Sport

After two years of fundraising Long Sutton Community Sports Association – in conjunction with Long Sutton Hockey Club – have managed to secure the funds to replace the carpet on their all-weather pitch at the Peele Leisure Centre. The club is approaching its centenary year and, while the existing surface had given 21 years’ great service, wear and tear meant ...

Disappointed Spalding United boss Matt Easton feels the BetVictor NPL fixture makers have been “unfair” after forcing his side to play a fixture at Frickley Athletic this Saturday (3pm). This weekend had always been a free one in the Tulips’ schedule, so a number of the players and staff had arranged to go on breaks in the absence of a ...

Spalding 1st returned to winning ways in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B with a thumping 5-2 victory over Upminster 1st on Saturday. Doubles from Stuart Cunnington (2) and Glenn Richardson (2), plus a James Mayhew strike, secured an emphatic win at Glen Park and moved Spalding into fourth place. Richardson’s strike gave them a 1-0 half-time lead, but Upminster ...

A stellar 76 break from Bren Bowman lit up the latest round of fixtures in the Spalding and District Snooker League last Thursday night. Tulips A cueman Bowman (O56 handicap) made the super score en-route to seeing off rival Steve Spencer (R14) 115-89 as his team defeated Consti B 4-2. It was team-mate Martin Anderson (O7) who clinched Tulips’ second ...

The second week of the new Spalding and District Table Tennis League season saw the divisional matches get under way. A Moulton Shield Cup match was also played on catch up from the previous week. This was between Nets and Edges and Mine’s a Pint. Nets and Edges’ composition has altered this year with Jack Sawyer joining Reece Kerry to ...

Spalding RFC 24Oakham RFC 34 Depleted Spalding RFC were handed their first home defeat of the Midlands Three East (South) season as ever-improving Oakham won 34-24 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Town did manage to secure a losing bonus point having scored four tries, but a home loss leaves them needing elusive away victories to get their season back ...

Deeping Rangers 3Pinchbeck United 0 Three first-half goals sentenced Pinchbeck United to a fifth defeat on the spin on Tuesday night. South Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers climbed up to second place in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division table thanks to strikes from David Burton-Jones (5), Sam Murphy (28) and Sam Mooney (35) at the Haydon Whitham Stadium. Pinchbeck, who handed ...

Crowland Town’s impressive start to the ChromaSport PDFL Division One season continued with a remarkable 7-5 victory on Saturday. Sub Corbhan Oldham helped himself to a hat-trick as Crowland defeated Kings Cliffe in a 12-goal thriller at Snowden Field. Harry Grigas (2), Stephen Wells and Peter Fox also netted for the hosts, as they made it eight wins from 11 ...

Rothwell Corinthians 3Pinchbeck United 1 Ian Dunn admitted that his Pinchbeck United team lost to the better side as they went down 3-1 at Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday. All looked to be going to plan for the Knights at Seargents Lawn when Ollie Maltby fired them ahead from a Joe Bates corner. But two goals in as many minutes saw ...

Quorn 2Holbeach United 2 It was a case of mixed emotions for Holbeach United boss Danny Hussey on Saturday as he felt key decisions went against his side in an otherwise impressive 2-2 draw at Quorn. Two goals from the recalled Ryan Oliver gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead against their fellow Uhlsport UCL Premier Division high-fliers, but Jack Duffy ...

Spalding United 0Stocksbridge Park Steels 1 A second-half strike from Stockbridge Park Steels’ star man Luke Mangham sentenced Spalding United to a narrow 1-0 defeat on Saturday. In a game that could easily have gone either way at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, Mangham showed great strength to fire home a lethal finish on 67 minutes and settle the ...

Spalding RFC slipped to a rare home defeat on Saturday as Oakham stormed to a 34-24 win at the Memorial Field. The loss leaves Town down in ninth place in Midlands Three East (South) after four games, whole Oakham go third. More to follow. RESULTS Midlands Three East (South): Bourne 15 Huntingdon & District 15; Daventry 17 Dunstablians 29; Spalding ...

Holbeach United lost a 2-0 lead as they were forced to settle for a draw at Quorn on Saturday, while Spalding United were edged out 1-0 at home by Stocksbridge Park Steels and Pinchbeck United went down 3-1 at Rothwell Corinthians. Starting with Holbeach, a double from the recalled Ryan Oliver put them 2-0 up at half-time in their Uhlsport ...

Despite the disappointment of Sunday’s PGER half-marathon being cancelled, Halmer Harriers had athletes out in force over the weekend. Andy Hooker and Becki Richards represented the Spalding club at the Gruesome Twosome half-marathon, finishing in a combined time of 2.08.15hrs. The Anna’s Hope 5k event also saw a host of Harriers cross the finishing line. Karen Wallis ran a personal ...

Tydd Gote Angling Club’s Sunday match at Main Road was once again beset with poor weather with gusting winds and some torrential rain – but the fish still fed in numbers. Fishing the early number pegs was clearly the right move as the in-form Andrew Kilby put a mixed bag of roach, skimmers, perch and rudd totalling 15lb 7oz on ...

Sunday’s inaugural Richard Thacker Memorial Trophy at Welland Yacht Club was one to remember. The open regatta was held in honour of past Commodore Richard Thacker, who passed away on Boxing Day last year. Despite pouring rain and no wind, 13 boats were on the water for the first of three races, including Andy Prior and Tom Bell sailing Richard’s ...

Stock Car action returns on to the Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday for the big BriSCA season finale. In the BriSCA F1’s, Spalding’s Mark Sargent is fresh off a fine race win last weekend at Skegness and will look to end his season on a high with more success at the King’s Lynn venue. He will be chomping at the ...

Refreshed Spalding United are bidding to get their season back on track when they welcome rivals Stocksbridge Park Steels to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm). After two weeks off, Tulips boss Matt Easton reckons that his injury-ravaged squad is almost back to full strength as they bid to build on an encouraging first few months of ...

Saturday could be the day Holbeach United produce a result that will raise a few eyebrows in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division. That’s the view of boss Danny Hussey, who feels his side are capable of upsetting high-flying hosts Quorn (3pm). The Tigers had won four games on the bounce before losing 1-0 at South Normanton Athletic in the Buildbase ...

Depleted Pinchbeck United face something of a selection crisis ahead of Saturday’s trip to Rothwell Corinthians (3pm). The Knights, who sit 18th in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division table after nine games, have Niall Hylton, Nathan Kelly and Tony Edwards suspended for the game at Sargeants Lawn following their recent red cards at Boston Town. That leaves player/boss Ian Dunn ...