Sport

The finals of the Spalding Primary Schools Hockey Tournaments – hosted by Spalding Hockey Club – were held at Glen Park last week. Some 17 teams from 14 primary schools (around 150 youngsters in total) competed in four graded leagues in a hugely successful conclusion to the season. The teams were placed in advance, intermediate and two beginner leagues. The ...

Nene Valley Harriers came through a tough test to pick up valuable points in the opening match of their 2018 British Athletics League Division Three campaign at Trafford writes BARRY WARNE. Several key athletes were unavailable for the long trip up north – but those who travelled battled hard for every point as the Harriers finished sixth out of eight ...

Seb Hayes feels that his Holbeach United side came up about 20 goals short of winning the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division this season. The Tigers, who lifted the Lincs FA Senior Trophy last Wednesday night (see page 37), will finish either fourth or fifth after concluding their campaign with a 1-0 defeat at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday. Hayes saluted his ...

Spalding Golf Club’s third team enjoyed an impressive 4-2 win over their counterparts from Stoke Rochford on Friday. The wins came from Greg Wright and Andy Green, Richard Baker and Martin Broderick, Graham Chamberlain and Jose Carles and Andy Cunnington and Louie Gooderson at Surfleet. Spalding’s mixed team took a bit of a pasting away to Peterborough on Friday, losing ...

Title-winning player/boss Ian Dunn insists that the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division should hold no fears for Pinchbeck United next season – on the pitch, at least. The Knights cruised to the UCL Division One title this year, finishing 11 points clear of runners-up Potton United and ending the campaign on a 28-game winning run. It was an incredible showing in ...

Lincolnshire County Cricket Club commenced their 2018 season with two matches against Northumberland at Jesmond in the newly introduced Unicorns T20 competition. The competition now requires the teams to play two matches in a day. In the first match Lincolnshire were put in to bat and their innings was dominated by Louis Kimber who scored 162 not out from 55 ...

Spalding Town continued their red-hot start to the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season with a big 171-run win over Billingborough on Saturday. Half-centuries from Jonathan Miles (63) and skipper Josh Newton (51) steered Spalding to 216 all out in 44 overs at Billingborough, before Julian Wilson’s 6-25 knocked over the hosts for just 45. The win leaves ...

Impressive knocks from Jack Barnett and Ansar Hussain helped Moulton Harrox record their first South Lincs and Border League Division One win of the season on Saturday. Harrox eased to a 149-run triumph over hosts Heckington, having posted an imposing 224-4 batting first. Despite losing Steven Rushworth (9) and Louis Greetham (3) early on – both run out by Harry ...

Kirton racer Aaron Clarke felt that an untimely crash cost him at least a podium position at Oulton Park over the weekend. Clarke was unlucky to crash out of second place when going for the race lead in round three of the National Superstock 600 championship. The draperRACING ace, who has enjoyed a stellar start to the season, was having ...

The new Spalding Leisure League season has just started – and there is still time to get one of the last few remaining spots in the six-a-side competition. The competition takes place at Glen Park in Surfleet and has been proving very popular. With a few games gone, Boston lead the way, but there is space for just a couple ...

Consistency proved key as Martin Cook won Welland Yacht Club’s Tulip Regatta on Sunday. The warm weather and light winds brought out 14 boats for the popular event, which was run with personal handicaps to make the racing more competitive. Race one began with a short beat up to the first mark and it was Will Cook who was first ...

It was as mixed weekend for the two G&S Racing Kawasaki racers at Oulton Park. Tom Fisher rode to a strong 27th place in the Superstock 1000 class while Milo Ward was unlucky to crash heavily in the Superstock 600 race and had to sit out the weekend after being declared unfit to race. Fisher had been struggling with an ...

Andy Molsom admits that this season in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club’s SigMax class is proving more difficult than he imagined. Molsom, who is used to challenging for the championship, has struggled in the opening rounds of this year’s series after making a jump up in class over the close season. Races at Oulton Park and Cadwell Park have so ...

Josh Wallis continued his recent good form with another top time at Spalding Cycling Club’s ten-mile time trial league last Tuesday. As always seems the case, there was a brisk breeze – but once out on the course it was better than expected. Wallis took first spot in a time of 22.37mins, just ahead of Tim Lister – who is ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club members completed their competitive campaigns by winning five county trophies. Leading the way was Graham Smith, who beat R Vinter 2-0 in the sets singles. Chelsea Tomlin then beat L Harris in the under-25 ladies singles, while Aaron Wild beat A Hodgson 21-5 in the 18 and under senior singles. Lauren Finbow, Danielle Wild, Ruby Hill ...

Some 15 swimmers from South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club attended the Last Chance Regional Qualifiers meet at the regional pool in Peterborough. And, with senior members of the squad competing at Sheffield in the Regional Championship, it was time for the club’s emerging youth to shine. The window for Lincolnshire’s Counties entry is now open – with Charlotte Ciuberkyte (age ...

Pottermus Clarets have clinched the Spalding and District League Division Two title with one week to spare. They faced Castle Sports and took both points in straight ends – which gives them a total of 59 points with four matches left unfinished. Chasers Hurricane Brothers are only able to score a maximum of 57 in the unlikely event of them ...

Skegness lead the Premier Division of the South Lincolnshire and Border League with Spalding Town eight points behind but with a game in hand. Both sides had a successful weekend, as did third placed Sleaford 2nd, Skegness bowling Bourne 2nd out for 66 and going on to win by eight wickets. Josh Newton hit 51 for Spalding and Jonathan Miles ...

Holbeach United were beaten 1-0 at Kirby Muxloe on Saturday as their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season came to a close. The loss means that Seb Hayes’ side will only finish fourth if Deeping Rangers fail to win at Cogenhoe United in their season finale on Friday night. Meanwhile, Yaxley were crowned ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champions after Wisbech Town ...

Kirton race Aaron Clarke and his draperRACING team-mate Tommy Philp head to Oulton Park this weekend for round three of their respective championships. Clarke – who has enjoyed a super start to the season – has just the one race in the National Supersport 600 series, while Philp will contest two races in the British Supersport Championship. Both riders took ...