Sport

Much of this weekend’s outdoor sport is likely to be postponed due to the heavy snowfall over the past few days. In football, Spalding United’s trip to Sheffield FC in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South was called off on Friday morning. Pinchbeck United’s fixture at Thrapston Town in ChromaSport UCL Division was also postponed on Thursday afternoon, while Holbeach United’s ...

The success of the Nene Valley Harriers production line was showcased in London on Saturday as graduates past and present made their mark on the England Cross Country Championship at Parliament Hill Fields. Although now a member of the highly successful Cambridge and Coleridge AC long distance squad, Lloyd Kempson still represents Nene Valley on the track. After a disappointing ...

Weston Hills teenager Johnathan Hoggard will be back on the British Formula 4 (F4) grid next season after securing a full-time seat with Fortec Motorsports. Hoggard, who is 17, contested the second half of the 2017 season with Fortec, having concentrated on his education at the beginning of the year. He visited the podium once in his 12 race stint ...

Spalding United have a great chance to improve upon their miserable away record when they travel to Evo-Stik NPL First Division South basement side Sheffield FC on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips haven’t picked up as much as a point away from home since last October, but boss Chris Rawlinson feels that “the law of averages” suggests that the run has ...

Bullish boss Seb Hayes insists that Holbeach United will accept promotion if they manage to finish in the top two of the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division this season. Due to non-league restructuring, the teams that finish in the top two this campaign are compelled to take promotion to Step Four – and failure to do so would result in demotion ...

Confident player/boss Ian Dunn says that Pinchbeck United aren’t feeling any pressure as they close in on the ChromaSport UCL Division One title. The Knights took another huge step towards being crowned champions in their first-ever season at Step Six of the non-league ladder after moving 13 points clear at the summit last weekend. With just nine games left to ...

Spalding United have announced that they are launching an under-18s Elite Development side in the 2018/19 season. An application has gone in to enter a proposed suitable league for the team, alonsgide playing in the FA Youth Cup. The move further enhances Spalding’s plan – which is backed and supported by the board and first team manager Chris Rawlinson, to ...

Week 21 of the Spalding and District Table Tennis League season served up another round of league fixtures, with six matches completed on the night. At the top of Division One, the margins remained unchanged as both leaders Moulton SE and chasers South Holland took 5-0 victories. The former faced a weakened Underdogs, winning all their points in straight ends. ...

Long Sutton 1st have been relegated from East Men’s Hockey League Division One after going down 4-3 at home to Old Southendian 1st on Saturday. Josh Fyson (2) and Daniel Batten netted for Sutton at the Peele Leisure Centre, but their 14th defeat from 18 games this season sees Sutton slip into Division 2NW next year. Also staring relegation in ...

Services E have edged ahead in the exciting race for silverware in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League. Second at the start of play, Services won a tight tussle with Consti F 4-2 thanks to a final frame triumph from Craig Fitter (O56), who made breaks of 23 and 20, against Robert Adams (O14). Earlier in the ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club won an amazing haul of medals at the Lincs ASA County Championships. A relatively small team attended, with 14 girls and six boys brought home 12 gold, 20 silver and 20 bronze medals, as well as seeing three junior champions crowned, winning one junior silver and one junior bronze. To complete their haul the Spalding ...

Moulton Harrox were handed a sensational 6-1 home drubbing by Premier Division rivals Netherton United in the semi-final of the President Premier Shield. Joe Townsend was Harrox’s scorer in the Broad Lane beating, with Zack Fisher (3), Karl Gibbs, Callum Madigan and Ryan Wood on target for Premier Division leaders Netherton. Holbeach United Reserves were also beaten in the last ...

RUSHDEN & HIGHAM UTD 0 PINCHBECK UTD 1 Ian Dunn praised Pinchbeck United’s impressive away form as they moved 13 points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 1-0 victory at Rushden and Higham United on Saturday. Ollie Maltby struck the only goal of the game a Hayden Road from close range in the final minute ...

HOLBEACH UTD 1 LEICESTER NIRVANA 1 Top scorer Lewis Leckie ended his personal goal drought on Saturday – but his Holbeach United side had to settle for a 1-1 draw against Leicester Nirvana. Leckie, who hadn’t notched since the 3-0 victory over St Andrews on January 6, opened the scoring with a fortunate finish on 35 minutes of the ChromaSport ...

SPALDING UTD 0 MARKET DRAYTON 0 Chris Rawlinson admitted that Spalding United lacked the cutting edge to break down Market Drayton Town on Saturday. The Tulips were held to a 0-0 draw against their fellow Evo-Stik NPL First Division South strugglers at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Although they bossed possession and had the better of the chances, Rawlinson ...

Relentless Pinchbeck United moved 13 points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 1-0 win at Rushden and Higham United on Saturday, while Holbeach United were held 1-1 by Leicester Nirvana in the Premier Division and Spalding United drew 0-0 with Market Drayton United in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. Starting with the Knights, Ollie Maltby’s ...

Frustrated Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes has vowed to do everything in his power to get an apology after being cleared of head-butting a match official. Hayes is currently serving a five-match stadium ban after admitting swearing at an assistant referee following the Tigers’ 4-0 drubbing at Wisbech Town on Boxing Day. But the Tigers boss was also accused of ...

Chris Rawlinson has challenged his Spalding United side to end any lingering relegation fears they may over the next three games. The 15th-placed Tulips begin a sequence of matches against teams currently below them in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South table with a home date against Market Drayton Town on Saturday (3pm). Spalding are currently seven points clear of ...

Confident Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn reckons that his side are just five wins away from sealing the ChromaSport UCL Division One title. The Knights moved ten points clear of nearest rivals Raunds Town on Saturday after their 4-0 victory over Melton Town – and they have two games in hand on them. With just ten games left, Pinchbeck need ...

Aspiring young golfers are being offered the chance to learn from the best and follow in the footsteps of Spalding Golf Club’s Elite Junior Squad. Spalding Golf Club has long been recognised as having a strong junior section – and the current crop are no exception, with seven of them turning out for Lincolnshire and one representing England. The one ...