Holbeach United are set for a firm examination of their ChromaSports UCL Premier Division title credentials next week with two tough away games. The Tigers go on the hunt for points at Desborough on Saturday and Yaxley the following Tuesday. After last Saturday’s scheduled match with Daventry was postponed due to a water-logged pitch, Holbeach find themselves in fourth after ...

Pinchbeck United are a maximum 10 wins away from the ChromaSports UCL Division One title ahead of two huge fixtures. Ian Dunn’s charges comfortably brushed aside Thrapston Town 3-0 at the weekend. But there’s tough fixtures ahead including Saturday’s local derby at Bourne Town. That’s followed by the eagerly awaited match up with Raunds Town who look like the only ...

Midlands Three East North – Spalding 14 Kesteven 28 Spalding RFC’s fine winning momentum was halted by a disappointing second half display in the local derby against Kesteven on Saturday. The visitors to the Memorial Field leap-frogged above the home side in the Midlands Three East (North) after over-turning a half time deficit with 15 unanswered points. It ended a ...

ChromSport UCL Division One Pinchbeck United 3 Thrapston Town 0 Pinchbeck United stretched their unbeaten run to 15 games and any other outcome looked unlikely throughout Saturday’s dominant performance. The home side just had too much for mid-table Thrapston who were up against it from the start. The visitors only arrived at the Sir Halley Stewart Field with a few ...

Long Sutton Athletic’s hopes of a treble continued on Saturday as they shocked higher league opposition Thorney to reach the PFA Cup quarter-finals. Matty Oliver scored twice as the London Road outfit came from behind to beat Premier Division Thorney. In an even game Thorney took the lead in the first minute. Both sides created chances throughout the 90 minutes ...

Moulton Harrox strolled into the next round of ChromaSport and Trophies Presidents Premier Cup with a 3-0 win over Whittlesey Athletic. Goals from Ian Bradbury, Marcus Parry and Bobby Patterson Ensured Moulton a safe passage to the next round. It was a good day all round for Moulton Harrox as their Reserves thrashed Langtoft United Reserves 10-0 at Broad Lane ...

Long Sutton 1st XI will be looking to end their winless run in the East Men’s Hockey League Division One this coming weekend as they visit the side just above them in the table, Cambridge Nomads. Sutton remain second from bottom in the league table after losing 5-2 at home to mid-table Broxbourne last Saturday. There was a defeat too ...

Spalding Men’s 1st XI got a taste of the high-life on Saturday as they starred at the national stadium at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London. And they impressively held promotion chasing home side Wapping in the first half before succumbing to an 8-2 defeat at the £30 million Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre. The East Men’s League ...

A Marylands Cup week for the Spalding and District Table Tennis League meant just four matches were scheduled. Unfortunately only two of those were played, plus three others. One reason was that Bladerunners and MatDuf needed to complete their round one tie first. However, before they started on that, they finished off a Division One match with Mine’s a Pint. ...

Rock-bottom Boundary B pulled off one of the shocks of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One season so far by stunning leaders Holbeach A 4-2. The Deepings side, who had only won three of their 15 games prior to the clash with the table-toppers, had frame wins from Daniel Smith (O14), Martyn McGhee (scr) and Steve Smith (R7) ...

Nene Valley Harriers have been knocked off their perch at the top of the Frostbite League. The Harriers were the top local club, finishing fifth, but new League leaders Riverside Runners of St Neots recorded a comfortable win. Things could have been worse for the club that has a host of South Holland members, but on a day when the ...

A man who demanded cash from a 79-year-old antiques dealer after threatening him with a knife has been jailed for two and a half years at Lincoln Crown Court. The court heard at the hearing on Friday January 19 that defendant Viktors Lahs initially chatted with John Mumford about furniture before suddenly grabbing the antiques dealer by his coat collar ...

The owners of Baytree Garden Centre in Weston have been fined after a member of staff was seriously injured falling from a tree. Bay Tree Nurseries Ltd was fined £13,000 at Boston Magistrates Court on Wednesday, January 17 after entering a guilty plea for breaching section two, The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. Action was taken against ...

The clean up operations has begun after high winds battered South Holland in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, January 18). Many residents awoke to find damage to property caused by gusts that were recorded as being around 70mph. Deeping St Nicholas amateur meteorologist Nicholas Watts told The Voice: “I think that we got the worst of the wind ...

Outline permission for a new village hall and 120 homes in Deeping St Nicholas has been granted by councillors. South Holland District Council’s planning committee voted unanimously in favour of allowing development on the land off Littleworth Drove at its meeting on Wednesday, January 10. Speaking on behalf of the developer Kier Homes, Lewis Smith told the meeting: “The application ...

Firefighters have issued a warning to smokers after a house fire in Donington was caused by a novelty lighter. Fire crews from Spalding, Billingborough and Kirton were called to the incident on Summerson Close on Wednesday, January 3 after a lighter was not closed properly. It led to a blaze in the property owners’ kitchen with one person having to ...

Spalding United have pledged to give lifetime bans to those proven guilty of racism following an incident in Saturday’s match with Romulus. A row broke out after a remark from a fan during the Evo-Stik Division One North clash which angered the visitors to the Sir Halley Stewart Field. The incident occurred when Romulus player Malachi Farquharson was booked for ...

Work to move the Jobcentre Plus into South Holland District Council (SHDC) Spalding offices has begun. On Monday (January 15) developer Lindum Group Peterborough Ltd began the reworking of the ground floor of the Priory Road base to also house staff from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). The work is due to be completed by March with DWP ...

An outline application to build 40 homes in Pinchbeck has been passed, despite opposition from South Holland and the Deepings MP John Hayes. Kirk Homes was given the green light to build on the site which borders Surfleet Road to the west and Green Lane to the south by South Holland District Council’s planning committee when it met on Wednesday, ...

A council tax rise of around £5 a year is on the cards for South Holland for Band D homes. The district council today launches its consultation on the annual budget and the £4.99 rise could be in place for the next four years. Spending plans include delivering more than 120 new council-owned homes over the next four years. Residents ...