Sport

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club totally dominated at the men’s and women’s county finals on Sunday. They collected ten titles from the 11 finals they contested at the Boston IBC-hosted event, once again proving that they are a force to be reckoned with in Lincolnshire. Due to Danielle Wild being at the England under-18 international trials on county finals day, the ...

The big and brutal BriSCA F1 Stock Cars were back in action at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday. After the wildly acclaimed season opener at the end of March, it was a big night for them and the Saloon Stock Cars racing in their English Championship. Spalding was well represented by father and son duo Mark and Finn ...

Pinchbeck United 3 Godmanchester Rovers 3 (Godmanchester win 4-2 on penalties) It was penalty shoot-out heartbreak for Pinchbeck United in the Hinchingbrooke Cup final on Wednesday night after a thrilling battle against Godmanchester Rovers. The Knights made a dream start and raced into a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes thanks to goals from Ollie Maltby and Alex Beck, but were ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club are feeling thankful after a thoughtful grant allowed them to buy five new lane ropes for their pool at the Castle Sports Complex. They were funded by the Spalding Round Table and Spalding Ladies’ Circle, who provided the club with a grant of £651. Each year, the Round Table and Ladies’ Circle jointly run Spalding’s ...

Top teenage talent Abbi Pulling impressed on her Ginetta GT5 Challenge debut at Oulton Park. The 16-year-old Gosberton talent, who is the current British Karting champion, has made a full-time move into cars this season. Despite having never seen the very technical Cheshire track until four days prior to the event, Pulling worked hard throughout the practice sessions and achieved ...

Loyal Spalding United manager Matt Easton has revealed the extent of the problems he’s been dealing with off the field. Easton, who saw his Tulips secure their future as a step four side with a 0-0 Evo-Stik NPL East Division draw at Belper Town last Saturday (see page 37), admits that he sees finishing 18th in the table as a ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League reached its final session of scheduled matches last week – and it was a busy night with many teams playing catch-up. In Division One, with the title decided, it was all about second spot with Jokers and JDM – rivals for that position – set to play each other. Wesley Roper and Guntars ...

Pinchbeck suffered a hefty nine-wicket defeat at Market Deeping 2nd in their first foray into South Lincs and Border League Division One cricket on Saturday. Having been put into bat first by their hosts at Outgang Road, Pinchbeck lost Matt Kidd (2) and skipper Mark Ramsden (0) very early on. Danny Jackson (18), Adam Newell (10) and Lee Eyett (23) ...

Spalding Town made it two wins from as many games in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division with a narrow one-wicket victory at Belton Park on Saturday. Defending champions Town impressed with the ball after skipper Jonathan Miles won the toss and elected to field, bowling their hosts out for 164. But they were made to work hard ...

Leicester Nirvana 0 Holbeach United 0 Disappointed Danny Hussey accused his Holbeach United side of not caring after seeing them miss the chance to finish fourth in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division on Saturday. The Tigers were held to a 0-0 draw at mid-table Leicester Nirvana in their season finale, with Hussey admitting that picking up a point was ...

After 42 years trying, Jubilee have finally got their hands on the Spalding and District Sunday League’s Knockout Cup. The Spalding side, who are led by inspirational 61-year-old player/boss Paul Rudkin, denied League and John Chappell Shield winners Sutton St James a treble by winning 5-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday. Their goals came from Declan ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Oadby Town 2 Pinchbeck United clinched a fine fourth-placed finish in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division despite suffering a 2-1 home reverse against Oadby Town on Saturday. A Tony Edwards goal (22) did put the Knights ahead at the Sir Halley, but Oadby hit back twice (43 and 57) to ensure that Pinchbeck’s final league game ...

Belper Town 0 Spalding United 0 Spalding United will be playing step four football again next season after achieving a vital point from their final Evo-Stik NPL East Division game of the season in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales on Saturday. Knowing that a single point at Belper Town would keep them out of the relegation positions, the Tulips ...

The final day of the non-league season saw Spalding United secure their Evo-Stik NPL East Division status with a 0-0 draw at Belper Town, while Pinchbeck United and Holbeach United clinched fourth and fifth places in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division respectively. Starting with Spalding, their stalemate in Derbyshire was enough to seal 18th place in the league, four ...

Some 80 participants took part in Spalding Golf Club’s Shillelagh Trophy this year. As ever, the match at the Surfleet course was held between a team supporting England and a team supporting Ireland. A great day was enjoyed by all and, for the first time since 2013, the Ireland supporting team was victorious 11.5-8.5. Following the day’s play there was ...

There was an excellent turn out for the Civil Service Seniors first venture of the new year at Kingsland Small Lake at Turves. Not deterred by the freezing morning they persevered through the chilly day to put some impressive weights on the scales. Steve Borrett drew favoured peg 1 and made no mistake, putting 177lb 12oz of carp to 10lb ...

A host of trophies were dished out as the Grays of Holbeach Spalding and District Winter Darts League came to a close with its finals night last week. The Spalding Services Club event got under way with Division One winners Tigers A adding the Kelly Foster Cup crown to their coffers by beating Black Swan. Fisherman’s Arms then claimed the ...

Defiant Spalding United boss has heaped praise on his players and staff after they all but confirmed their status as an Evo-Stik NPL East Division side. The 3-0 home defeat against Brighouse Town on Monday means that 19th-placed Carlton Town can only surpass the Tulips with a big win at Marske United, providing Spalding are also defeated at Belper Town ...

Pipping rivals Pinchbeck United to fourth place in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division doesn’t really bother Holbeach United boss Danny Hussey. The Tigers saw off the Knights 1-0 on Easter Monday to move up to fifth place in the table. Victory in their final league fixture at Leicester Nirvana on Saturday (3pm), coupled with a Pinchbeck loss against Oadby ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn admits that he’s prioritising Wednesday night’s Hinchingbrooke Cup final over Saturday’s Future Lions UCL Premier Division finale. The Knights will clinch fourth place with victory over Oadby Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), but Dunn has his eyes firmly set on the final with Godmanchester Rovers at Peterborough Northern Star on Wednesday ...