Sport

Nene Valley Harriers’ young track and field team enjoyed their day in the spotlight at Bedford in the finals of the Eastern Young Athletes League. Having battled to qualify by finishing in the top six in the league, the athletes knew they’d be in for some tough competition against the region’s elite. Despite finishing fifth out of the six teams ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s men’s Autumn Open was a record-breaking event with a field of 150 players taking part in a stroke play competition. The course was in excellent condition and allowed for some very good scores – the best of which coming from Andy Hix, who took the trophy with a nett 67, only beating John Kelledger (second ...

BOSTON TOWN 0 HOLBEACH UTD 1 Lewis Leckie’s second-half header earned ten-man Holbeach United a place in the second round of the Lincs FA Senior Trophy as they edged out in-form rivals Boston Town 1-0 at the DWB Stadium on Tuesday night. Striker Leckie turned home the only goal of the game on 60 minutes, nodding into an empty net ...

Spalding United 2 Lincoln United 1 Nine-man Spalding United staved off a late Lincoln United barrage to bag a dramatic derby win on Tuesday night. A spectacular Nathan Whitehead effort gave the Tulips an 11th-minute lead at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, before Gary King lashed home a deflected near-post effort (54) to seemingly put the Evo-Stik NPL Division ...

Red-hot striker Jake Clitheroe scored an amazing NINE goals as Tydd St Mary thrashed hosts AFC Stanground Sports Reserves 12-3 in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. The ex-Holbeach United hitman now has 16 goals in five games for the Saints, who are ninth after winning three of their first five games in their first-ever season in the PDFL’s second ...

A super knock of 77 from Warren Nel couldn’t stop Spalding Town losing the penultimate game of their Lincs ECB Premier League season by five wickets at Boston. Already-relegated Town posted a very respectable 184-8 batting first at the Mayflower, having been put into bat by their hosts. However, despite Brandon Andrews taking 3-46 to reduce Boston to 24-3 in ...

SPALDING RFC 27 BIRSTALL RFC 8 Spalding RFC ran in five tries as they clinched their first win of the Midlands Three East (North) season by beating Birstall 27-8 at the Memorial Field on Saturday. A warm welcome was extended to Birstall for their first-ever visit to the ground, with Spalding naming a strong team in the match programme featuring ...

SPALDING UNITED 2 BEDWORTH UTD 1 A Gary King double brought a five-match winless sequence to a relieved end for Spalding United at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Both of King’s goals came from dead-ball situations, a 25-yard free kick (15) followed by a penalty (33) in a lively Evo-Stik NPL First Division South encounter which saw ...

A double from Gary King fired Spalding United to a 2-1 triumph over Bedworth United on Saturday. King netted with a free-kick and a penalty in the first half of the Evo-Stik NPL First Divisions South clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Matt Varley and the Bedworth keeper were both sent off in the second half before the ...

Deflated Pinchbeck United player/boss Ian Dunn felt his side showed a bit of naivety during Friday night’s 5-1 home FA Vase hammering against Holbeach United. The Knights had the better of the chances in a goalless first period, but were put to the sword after the break – with four of the five goals coming in the last 15 minutes ...

Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes admitted that his side had extra motivation to beat Pinchbeck United on Friday night – because they showed no class in the build-up to the derby. The Knights made a seven-day notice of approach for Holbeach hitman Charley Sanders ahead of the clash and Hayes claims they “took the mickey” by talking to him about ...

Spalding United supremo Chris Rawlinson reckons that his three-man signing spree will keep his side in the mix at the top end of Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. Rawlinson watched on as Coalville Town loanees Devante Reittie and Bradley Maslen-Jones impressed on debut at Stamford last weekend, before swooping to bring midfielder Conor Marshall in from rivals Corby Town. Reittie ...

Pinchbeck Utd 1 Holbeach Utd 5 Five-star Holbeach United thrashed South Holland neighbours Pinchbeck United 5-1 in the FA Vase after a sensational second-half showing on Friday night. After a goalless first period that saw Corey Kingston miss two glorious chances for the Knights at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, the Tigers ruthlessly put their rivals to the sword ...

Tom Bell’s rich vein of form at Welland Yacht Club continued on Sunday as he sealed three wins to clinch the Grounds Trophy regatta. Some eight boats took to the water for the first race of the day, contested in fairly blustery conditions. The race got under way with Paul Burton taking the lead on the water from Bell and ...

More than just local pride will be on the line for Pinchbeck United when they take on South Holland neighbours Holbeach United the FA Buildbase Vase on Friday night. Promoted from the ChromaSport PDFL last season, the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field showdown is Pinchbeck’s first-ever game in the lucrative FA Vase – but the fact it’s against Holbeach makes ...

This year’s Mildenhall Cycling Festival once proved to be a happy hunting for Spalding Cycling Club grass track team. With activities spread over three days, the usual programme devised by Max Pendleton and the organising team from Mildenhall Cycling Club offered chances of good, competitive racing. Numbers appeared to be down, but the usual high standard of racing went off ...

More than £1,500 was raised on Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Seniors Open Charity Day. Some 90 golfers from around the region took part in a team four-ball Stableford competition, on what was a glorious day for golf. Home foursome Dan Newell, Vinny Day, Lee Smith and Neil John took the first prize with 132 points, ahead of John Gamble, ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club were left brimming with pride after four of their members were chosen to represent Lincolnshire in the Junior Inter-Counties Competition. Ellisha Cookson, Aurinija Maliauskaite, Hannah Willis and Ellie O’Brien were part of the team that competed against teams from Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Warwickshire and Bedfordshire at the Inspire Swimming Complex in Luton. The event ...

Spalding Town’s relegation from the Lincs ECB Premier Division was confirmed on Saturday after a six-wicket defeat at high-flying Grantham. Having won the toss and elected to bat, Spalding were bowled out for just 119 in 38.5 overs with Jordan Butcher (37) top scoring. Grantham then knocked off the runs in 24 overs, despite three more wickets from the ever-impressive ...

Spalding duo Martin Spencer and Steve Hill have become only the second-ever Lincolnshire team to win the pairs title at National Bowls Championships. Spencer and Hill, who represent Royal Mail Cart locally, were representing their county at the Leamington Spa event having won through a host of qualifying matches throughout the season. They are the first LIncolnshire duo to win ...