Sport

Spalding A picked up a welcome 6-3 win over Whittlesey A in Division One of the Peterborough Tennis League last week. Martin Perkins, Joe Gill, James Bowser, Jillian Warrick, Adam Freeman and James Gregory all did their bit to help seal the win. Spalding B were 5-4 winners over Deeping B in Division Two thanks to Carl Newell, Jamie Reeves, ...

South Holland athletes impressed for Boston and District Athletics Club at the sixth round of the Tommy Clay Track and Field Development Competitions on Friday evening. The athletes had to contend with a strong head wind along the finishing straight and contested a range of track and field events for all age groups from under-9 up to seniors. Seven local ...

By Barry Warne Alex Hampson launched his bid to regain the Peterborough 5km Grand Prix title with a confident display of front running at Eye last Wednesday. The rangy Nene Valley Harrier, who was champion in 2015, flew into the lead from the gun and maintained his advantage throughout the race, winning in a time of 15.51mins. Helpston Harrier John ...

By Barry Warne Nene Valley Harriers delivered an emphatic win in their East Anglia League fixture at King’s Lynn last Sunday. The senior teams were cobbled together, with a number of club coaches making up the numbers in the sprint relays and several youngsters were making their club debuts. South Holland star Donovan Capes was on stellar form, setting a ...

Two fourth place finishes made Ben Wilson’s long trip north of the border to Knockhill for round five of the Dickies British Supersport Championship a worthwhile one. Kirton racer Wilson recorded a fourth place in the delayed sprint race at the Scottish circuit and was fourth again in the feature race later in the day on Sunday. Although the podium ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders had mixed fortunes at Knockhill in Scotland for the fifth round of the Pirelli Superstock 1000 and 600 championships over the weekend. TJ Toms and Kevin Keyes rode to a ninth and seventh place respectively in the Stock 600 class, while Milo Ward was 21st in the first Stock 1000 race but was forced ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s Andy Bowser won his group in the Velo 99 event at Ashby de la Launde last Sunday. He topped the speed charts in group six (the fastest group on the day) of the 32-mile race, following a successful 0.5 mile uphill sprint to the finish line. Bowser’s average speed was 24.5 mph as he took 1.20.00hrs to ...

June was a quiet month for the Spalding and District Table Tennis League’s summer sessions. The first two weeks saw six players turn out, but the bad weather hit attendance the following week. This was followed by another poor week when the officials were unavailable at the start of the evening, so no one was prepared to put up tables. ...

It was a case of bangers and crash as the Adrian Flux Arena in King’s Lynn staged its first-ever Destruction Derby night. In the bangers, it wasn’t how many laps they could do – it was about survival to become the event’s ‘Master of Destruction’, with each outing seeing who could destroy the opposition to be last car running. Demolition ...

There looks to be no stopping Long Sutton in Rutland League Division Four East. Sutton made it eight wins from as many games by easing to a nine-wicket victory over rivals Wisbech Town 2nd at Paradise Field on Sunday. Having bowled out their visitors for 159 with three wickets apiece from Adam Whitaker (3-25) and Beau Newman (3-10), Sutton eased ...

Moulton Harrox produced their best performance of the South Lincs and Border League Division One season so far on Saturday as they defeated leaders Market Deeping 2nd at Broad Lane. Having won the toss, Harrox were bowled out for 160 in 41.3 overs – but hit back to dramatically dismiss Deeping for 156. Mike Kearns Snr (32) and Chris Beale ...

Two players hit half-centuries on Saturday as Spalding Town picked up a dominant 91-run victory at Freiston to stay top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Opener Jon Manton (53) and number three Josh Newton (78) starred with the bat as Town posted 197-5 from their 45 overs after opting to make first use of the surface. ...

Lincolnshire CCC’s hopes of reaching the Unicorns Knockout Trophy semi-final were dashed when they lost by 16 runs to Cumberland at Bourne. Visitors Cumberland won the toss and elected to bat first at the Abbey Lawn. Lincolnshire took two early wickets to reduce them to 33-2, but Alex Grainger and Michael Slack added 98 for the third wicket before Grainger ...

Holbeach United’s latest Sportsman’s Dinner was a big hit on Thursday night as ex-Premier League striker Dean Windass rolled into town. The former Hull City, Bradford City and Aberdeen frontman – who famously scored a play-off winner at Wembley – was the headline act at the Tigers Social Club bash. He was joined by comedian Jamie Sutherland (who is also ...

Two members of Long Sutton-based Shotokan Tokon Karate Club produced excellent performances at the recent JKA England National Championships. Both Adam Moulding and Francesca Rivett picked up medals at the K2 Arena event at Crawley last Saturday – doing their club and chief instructor Mick Lowe proud. Moulding, who is a 2nd Dan Black Belt, entered the senior grade male ...

Abbi Pulling’s impressive season continued with another encouraging Ginetta GT5 Challenge performance at Donington Park over the weekend. The Gosberton teenager enjoyed her best performance in race one of her three outings over the weekend as she placed 14th. Pulling was then battling for tenth position in race two, before a puncture saw her drop back to 28th. That ruined ...

Nick Gratton secured top spot at Holbeach and District Angling Club’s latest match on Sunday. He found two good bream for a weight of 14lb 7oz from peg 15 at Leedsgate Bridge. Andy Wilson, a winner last week, was again in good form to secure second position. His net of 11lb 2oz included a big bream from peg 14. In ...

Ben Wilson is hoping to keep his eye-catching recent form in the British Supersport Championship going at Knockhill this weekend. Following his two strong results of fourth and sixth at Brands Hatch last time out, Kirton racer Wilson travels to Scotland for round five of the series confident of two good showings to boost his overall points tally. Knockhill was ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders head north of the border to Knockhill for round five of their respective championships this weekend. Milo Ward will be contesting the two Pirelli National Superstock 1000 races while TJ Toms and Kevin Keyes will ride in the Stock 600 class. Last time out, Ward recorded a strong 16th position in the second of ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s star performer Josh Wallis turned his hand to Mountain Bike racing at the ‘Crank it up Leeds’ XCO race last Sunday. The start conditions were excellent with firm ground and sunshine. He got an average start but soon worked his way up to the lead group but, after 40 minutes, the heavens opened and the course became ...