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It was whitewash wins galore in the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night as six teams won their matches 6-0. Four of the results came in Division Two and two in Division Three.Consti B, Donington A, Consti F and Services D got the wins in the second division, while Holbeach F followed last week’s 6-0 win with another ...

It was another tough weekend for Pinchbeck United as they lost 5-1 at home to Melton Town in the United Counties League Division Premier Division North, conceding four in the last 18 minutes.The Knights initially responded well to their 11-0 hammering against Loughborough Students last week and took the lead through Taylor Jaine.However they were pulled apart late on, Thomas ...

Spalding United’s run in the FA Cup came to an end on Saturday as they were beaten 3-1 at Mickleover.The leaders of the Southern League Premier Division ran out comfortable winners in the end as the Tulips looked to go for a second win in the competition against a higher ranked side.Andy Dales’ 13th minute drive from long range gave ...

Long Sutton look set to play in the top flight of Lincolnshire cricket for the first time in 17 years after being crowned South Lincs and Border League Championship champions on Saturday. They needed three points to seal the title on Saturday.But any hopes of being able to seal it with maximum batting points went out the window after Freiston ...

A dreadful start did for Holbeach United on Saturday, despite a valiant comeback at Great Yarmouth Town in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North.The Tigers found themselves 4-0 down at the break after conceding three goals in the opening 20 minutes, the first from a penalty.George Cozens scored twice and Jesse Fenn once before Sam Adams netted just before the ...

LSHC Mens’ First 2Cambridge South 2nds 2The first game of the season saw the mens’ 1st secure a well earned point away at Cambridge South.The game was end to end action, with both teams taking chances, but falling short of results.South opened the score line with a quick counter attack, leading to a tap-in at the back post.Sutton dug deep ...

Spalding Ladies’ 2nd 11Pelicans 2nd 1Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe, Karen Timby, Kelly Cooper, Milly Hastings, Sophie Wilson.In an great display of skill and teamwork, Spalding Ladies 2nd hosted Pelicans 2nd. The final scoreline of 11-1 reflected the team’s dominance throughout.The midfield was controlled brilliantly, distributing the ball with precision, and maintaining constant pressure.The scoring spree began three minutes into the match ...

A great afternoon of tennis at Spalding Tennis Club for the annual Chairman’s Cup which saw Ben and Martin Brittain lift the men’s trophy and Gill Williams lift the ladies’ trophy.Both trophies were presented by Lincolnshire Tennis chairman John Copsey.After four hours of tennis with 33 players and spectators, Williams won the ladies’ trophy and Ben and Martin Brittain overcame ...

Moulton Harrox were knocked off the top of the GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough and District League Premier Division on Saturday.They went down 3-1 at Stanground Sports after being reduced to 10 men when Declan Earth was sent off. Louis Steadman scored a consolation for Moulton late on.Back on top of the division are Uppingham Town who beat bottom of the ...

Moulton Harrox Cricket Club beat Deeping by seven wickets to ensure they could still finish second in the South Lincs and Border League Championship.Opener Matthew Rose enjoyed Moulton winning the toss and bowling, taking 4 for 33 early on backed by Harry Lovell (1 for 15) and Anish Suwarneraj (1 for 16) also struck as Deeping’s top six were ousted ...

Spalding Town have finished the Lincolnshire Premier League in ninth place, closing the season out with a heavy defeat at Grimsby Town. Jon Manton’s side improved on their 11th placed finish from last season, having picked up six league wins in the county’s top flight.Manton won the toss and put Grimsby in on Saturday.Spalding started well with Brandon Andrews (2 ...

At the beginning of the year Gedney Hill golfers Kim Markillie and Chris Bennett started on the Daily Mail Foursomes journey.There were 938 clubs that entered the nationwide competition and over seven rounds the number of clubs has been whittled down to the last remaining 16 clubs.Markillie and Bennett played Round 7 at Overstone Park Golf Club, Northampton on Friday, ...

A group of around 60 senior golfers took part in the Tydd St Giles Seniors’ Prostate Cancer stableford charity day, an individual stableford competition.Organiser Toby North thanked all for taking part in the competition and was pleased to announce more than £2,000 had been raised on the day, which is a record amount raised by Tydd seniors.He also thanked to ...

Sunday saw eight Welland Yacht Club boats take to the water for the three races that count towards the Ralph Gibson Memorial Trophy, and now almost weed free thanks to the EA and a good breeze blowing, it was an ideal day.The wind in the north meant a short tack to the number 1 buoy from the start line and ...

Bugbrooke 30Spalding RFC 22 With two early season wins in the league, Spalding travelled over to Bugbrooke near Northampton for their first ever league encounter with the home team, who had lost both their opening games. With a large home crowd due to their annual beer fest and three other games already played, the scene was set for a challenging ...

It was all about Division Three this week in the Spalding and District Snooker League with two teams winning 6-0. The first hammering came from Consti I, who were away to Gosberton B, while Holbeach F whitewashed Consti D.Two games into the season, the result puts Holbeach F at the top of the table, with Consti I in fifth, having ...

Some weekends go well and others do not but for G&S Racing Kawasaki it was a case of both scenarios at Oulton Park.Jorel Boerboom suffered a crash in the National Superstock race through no fault of his own on Saturday, and on Sunday the two Junior Superstock riders, Sam Laffins and Asher Durham, finished third and fourth in the Junior ...

Moulton Harrox moved to the top of the GCE Hire Fleet Peterborough League with a 5-0 defeat of Ramsey Town. Declan Earth scored twice to go with goals from Nathan Smith, Joe Townsend and substitute Jacob Drew. It put Moulton two points clear of reigning champions Uppingham.Celebrations were also the order of the day at the opposite end of the ...

More misery was piled on Pinchbeck United manager Lewis Thorogood just as he thought his team had turned the corner after a woeful start to the season.A six-match losing run was ended in style the previous week with a 5-0 win at Hucknall and confidence was built in last Wednesday’s United Counties League KO Cup tie against Lincoln United.The Knights ...

Revenge proved sweet for Spalding United as they bounced back from Saturday’s FA Trophy exit with a 2-0 victory over Grantham Town in the Lincolnshire FA Senior Cup on Tuesday. That avenged last season’s 1-0 defeat in the final and came courtesy of a quickfire double from Lewis Hilliard.He put the Tulips ahead after 27 minutes and it was 2-0 within ...