Sport

Malcolm Stead and Lorraine Gallie were the winners of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s mixed winter league final 2018/2019. They edged Frank Young and Petra Meir into second after being among the four qualifiers for the final following the season. In third was Ady Bills and Maria Taylor-Vassall. The nearest to the pin winners for the ladies were Exley (fourth ...

Spalding RFC are looking at the potential of setting up their first ladies’ section after seeing first hand the enthusiasm for rugby in local school. The club’s head coach George Reid has for the last six months been working with pupils from Spalding Academy and Thomas Cowley providing lunchtime and after-school rugby clubs. The impressive uptake from the girls led ...

Spalding and District Walking Football Club picked up three wins as they took on Wisbech Spitfires at Glen Park, Surfleet. They had a superb start to the first game scoring twice within the first few minutes but were quickly pegged back by the visitors, who went on to score four rapid goals. A late third goal from Spalding led to ...

Chelsea Tomlin continued her impressive season by becoming the ladies’ national two bowl singles champion for the first time last week. Nottingham hosted the national finals on Monday and Tuesday, with Spalding Indoor Bowls Club represented by the all-conquering Tomlin and team-mate Stephen Harris. Tomlin comfortably beat Dolphin’s Julie Leake (21-13) and fellow senior international Wendy King, from Swale (21-12), ...

It was a tremendous night of Stock Car action at the Adrian Flux Arena in King’s Lynn on Saturday as the BriSCA F1 Stock Cars and MiniStox kicked off their season at the venue – with the 2 Litre Saloons also in action. And, on a night where some of the best stock car drivers from across the country took ...

Services E have cut the gap but Holbeach A still lead the Spalding and District Snooker League heading into the penultimate fixtures of the season. The A-team were 4-2 winners at Pyramid B in Division One on Thursday night. James Sharpe (O42) had brought fourth placed Pyramid level at 1-1 after beating Jem Merrison (O42) 58-29, but frame wins for ...

With the Spalding and District Table Tennis League nearing its season end it is time for the Individual competitions. Last week 19 members took part in either the Supremes, Veterans, Juniors or Junior Doubles playing 29 games. The latter two events, with just four juniors involved, were naturally concluded. The individual event was seeded and saw Tom Chesworth defeat Jack ...

Oadby Town 3 Holbeach United 1 Disillusioned Holbeach United boss Danny Hussey ripped into his side after seeing them humbled 3-1 at Oadby Town on Tuesday night. The Tigers were soundly beaten by their Leicestershire hosts at Freeway Park despite a consolation goal from Spencer Tinkler, as their hopes of a top four finish in the Future Lions UCL Premier ...

Desborough Town 0 Pinchbeck United 1 Jordan Nuttell fired the only goal on Saturday as Pinchbeck United edged out Desborough Town 1-0 to strengthen their grip on fourth place in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division. Striker Nuttell, who has been plagued by injury this season, met an Alex Beck cross at the back post on 49 minutes to settle ...

Cogenhoe United 3 Holbeach United 2 Danny Hussey admits that his Holbeach United side were out-muscled by physical hosts Cogenhoe United on Saturday. The Cooks came from behind to beat Holbeach 3-2 in a ding-dong Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at Compton Park on Saturday, with boss Hussey offering few excuses. Matt Long nodded the home side into a ...

Spalding RFC 51 Tupton RFC 15 Free-scoring Spalding RFC earned another impressive bonus-point victory in Midlands Three East (North)on Saturday as they romped to a 51-15 success over Tupton in a hastily-arranged fixture. Tupton had pulled out of their home fixture with Town at the last minute earlier in the season, meaning that the clash was reversed under league rules ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United suffered defeats today (Sat), but Pinchbeck are back to winning ways. Spalding United lost 2-1 at home to Ossett United in the Evo-Stik East. A full match report is here. Up against the side that began the day just below them in the Future Sports United Counties League Premier Division, Holbeach United lost 3-2 ...

Evo-Stik League East Division Spalding United 1 Ossett United 2 Despite taking an early lead, relegation threatened Spalding United were unable to get anything from a home game against play-off chasing Ossett United. Thankfully for the Tulips, the bottom two, Gresley and Carlton Town also lost. But at half-time Spalding were in front and in line for what would have ...

Spalding United’s assistant manager Lewis Thorogood is calling on the town to get behind his side for six games he says are “as important, if not more important” than recent promotion play-offs. The Tulips host play-off chasing Ossett United at the Sir Halley Stewart on Saturday and go into the game two points above second from bottom Carlton who have ...

Moulton Harrox are the ChromaSport Peterborough and District Premier Division champions for the third time in seven years. Despite unusually having a player sent off when they scored (see page 36), Kev Nottingham and Paul Crowson’s charges earned a 1-1 draw at home to Whittlesey Athletic to seal the title with two games to spare. The club held a minute’s ...

Pinchbeck United manager Ian Dunn says his side have to do the basics better after two draws last week. The Knights were held 2-2 against 10 man Eynesbury on Saturday and 1-1 at Peterborough Northern Star on Tuesday night. They haven’t lost too much ground on those around them who also picked up draws. But Dunn is after more from ...

The form book goes out the window in local derbies and Spalding had to dig deep late on to deny bottom of the table Sleaford a much needed win. An Ash Akar try two minutes from time secured the win for Spalding, breaking the home side’s hearts in what was a must win game for Sleaford. On an excellent pitch ...

Holbeach United had to settle for a point as they were held by relegation threatened Rothwell Corinthians in the Future Lions United Counties League on Saturday. The Tigers fell behind to a free kick routine from the visitors as they struggled to find their feet in the first half. However, the Tigers eventually took control of the match at Carter’s ...

Two teams locked in an epic relegation battle, were engaged in a dour contest at the Sir Halley Stewart Field on Saturday. The pressures weighing heavily on the shoulders of both sets of players were evident from the early stages of this Evo-Stik League East Division game. It was clearly obvious that, the lack of quality play, which both teams ...

Despite having a man sent off while scoring themselves, Moulton Harrox wrapped up the ChromaSport Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division title on Saturday. Needing just a point to wrap up the title Moulton fell behind to Whittlesey Athletic and a Jack Carter goal, in the first half at Broad Lane. Then came the 65th minute controversy, Tom Panton ...