Sport

Spalding Hockey Club is looking forward to welcoming back Matt Taylor and his coaching team to Glen Park for the sixth year and another of his outstanding two-day coaching camps. A former England hockey player, Taylor now coaches at top English club Beeston HC and will be holding the camp at Glen Park, Surfleet on Thursday and Friday (August 24 ...

The practically unbeatable Spalding Rugby Club U12 team has been nominated for the Community Sports Group prize in the Pride awards. Last season the team won four tournaments and lost only one game. The nomination states: “Spalding Rugby Club’s U12 team is made up of boys from all around South Holland, with fantastic support from their keen as mustard parents. ...

Tom Bell enjoyed a winning treble as Welland Yacht Club kicked off two new race series’ on Sunday. Some ten boats took to the water for the morning’s opening race of the Sunday Points Series. The build-up to the start saw the competitors greeted by a reasonable breeze, which made for an interesting pre-start as all jostled for position – ...

Lloyd Kempson won the final race of the Peterborough Grand Prix 5k season at Werrington – but Nene Valley Harriers stars Michael Channing and Grace Mullins confirmed themselves as worthy winners of the series. Indeed, Mullins completed the summer with a 100 per cent record of winning all four of the races that she entered after also sealing glory at ...

Ben Moore and Matt Ellis are locked in a brilliant battle for overall glory in Spalding Cycling Club’s 2017 10 mile Time Trial League. The man in form is Moore, who bagged wins at rounds eight and nine, but both riders remain in the hunt for overall glory ahead of the season finale. Kind weather conditions for round eight enabled ...

Andy Molsom remains in the hunt for Caterham Super-Graduates Championship glory after putting in two strong showings at Zandvoort. Spalding speedster Molsom finished second in round ten at the Holland track, before storming to victory in round 11 to go 12 points clear at the top of the driver standings. However, taking into account dropping the three worst results, he ...

Spalding Town picked up their first Lincs ECB Premier League win in five weeks on Saturday – but an untimely points penalty saw them fall further behind in the race for survival. The basement boys should have been toasting a 17-point haul after seeing off Alford by 73 runs at Spalding Grammar School. Instead, they were hit with a 24-point ...

Pinchbeck’s promotion bid gathered pace on Saturday as they cruised past rivals Spalding 3rd to go second in South Lincs and Border League Division Two. Lee Smith scored a half-century as Pinchbeck managed a solid 173 batting first in the Memorial Field clash. Town were all out for 76 in reply, giving Pinchbeck a hefty 97-run win and 18 match ...

A late Matt Watkin cracker earned Moulton Harrox a hard-fought victory at Stanground Sports on Saturday as they made it four wins from as many ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division games. Putting in a performance described as “workmanlike” by assistant boss Paul Crowson, Harrox needed 70 minutes to break their hosts down at Yaxley’s In2itive Park. The introduction of the pacy ...

Spalding United 2 Corby Town 1 Spalding United’s eye-catching start to the new Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season continued with a terrific 2-1 win over Corby Town on Tuesday night. The Tulips took a half-time lead when Gary King (39) fired home at the near post following a saved Cenk Acar penalty, before Matt Varley buried 47th-minute header to ...

STOCKSBRIDGE PS 0 SPALDING UNITED 2 A fully-committed performance – including two sweetly-taken goals and a penalty save by Michael Duggan – saw Spalding United open their Evo-Stik NPL Division One South season on a winning note. After a hit and miss pre-season programme, manager Chris Rawlinson at last had a full squad – apart from the injured Jordan Lemon ...

Holbeach United 3 ON Chenecks 0 Holbeach United continued their flawless start to the new season with a comfortable 3-0 win over ON Chenecks on Saturday – but boss Seb Hayes insists his side still have an extra 20 per cent to give. A quick-fire first-half double from frontman Lewis Leckie (pen 18 and 20) gave the Tigers a 2-0 ...

PINCHBECK UTD 1 LUTTERWORTH TOWN 1 A last-gasp strike denied Pinchbeck United what would have been a big win over an impressive Lutterworth Town side on Saturday. Ollie Maltby fired what looked like being the winner for the Knights five minutes from time in the ChromaSport UCL Division One clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Lutterworth levelled with ...

Rob Gordon got his hands on Spalding Tennis Club’s annual Buster Cup tournament last Thursday. The annual cup commemorate Buster Kemp, a much loved veteran club member at the Holyrood Walk club. The points competition was played over fivem with Gordon – who scored 24 of a possible 40 points – narrowly beating his two closest rivals by one point. ...

Spalding United made a winning start to the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South season by beating hosts Stocksbridge Park Steels 2-0 on Saturday, while Holbeach United beat ON Chenecks 3-0 and Pinchbeck United drew 1-1 with Lutterworth Town. Starting with the Tulips, goals from Cenk Acar (19) and Gary King (72) gave Chris Rawlinson’s side an impressive away victory on ...

Seb Hayes hopes that Holbeach United will keep their stellar start to the new season going ahead of successive Saturday showdowns with Northampton ON Chenecks. The Tigers host Chenecks in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division on Saturday, before also welcoming them to Carter’s Park next weekend in the FA Cup. Sandwiched inbetween those clashes is another home date with Peterborough ...

Boss Chris Rawlinson insists that Spalding United’s disappointing pre-season forms means “absolutely nothing” ahead of their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South opener at Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday. The Tulips have lost five of their seven pre-season matches – conceding 11 goals and scoring just four – but come into the new campaign with the lofty goal of securing promotion ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits Pinchbeck United are stepping into the unknown against Lutterworth Town on Saturday. The Knights welcome fellow ChromaSport UCL Division One newboys Lutterworth Town to the Sir Halley (3pm), with the visitors having smashed Stewarts and Lloyds 10-0 last weekend. Pinchbeck are full of confidence after beating Long Buckby to bag their first-ever UCL win, but Dunn ...

Brian Cobb won Welland Yacht Club’s PBS Salva Personal Handicap Regatta after seeing off five other boats. Two wins from the three races, with one second place, was enough for overall victory for Cobb. For personal handicap rounds, the boat class handicap was adjusted up or down according to ability. Race one got under way with a reasonable breeze. Paul ...

Spalding Cycling Club were once again represented at the popular Heckington Show, which this year celebrated its 150th anniversary. There was a packed programme of Go Ride racing for the juniors, while the seniors took on three National Championship events – the 800m for men and women and the 8km endurance race. Local talent was out in force for all ...