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John Nobbs and Andy Betts both lifted top trophies at Tydd St Giles Golf Club last week. Ace Nobbs got his hands on the Ciuffini Shield with the best net score of 72+63=135, pushing Michael Flint and David Holmes into second and third respectively, while Simon Smith was fourth. Betts, meanwhile, landed the Sewell Salver after he topped the gross ...

Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s Seniors’ Open was once again a great success. Generously sponsored by Leesons Garage of Sutton Bridge, there were entrants from Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Suffolk on the day. The event was played in a Stableford Pairs Better Ball format and the scoring was good on a well-maintained course – despite the challenges of the unusually dry ...

Weston Hills race ace Johnathan Hoggard roared to wins in two of the three F4 British Championship races at Knockhill over the weekend. Hoggard, fresh from his third victory of the season at Rockingham two weeks ago, snared his second career pole at the Scottish circuit. The Fortec Motorsports star clocked 48.982mins to secure pole for races one and three ...

Rob Simpson’s six-wicket haul helped Spalding Town stay top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division table with a narrow success over Freiston on Saturday. Table-topping Town were bowled out for just 149 batting first, with only Jon Manton (59) and Jon Miles (26) making scores of note. Hosts Freiston will have fancied their chances of chasing down ...

Boston Town 0 Holbeach United 2 Seb Hayes toasted his 50th victory as Holbeach United boss with a 2-0 derby success at Boston Town on Saturday. Goals in each half from Josh Ford and Spencer Tinkler secured a second Future Lions UCL Premier Division win of the season for the Tigers – in a game that was hastily re-arranged last ...

The threat of adverse weather didn’t deter the regulars for the latest Tydd Gote Angling Club Sunday match on the North Level at Main Road. Five hours in non-stop torrential rain did force one or two home for an early bath, but plenty remained. If you put good anglers on good pegs there is usually only one outcome – and ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom is hoping to finish a difficult season on a high note at Spa-Francorchamps next month. Molsom, who made the choice to take on a new car and enter the Caterham Graduates Racing Club’s Sigmax Championship over the close season, has endured problem after problem this year. Having missed two race weekends over the summer due to ...

Wisbech Town 1 Spalding United 1 Spalding United picked up a third 1-1 draw from as many Ev0-Stik League East Division matches this season as they were held by Wisbech Town on Monday. Gary King’s early goal put the Tulips ahead at the Fenland Stadium, but Danny Setchell levelled from the spot just before the break. Setchell was sent off ...

Louis Steadman helped himself to a treble as Holbeach United Reserves roared to a 4-1 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division victory at Langtoft United on Saturday. That treble, along with a Fenn Storey effort, made it three wins on the bounce for the Tigers – who climbed up to fourth in the table as a result. Tydd were also on winning ...

Spalding United 3 Wellingborough Town 2 Two goals in the final five minutes ensured that Spalding United dodged a potential Emirates FA Cup banana skin on Saturday as they outgunned Wellingborough Town 3-2. In what was a very even cup clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, Leon Mettam lashed the Tulips ahead three minutes before half-time. Wellingborough had ...

Goals from Josh Ford and Spencer Tinkler secured Holbeach United a 2-0 derby win at Boston Town on Saturday, while Spalding United scored twice in the final five minutes to beat Wellingborough Town 3-2 in the Emirates FA Cup. Starting with the Tigers, a first-half effort from Ford gave them a 1-0 lead at the break, before captain Tinkler doubled ...

There was a good turnout for Tydd Gote Angling Club’s Sunday club match on the North Level at Main Road. Martin Thomas found the bream from end peg 35 to comfortably romp home with 20 quality fish for a level 65lb. But it wasn’t all plain sailing for Thomas who had to endure a pre-match ducking when a missed footing ...

The in-form Paul Burton enjoyed a clean-sweep of victories at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday. Fresh from a victory the previous week, Burton took top spot in the Sunday Points Series race in the morning, before bagging a double in the final two races of the Afternoon Points Series. That secured him overall glory in the Afternoon Points Series to ...

Spalding Golf Club’s team of Simon Richardson, Hugo Kedzlie and Tommy Hill have retained the Bramley Trophy. The trio took the trophy jointly with Belton, after both scored four points each. Woodhall Spa were third with one point. Spalding’s first team drew 3-3 at Burghley in their latest fixture. Wins came from Dan Hines and Dave Whisker (6&5), Emile van ...

Chris Rawlinson admits that it’s time his record in cup competitions with Spalding United improved – starting with Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup clash against Wellingborough Town. The Tulips will be hot favourites to progress against Future Lions UCL Premier Division outfit Wellingborough at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), but have endured a wretched recent record in knockout competitions. ...

Four players from Tydd St Giles Golf club completed the daunting Longest Day challenge – and managed to raise a grand sum for charity in the process. The team of Matthew Clarke, Darren Hilton, Nathan Massino and team captain Ian Edrupt completed four rounds (72 holes) in 24 hours. After a very early start, the event was completed with four ...

Thousands of fans packed into the Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday where the 2L Stock Car World Final took centre stage. More than 70 drivers were in action and, as would be expected with such a large number of top international stars in the world’s toughest form of motorsport, the action at King’s Lynn was quite simply amazing all night. ...

Spalding Water Polo cemented their place at the top of the Hertfordshire League Division One table with a thrilling 13-12 win at Northampton. Goals from Ed Martin (6), Gareth Lord (5), Ben Marsters and Matt Papworth made it three wins from as many games for the Spalding lads. It was a much closer clash than their fixture, which saw Hertford ...

Spalding Town remain ten points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division table after a dramatic tie with nearest rivals Woodhall Spa 2nd on Saturday. Batting first at the Memorial Field, table-topping Town were bowled out for 176 as Matt Haslam took impressive figures of 5-31. Amazingly, the visitors were bowled out for the ...

Two members of Spalding’s Halmer Harriers took on tough tests over the weekend. Despite being on holiday, the dedicated Andrea Cooke opted to compete in the Blanes Night Race in Spain. Cooke completed the hilly 8km course and finished in a very respectable time of 53.48mins. Team-mate Teresa Walton was also in action at the Kimbolton half-marathon. She managed to ...