Sport

More than 100 players took part as Tydd St Giles Golf Club put on a seniors’ open charity day to support the Meadowgate school. The fourball team Stableford event helped raise £1,360, which included income from the raffle, halfway house and 2018 men’s captain’s charity. The winners were Peter Wheeler, Tom Brooks, Mick Vassall, and Paul Chaplain-Barton with 121 points. ...

Wayne Wallace won Spalding Golf Club’s 2019 Free Press competition by two shots after shooting two impressive rounds. The four-handicapper finished on three-under-par overall after scores of 71 and 70 at the Surfleet course on rounds played on July 21 and August 18. Richard Edwards (9) 72+71=143 (-1) was second, with John Barrett (17) 71+74=145 (+1) completing the top three. ...

A handful of South Holland racers made their mark as King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena basked in glorious weather on Bank Holiday Monday to witness the annual Crash for Cancer day. The yearly charity event was aimed at raising money for ‘The Big C’ once again – a Norfolk-based charity helping people affected by cancer. It was a brilliant and ...

Boston and District Athletics Club’s South Holland athletes impressed at the latest round of the Turnbull Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Series. The competitors enjoyed warm and still weather conditions – giving them every opportunity to record good late summer season performances. In the Lincolnshire under-15 girls’ triple jump championship (included in the programme) Megan Reid won the silver ...

Ace archer Sam Newton picked up two gold medals at the World Transplant Games to complete a memorable treble. The win ensures that the Spalding shooter is now a British champion, European champion and world champion. His first gold at Newcastle and Gateshead came in the individual competition when he comprehensively beat Thai opponent Supasak Choeichum – the only other ...

Father and son duo Frazer and Josh Wallis both had something to shout about at Spalding Cycling Club’s latest ten-mile time trial event. Leading Spalding talent Josh was back at the top of the leaderboard at round ten of the series, but it was dad Frazer who walked away with a trophy on the night. That’s because the event incorporated ...

Lincolnshire CCC’s hopes of adding the Unicorns T20 trophy to their three successive Eastern Division titles were thwarted when they were defeated by 11 runs by Dorset CCC in their semi-final match at the picturesque Wormsley ground. On winning the toss, Lincolnshire elected to bowl on a very hot morning. Dorset made a quick start and reached 66 before their ...

Spalding Town opened up a potentially pivotal lead in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division with a big 119-run win over hosts Billingborough on Saturday. Joe Broomfield (54) and Jon Manton (30) top scored as Town were bowled out for 170 batting first, leaving hosts Boro’ in with a sniff of victory. But Spalding’s Will Naylor (5-15), skipper ...

Lincoln United 1 Spalding United 0 Spalding United slipped to their first BetVictor NPL South East Division of the season on Bank Holiday Monday. A second-half penalty from Daniel North (77) fired Lincoln United to a 1-0 home success over the Tulips, who had previously boasted a 100 per cent record in the league. The Tulips had the better of ...

Corby Town 4 Holbeach United 0 Depleted Holbeach United suffered a hefty 4-0 loss at Corby Town on Saturday as their interest in the Emirates FA Cup ended for another season. Stephen Diggin (26 & 35) gave the higher graded Steelmen a nice early cushion, before Elliot Sandy made it 3-0 on 48 minutes. Ex-Tiger Jake Duffy rounded off the ...

Moulton Harrox were knocked out of the PFA Senior Cup by ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division rivals Peterborough Polonia on Saturday. Finalists last season, Harrox were held to a 2-2 draw by their hosts after extra time – but lost the penalty shoot-out 4-3. Two goals from defender Ashley Coddington weren’t enough for Kev Nottingham’s side, who also had substitute Luke ...

Spalding United 2 Dereham Town 4 Matt Easton rued two poor refereeing decisions as his Spalding United side were dumped out of the Emirates FA Cup 4-2 by Dereham Town on Saturday. In a preliminary round clash that was that was packed full of excitement and drama, the Tulips led 1-0 at half-time thanks to Kegan Everington’s strike direct from ...

South Holland’s interest in the Emirates FA Cup is over for another season after both Spalding United and Holbeach United were knocked out of the competition on Saturday. The Tulips suffered a somewhat controversial 4-2 home defeat against Dereham Town in the preliminary round, while the Tigers were soundly beaten 4-0 at higher-graded Corby Town. Starting with Spalding, they led ...

Andrew Atkins and Christopher Horspole were the divisional winners at Spalding Golf Club’s August Medal event. Atkins (7 handicap) topped the Division One standings with 73, while Horspole’s (18) 74 was good enough for Division Two supremacy. Results: D1 – 1st Andrew Atkins (7) 72; 2nd Chris Ward (9) 73; Tyrone Medlock (8) 74. D2 – Chris Horspole (18) 74; ...

Saturday night’s hard-hitting night of banger and stock car action at the King’s Lynn Adrian Flux Arena is being widely-regarded as one of the best meetings this year. There was a great mix of wrecking and racing on track, while there was also some huge banger wrecks that went home. Crowland’s Callum White was in his usual mood. A smartly ...

The seventh annual fishing match in memory of Andrew Grantham was once again a great success. The event raises funds for Motor Neurone Disease, of which Andrew passed away from in July 2014. His friends from BSC fishing club all get together every year for the memorial match, which raised a total of £303 this year. Richard Bell was the ...

Matt Easton is determined to improve Spalding United’s recent poor form in the Emirates FA Cup. The Tulips host Isthmian League North Division side Dereham Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm) as they bid to mount a decent run in the competition for the first time in recent memory. Boss Easton feels that going on ...

Bullish boss Danny Hussey insists that he and his Holbeach United side are bang up for their Emirates FA Cup clash at higher-graded Corby Town on Saturday (3pm). The Tigers are underdogs for the Preliminary Round showdown with the BetVictor Southern Central Division based Steelmen at Steel Park, which will net the winner £2,890 (losers £960) of FA prize money. ...

Five South Holland bowlers helped Lincolnshire lift the Walker Cup on Sunday. Ruby Hill, Chelsea Tomlin (both Royal Mail Cart), Annie Dunham, Louise Catchpole (both Carter’s Park, Holbeach) and Lucy Cooke (Castle) helped the county claim glory in the inter-county double rink discipline at the national championships held at Leamington Spa on Sunday. The morning’s semi-final was always close against ...

Kieran Buffham made it back-to-back time trial victories at Spalding Cycling Club with a strong showing last week. There was no rain this week, but the breeze was fairly strong and ensured that riders had to cope with a head wind for the two and a half times they rode east down the Delph. There was also strong cross wind, ...