Sport

Gosberton’s Abbi Pulling put in two solid showings at rounds six and seven of the Ginetta Junior Championship over the weekend. Pulling, who is a rookie in the series, took 13th place in the first of the two weekend races at Thruxton. Although she finished 20.185secs behind race winner Patrick Kibble, she was only 1.384secs off a place in the ...

Johnathan Hoggard endured a mixed weekend at Thruxton as his F4 British Championship campaign continued. Weston Hills teenager Hoggard, who was once again racing for Fortec Motorsports, secured a sixth place in round seven at the Hampshire circuit before going off on the first lap in round eight and having to settle for 13th in round nine. That sees the ...

Seb Hayes has paid tribute to three of his Holbeach United players after the club held its end of season awards bash on Saturday night. Keeper Ricky Drury shared the coveted players’ player of the season award with defender Joe Braithwaite, while the Tigers’ number one also walked away with the supporters’ player of the year prize. Also collecting two ...

Some 42 competitors contested more than 210 races as South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club hosted the 34th Tulip Open meet. The Castle Sports Complex’s pool witnessed tumbling personal best (PB) times, many county qualifying times and medals galore. There was top action involving both the boys and girls, plus the exciting ‘skins’ finals – proving that the Spalding-based club really ...

Despite the spectacle of a flypast by a Lancaster Bomber, Nene Valley Harrier Jordan Foster was the one to watch at the Eye 10k – winning the ladies’ race by over two and a half minutes with a time of 38.06mins. Foster has made huge strides this year, running lifetime bests over distances ranging from 5km to the marathon, and ...

Spalding Grammar School’s senior football team lifted the coveted LB Cup crown for the first time after defeating Wellingborough 3-0. A double from top teenage talent Callum Davies and a late effort from substitute Kondwani Mwansa got the job done for the SGS boys, allowing skipper Sam East to proudly lift the trophy. Having been invited into the prestigious independent ...

Stamford Belevedere stunned Moulton Harrox Reserves 4-2 in the final of PFA Challenge Cup on Friday night to deny them a terrific treble. ChromaSport PDFL Division One champions and Chairman Championship Shield winners Harrox had gone 30 games unbeaten throughout the season – but the In2Itive Park final was one game too many for Kev Nottingham’s side. They threatened early ...

MOULTON HARROX 2 NETHERTON UTD 4 Moulton Harrox’s season came to an end with a 4-2 PFA Senior Cup final defeat as winners Netherton United completed a remarkable quadruple. All looked to be going to plan for Moulton when striker Marcus Parry fired them into a 29th-minute lead at Peterborough United’s ABAX Stadium on Thursday night. They held that lead ...

  Victories for Skegness and Spalding saw them stay in first and second places in the South Lincolnshire and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Skegness are nine points ahead but Spalding have a game in hand which they will catch up this weekend following Saturday’s 16 run victory over Grantham 2nd.  Spalding could manage only 117 runs but Grantham ...

Spalding United chairman Andy Gay says he is optimistic the Tulips will be challenging at the top of the new Evo-Stik Northern League East next season. Last week’s initial line-up included plenty of local derbies including Wisbech and Yaxley joining Stamford, Peterborough Sports and Lincoln United in Spalding’s division. However further changes to league allocations announced on Tuesday has seen ...

Just weeks after achieving a second successive promotion, Pinchbeck United have been rocked by uncertainty. Assistant manager Allan Ross, who has played a key role in the rise to the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, has left the club and there are question marks over manager Ian Dunn’s future. Ross has called for the community to back the Knights and more ...

Spalding clinically made short work of thrashing Welby Cavaliers on Saturday before the rain rolled in. The majority of South Lincolnshire and Borders Premier Division games were abandoned due to the late afternoon weather. But by the time the rain arrived in Welby, Spalding had already earned the 20 points after skittling the hosts out for just 71. After taking ...

After weeks of being rained off, Pinchbeck opened their season with a heavy defeat to Graves Park in the South Lincolnshire and Border League Cup on Saturday. Division One side Graves took a shine to their lower league opponents’ bowling and smashed a huge 362 for 5 from their 40 overs. Opener Chris King led from the off with his ...

It was a frustrating weekend for Long Sutton as they left Boston 2nd 158 all out in the South Lincolnshire and Border League Premier Division but were denied the chance to claim a first win of the season by the weather. Sutton put the visitors to Paradise Field in and worked hard to restrict them starting with Barry Stanway (1-14) ...

A stunning nearly run-a-ball century by Carl Andrews was a bright spark amid a rain hit Saturday for Spalding Town’s 2nd and 3rd XIs on Saturday. Skippering Spalding 3rd on Saturday, Andrews hit 18 fours in his 109 ball 103 in the South Lincolnshire and Borders League Division Two clash against Grantham 3rd. There was also a particularly fruitful partnership ...

Moulton Harrox cemented a second placed finish in the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division with a 2-0 win against Stamford Lions. Goals from Ian Bradbury and Louis Steadman sealed the win ahead of tonight’s PFA Cup Final. Holbeach United Reserves rounded off the Peterborough and District Football League Premier Division campaign in emphatic fashion with a 4-0 win ...

Spalding United brought down the curtain on an eventful 2017/18 season with a lively awards night in the Social Club on Saturday. After a topsy-turvy season, chairman Andy Gay and manager Chris Rawlinson were as one when declaring that to finish in 13th position still represented a successful season. A particular positive highlighted was the introduction to the first team ...

James Hale-Smith was the winner of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s biggest ever Spring Medal. Hale-Smith saw off the challenge of 152 other golfers from the region to take the title by a massive eight points. Second on count back was Mike Lewarne with 37 points just ahead of Long Sutton’s Leigh Chapman. Gavin Merrison was fourth, also on 37 ...

Trophies were pocketed rather than balls last weekend as the great and the good of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League celebrated the culmination of an exciting 2017/18 season in style. The event at Spalding Services Club on Friday, May 11 was a night to remember for the Highest Achievement Award winner Nigel Brasier. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” ...

Whatever the rest of the season held for the Spalding and District League it can at least be said it ended with a bang. Early in the evening Division 1’s Mine’s a Pint and 2’s Hurricane Brothers had concluded their Guardian Cup semi-final. The first game had gone to the Pinters 33-21 and Andy Hay and Jeremy Hitcham continued in ...