Sport

Adam Keogh has been named as the PGA Midlands Professional of the year. It’s the second big award for Spalding Golf Club’s popular club professional in recent months, having also landed the Lincolnshire Professional of the Year prize for 2017. Keogh, who replaced Chris Huggins as Spalding’s club professional back in June, said: “It’s a huge honour to be named ...

Spalding United Football Club are pleased to announce they will be hosting the inaugural Tulip Trophy in May 2018. The Tulip Trophy event is a football tournament for Academy and Elite Development sides from around England for under-7s through to under-12s in the first year. The event, which is co-ordinated by Spalding’s under-21s Development Manager Lewis Thorogood, will see sides ...

On-song Stuart Atkin hit the joint-highest break of the Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two season so far as he made super 69 on Thursday. Long Sutton C’s Atkin (O42) was in sensational form to crush opponent Wayne Howard (O28) in the fourth frame – but his heroics couldn’t stop Long Sutton B winning the showdown 4-2. That result ...

HOLBEACH UTD 1 WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN 1 Holbeach United’s hopes of mounting a serious ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title charge were dealt a blow on Saturday as Wellingborough Town held them to a frustrating 1-1 draw at Carter’s Park. After blowing a host of first-half chances and seeing the visitors have Nathanael Ansu sent off just before the half-time interval, the ...

Week 19 for the Spalding and District Table Tennis League was scheduled for round one of the Guardian Cup – but just five of the seven ties were played, with one unfinished. In this competition teams play four singles games to 33, total the scores and then one team is handed a handicap, hidden till after the match. 200up, two ...

Moulton Harrox’s relentless pursuit of silverware this season shows no sign of stopping after they booked a place in the semi-final of the PFA Senior Cup on Saturday. ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title favourites Harrox, who have already booked a place in the final of the Lincs FA Junior Cup, beat Deeping Rangers 3-2 at Broad Lane over the weekend. ...

Spalding United 1 Stocksbridge PS 1 A last-gasp penalty miss from Rory Coleman ensured that Spalding United collected a deserved share of the spoils against play-off chasing Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday. King’s Lynn Town loanee Tom Siddons netted nine minutes into his Tulips debut to give the hosts an early lead in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South clash, ...

Holbeach United slipped to fourth in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division table on Saturday after dropping points at home to Wellingborough Town. While nearest rivals Yaxley, Newport Pagnell Town and Wisbech Town were all smashing six goals in wins, the Tigers were held to a 1-1 draw by the Doughboys at Carter’s Park. After a goalless first period that saw ...

Bullish boss Seb Hayes doesn’t feel that his Holbeach United side are under as much pressure as their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title rivals. The Tigers hit the summit for the first this season on Saturday after a dramatic 2-1 victory over Harborough Town on Saturday, but dropped back to second after Yaxley’s 8-0 win over Boston Town on Tuesday ...

Chris Rawlinson feels his Spalding United side must now start looking up the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South table instead of worrying about the threat of relegation. After seeing Saturday’s trip to Gresley and Tuesday night’s home date with Frickley Athletic postponed, the Tulips remain 13th in the standings – some six points off the bottom. But, with around half ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn concedes that his Pinchbeck United side have to be considered “odds-on” to win the title after moving ten points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One last Saturday – but stopped short of saying the job was already done. The Knights edged out second-placed Raunds Town 1-0 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on ...

Gosberton teenager Abbi Pulling was handed three big trophies at the British Women Racing Drivers’ Club’s awards bash. Karting ace Pulling won the BWRDC Mary Wheeler Embassy Trophy as she was crowned Club Champion, as well as winning the Kartsport Trophy and the Junior Shield for her performances in 2017. The 14-year-old, who drives a Junior TKM kart, won the ...

Riverain’s Glenn Williams beat Connor Cinato 2-1 in a high-quality final at the Castle Sports Complex to become the Under-25 Spalding Open champion for 2018 on Saturday. The Premier threes tournament was generously sponsored by Jet2.com holiday – who donated £700 in prize money – and saw some of the best young players in the region in action. Williams, facing ...

Free-scoring Tydd St Mary got back to winning ways on Saturday with a convincing 9-0 win away over Kings Cliffe United in ChromaSport PDFL Division One. With a point to prove after last week’s Spalding Inter Services Trophy semi-final exit at the hands of local rivals Long Sutton, the Saints started strongly and were 1 -0 up after just five ...

Two narrow defeats over the weekend perfectly summed up Spalding 1st’s season in East Men’s Hockey League Premier A. On Saturday, Spalding suffered a 4-3 loss at Ipswich 1st before suffering last-gasp heartache in a 3-2 reverse against Letchworth 1st just 24 hours later. The first clash saw an experienced Ipswich side hold on to win this crucial relegation battle ...

Three of Spalding Grammar School’s talented hockey teams have been in fine form in their most recent fixtures. Leading the way were the under-16 side, who cruised to an 11-0 win over Stamford School A/B. Captain Josh Baker led by example with four of the goals, while Max Bland (3), Will Taylor (2), Harry Wakeham and Alex Doughty also netted. ...

Division One leaders Bourne SC A saw their title charge gather real momentum in Spalding and District Snooker League last week. The table toppers picked up ten points from two games as they thrashed fellow high-fliers Pyramid A 6-0 in a rearranged game on Tuesday and then edged out Donington C 4-2 in a much closer clash on Thursday night. ...

Another busy week in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League saw 13 matches played. In Division One, joint leaders Jokers were again a player short – but Guntars Briedes took both points against Nets n Edges to set up a win. However, Moulton SE – who were tied with them – completed their match with Aches and Pains and ...

HOLBEACH UNITED 2 HARBOROUGH TOWN 1 Charley Sanders jumped off the bench to score an injury-time winner for Holbeach United on Saturday – and send his side top of the table. Sanders buried a brilliant strike three minutes into added time to give the Tigers a 2-1 win over Harborough Town at Carter’s Park on what could prove to be ...

Moulton Harrox eased into the final of the Lincs FA Junior Cup with a routine 5-0 victory over Sleaford Sports on Saturday. Billed as strong favourites, Harrox had the Broad Lane semi-final wrapped up inside the opening 30 minutes thanks to strikes from Joe Townsend (18), Bobby Patterson (21) and Marcus Parry (29). Although they took their foot off the ...