Sport

Talented Spalding Golf Club professional Adam Keogh and junior Kevan Williamson picked up a top title last week. Keogh and Williamson topped the scoreboard in the PGA Professional and Junior event, which was played in a betterball format. Played at Torksey Golf Club, the Spalding duo scored an impressive 48 points to clinch the crown.p A host of fantastic finals ...

Oakham United 0 Pinchbeck United 3 Pinchbeck United climbed to the top of ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 3-0 win at Oakham United on Wednesday night. Top scorer Ollie Maltby headed the Knights ahead on four minutes from a James Gordon cross, before Andrew Tidswell nodded in a second from Ash Murrell’s delivering on 28 minutes. That’s how it ...

The fantastic foursome of Luke Chilvers, Glen Chilvers, Jack Chilvers and Ben Coddington won Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Texas Scramble Open event. Some 19 teams took part, with ‘away’ quartets from as far away as Grimsby involved. Men’s section: Greenkeepers Open – 1st Adrian Bishop 43pts; 2nd Stuart Turnell 41pts; 3rd Chris Blakey 39pts. October Medal – 1st James Smith ...

Seb Hayes admits that Holbeach United will find out exactly where they are this season when they square off with two ChromaSport UCL Premier Division heavyweights. The Tigers, who are now eight in the standings, visit table-topping Leicester Nirvana on Saturday (3pm) and then host Eynesbury Rovers on Wednesday (7.45pm). They are ten points behind Nirvana with three games in ...

Chris Rawlinson is keen for Spalding United to put their cup woes behind them and focus on mounting another play-off charge – starting with Saturday’s home clash against Carlton Town. The Tulips now have no choice but to put all of their energy into Evo-Stik NPL First Division South games after last weekend’s FA Trophy loss at Chasetown ended their ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club picked up a big victory over county rivals Grantham in the Egham Trophy. Sunday’s match was played with two rinks at each venue, with Spalding romping to an overall 107-53 victory. At home, Matt Whyers won 40-6 and Martin Spencer won 18-16. At Grantham, meanwhile, Ashley Caress lost 14-22 and Jordan Philpott won 35-9 to ensure ...

Tom Bell and Gail Follington both clinched titles as Welland Yacht Club’s Sunday Points series and Personal Handicap series reached a climax on Sunday. The first race of the day was to determine the winner of the Sunday Points series. With a strong breeze blowing, all boats got away – but it wasn’t too long before a few got caught ...

Promoted Spalding 1st finally have their maiden East Men’s Hockey League Premier A point after a 1-1 draw with fellow strugglers Ipswich 1st – but they were left to rue late missed chances at Glen Park. With both sides having failed to register a point between them in their opening five games of the season, it looked like being an ...

Pyramid B finally ended Bourne SC A’s winning start to the new Spalding and District Snooker League Division One season on Thursday night. Breaks of 40, 38 and 36 from Spencer Dawkins (O49 handicap), Alfonso Palumbo (O49) and Dave Pearson (O14) respectively helped secure the win 4-2 – while Keith Duly (O21) beat Ian Clare (O14) in the final frame ...

Four motocross racers from Pinchbeck concluded their impressive campaigns at a trophy-laden presentation night. Darren Andrew earned second place in the Veterans group to cap a super season. In the Small Wheel 85 class, meanwhile, Brodie Ferguson (12) sealed sixth place and brother Bradley Ferguson (11) secured 12th. The youngest Ferguson brother – eight year-old Jack – also finished fourth ...

With Spalding RFC’s top two teams not in action over the weekend all eyes were on the veteran side – and they beat Deepings vets 47-28 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. In a highly entertaining match, Spalding Vets dominated the first half and ran in six unanswered tries to lead their visitors 32-0. Half time substitutions by the Deepings ...

WELLINGBOROUGH TOWN 1 HOLBEACH UTD 3 In-form Holbeach United made it 12 wins from 13 games in all competitions with a fine 3-1 victory at Wellingborough Town on Tuesday night. A second-minute penalty from Joe Smith and Mitch Griffiths’ cracking effort put them in command midway through the first half of the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at the Dog ...

The girls from Spalding Gymnastic Academy produced a sensational showing across the board at the County Team Level 5/4/3/2 competition. Leading the way were the Level 5 ‘A’ team, who took the gold medal in a category where the ‘B’ team also performed to the best of their ability. Also in the medals were the Level 3 team, who secured ...

Premier League official Kevin Friend was the special guest at the recent meeting of Spalding Referees Association. The meeting at Spalding United saw a good attendance as Friend talked about his rise from grass roots to the most watched league in the world and the difficulties he encountered on the way. He also welcomed comments about clips of film and ...

Sutton Bridge United were denied a massive ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win on Saturday – because their opponents refused to play the second half. Rampant Bridge were 10-0 up against opponents Stanground Sports at half-time, with Matt Eaton (5), Jake Lally (3), Ben English and Sam Cooper all netting at Memorial Park. Stanground, who started with seven men before two ...

Tydd St Mary kicked-off the defence of their Spalding Inter-Services Trophy with a resounding 6-0 away win at Old Doningtonians on Saturday. In blustery conditions, both teams were struggling with the wind, but it was the Saints that were getting the ball down and playing patient football on the deck. They were rewarded after 25 minutes when a loose ball ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League was hit by a wave of postponements last week – but six matches still went ahead. Jokers and Moulton SE continue to fight out the top of Division One. Jokers faced Mine’s a Pint and won all five games, Sasha Martin and Guntars Briedes sharing the spoils. For the losers Jeremy Hitcham had ...

Youngsters from Spalding Rugby Club shared matchday with ten-time English champions Leicester Tigers last weekend and followed in the footsteps of legends on the Welford Road pitch. Tigers secured a bonus-point win against French visitors Castres Olympique in the European Champions Cup as the Lincolnshire group performed Flag Waver duties, parading a giant Tigers flag in the moments building up ...

CHASETOWN 2 SPALDING UTD 1 Spalding United’s woeful record in cup competitions continued in Staffordshire on Saturday when they were booted out of the Buildbase FA Trophy by Chasetown – although a few wood shavings prevented them from taking the first qualifying round game to a replay. As the game entered added time, Tulips’ man-of-the-match Jordan Lemon watched on in ...

BUCKINGHAM TOWN 0 HOLBEACH UNITED 6 Cup kings Holbeach United cruised into the last eight of the ChromaSport UCL Knockout Cup with a dominant 6-0 win at Buckingham Town on Saturday. The Tigers, who are already in the semi-finals of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy, booked a quarter-final with Harrowby United thanks to goals from Mitch Griffiths (2), Joe Smith ...