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Lincoln United 2 Spalding United 1 A superb strike by 20-year-old James Hugo was Spalding United’s only reward from a feisty Evo-Stik NPL East Division derby defeat at Lincoln United on Saturday. Hugo’s 50th-minute goal cancelled out the home side’s first-half advantage, which came courtesy of a scrambled effort by former Tulip Tom Garrick two minutes before the interval. But ...

Two goals from Tom Garrick sentenced Spalding United to a 2-1 defeat at Lincoln United on Saturday, while Holbeach United were left kicking their heels. Starting with the Tulips, they failed to build on last weekend’s whopping 7-3 victory as they slipped to a narrow loss at the Sun-Hat Villas Stadium. Garrick netted the opener just before the break, only ...

Spalding RFC moved up to fourth in the Midlands Three East (North) table after a battling 36-29 victory over Kesteven on Saturday. The win keeps Town’s impressive home form at the Memorial Field going and they are just seven points off third place. A full report will follow on Monday. RESULTS Midlands Three East (North): Sleaford 18 Mansfield 15; Ashfield ...

Matt Easton wants his Spalding United side to use last Saturday’s remarkable 7-3 victory over Pontefract Collieries as a springboard towards survival. The Tulips produced their best performance in recent memory to smash the Evo-Stik NPL East Division title hopefuls at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (see page 37), but Easton insists that his side can’t afford for it ...

Pinchbeck United 2 Cogenhoe United 1 First-half goals from Liam Adams and Lee Beeson fired Pinchbeck United to a hard-fought 2-1 victory over rivals Cogenhoe United on Saturday. Adams netted a neat near-post finish on eight minutes, before Beeson buried a 27th-minute penalty to give the Knights a 2-0 lead in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash. Lee Ansell’s ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn says that Pinchbeck United will be forced to dive back into the transfer market after losing two players in a week. The Knights were rocked by Fraser Bayliss’ request to re-join old club Boston Town, while fellow winger Liam Ogden has decided to walk away from the club too. With Josh Smith also having left the club ...

New Holbeach United boss Danny Hussey admits that his charges will have to be at their best to keep their impressive Future Lions UCL Premier Division form going this Saturday. The Tigers, who have won all three of their league matches since Seb Hayes resigned as boss, make the trip to seventh-placed Eynesbury Rovers (3pm). The teams met as recently ...

In-form Long Sutton 1st defeated table-topping Bury St Edmunds 1-0 in East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N on Saturday to keep their stellar start to 2019 going. A first-half strike from Josh Baker was enough to give Sutton the points on the road, moving them into the safety on mid-table in the process. This was the second time in three ...

There was a rare tie for first place at the latest Tydd Gote Angling Club Wednesday Open on the North Level at Main Road. It happened after Archie Greenwood slowly but surely pegged back John Taylor’s quick start to draw level on 8lb 4oz, with roach and rudd the main components of both nets. Pete Emery was third with 6lb ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s impressive under-25 double triples team have secured their place in the national finals. Played at the neutral venue of Scunthorpe, Spalding comfortably saw off rivals Scarborough comfortably by 15 shots to prevail 32-17. Spalding stamped their authority on the quarter-final clash early on and were already 11 shots ahead at five ends. Despite a slight comeback ...

Services E closed to within one point of leaders Pyramid B in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One on Thursday night as the title race continued to heat up. With the pace-setters not in action, Services E edged a tight tussle with Holbeach D to close the gap between themselves and the summit – although the Bourne side now ...

Teenage Gosberton talent Abbi Pulling is celebrating again after here impressive season culminated with fresh awards and some high praise. In 2018, the hi-octane youngster once again dominated the Super One British Championship – taking the title with 22 top-three finishes and podiums in all seven of the grand finals. Pulling became the first junior karter to win back-to-back Super ...

It was a mixed week for the Spalding and District Table Tennis League as four league matches were played and two cup ties were resolved – but there were also three postponements and an unfinished match. Division One leaders Moulton SE strengthened their grip at the top with a second 5-0 win over Nets and Edges. However, they admitted that ...

The latest chapter in the rivalry between Sutton Bridge United and Long Sutton Athletic concluded with a 1-1 draw on Saturday. Talismanic striker Matt Eaton was on-target for Bridge in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash at Memorial Park, with Keegan Thorpe hitting back for the Magpies. The draw leaves both sides on 23 points, some seven points clear of ...

Sleaford Town 0 Holbeach United 2 Danny Hussey continued his 100 per cent league record as Holbeach United boss as his side picked up a 2-0 derby victory at Sleaford Town on Saturday. James Tricks gave the Tigers an early lead in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division game at Eslafore Park, before home striker Ryan Oliver was sent off ...

Spalding United 7 Pontefract Collieries 3 By RAY TUCKER An incredible performance by Spalding United on Saturday saw them brush aside championship-chasing Pontefract Collieries 7-3 in a ten-goal thriller at the Sir Halley Stewart Field. On the back of four straight defeats in the Evo-Stik NPL East Division – and a 3-0 battering by the Yorkshire side in mid-November – ...

Spalding United romped to a sensational 7-3 success over Pontefract Collieries on Saturday, while Holbeach United earned a 2-0 victory at Sleaford Town. On what was a remarkable day at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, a Brad Wells hat-trick inspired the relegation-threatened Tulips to a stunning success over third-placed Pontefract. Wells notched on 5, 70 and 78 minutes for ...

Liz Miller started off her captain’s year at Tydd St Giles Golf Club with a spectacular drive in. The event was also very special for Miller, who was celebrating her 60th birthday. She said: “I am very much looking forward to my year and will be supporting Diabetes UK as my chosen charity for 2019. Thanks to all for taking ...

G&S Racing Kawasaki have made some significant changes to the rider line up for 2019 with Tom Fisher stepping aside from racing to take up the position of rider management. The team is delighted to announce Kevin Keyes has joined the team and will be contesting the Pirelli National Superstock championship aboard the new Kawasaki 636. The 20-year-old Republic of ...

By Barry Warne Nene Valley Harriers were champions in Cambridgeshire and top of the listings in Lincolnshire as their athletes excelled in the county cross country championships. Leading the way in the Cambridgeshire event at St Neots was Flo Brill, who had an outstanding run to finish a minute ahead of the field in the under-15 girls’ race. She was ...