Sport

Tom Bell secured three wins at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday. The first race of the day was the second round of the Sunday Points, which saw six boats take to the water. Bell raced into an early lead ahead of Alan Cox, followed by Mark Holland and the pairing of Neal Tack and Shelly Woolridge. Bell, in a full ...

Pyradon are celebrating after winning the Cliff Hall Memorial Shield snooker event at Donington over the weekend. They’ve now won the snooker event, also known as the Donington Summer Shield, four times after seeing of Skegness in the final on Friday night. The team consisted of  Spencer Dawkins, Neil Reynolds, Alfonso Palumbo, Jason Green, James Sharpe and Marcus Hamilton.

Spalding RFC beat rivals Stamford RFC 25-22 in an entertaining pre-season clash on Saturday. Led by new skipper Richard Cooke, who was ably assisted by vice-skippers Ash Piccaver and Jason Steels, Town ran in five tries in the second half to turn a 12-point deficit on its head. The Elephants kicked off with wind and sloping pitch advantage looking for ...

Nene Valley Harriers completed their amazing season in the Southern Athletics League as champions with a 100 per cent record. Harriers first won the league two years ago – but confirmation did not come for a few days due to the close match point. This time was different, as there were no doubts after Nene Valley enjoyed a flawless record ...

Spalding Town were handed the narrowest of defeats by Louth in the Lincs ECB Premier Division on Saturday as they slipped deeper into the relegation mire. Having won the toss at London Road, rock-bottom Town were bowled out for 129 in 44.1 overs. A fine 53 from Warren Nel, which included nine fours, plus a 24 from Jon Miles and ...

Spalding United 0 Wisbech Town 2 Chris Rawlinson admitted that his Spalding United side were second best as Wisbech Town dumped them out of the Emirates FA Cup on Tuesday night. A stunning first-half free-kick from ex-Tulip Josh Ford (36) and Billy Smith’s late clincher (82) settled the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field replay in the Fenmen’s favour – banking ...

All-conquering Lincolnshire County Cricket Club are celebrating back-to-back Eastern Division Championship titles after a comprehensive victory over Hertfordshire at Cleethorpes. They went into the clash knowing that seven points would clinch them the title for the second successive year, but the team left nothing to chance and took the maximum 24 points on offer. Lincs made one change from the ...

Delighted assistant boss Paul Crowson felt that Moulton Harrox finally clicked in Saturday’s 6-0 demolition of previously unbeaten Ketton. Moulton moved four points clear at the top of the table with their fifth win from six ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division games after the Broad Lane drubbing. Jake Mason, deployed as a lone striker, shone with two of the goals while ...

Declan Earth helped himself to a hat-trick on debut to steer Spalding United Reserves to an emphatic 5-1 win over Stilton United in their ChromaSport Division Two opener on Saturday. After going behind early on, Hristos Dokov gave Spalding – relegated last season – parity at half-time. Rafal Marczewski netted a penalty to put the Tulips ahead, before Earth nocthed ...

Wisbech Town 2 Spalding United 2 A second-half equaliser from Cenk Acar earned Spalding United an Emirates FA Cup replay after an entertaining 2-2 draw at Wisbech Town in the Preliminary Round on Saturday. Having taken a 16th-minute lead through Jack Fixter the Tulips suddenly found themselves chasing the game at the Elgoods Stadium as the hosts went ahead with ...

Buckingham Town 2  Pinchbeck United 1 Disappointed player/boss Ian Dunn felt his Pinchbeck United side were given a “harsh reality check” as they slipped to their first defeat of the ChromaSport UCL Division One season on Saturday. Despite going 1-0 up through a classy 18-yard Corey Kingston finish, the Knights wasted a host of other chances – and were punished ...

Holbeach United 6 Northampton ON Chenecks 1 Seb Hayes saluted Holbeach United’s best performance of the season so far as they cruised past ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals ON Chenecks 6-1 in the Emirates FA Cup on Saturday. First-half strikes from Mitch Griffiths (2) and Lewis Leckie (pen 39 and 43) put the Tigers in command at Carter’s Park, before ...

Talented Weston Hills teenager Johnathan Hoggard showed plenty more promise in the British F4 Championship at Knockhill – but was left with little to show for his efforts. Buoyed by securing a first-ever point in the championship at the previous round, Hoggard looked set to repeat the trick for his Fortec Motorsports team before a series of collisions relegated him ...

Spalding United battled back to earn a 2-2 Emirates FA Cup draw at Wisbech Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United eased past divisional rivals ON Chenecks 6-1 in the same competition and Pinchbeck United suffered a 2-1 ChromaSport UCL Division One defeat at Buckingham Town. Starting with the Tulips, a second-half strike from Cenk Acar earned them a replay at ...

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson is looking forward to a “ding-dong” FA Cup clash at Wisbech Town on Saturday (3pm). The Tulips, who have won both of their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South games so far this season, are favourites to win the clash with UCL Premier Division outfit Wisbech at the Elgoods Stadium. Rawlinson admits that his side are ...

Seb Hayes is expecting ON Chenecks to give his Holbeach United side a tougher test in the Emirates FA Cup this Saturday (3pm). The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals clash at Carter’s Park for the second weekend on the spin, with the Tigers emerging as comfortable 3-0 winners last Saturday . Holbeach chief Hayes expects Chenecks, who sat very deep ...

Pinchbeck United thumped Bourne Town 4-0 in ChromasSport UCL Division One on Wednesday night, while Holbeach United were held 2-2 by Peterborough Northern Star in the Premier Division. Starting with Pinchbeck, goals for Corey Kingston (2), Ollie Maltby and Liam Ogden eased Ian Dunn’s side to their second win of the season. The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field success also ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits that Pinchbeck United’s trip to Buckingham Town on Saturday (3pm) will be another yardstick for his promoted side. The Knights are top of the table and unbeaten in their four ChromaSport UCL Division One after beating Bourne Town 4-0 on Wednesday, but are set for their first Saturday away game of the season. Dunn, who remembers ...

A junior football team from Spalding which represented England overseas has been handed a cash boost. Spalding United Blue Under-11s recently flew the flag for the country in a tournament in Denmark, having enjoyed success at local level during the regular season. The boys have extra reason to celebrate after receiving a £750 donation from Persimmon Homes East Midlands. The ...

Aaron Clarke is hoping to recapture the form he showed at Cadwell Park last year as the Pirelli National Superstock 600 heads to Louth this weekend. Kirton racer Clarke recorded a stellar seventh place at his home circuit for draperRACING last season – and, having shown a real improvement in recent rounds, he’s bidding to at last match that this ...