Sport

Talented teenage goalkeeper Jonah Gill is hoping to take the next step in his footballing career after securing the number one jersey for Cambridge United under-16s, writes James Clark. The South Holland stopper, who has been with Cambridge for six years, is bidding to make his mark with the first team in the coming years. The young keeper started his ...

Whaplode Drove have once again been crowned champions in Division One of the Hunts and Peterborough Badminton League. The South Holland side won nine of their ten fixtures in the men’s six league, edging out Jack Hunt into second place by two points after an exciting finale to the season. Pearl once had a stranglehold on this title, and held ...

The annual Daniel Markillie Memorial Day competition attracted 121 golfers – with some travelling from as far as Germany and Scotland. The day saw a round of golf played at Gedney Hill Golf Club, before the players enjoyed fish and chips followed by entertainment from signer Nicole Lawrence. An outstanding amount of £3,750 was raised on the day – of ...

Josh Wallis was once again in stunning form as he won the inter-club 25-mile time trial organised by Spalding Cycling Club. Organised by Spalding and contested by cyclists from the host club, Sleaford, Boston and Bourne. The times for the three fastest riders for each separate club are added up – and the club with the fastest time wins the ...

Pinchbeck United have pulled off an impressive double transfer coup after landing winger Lee Beeson and keeper Alex Smith. Beeson, a former ChromaSport UCL Premier Division winner with Spalding United, is Pinchbeck’s most high-profile signing of the summer so far. The ex-Stamford, Holbeach United and Corby Town right-footer left the Tulips in the second half of last season but is ...

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom endured another difficult time of it in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club SigMax Championship at Silverstone. Molsom went into Silverstone – after a frustrating start to the season – with a day testing the car prior to the races at the GP circuit in May. A busy test day changing the cars set-up to improve the ...

Some 751 days after suffering a horrific leg injury, Kirton racer Ben Wilson was back in the saddle when he took in a few laps of Cadwell Park on his Gearlink Kawasaki Supersport machine. It is more than two years since his accident at the North West 200, where Wilson badly broke his leg – and it has been a ...

There will be three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders on the grid at Snetterton this weekend as Ben Luxton has joined the team to ride a new Kawasaki and will run alongside of regular rider Milo Ward in the Superstock 600 class. Tom Fisher will contest the Superstock 1000 class and is anxious to get back to race action on the ...

Stock Car and Banger Racing returns to King’s Lynn this Saturday (5.30pm) when the 1500cc Bangers will be in action in the East Anglian Team Championship. There will also be racing from the 1300 Stock Cars and the 2L Stock Cars, with plenty of South Holland talent in action. The 1500cc Banger Teams will include Jon Cullen, who is racing ...

Tom Bell edged to a narrow victory as Welland Yacht Club held the Lowland Trophy on Sunday – which is a regatta with a twist. It saw three races as normal – but featured a variety of extra challenges en-route. The racing also formed part of the club’s camping weekend and competitors were encouraged to don fancy dress in the ...

By JAMES CLARK It was a successful weekend for Holbeach United under-14 Yellow as they emerged victorious at the Hungate Tournament. The Tigers entered the tournament with a seven-man squad, and they soon made their mark after dominating the group stage – scoring five, conceding two and going unbeaten. This saw the Tigers advance into the semi-finals against friendly foes, ...

The team of Peter Wheeler, Tim Martin, Lee Newman and John Gamble won the Ged Taylor Memorial Trophy at Tydd St Giles Golf Club. Their score of 134 points was enough to win the seniors’ section event ahead of Steve Fox, Kevin Merrison, Dave Punshon, Paul Kingswood (126pts) and Adey Bills, Michael Flint, Bob Mann and Keith Horspole (122pts) in ...

Spalding Golf Club’s men’s first team progressed through to the semi-finals of the Bramley Singles thanks to a great away win at Sudbrook Moor. The successful trio representing Spalding were Keith Hearne, Ollie Mitchell and Jonathan Mason, who won 2-1. No pairings lost as Spalding’s 1st team beat Burghley Park 5-1 at the Surfleet course on Saturday. Hugo Kedzlie and ...

By JAMES CLARK Holbeach United under-15 Yellow had a once in a lifetime opportunity last week when they took a trip to Holland to battle against two Dutch sides. The Tigers, who have been managed by Stuart Clark for the past seven years, have just enjoyed an amazing season. Clark and his assistant manager Dean Elston led the side to ...

West Hills racer Johnathan Hoggard fell to eighth in the F4 British Championship standings after a pair of solid finishes at Oulton Park over the weekend. The Fortec Motorsports ace placed eighth and seventh at the Cheshire circuit, before retiring from the last race. Hoggard qualified fifth for round ten in a time of 1.23.404mins, with pole taken by Kiern ...

Seb Hayes feels that Holbeach United have signed the “best left-back in the league” after raiding rivals Deeping Rangers for Tom Smith. Smith, who played in 41 of Deeping’s 42 games last season as they finished one place behind Holbeach in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division table, is Hayes’ second summer signing after striker Josh Ford. The Tigers chief also ...

Boss Chris Rawlinson was unable hide his excitement after sealing a double deal to bring Leon Mettam and James Hugo back to Spalding United. Striker Mettam, who was a fan favourite at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field during a fruitful loan spell with Spalding the season before last, has opted to return after his release from King’s Lynn Town. ...

The status quo was maintained at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division as Skegness and Spalding Town finished with 20 points – as did Sleaford 2nd who stay third. Three players made half centuries in Spalding’s inning at home to Freiston, while Tim Hughes’ devastating bowling spell for Skegness, which brought him five wickets for ...

Spalding junior banger star Lewis Ivatt was in fantastic form at King’s Lynn last Saturday when he scorched to a heat and final double. The meeting looked like it had got off to the perfect start for Lewis when he took the chequered flag in the opening heat. However, a check of the lap charts revealed that Ivatt had gone ...

Nene Valley Harriers secured a magnificent victory on their UK Women’s Athletics League debut at Bedford. Despite never having competed at this level before as a team, the Harriers were sensational in the Division Three fixture, writes BARRY WARNE. Team captain Devon Spencer led by example, winning the B triple jump with a distance of 9.94m. Spencer also collected valuable ...