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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 ...

Kesteven RFC 17 Spalding RFC 15 Spalding RFC wasted a big chance to register their first win of the Midlands Three East (North) season as hosts Kesteven scored a late try to edge Saturday’s derby 17-15. The scores were level at half time, but a disappointing second half display allowed the home team to steal a victory with a converted ...

Rampant Sutton St James thrashed previously unbeaten Spalding and District Sunday League leaders Kirton Town Sunday 7-0 in the stand-out result of the weekend. Goals from Kurt Scott (2), Matt Eaton, Mark Garner, Adam Groves, Jack Murley and Joseph Sutton gave super St James a fourth win from as many league games so far this season – and moved them ...

Frickley Athletic 2 Spalding United 1 Rueful manager Matt Easton felt both encouraged and frustrated by Spalding United’s agonising 2-1 defeat at Frickley Athletic on Saturday. After dominating the first half, the Tulips looked set to end their ten-game wait for an Evo-Stik League Divsion One East victory when Luke White fired them ahead on 61 minutes. But two late ...

Pinchbeck United 6 W’Boro Whitworth 0 Ewan Fieldhouse marked his Pinchbeck United debut with a first-half hat-trick as they smashed struggling Wellingborough Whitworth 6-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Josh Smith, Ollie Maltby and Liam Ogden were also on-target as the Knights leapfrogged Daventry Town and returned to the top of the Future Lions UCL Premier ...

Runaway ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Moulton Harrox made it 11 wins from 12 games with a potentially pivotal 3-1 victory over champions Netherton United on Saturday. Although they fell behind to a Mark Baines strike at Broad Lane, but Danny Maddison (penalty), Marcus Parry and Declan Earth did the business for Nev Nottingham’s side. Chris Down was sent off ...

Desborough Town 0 Holbeach United 2 In-form Holbeach United made it four wins on the spin as they picked off hosts Desborough Town 2-0 on Saturday. Striker Will Bird fired the Tigers ahead early on in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division clash at Waterworks Field, before defender Jonny Clay completed the win with a second after the break. The ...

Spalding RFC are still seeking their first away win of the Midlands Three East (North) season after losing 17-15 at Kesteven on Saturday. Town, who have a 100 per cent home record in the league, fall to sixth in the table after the derby defeat. Full report in Thursday’s Spalding Voice. RESULTS Midlands Three East (North): Belper 64 Bakewell Mannerians ...

Spalding United are still seeking their first win of the Evo-Stik NPL Division One East season after going down 2-1 at Frickley Athletic on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United went top of the Future Lions UCL Premier Division with a 6-0 victory over Whitworth and Holbeach United were 2-0 winners at Desborough Town. Starting with the Tulips, they looked set to ...

Tydd Gote Angling Club members rued the decision to change locations for the latest Sunday club match as weights plummeted. This week’s venue was the usually dependable Blackdyke stretch – but it seems the shoals of roach have already moved out to their winter haunts. There were two separate battles for the top places, where Pete Emery found 30 tiny ...

Consistency was the key for Paul Wilson on Sunday as he won Welland Yacht Club’s Carl Bilbie Regatta. Among a big field of 19 boats for three pursuit races (based on personal handicap), a second place and two thirds were enough to secure him the overall crown. Pursuit racing sees the handicap applied at the start of the race to ...

Rob Childs wasted little time getting his eye in on the opening night of the new Spalding and District Billiards League season. The Crowland cue ace, who plays off a league high O250, made a majestic 102 break en-route to defeating Shane White (O20) 200-88 on Monday night. Childs also hit breaks of 72, 49 and 45 as he steered ...

Seb Hayes feels that Holbeach United’s trip to Desborough Town on Saturday is a “massive game” in their season. The Tigers have shaken off a sloppy start to climb up to third place in the Future Lions UCL Premier Division after Saturday’s impressive 4-0 victory over Leicester Nirvana. With top two Daventry Town and Pinchbeck United both enjoying unbeaten starts ...

High-flying Pinchbeck United may have gone an entire year without losing a Future Lions UCL fixture – but player/boss Ian Dunn knows that the next six weeks will test that record to the absolute limit. The Knights, second in the Premier Division table, will be hot favourites to see off 18th-placed Wellingborough Whitworth at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field ...

Pyramid B are the only top tier side to boast a 100 per cent record after the fourth round of fixtures in the Spalding and District Snooker League. The Bourne side handed Holbeach D a 4-2 reverse to make it four wins from as many matches – and they duly hold a two-point lead at the top of the table. ...

The new Spalding and District Table Tennis League season got under way last week with some entertaining Moulton Shield action. Five of the six scheduled matches were played, with most starting early. Outsiders and Jokers was an all Division One tie – and was a ding-dong battle. Outsiders took the first game in this competition played under the old scoring ...