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Ian Dunn reckons that his Pinchbeck United side have proved that teams from the ChromaSport PDFL have nothing to fear about aiming for promotion to the United Counties League. The Knights, promoted from the PDFL Premier Division last season, are currently six points clear at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One – and ten of their regular line-up last ...

BOURNE TOWN 1 HOLBEACH UTD 2 First-half goals from Matt Warfield and Lewis Leckie (penalty) fires Holbeach United into the final of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy on Wednesday night. Hosts Bourne Town pulled one back with 20 minutes to go at the Abbey Lawn, but Seb Hayes’ side held on to secure a final berth. More to follow.  

Spalding 2nd enjoyed their best moment of the East Men’s Hockey League Division 3NW season so far on Saturday as they beat rivals City of Peterborough (CoP) 4th 3-1. Despite Spalding – who had managed just one win all season prior to the derby – producing a commanding opening 20 minutes, it was CoP who opened the scoring. After the ...

A number of South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club young guns clinched county qualifying times (CQT) at the Louth Meridian meet. Session one saw the youngest swimmer, 11-year-old Anya Strickland, gain her CQT in the 50m breaststroke with a time of 45.18secs that was good enough for third place. She then clocked a personal best time (PB) in her 100m backstroke ...

Members of Spalding Indoor Bowls Club spent a wonderful weekend of fun, laughter and entertainment at the renowned Potters Bowls in Norfolk. The event was the finals of the Open Singles Circuit, which had two players flying the flag for Spalding. The visitors were entertained by a fine display of bowling, with round robin group stages followed by a knockout ...

Services E threw their hat into the Spalding and District Snooker League Division One title race by beating leaders Bourne SA A 4-2 on Thursday night. A frame win from Martin Spencer (O14) – who made a 30 break en-route to seeing off Mark Gray (O105) – and a double from Chris Dunmore (O7) got the third-placed Spalding side over ...

Goals from Bobby Patterson and Danny Lambe-Hyner steered Moulton Harrox into the last eight of the Lincs Junior Cup on Saturday. Defender Patterson nodded Harrox ahead against Ruston Sports at Broad Lane, before turning provider for team-mate Lambe-Hyner to seal the victory. Nigel Steadman’s side will host Appleby Frodingham in the quarter-finals. In the ChromaSport PDFL, Sutton Bridge United were ...

Nene Valley Harriers ace Charlotte Taylor got bogged down in the Liverpool mud at the British Athletics Cross Challenge. Spalding native Taylor had travelled home from her San Francisco University base to be involved in the event, which also served as the European Cross Country Championship trials. The 23-year-old has been going from strength-to-strength since relocating to the USA, but ...

Spalding Water Polo are celebrating after being crowned champions of Division One in the Hertfordshire League. They concluded their season last Friday night with a 10-5 win at basement boys Bedford to secure top spot. The game started off tentatively in a first quarter that saw even opportunities for both teams. Bedford’s captain Irvine managed to capitalise on three occasions ...

Jokers opened up a healthy advantage at the top of Division One as the Spalding and District League returned to its league programme with a night where six of the seven matches were played and three others made progress. In the top tier, Jokers took a significant step forward by moving into a six-point lead while also having a game ...

WHITWORTH 0 HOLBEACH UTD 6 A second-half hat-trick from Will Bird helped Holbeach United wallop Wellingborough Whitworth 6-0 in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division on Saturday. An early Lewis Leckie goal gave the Tigers the lead at London Road, before George Zuerner grabbed a second to make it 2-0 at half-time. Charley Sanders, used as a central defender on what ...

MELTON TOWN 0 PINCHBECK UTD 2 A second-half stunner from Ash Murrell was the highlight as Pinchbeck United maintained their six-point lead at the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 2-0 triumph at Melton Town on Saturday. Tony Edwards gave the Knights a 30th-minute lead at Melton Sports Village, turning home an Andrew Tidswell cross from the Knights’ ...

Both Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United enjoyed impressive away wins on Saturday to continue their fine recent form. In the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, the Tigers moved up to second in the table after a resounding 6-0 victory at Wellingborough Whitworth. A second-half hat-trick from Will Bird inspired Seb Hayes’ side to a big away success, while George Zuerner, Charley ...

Spalding United 0 Alvechurch 1 Boss Chris Rawlinson felt he could take plenty of positives from Spalding United’s 1-0 defeat to Alvechurch on Saturday – despite it being their sixth loss on the spin. A clinical finish from Josh March in first-half stoppage time was enough to settle a tight Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field tussle in Church’s favour, but ...

Young gun Emma Agar raced to first place at round three of Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series on Sunday. With a reasonable wind blowing strong gusts, the safety boat crew were preparing for a busy morning. Despite that, some 12 boats – four with crew – made for the biggest attendance so far for the series (16). New juniors Rosie ...

Talented striker Jamie Jackson has become the latest player to leave Spalding United after agreeing a move to higher-graded Matlock Town. Boss Chris Rawlinson admits that the striker, who has been one of the Tulips’ brighter players this season, won’t be replaced by a player from outside of the club due to the recent – and well-documented – budget cuts. ...

Ian Dunn has challenged his red-hot Pinchbeck United side to keep their amazing form going and build up a commanding lead at the top of the ChromaSport UCL Division One table. The Knights are six points clear of the rest after winning eight games in and row, taking 33 points from the last 36 available, following their victory over Buckingham ...

Spalding Water Polo are looking to build up their junior section and launching new training sessions for youngsters. The sessions, which are for children aged between eight and 14, are run by a fully qualified ASA coach with support from senior players. Currently, Spalding Water Polo has attracted ten players in that bracket – but they’d love to see more ...

Survival in East Men’s Hockey League Division A now looks like a long shot for Spalding 1st after they were defeated 4-2 at fellow strugglers Saffron Walden on Saturday. Joe Rogers fired Spalding ahead after five minutes with a great short corner strike, but two soft goals were conceded before the half-time break to give the home side the advantage. ...

P & R Plant Hire Team Holbeach enjoyed a winning end to their season as they won the MSN Rally Championship. The father and daughter duo of David and Alice Tinn went into the final leg of the championship some 12 seconds down on the leaders. But they were on sensational form at Cadwell Park and eventually took the lead ...