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Spalding 1st were denied an East Men’s Hockey League Premier B derby victory at City of Peterborough 2nd by a controversial late strike on Saturday. The clash ended 2-2 with Spalding having led 2-0, but they were ultimately denied by a questionable late penalty flick awarded for the use of a foot. Josh Rowbottom slotted home the opening goal for ...

Mick Cooper lit up the Spalding and District Billiards League with an impressive 100 break on Monday night. Long Suton ace Cooper (O190 handicap) made the century in a final frame victory over Gosberton B’s James Waterfall (R50) to secure his side a narrow 4-3 win. Crowland A are top of the table despite a 4-3 loss against Pyramid B. ...

G&S Racing Kawasaki riders Tom Fisher, Milo Ward and Ben Luxton enjoyed some good results when they travelled across the Irish Sea to Bishopscourt for the annual Sunflower Trophy meeting held on Saturday. Fisher, whose class is usually the National Superstock 1000 championship, rode in three races – finishing seventh and eighth in the two Superbike races before going out ...

It’s tight at the top of Division One in Spalding and District Snooker League after six rounds of fixtures with just two points spanning the top four sides. Still leading the way are unbeaten Pyramid B, who made it six wins from as many games by seeing off friendly foes Pyramid A 4-2. At 2-1 down with two frames to ...

Molly Peel stole the show for Nene Valley Harriers in their North Midlands Cross Country League opener at Derby as she won the under-17 girls’ race by 44 seconds. Katie Tasker (sixth) and seventh-placed Amber Park, along with Peel’s fine result, helped the club to an overall team win. It was a good day for the Nene Valley girls, who ...

Week four of the Spalding and District Table Tennis League season proved a problematic one. JDM and South Holland were unable to complete their match because of a late illness. Tom Chesworth (JDM) played his two games against Holland’s Jean White and Piotr Olstowska, in the process proving his improvement by ending the evening level. The match will be concluded ...

Spalding RFC’s flawless home form in Midlands Three East (North) continued with a 29-5 victory over old foes Mansfield on Saturday. The bonus-point victory at the Memorial Field was their third from as many home league games this season – and moves them up to fourth in the table. Traditionally, the visitors have always had a good set of forwards ...

Moulton Harrox moved ten points clear at the top of the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division with a 4-2 victory over second-placed Thorney. Danny Maddison netted twice for the leaders on Saturday, with Marcus Parry and Joe Townsend also on target. It’s now 13 wins from 14 league games so far this season for Kev Nottingham’s side, who were recently named ...

Holbeach United 2 Oadby Town 1 In-form Holbeach United made it six wins on the spin as they came from behind to defeat Oadby Town 2-1 on Saturday. The visitors took an early lead through Daryl Russell (9), but Billy Smith (27) levelled with a lobbed finish before Danny Barker grabbed to winner on the stroke of half-time to give ...

Spalding United 2 Sheffield FC 1 By RAY TUCKER It was celebration time at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday as Spalding United recorded their first Evo-Stik NPL Division One East victory of the season by seeing off Sheffield FC 2-1. And they did it with some style against the world’s oldest club, with their loyal fans singing ...

Daventry Town 6 Pinchbeck United 0 Pinchbeck United’s remarkable 36-game unbeaten streak in the Future Lions United Counties League was smashed for six by ruthless Premier Division leaders Daventry Town on Saturday. The goals came from Jordan Orosz (20 and 68), Adam Creaney (pen 27), Kieran Fitzgerald (70), Tommy McGowan (76) and Phil Cassidy (86) at Communications Park, as the ...

Spalding RFC’s fine home form continued as they defeated old foes Mansfield 29-5 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. The victory, Town’s third from five games in Midlands Three East (North) this season, moves them up to fourth in the table. Report to follow on www.spaldingvoice.co.uk and in Thursday’s paper. RESULTS Midlands Three East (N): Ashfield 26 Kesteven 17; Bakewell Mannerians ...

Spalding United finally broke their league duck with a 2-1 win over Sheffield FC on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United’s unbeaten league run crashed to a halt with a 6-0 loss at Daventry Town and Holbeach United edged out Oadby Town 2-1. Starting with the Tulips, they won at the 12th time of asking in Evo-Stik NPL Division One East as ...

Athletes from Spalding-based Halmer Harriers were out in force over the weekend. Be it at Swallow (West Lindsey) on Saturday, or York and Peterborough on Sunday, the team set some solid times over various distances. The appalling weather at Peterborough – constant rain for seven hours – provided an extra challenge for those taking part in the Perkins Great Eastern ...

Tydd Gote Angling Club fished the early numbers on the North Level at Main Road on Sunday as they braved the remnants of Storm Callum with lashing rain and swirling winds all day making presentation difficult. But there were still some good weights as Andrew Kilby continued his fine run of form to put 12lb 4oz on the scales from ...

Confident player/boss Ian Dunn sees no reason why unbeaten Pinchbeck United should be scared of the trip to table-topping Daventry Town on Saturday (3pm). Second-placed Pinchbeck, who are two points behind Saturday’s opponents with a game in hand, have taken to life in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division better than anybody could have imagined. Victory at Communications Park would ...

Matt Easton isn’t pushing the panic button despite a tough start to life as Spalding United boss. Saturday’s 4-1 loss at home to Carlton Town in the FA Trophy left the Tulips without a win in 12 games – and out of all the cup competitions. However, Easton remains confident that Spalding can break their duck in Evo-Stik League Division ...

A team of 34 from South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club claimed an amazing 97 medals at the Rob Welbourn Open Meet last week. The South Holland swimmers put on an excellent weekend of performances in the Deepings – picking up many new personal best (PB) times, as well as achieving county qualifying standards. Nine-year-old Frank Lamb rocketed to gold medals ...

Red-hot Holbeach United are being backed to keep their red-hot run going against Oadby Town this Saturday (home, 3pm). Six games unbeaten in all competitions – including five wins on the spin – have seen the Tigers progress in the League Cup and FA Vase, while also leaving themselves six points behind Future Lions UCL Premier Division leaders Daventry Town. ...

A win and two podium finishes from three races gave Tom Bell overall glory at Welland Yacht Club’s A1 Trophy on Sunday. The meeting is an open one, but due to the unfavourable conditions, only one visitor from neighbouring Witham Sailing Club – Alan Chapman – competed. He was joined by eight home boats, including junior Rosie Willerton. The forecast ...