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Matt Easton wants to see his Spalding United side get physical with high-flying Tadcaster Albion on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips, soundly beaten at fellow big-hitters Pontefract Collieries last weekend, went down with something of a whimper in West Yorkshire. Although Easton maintains that results against the leading sides won’t make a difference to Spalding’s season, he wants to see his ...

Ros Nickols made the perfect start to Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series with victory in Sunday’s opening round. With bright sky and a fair breeze, Welland members were joined by members from neighbouring Witham Sailing Club – meaning 12 people in nine boats took to the start line. The Europe of Nickols was first away, followed by the RS200 of ...

Ellie Pybus netted a classy winner 15 minutes from time to secure Spalding Poachers 1st a 1-0 derby victory at rivals Long Sutton 1st in East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW on Saturday. Both sides have endured slow starts to the season, with just one point separating the pair ahead of the clash at the Peele Leisure Centre. Spalding failed ...

Halmer Harriers were out in force at multiple events over the weekend – including the Long Sutton 10k. There, Colin Crump, Sophie Neal, and Gav Green all clocked personal best (PB) times as 14 Harriers all impressed. Also setting new PB times at Sunday’s Peterborough 10-Mile were Teresa Walton and Andrea Cooke. The Harriers were also at the Rutland Night ...

Tigers A completed an impressive season in the Grays of Holbeach Spalding and District Darts League by lifting the Supreme Cup and a host of individual titles on finals night. Runners-up in the Summer League’s Division One, they went one better in the cup by knocking off Whaplode Drove in the final at Spalding Services Club. The night kicked off ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club had successful wins in both the Denny Cup and Yetton Trophy on Saturday. For the men in the Denny Cup, they beat Sleaford 81-62. Although the win was 19 shots in the end, Spalding were always comfortably in front and closed out the match well. The damage was done by one of Spalding’s away rinks skipped ...

A magnificent 53 break from Mick Ayres helped send Holbeach A to the top of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One table on Thursday night. Ayres, who plays off an O7 handicap, made the sensational score in a frame success over Don Monk (R7) – who made a 38 break of his own – as his side beat ...

Week eight in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League was scheduled as a spare week – but happily six tables were in use. At the start of the evening Moulton SE made it through to round three of the Moulton Shield when Stephen Appleby defeated Garry Wilkinson 21-12, 21-15, establishing an unassailable lead thanks to two previous won games. ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ teenagers Molly Peel and Owen Wilkinson left the rest of the field standing in the North Midlands Cross Country League fixture at Kettering. The talented pair provided the icing on the cake to a fine display of distance running from Harriers athletes on a challenging Wicksteed Park course. In a textbook display of front running, Peel won ...

Rolls Royce RFC 51 Spalding RFC 29 Spalding RFC hit the self-destruct button on Saturday as they slipped to a 51-29 Midlands Three East (North) defeat at rivals Rolls Royce. Despite scoring five tries and playing some excellent rugby, Town failed to secure their first away win of the season – instead earning a solitary bonus point and dropping down ...

Northampton Sileby Rangers 2 Pinchbeck United 3 Pinchbeck United snapped their three-game losing streak with a battling 3-2 victory at Northampton Sileby Rangers in the Hinchingbrooke Cup on Tuesday night. Craig Maisiri fired Future Lions UCL Division One side Sileby ahead on 13 minutes, but Lee Beeson ensured the scores were level at half-time with a 36th-minute strike. Beeson then ...

Holbeach United Reserves lit up the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday with a sensational 6-0 success over Ketton. Louis Steadman helped himself to a double for Phil Barnes’ charges at Carter’s Park, with Reif Clarke, Callum Davies, Kieron McConnell and Liam Mead also getting in on the act. The Tigers remain fourth in the table, but are now just ...

By RAY TUCKER Pontefract Collieries 3 Spalding United 0 Spalding United put on a battling display at Pontefract Collieries on Saturday – but were well beaten by an impressive home side full of true Yorkshire grit. The home team, strong in every department, dominated virtually throughout and but for some wayward shooting, could have won by a more convincing scoreline ...

Wellingborough Town 2 Holbeach United 1 Boss Seb Hayes admitted that he was “gutted” as Holbeach United’s 12-game unbeaten streak came to an end at Wellingborough Town on Saturday. Shaun Wilkes gave hosts Wellingborough a first-minute lead in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at the Dog and Duck, but James Tricks hit back on seven minutes. A controversial ...

Pinchbeck United 0 Rugby Town 3 Jack Smith’s first-half red card proved costly as Pinchbeck United slipped to a 3-0 Future Lions UCL Premier Division defeat against much-fancied Rugby Town on Saturday. Despite Pinchbeck making the better start at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, Liam Francis headed Rugby ahead from a corner on 24 minutes. Six minutes later defender ...

It was a day of defeats for South Holland’s top trio on Saturday as Spalding United crashed 3-0 at Pontefract Collieries, Holbeach United slipped up 2-1 at Wellingborough Town and ten-man Pinchbeck United were beaten 3-0 at home by Rugby Town. Starting with the Tulips, goals from Pontefract’s Michael Dunn (10), Eli Hey (pen 49) and Nicholas Guest (73) sentenced ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes admits that reeling in runaway Future Lions UCL Premier Division leaders Daventry Town will prove a difficult task. The Tigers are currently on an 12-game unbeaten run in all competitions, winning nine of those games, but find themselves 14 points behind the table-toppers in fourth place. Hayes has been happy with the progress his side ...

Calm Spalding United manager Matt Easton isn’t pressing the panic button after seeing their three-game unbeaten run ended last weekend. The Tulips went down 3-0 to Lincoln United in a one-sided derby and now face a tricky trip to sixth-placed Pontefract Collieries this Saturday (3pm). Easton, who admits his side got what they deserved last weekend, insists that he isn’t ...

Newly established Moulton Chapel under-11 girls Football Club has four local companies to thank for giving them sponsorship. Simon Barker Plumbing and Heating, of Magellan Way, Spalding (01775 760931 or 07796 525921) have sponsored the new home kit, while Insurance Brokers, Gauntlet Spalding, of 1 Cresswell Close, Pinchbeck (01775 660660 or email mickcunningham@gauntletgroup.com) have kindly sponsored the new away strip. ...

Blackstones 2 Holbeach United 5 Five different players found the net as Holbeach United kicked off their defence of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy with a 5-2 win at Blackstones on Wednesday night. Jack Smith, James Tricks, Josh Ford, Will Bird and teenager Reif Clarke all scored at the ALH Recruitment Stadium as Future Lions UCL Premier Division outfit Holbeach blew ...