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Spalding 1st face a nervy final weekend of the season after failing to secure their East Men’s Hockey League Premier B status on Saturday. They were beaten 6-5 by Dereham 1st at Glen Park on Saturday – meaning they could be relegated if they don’t win at already-promoted East London 1st this Saturday. Goals from Stu Cunnington (2), Rob Dalton ...

Three Spalding Indoor Bowls Club players were involved in making a slice of history for England at the men’s senior international series over the weekend. Matt Whyers, Graham Smith and Martin Spencer, represented England in the senior international series – which took place at Falcon IBC in Chelmsford, Essex – as they lifted the Hilton Trophy for a record-equalling fifth ...

Six stars from Spalding Indoor Bowls Club helped England win eight of the 11 disciplines on display at the British Isles Championships last week. Held at Falcon IBC in Chelmsford, the competition sees representatives from England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands battling it out to become the best in Britain. Following Spalding IBC’s national success last season, representing ...

The top two in Spalding and District Snooker League’s top flight clashed this week – and it was leaders Holbeach A who cemented their position at the top. The table-toppers moved 11 points clear of rivals Services E by seeing them off 4-2 on their own baize, with Mick Ayres (O7) getting the all-important final-frame win over Pete Asher (O28). ...

Last week the Spalding and District Table Tennis League were very pleased to receive a donation from Spalding Round Table and Ladies Circle – which will help support the League’s summer coaching scheme for juniors. Emma Potts, Louise Luck, Mark Le Sage, Matt Clark, Bill Rai and league member Matt Cole presented the cheque on their behalf to President Jean ...

A whopping 9-2 win over Langtoft United moved Moulton Harrox to within a whisker of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title on Saturday. Goals from Danny Maddison (3), Joe Townsend (3), Marcus Parry (2) and Danny Lambe-Hyner at Broad Lane put Harrox in an almost unassailable lead, with Thorney now the only side able to stop them. That would, however, ...

Pinchbeck United 7 N’Hampton ON Chenecks 0 Ollie Maltby scored an outrageous long-range goal as Pinchbeck United romped to a super 7-0 success over ON Chenecks on Saturday. Top scorer Maltby was the star of the show in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field as he netted a hat-trick – including a ...

Holbeach United 0 Newport Pagnell 3 Disappointed boss Danny Hussey admitted that his Holbeach United side were bettered in every department on Saturday as Newport Pagnell Town handed them a 3-0 home reverse. First-half goals from Michael Lyons (10) and Dom Lawless (penalty 28) gave the Swans a 2-0 lead at the break, before Josh Winters rounded off the win ...

Tadcaster Albion 3 Spalding United 0 After another goalless first half Spalding United were once again put to the sword by promotion-seeking Tadcaster Albion at the i2i Stadium on Saturday. Two weeks earlier, again in the north East, the Tulips had shared equal footing with Evo-Stik NPL East Division leaders Morpeth Town until the hour mark – but ultimately suffered ...

Ollie Maltby scored a wonder goal as Pinchbeck United romped to a 7-0 success over Northampton ON Chenecks on Saturday, but Holbeach United suffered a 3-0 home reverse against Newport Pagnell Town and Spalding United were beaten 3-0 at Tadcaster Albion. Starting in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division, Pinchbeck were the big winners of the day with an emphatic ...

Jason Green lifted his second Snooker Scratch title on Saturday night after edging out four-time winner Craig Fitter 4-3 in the show-piece match of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League’s finals weekend. Pyramid potter Green, who first lifted the President’s Cup back in 2011, shaded a titanic tussle with Services star Fitter 4-3 (66-9, 33-71, 23-71, 71-26, 27-64, ...

Talented winger Jenk Acar has been backed to lead Spalding United to safety ahead of his long-awaited return to the starting line-up this weekend. Tulips chief Matt Easton considers Acar to be his best attacking threat and admits that he’s been badly missed over the past three months. Easton confirmed that Acar will start in Saturday’s tough-looking trip to Evo-Stik ...

Holbeach United go into Saturday’s tough-looking Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash with Newport Pagnell Town (3pm) in a confident mood. The fourth-placed Tigers booked their place in the Knockout Cup final with a 2-0 win over Leicester Nirvana on Wednesday, but now turn their attentions to another Carter’s Park fixture this weekend. Boss Danny Hussey scouted eighth-placed Pagnell in ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits that he was relieved that Tuesday night’s fixture at Peterborough Northern Star was postponed. The Knights saw their Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Branch Bros Stadium called off due to the heavy rain in Peterborough causing the pitch to be waterlogged. Dunn had a host of first team players either unavailable or carrying ...

Holbeach United 2 Leicester Nirvana 0 Holbeach United have reached the final of the Future Lions UCL Knockout Cup after a 2-0 win over Leicester Nirvana at Carter’s Park on Wednesday night The Tigers, fourth in the UCL Premier Division table, were hot favourites to progress against a Nirvana side that hadn’t won since January – and so it proved ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s Ruby Hill and Chelsea Tomlin both played a big part as England retained the Clara Johns Trophy over the weekend. Between Friday and Sunday, the Spalding duo represented England in the senior international series, which took place at Falcon Indoor Bowls Club in Chelmsford. Hill was selected at lead with Laura Holden, Stefanie Branfield (both Clevedon) ...

Prolific Long Sutton 2nd were crowned champions of East Men’s Hockey League Division 4NW in typical style on Saturday as they smashed Cambridge Nomads 2nd 6-2 to clinch the crown. A hat-trick from the in-form Josh Fyson was the highlight for Sutton, while Luke Jackson, James Collingwood-Smith and Tyler Hagan also weighed in with goals on a big day for ...

Following the great start to the stock car racing season at the Adrian Flux Arena it’s the turn of banger racing to take centre stage at the track on Saturday (5pm). There are two classes of National Banger in action, with support from the Junior Bangers and a second outing of the season for 1300cc stock cars at the King’s ...

It was another impressive weekend for South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club as they picked up 32 medals at the City of Leicester Age Group Meet. Some 28 of the Spalding club’s swimmers competed across all events on the programme, collecting 13 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze medals – as well as setting numerous personal best (PB) times and achieving ...

Last week saw the Spalding and District Table Tennis League hold its annual competition for the Roy Gibson Rose Bowl. This event is played as a round robin with individuals playing off a handicap up to 31 over the best of three legs. Some 17 members took part and were divided into four groups – with the top two progressing ...