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Buxton RFC 31 Spalding RFC 12 Spalding RFC’s away woes continued in Midlands Three East (North) as they went down 31-12 at Buxton on Saturday. Town, who have yet to win on the road in the league this season, were unable to make a numerical advantage count in what was a stormy game in Derbyshire. Taking to the field in ...

Tydd edged out Holbeach United Reserves 2-1 in Saturday’s ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division derby at the Fenland Stadium. Goals from Jordan Bailey-Smith and Joe Reed secured all three points for the hosts, with Louis Steadman netting for the Tigers. There was something of a goal-fest at London Road, as Long Sutton Athletic drew 3-3 with basement side Peterborough Polonia. However, ...

Holbeach United 2 Wellingborough Town 1 A last-gasp 30-yard screamer from wing wizard Billy Smith earned Holbeach United a 2-1 victory over Wellingborough Town in Danny Hussey’s first game as manager on Saturday. After a goalless first half at Carter’s Park, James Lea (46) fired the visitors into a 1-0 lead as they looked set to frustrate the Tigers. But ...

Pinchbeck United 1 Boston Town 1 Frustrated player/boss Ian Dunn admitted that it was just “one of those days” for his Pinchbeck United side as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Boston Town on Saturday. A stunning strike from Liam Tunstall gave Town an early lead in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash, only for Nick Jackson ...

Spalding RFC are still looking for their first win of 2019 after going down 31-12 at Buxton on Saturday. Town were fourth at the start of play, but the result sees Buxton leapfrog them in the Midlands Three East (North) standings. A full report will follow on Monday. RESULTS Kesteven 12 Sleaford 20; Bakewell Mannerians 15 Tupton 17; Belper 13 ...

A dramatic late strike from Billy Smith gave Holbeach United a 2-1 win over Wellingborough Town in Danny Hussey’s first game as boss on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United were held 1-1 by Boston Town and Spalding United lost 2-1 at Sheffield FC. Starting at Carter’s Park, the Tigers came from behind to register victory in Hussey’s Future Lions UCL Premier ...

Matt Easton accepts that Spalding United are in a relegation dogfight in Evo-Stik NPL Division One East – but feels they’ve got more than enough quality to escape the drop. The Tulips suffered successive festive defeats against Cleethorpes Town (2-1), Brighouse Town (3-1) and Wisbech Town (2-1) ahead of not playing last weekend – and have slipped back into the ...

Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn admits that Saturday’s showdown with Boston Town is one the fixtures he looked out for at the start of the season. A former manager of the Poachers, Dunn’s Pinchbeck drew the reverse fixture 1-1 back in August in what was their first-ever away game in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division. The Knights had two ...

Danny Hussey is looking forward to his first role as a manager after being announced as the new number one of Holbeach United. The former Spalding United and Stamford assistant boss accepted an offer to replace Seb Hayes as Tigers chief on Tuesday and was unveiled at Carter’s Park on Wednesday night. Hussey, a leading defender for many years on ...

Caretaker manager Tim Cole has spoken of his pride at getting the chance to manage Holbeach United as the club’s bid to appoint a new boss continues to gather pace. Cole and fellow Holbeach stalwart Adam Jackson took joint charge of the Tigers in last Saturday’s 2-0 victory at Harborough Town – and could yet get the chance to manage ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s dream of winning the Denny Cup ended with an agonising narrow defeat at the mighty Cumbria on Saturday. Nine-time winners and defending champions, Cumbria, who play out of Carlisle, won the highly competitive and close last 16 encounter 79-73 to keep their hopes of retaining the crown alive. With there being no more than six or ...

Table-topping Holbeach A suffered a rare defeat in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night as Consti B edged a close clash 4-3. Frame wins from Mick Johnson (O170) and Steve Spencer (R100) got the job done for the Spalding side, despite a frame triumph from Colin Dodd (R30). Johnson starred with a 37 break to help get ...

Long Sutton 1st kicked off their 2019 fixtures in East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N with a fine 2-2 draw against high-flying Bury St Edmunds 1st on Saturday. The game started with a high tempo and with quality which would not have been out of place in higher divisions. Defensively, Brad Whitmore, Stefan Fox, Tom Baguley, Tom Burton and Harry ...

Springfields Motorbike Show will be back for its 33rd year on January 26 and 27. Held at Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Spalding, this year’s show will welcome Dean Harrison and Brad Ray on both days. Dean (29) is one of the finest current road racers and Brad (21) already has 14 years’ racing experience. TT legend Steve Plater will ...

Andrew Kilby and Steve Borrett were well clear in this Sunday’s Tydd Gote Angling Club match on the North Level at Main Road. However, it was Kilby again who just edged it with a net of 7lb 6oz to Borrett’s 6lb 13oz. Both had mixed bags, alternating between far bank waggler and pole at 11m to see them almost 3lb ...

The leaders of all three divisions of the Spalding and District Snooker League lost in a dramatic opening to 2019. Division One leaders Pyramid B had raced into a 2-0 lead against Donington A with frame wins for Tony Curry (O21) and Richard Skellett (014) enjoying breaks of 22 and 32 respectively. Nigel Brasier (O14) then turned the game beating ...

Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s captains for the new season have officially been sworn in. The annual New Year Drive In was completed by club chairman Richard Titchener and senior’s captain Colin Fawcett. In the fundraising competition surrounding the tradition, the Senior Captain’s prize was won by John Carney and the Chairman’s Prize was won by Mike Bell. All money raised ...

Spalding RFC 10 Belper RFC 10 Spalding RFC showed no sign of rustiness in their first Midlands Three East fixture in more than a month as they held second-placed Belper to a 10-10 draw on Saturday. Fifth in the table at the start of play, Town’s last outing was the 22-7 success over Sleaford on December 1 – but they ...

Spalding and District Sunday League leaders Jubilee returned to action with a bang at the weekend as they thrashed FC Kirton 8-1. Ryan Wheeler was their star man with a hat-trick at Monkshouse Lane Playing Field, with Steve Sinfield (2), Jake Cawthorne, Robbie Relf and Leigh Boekestyn also getting in on the act. Nicholas Kirkland hit back, but Jubilee eased ...

It was a day of defeats for South Holland sides in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. Long Sutton Athletic were on the receiving end of the biggest beating, going down 5-1 at ICA Sports. Brad Murrell bagged for the Magpies, but Sports ran riot in the second half with four of their five goals coming from substitutes. Also ...