The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
Spalding IBC’s Jordan Philpott has been selected to represent England in the Under-25 International Series, which is being held on home soil in Bristol in February.
He will make his debut at number two, with Tom Bishop from Cyphers leading, Kingsthorpe’s Connor Cinato and Swale’s Perry Martin form the back end.
Egham Trophy: Spalding’s national mixed team beat Grantham last Sunday to set up a clash with Lincoln on December 20.
Spalding led the Egham Trophy clash early on and remained in control throughout, winning on all four rinks and posting a 109-57 scoreline.
Men’s County League: Spalding B lost 132-70 at Louth in Lincs League Division Two.
Spalding found the early stages of the match tough going and were 12 shots behind at halfway, eventually losing by 52.
Spalding won two rinks and got four points with their best winning rink consisting of D Groves, R West, I Stafford and T Bell. Captain of the day was R Walpole.
Friendly round-up: Spalding enjoyed the first round of the friendlies matches for the Welland Salver Trophy against Stamford last Saturday.
With Stamford only able to provide 18 players for the rinks game, this had to be changed to triples, with several Spalding players standing down.
Stamford gained an early lead, being nine shots ahead after five ends.
By halfway, despite Spalding’s fightback, Stamford had increased their lead by 32 shots. The final result was Stamford 104 Spalding 71. Best winning rink for Spalding with a score of 18-16 was Chris Broughton, Sam Richardson and skip Mick Jennings.
Captain of the day Geoff Craft.
