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Spalding Indoor Bowls Club talent Danielle Wild picked up a silver medal as she represented England at the under-18 International Series over the weekend. The series was played in a top club style format and Danielle was selected to lead the triples with Devon Cooper (Riverain) and Ajay Morphett (Egerton Park) and lead the fours with Devon, Joseph Vandepeer (Oyster) ...

Captain Stuart Cunnington helped himself to a hat-trick in Spalding 1st’s super 6-1 victory over West Herts 2nd in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B on Saturday. Bidding to bounce back after losing their last game, Spalding played dominant hockey throughout and raced to a 2-0 lead after 15 minutes thanks to a brace from Cunnington. Hungry to finish the ...

Week three of the new Spalding and District Table Tennis League season saw the Division One and Two fixtures get under way. Nets n Edges had a busy night, playing two matches in the top tier – one brought forward from week seven – but they both came out as 5-0 defeats. The Appleby brothers (Moulton SE) were far too ...

Kirton’s Aaron Clarke has finished the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship in a fantastic third place. Clarke, who went in to the season finale at Brands Hatch with a chance of securing second spot, could only manage 11th position – allowing Joe Sheldon-Shaw to take second overall. That shouldn’t take anything away from Clarke’s amazing achievement riding for Draper Racing. ...

They may be unbeaten in the Spalding and District Snooker League’s top flight, but Pyramid B have crashed out of the KO Cup. Division One rivals Donington C were the side to do the damage, edging the Bourne side out 3-2 on their own baize. Breaks of 22 and 20 from Spencer Dawkins (O49) and Alfonso Palumbo (O49) weren’t enough ...

Dominant Spalding RFC ran in nine tries as they thrashed rivals Sleaford 54-0 in the NLD Cup on Saturday. The all-Midlands Three East (North) clash at the Memorial Field was a very one-sided affair, with Town booking a home date with old foes Newark in the next round on November 10. Spalding’s home league performance had seen them demolish both ...

Mulberry were the big winners in the Spalding and District Sunday League over the weekend as they battered hosts Fosdyke 12-2. Bede Finnigan fired four and Josh McGuire grabbed a hat-trick for the Spalding side, while Josh Ford and Scott Powley both netted doubles. Josh Faulkner and David Thomas replied for Fosdyke. Leaders Jubilee made it five wins from six ...

Runaway ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox extended their unbeaten run to 13 games with a 4-0 victory over Peterborough Polonia at Broad Lane on Saturday. Goals from Danny Maddison, Marcus Parry, Martin Sandall and Joe Townsend made it 12 wins from 13 games for the table-toppers, who are seven points clear at the summit. This weekend will see ...

Biggleswade United 2 Holbeach United 3 (AET) Jack Smith’s extra-time winner steered Holbeach United to a memorable FA Vase victory at Biggleswade United on Saturday. The striker netted his second of the afternoon four minutes into extra time at Second Meadow as the Tigers won a scrappy first round clash 3-2. Seb Hayes’ side had to come from behind twice ...

Holbeach United picked up an impressive 3-2 FA Vase victory at much-fancied Biggleswade United on Saturday as Jack Smith struck an extra-time winner. The Tigers twice trailed in the First Round clash at Second Meadow, but Smith and then Spencer Tinkler both replied to force an additional 30 minutes. That’s when the in-form Smith notched his second to put Seb ...

Spalding United 1 Carlton Town 4 Disappointed boss Matt Easton felt his Spalding United side looked “physically weak” as they were handed a 4-1 home humbling by Carlton Town in the Buildbase FA Trophy on Saturday. Spalding had taken an early lead through Luke White, but a devastating hat-trick from Aaron Opoku (35, 76 and 89) and a strike from ...

Winning the FA Vase isn’t a realistic target for in-form Holbeach United ahead of their trip to Biggleswade United on Saturday (3pm). That’s the view of boss Seb Hayes, who admits that gunning for glory in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division, League Cup and Lincs FA Senior Trophy is the priority for the Tigers this year. Hayes isn’t writing ...

Boss Matt Easton is hopeful of adding more firepower to his Spalding United squad ahead of Saturday’s Buildbase FA Trophy clash with Carlton Town. The all-Evo-Stik League Division One East tie at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm) offers the Tulips some welcome respite from their league troubles, having failed to win in 11 outings so far. Spalding’s last ...

Ian Dunn reckons that his Pinchbeck United side are yet to show what they’re truly capable of – despite returning to the top of the table at the weekend. Saturday’s impressive 6-0 victory over Wellingborough Whitworth extended the Knights’ unbeaten league run to 36 games and saw them leapfrog Daventry Town at the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier ...

The Halmer Harriers-hosted West Pinchbeck 10K event attracted more than 300 entries – and was dubbed a major success. Winners on the day were Dominic Moszkal (33.12mins) and Beckie Dawson (42.30mins), while the Harriers were well represented by 18 of their own athletes. That included Sue Booth in what was her first-ever 10k run. She was awarded the club’s runner ...

A super 69 break from Bren Bowman lit up the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. The Spalding cueman, who plays off an O56 handicap, made the top eligible break of the season so far in a frame victory against Nick Edwards (scr) – and also finished with a 27 clearance. Bowman’s heroics were in vain, however, as ...

Clive Herd and Brian Cobb both bagged wins at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday – but it was tough going for all on a day with limited wind assistance for the competitors. The first event of the day was race five in the Sunday Points series, with a total of nine boats taking to the water amid hardly any breeze. ...

Aaron Clarke is eyeing up second place finish in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship at this weekend’s season finale. Currently third in the rider standings, the Kirton racer is just six points behind Joe Sheldon-Shaw in second place ahead of the trip to Brands Hatch. The championship has already gone the way of Ryan Vickers, but there is everything ...

Paula Brown was the winner of Spalding Golf Club’s ladies’ Past Captain’s Day event after a dazzling display. A total of 12 former ladies’ skippers took part in the 13-hole Stableford event at the Surfleet course, on what was a very windy day. But nobody could stop Brown, who ran away with the win with a brilliant 28 points. The ...

Spalding 1st paid the price for going a man down as they suffered a 2-1 defeat at Wapping in the East Men’s Hockey League’s Premier B division on Saturday. Fresh of the back of their first win of the season the previous week, Spalding faced a long trip down to the Olympic Stadium’s Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre amid ...