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Nene Valley Harriers’ senior athletes were in fantastic form last Wednesday as their men enjoyed a runaway win in their Eastern Masters League match at Corby. Leading the charge was the versatile Sean Reidy, who won all three of his events. He clocked 16.7secs in the 100m hurdles and jumped 5.49m during his long jump victory. Reidy’s third first place ...

Bullish boss Matt Easton is adamant that Spalding United should be looking to mount a promotion bid next season after a successful summer in the transfer market. The Tulips, who narrowly avoided relegation in Evo-Stik NPL Division One East, have added three new players to their ranks so far and have retained the vast majority of the players he wanted ...

It was an eventful weekend for G&S Racing Kawasaki at Brands Hatch – but their hard work provided little reward. Their shining star was TJ Toms, who battled through horrendous conditions to bring the little 636 home in a strong sixth place. Milo Ward had three races to contest in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 class with two back to ...

Ben Wilson collected 23 points from the latest Dickies British Supersport Championship round at Brands Hatch over the weekend. The in-form Kirton speedster managed finishes of fourth and sixth at the Kent circuit to leave him sixth in the rider standings. Qualifying went well for the Lincolnshire rider, who was placed on the third row of the grid for Saturday’s ...

An impressive £600 was raised for Prostate Cancer at a Champions Night of darts held at the Drayman’s Arms last week. The star guest on the night at the Spalding venue was 2019 Lakeside world youth champion Leighton Bennett. He was joined by 2017 and 2018 England pairs champions Dennis Harbour and Steve Carrett, with the trio throwing a few ...

Long Sutton moved 25 points clear at the top of Rutland League Division Four East by making it six wins from as many matches on Sunday. The pace-setters impressively bowled out hosts Orton Park for 122 in 44.3 overs, before a crucial 69 not out from Barry Stanway steered them to 123-5 in reply. Hosts Park opted to bat first ...

Moulton Harrox raced to a whirlwind four-wicket victory over Heckington on Saturday in one of only three games completed across the South Lincs and Border League on Saturday. On another rain hit day, hosts Moulton won the toss and opted to bat first in the Division One clash at Broad Lane. It proved to be an inspired call, with Heckington ...

Lincolnshire CCC progressed to the Finals Day of the Unicorns T20 competition despite losing to Cheshire at New Brighton on Sunday. The County Club required one point from their two matches against Cheshire to ensure that they won their group. In the first match, Cheshire won the toss and elected to field. That proved the right call, as an indifferent ...

Harry Hunt was celebrating at Spalding Golf Club last Saturday as he lifted the coveted Tester Salver crown. A score of +3 at the Surfleet course was enough for Hunt to top the leaderboard in the men’s club championship (0-17 handicap, 36-hole gross). Charles Lacey (+7), Calum Lewis (+9) and Spencer Gooderson (+12) completed the top four. Including the main ...

Spalding United have launched a Junior Tulips scheme – allowing young fans to show their support for the club better than ever before. A Junior Tulip must be aged between five and 15 at the start of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South-East season, which will commence on Saturday, August 17. For the price of £10, the benefits of the ...

The pick of this weekend’s fixtures in the South Lincs and Border League sees two of the Premier Division’s top three go head-to head. Table-topping Spalding Town make the trip to third-placed Woodhall Spa 2nd (1pm) for what is one of their toughest tests of the campaign so far. Spa come into the game in even better form than Town, ...

Ben Wilson is hoping that his impressive improvement will continue this weekend as the Dickies British Supersport Championship rolls into Brands Hatch. Kirton race ace Wilson is improving with every race following his comeback after three years away from racing to recover from a severe leg injury – and his results are getting more impressive at each round. His new ...

Kirton rider Aaron Clarke returns to action after a three week break to allow for the Isle of Man TT races and heads to Brands Hatch for round four of the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship at the weekend. With the BMW all up and running after his slip off in very wet conditions at Donington Park in the final ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders travel to Brands Hatch for round four of the Pirelli Superstock 1000 and 600 championships this weekend. Once again, Milo Ward will be contesting the 1000 class for the Wyberton-based team, while Kevin Keyes and TJ Toms will be riding in the 600 class. Last time out at Donington Park, all three riders brought ...

It was tight at the top of Welland Yacht Club’s Lowland Trophy leaderboard on Sunday – but Tom Bell eventually took the honours. The three-race events adds an extra dimension to normal sailing, with competitors having to demonstrate some extra skills along the way, while personal handicaps are also applied to balance up the field. Race one started with 11 ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League has been continuing since the end of the season in April – though with limited tables. The first three weeks were not well attended, though two tables were in use on at least one occasion, but the most recent night has seen seven in action – including three visitors. Readers are reminded that ...

Services Club are celebrating a double in the Sutton Bridge Winter Domino League. Champions by two clear points ahead of Football Club after securing eight wins and four draws from 16 games, they added the Supreme Cup to their coffers too by seeing off third-placed Rose and Crown (who were also two points off top spot). On the individual front, ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ ladies’ under-17 squad dominated the Eastern Young Athletes League fixture at Ware last Sunday – winning more than half of the 27 individual events. One of the stars of the show was Elizabeth Moorhouse, who moved up to fourth in the national under-17 shot rankings after a winning throw of 13.12m as well as finishing first in ...

Johnathan Hoggard enjoyed another hugely successful weekend in the BRDC British F3 Championship at Silverstone. The Weston Hills speedster shrugged off a difficult qualifying session to take eighth position in race one having started 17th due to a penalty carried over from the previous round. He then bounced back to secure impressive second places in races two and three. That ...

Talented youngster Abbi Pulling is hoping to take her season to the “next level” after an impressive showing at Silverstone over the weekend. Gosberton teenager Pulling clinched ninth place in the latest round of the Ginetta GT5 Challenge – her best result yet. The current British Karting champion, who has made a full-time move into cars this season, admits that ...