On the final night before the Christmas break in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League the annual competition for the Paddy Palgrave Hard Bat Trophy was held. Sixteen competitors were divided into two leagues of eight. Each match, using the basic wooden bats with just a thin rubber covering, is two games using normal scoring, with three points awarded ...

Margaret Fox, Nicky Elphick and Fid Cropper were the joint winners as Sutton Bridge Club’s Ladies section rounded off a fine year of events with the Christmas Bring and Take. The trio could not be separated at the top of the Texas scramble medal format friendly competition. After the competition a presentation of £865 raised by the members of the ...

Chris Woods was on fine form to win Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s charity Stableford competition. The 13 hole competition took place on Tuesday, December 18 with Woods taking the win with 32 points among the aged over 60 golfers. The competition was followed by an excellent carvery lunch, the day was concluded by a presentation of a cheque to ...

At the halfway stage of the Spalding and District Snooker League it’s Pyramid A who sit atop the summit. The Division One leaders were 4-2 winners over Holbeach C in the last match to ensure their lead continues into the second half of the season. Second placed Services E kept up the pressure winning 4-2 against Donington A. Holbeach A ...

One woman has been taken to hospital after a vehicle crashed into a parked car, damaging a house and causing a gas leak. Bourne Road in Pode Hole is currently closed following the incident that occurred shortly after midnight. A Ford Focus hit a parked AW Touran which subsequently hit a house and caused a gas leak which has now ...

United Counties League Premier Division Deeping Rangers 1 Holbeach United 0 A 94th minute Deeping Rangers winner means it’s two defeats, just one point and no goals for Holbeach United from their three Christmas fixtures. A hugely scrappy game looked set to be petering out to the 0-0 it deserved when Deeping struck with nearly the last touches of the ...

The honours were shared as the United Counties League Premier Division derby between Pinchbeck and Holbeach Uniteds ended 0-0. Neither side was able to take any of the few chances at the Sir Halley. It was also a Boxing Day to forget for Spalding United in the Evo-Stik East Division who instead of a local derby faced a 220 mile ...

Spalding United were edged out 2-1 by Cleethorpes Town in the Evo-Stik East Division this afternoon. Josh Batty gave the visitors to the Halley Stewart the lead five minutes before half time, but the Tulips responded well with Kieran Wells scoring his second in two games to level in the 55th minute. A tight game was settled by a Scott ...

A seven-year-old South Holland boy was so moved by the plight of the homeless that he decided to help raise money. Seth Terrington saw a TV advert for the Salvation Army’s appeal to pay for a room to help a homeless person. He asked his parents, Ollie and Helen, to rewind the ad so he could watch it again and ...

Santa will return to the streets of Holbeach in 2019 after being unable to do his normal rounds there this year. For a number of years, his little helpers at the Rotary Club of Holbeach have taken Father Christmas around the town and surrounding villages. However the club closed its doors earlier this year. Through the Rotary Club of Spalding ...

It will be a warmer Christmas for hundreds of children thanks to the selfless efforts of one Cowbit woman. Jenny Clay, who lives with her husband Peter, said she can’t just sit and watch television and needs to keep busy, so she knits children’s clothes to give to the less fortunate. “I’m always knitting and clothes I’ve made in the ...

No doubt I’ll get shot down here but as is so often the case, real experience shows the difference between what should happen and what actually does. We have a wonderful new medical facility in the Spalding Johnson Hospital with kind and efficient staff but it seems that neither the public nor some local surgery staff understand exactly what services ...

I would like to say a huge thank you to the Woodlands Hotel for such a marvellous evening that I was fortunate enough to attend on December 13. The evening was absolutely free to elderly people in Spalding who would be spending Christmas mainly on their own. The facilities were lovely, tables dressed for Christmas. The food was fantastic every ...

The Parish Council wish to convey their sincere thanks to everyone who attended the Christmas Activities Event in the Long Sutton Market Place on December 9. It was an extremely enjoyable day and it was great to see everyone having a such a good time. The support from local businesses was very much appreciated and the council thanks those businesses ...

At this time of year I am personally and professionally absorbed into retelling the historical Biblical Nativity story as remembered and written down for all future generations to read and interpret. It doesn’t make sense without acknowledging faith and mystery and putting it into the context of other storyline threads of the Holy Bible. One could read of covenant love, ...

I’d like to thank everyone that came to the Holbeach Community Fayre on Saturday, December 15. The event went very well and we raised over £800 for the Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance. Thank you to all of those who helped on the day with stalls or who helped with the entertainment. Thanks also to everyone who came and helped ...

A new council Twitter account has taken to posting photographs of fly-tipped rubbish in a bid to help identify the culprits. In the last couple of weeks, the Twitter account of the South Holland District Council Community Safety team (@SHDC_commsafety) has posted photos of a three-piece suite fly-tipped on the outskirts of Spalding and a collection of household rubbish with ...

I write with regards the subject of Santa Claus. A hearing of his sleigh bells was formally recorded around 1954 in the region of Stockhouse Lane and Chase Road in Surfleet. They were heard by a boy who lived there. I know this because his mother told my aunties and I was in the room and heard her very words. ...

A Spalding care home celebrated Christmas with song and verse at its residents’ Christmas party. Staff and residents enjoyed a festive afternoon at St John’s Care Home at Hawthorn Bank last week. Stephanie Lamont, one of three activities coordinators at the home, helped organise the party and called on a newly formed group to assist with the entertainment. “Over the ...

The Spalding and South Holland Voice will be taking a break over Christmas. Our next printed edition will published on Thursday, January 3. Don’t forget that your favourite free paper is now regularly stocked by Sainsbury’s, Holland Market, in Spalding instead of the neighbouring Wilko store. Everyone at the Voice would like to wish all our advertisers, readers and suppliers ...