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Donington are holding on to the top spot in the Spalding and District Billiards League after a convincing 7-0 win over Pyramid A.Tony Scully (R40), Nigel Brasier (R70) and Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) made up the winning trio.Consti A remain in second, just one point behind, having won 5-2 over clubmates Consti B.John Bellerby (R70) and Stuart Davies (R50) got the ...

A Gosberton Risegate man led his team to a speedway title in spectacular fashion.Simon Lambert says lifting the Championship Cup as captain of the Scunthorpe Scorpions was the best moment of his career.The 34-year-old has been in the form of his life in recent seasons and won all four of his races in the second leg of the cup final ...

Long Sutton Men’s 1st team returned to action after a week’s hiatus taking on St Ives Men’s 2nd. St Ives Men’s 2nd and Long Sutton are two of a few early stalwarts of the New England Hockey East League Division 2 North West, having done battle every year since its formation three years ago and a battle some have certainly ...

On Sunday, Spalding Lightning started the defence of the under 30s double triples competition.The team was forced into a change from last season as Dominic McVittie is now too old whilst Chelsea Spencer enters her last year in the competition.Spalding Lightning’s first round opponents were Boston who were not phased by playing the defending champions and actually were as far ...

Holbeach United manager Danny Clifton has been left pleased with performances in the last week but late goals cost them before a penalty shoot out defeat on Tuesday night.Saturday’s game at home to Holland in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North went as the previous Wednesday’s game against Parsons Drove, a 2-2 draw with the Tigers conceding a late equaliser.Against ...

New faces couldn’t stop Spalding United from enduring yet more away day blues at Lye Town on Saturday. Goals in the ninth and 90th minutes saw Lye take the points in the Pitching In Northern League Midland Division clash.It means the Tulips have taken just two points from their last four away games.They haven’t won away in the league since ...

A second half collapse saw Pinchbeck United lose 4-0 at Lincoln United on Saturday as the mini-revival came to an end.After a draw with Belper and victory over Blackstones in their previous outings, the Knights held their own in the first half on Saturday at a Lincoln side who sit third in the league with games in hand on those ...

The curtain came down on the Pinchbeck and District Summer Darts League with finals night at the Spalding Services Club. The first game of the evening was the Ward Trophy final between the Lincoln Arms D and Consti Club C.Consti Club C ran out 5-4 winners thanks to wins by Jack Morton, Josh Faulkner and Dean Chapman.This was followed by ...

Sunday saw the next three races in the Autumn Points Series held in sunshine and a good breeze that encouraged 11 boats to come to the start line.With the wind blowing straight down the river it made for a beating start with a long and short tack and the favoured port end providing some interesting moments at the beginning.It was ...

A 5-1 win for Services C has seen them take the top spot in Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League. They beat Pyramid C, with Jason Green (O56) the only winner for the home team.Services’ wins came from Craig Fitter (O63), Jordan Philpott (R7), Kevin Fitter (O14) and Shane Cummins (O14).Consti E are holding on to second ...

Moulton Harrox’s trip to Scunthorpe proved a fruitful one in the County Junior Cup.They beat Manor Park 6-1 in the competition with goals from Marcus Perry, Louis Steadman, Joe Townsend, Cameron Fox and Emilio Mead enjoying a double from the bench.Tydd, Holbeach United Reserves and Holbeach Sports are all out.Tydd lost by the odd goal in seven at Skegness Town ...

On Sunday (October 29), Spalding Lightning progressed in the Egham Trophy against local rivals Boston. The match was closely contested for the first half but Spalding Lightning stepped up a gear from about ten ends to open up a good lead before winning the match by 29 shots (93-64).Although Spalding Lightning won on three rinks, their best winning rink was ...

Donington are top of the Spalding and District Billiards League having won four of the five matches played so far.They beat third placed Bourne Pyramid B 5-2 on Monday night.Wins from Mick Pearl (R70) and Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) gave them the victory.Darrell Read (R40) got the points for Pyramid, a 37 break helping him to a win over Tony Scully ...

The annual Lincoln Arms Golf Day for the Daisy Williamson Shield was held at Gedney Hill Golf course on September 24.The competition was won by Chris Page with many other prizes awarded to the golfers for various things.Organiser Nigel Burrell, thanked Charlie at Gedney Hill Golf Course, along with everyone who took part. He also thanked the people who helped ...

A cheque for the grand sum of £3,011 was presented to a representative from Tonic Health by the Lady Captain of Spalding Golf Club, Jean Wilkinson at the Ladies’ Section AGM on October 5.Jean said that she was absolutely delighted by the amount raised during her year as Lady Captain for this very worthwhile local charity, all due to the ...

A three-week absence from Thurlow Nunn League action cost Holbeach United their unbeaten home record on Saturday. Gaps in the Division One North fixture list meant the Tigers had not played competitively since September 30 and their rustiness showed as they failed to make their chances count in a 2-1 defeat against Wivenhoe Town.George Frost swept the hosts into an ...

Spalding Lightning progressed in both the Denny Cup and Yetton Trophy on Saturday. Spalding won the Denny Cup in 2022 and faced Stamford in this year’s first round opposition. Stamford won the early exchanges, taking a narrow two-shot lead at five ends. The match was still in the balance at the halfway stage as the scores were level at 10 ...

The eagerly awaited south Lincolnshire derby between Moulton Harrox and Crowland Town in the GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough League was postponed. It leaves them fifth and seventh respectively in the table with games in hands on most of the teams above them.Elsewhere in the Premier Division, Holbeach United Reserves might have been left wishing more rain had fallen at Deeping Rangers ...

Ipswich 2s 5 Spalding Men 1s 4A nine-goal thriller went against Spalding Men’s first team as they missed the chance to go second in the East Men’s Division One North table.Illness crippled the squad for the long journey to Woodbridge to take on Ipswich 2s, meaning manager Jason Naylor had to fill in to help the team again. Even so, ...

St Neots 1s 1 Long Sutton 1s 2Sutton closed in on the East Men’s League Division Two North West leaders with a win at high-flying St Neots.The opening exchanges were cagey with the visitors’ defence of Michael Donaghy, Joshua Fyson, Dan Oldfield and Luke Proctor absorbing the pressure well.At the other end, Nick Ellis, man of the match McKenzie East, ...