, including the UCL and Spalding United’s Pitching In ...

Matt Elworthy earned the top prize in Spalding Cycling Club’s virtual TT series but he was unable to make it a clean sweep in last week’s final round of the tournament. Instead Ant Gough was the quickest to complete the course via the online cycling platform Zwift out of the 16 competitors that took part from their own homes. With ...

An imitation firearm and drugs were among the finds after a 12 mile police car chase down the A16 outside Spalding was ended when a stinger device was deployed. Tracy Hercules, age 22, of no fixed address, has been charged with dangerous driving, driving without a licence, driving without insurance, possession of cannabis and possession of an imitation firearm after ...

There are concerns over healthcare provision in Holbeach after the NHS raised issues over the number of new houses being built in the town. It has requested a sizeable donation from a planning application submitted for 185 homes off Battlefields Lane in the town. Outline planning permission has been granted for the site on several previous occasions but are no ...

A family who have raised over £2,000 for charity by walking more than 100 miles in February have now taken up wombling. Teresa Thorpe (54), of Weston, and daughter Kimberley Waite, accompanied by three-year-old son Evan, attempted to walk and run 56 miles in the month to raise money for Cancer Research UK as part of Teresa’s bid to get ...

‘Fairer funding’ was likened to a unicorn as councillors lamented a ‘horrendous’ year for finances. South Holland District Council portfolio holder for finance Peter Coupland said COVID-19 had ‘ripped to shreds’ the authority’s finances, but praised staff for off-setting most of a proposed £1.7m saving. The full council passed the budget and Mid Term Financial Strategy last week. It includes ...

A couple of residents at a Spalding care home recently celebrated clocking-up nearly a double century. Grace Heeley marked her 100 years and Lilian Brown celebrated her 95th birthday at St John’s care home on Thursday. Staff arranged a special tea party with singing and dancing to mark the occasion. “We wish both Grace and Lilian a very happy birthday ...

A South Holland company is set to launch a new website this week for customers to order directly. The Bridge Farm Group, which has invested £45m is a state-of-the-art growing facility at Clay Lake, is creating an online community – The Growers. The new site will see a range of plants on offer with more ranges being added throughout the ...

A group of Spalding Grammar School alumni are taking on charity challenges to help stay in touch, with the first in solidarity with another former schoolmate. On March 27, Oliver Shores, Mario Fragale and Max Pearce will run a marathon around London while wearing 20kg backpacks and raising money for R;pple Suicide Prevention. The Untitled Gamechangers, as the group and ...

Employees at the Spalding branch of a food manufacturer say they’re angry at proposed changes to sick pay. Dalehead Foods is proposing changes which mean both staff on an annual salary and those and paid by the hour would need to be certified off work for more than ten days before they can access sick pay at its Fulney Lane ...

An 18-year-old footballer was given an explosive finish to his month of charity runs. Sam Bayly, of Spalding, ran 5K every day in February raising £1,209 for The Alzheimer’s Society. He did so to thank his great nan Maxine Andrews who suffers with the condition. On the completion of his final run, his family turned up to let off streamers. ...

There is now more to the continuing story in Station Road, Moulton. Following the repair and filling of a sinkhole, it appears there may have been a further underlying problem (i.e. a blocked sewer) that was not previously identified. It is more than likely that the former road repair will have to be re-opened to further identify and repair the ...

I’m trying to locate a dear friend who lives in Holbeach. I live in the US, and we have been pen pals for 40 years. Pauline was like a mum to me when l was stationed at RAF Alconbury from 1980 to 1982. I didn’t get a card from her at Christmas. I didn’t see an obituary for her in ...

I read the letter about chicken legs (February 25). When I was a small child I ate chicken which had been reared in Surfleet. My father would take out the insides on the kitchen table. He put newspaper on the table and wiped his hands on the dishcloth. He would teach me all the parts of the insides. He would ...

Battling with Zoom calls and other virtual meetings during lockdown seems to be the order of the day for many of us so it will be no surprise to say that it has limited the usual activities of Spalding’s South Holland Rotary members. We usually meet every week at The Woodlands Hotel on Pinchbeck Road in Spalding and although that ...

It is said that a community is to be judged by how well it protects not the comfortable and secure, but casualties and victims. The first group can really look after themselves; the second need all the help they can get. So well done, South Holland District Council, for committing extra funds to provide for more people who are homeless. ...