It’s been an excellent Christmas for Pinchbeck United who are third in the Future Lions United Counties League Premier Division after picking up seven points from a possible nine. A 4-1 win at Sleaford Town on Saturday was backed up by a 0-0 draw with previously third placed Holbeach United and a 4-1 win at Deeping Rangers. Manager Ian Dunn ...

Evo-Stik East Division Spalding United 1 Wisbech Town 2 It was not the start to the New Year Spalding United wanted as they lost to a Wisbech side who began 2019 second from bottom in the Evo-Stik East. A defensive horror show which saw Conor Marshall put through his own net in the 62nd minute proved decisive with the Tulips ...

EvoStik East Brighouse Town 3 Spalding United 1 Holiday fixtures, particularly those around Christmas are traditionally all about local derby games, writes Ray Tucker, but the Tulips’ activity on Boxing Day involved a journey of 238 miles. But four hours on congested motorways into the West Riding of Yorkshire was rewarded with a 3-1 defeat to second placed and promotion ...

Evo-Stik East Spalding United 1 Cleethorpes Town 2 A late goal completely out of the blue denied the Tulips a share of the NPL EvoStik East Division points on December 22 to end an excellent run, writes Ray Tucker. The game, keenly contested throughout seemed destined to end all square. But it all changed with ten minutes remaining when The ...

Futre Lions Counties League Sleaford Town 1 Pinchbeck United 4 Pinchbeck United’s Christmas striking arrivals both netted on their full debuts in a fine Future Lions Counties League Premier Division win at Sleaford Town. The Knights crowned a fantastic festive period with a super 4-1 win, with Harry Limb and Jack Smith among the scorers. United started well and soon ...

Andy Prior is the champion of Welland Yacht Club’s Frost Bite series after winning their Brass Monkey Regatta on Boxing Day. Weather conditions were ideal for the final round of the series with clear skies and winds hovering around 10mph gusting up to 15mph. Nine boats took to the line for what was to be a close and tightly fought ...

Moulton Harrox have a seven point gap over reigning champions Netherton United at the top of the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division heading into 2019. It follows Moulton’s 8-0 demolition of Ketton just before Christmas. Both Declan Earth and Danny Maddison scored braces for Moulton. Also on the scoresheet was Ashley Coddington, Josh McGuire, Marcus Parry and Matthew ...

The annual Spalding Open on December 28 and 29 attracted some of the top bowlers in the country including the current men’s and women’s world champions, Mark Dawes and Katherine Rednall. After several sessions of play at Spalding Indoor Bowls Club the last eight players standing were Rednall, senior internationals, Wayne Willgress from Norfolk and Rob Elmore from City of ...

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 ...