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Spalding Town’s plight at the bottom of Lincs ECB Premier League became even more perilous on Saturday after a disappointing 46-run defeat against Lindum on Saturday. Rock-bottom Town looked to be on-course for a welcome win when Jonathan Miles took 5-36 to help limit the visitors to 145-8 at Spalding Grammar School. However, a hat-trick from the on-song Will Wright ...

Spalding 2nd picked up only their third win of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division season on Saturday in what was a low-scoring thriller. Jamie Juckes’ charges collected maximum points after bowling visitors Grantham 2nd out for 45 in 26 overs, then edging to a nervy 46-7 in reply. Town’s bowlers shared the wickets well, with Matt Sharpe ...

A brilliant bowling spell from Barry Stanway helped propel Long Sutton into the final of the SLBL Cup. Pace ace Stanway took fine figures of 5-9 to help dismiss hosts Claypole for a meagre 76 in 31.1 overs on Saturday. Sutton then knocked off the runs in just 16 overs, losing only one wicket in the process. With Sutton skipper ...

Consistency was the name of the game for Nene Valley Harriers as they notched up a convincing East Anglian League victory at Bury St Edmunds. Despite their only age category wins coming in the girls and boys under-15 competitions, the Harriers didn’t finish lower than third out of the seven competing clubs in any of the age groups, and the ...

Spalding Town are beginning to look a little isolated at the bottom of the Lincs ECB Premier League after suffering a 46-run defeat against Lindum on Saturday. In a game played at Spalding Grammar School, Jonathan Miles took five wickets to restrict Lindum to 145-8 batting first, of which Will Wright hit 56.  Town had 23 on the board when ...

Satisfied assistant boss Paul Crowson admitted Moulton Harrox couldn’t haved asked for a better start to the season after seeing off Sutton Bridge United 3-0 on Saturday. First-half goals from Marcus Parry (5), Matt Watkin (25) and Dan Woods (42) were enough for Harrox in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash at Broad Lane. Some 280 fans were in attendance ...

A serious-looking leg injury to Glen Wells saw Sunday’s derby between Long Sutton Athletic and Tydd St Mary abandoned. Sutton defender Wells went down under a challenge from Tydd’s Jake Clitheroe after just 11 minutes, leading to a lengthy delay as an ambulance was required. It was decided that the game should be abandoned soon after, meaning the ChromaSport PDFL ...

Huntingdon Town 0 Pinchbeck United 0 Player/boss Ian Dunn was left downbeat as Pinchbeck United began life in ChromaSport UCL Division One with a 0-0 draw at Huntingdon Town on Friday night. Pinchbeck, promoted from the ChromaSport PDFL last season, had much the better of the chances on a wet and wild night at Jubilee Park against a Huntingdon side ...

Holbeach United 6 Sleaford Town 0 Goal-hungry Holbeach United smashed Sleaford Town for six at Carter’s Park on Saturday morning as they kicked off their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division campaign in style. Debutant strikers Will Bird (13 and 51) and Lewis Leckie (17) impressed by bagging the first three goals for the Tigers, while skipper Nick Jackson (55), sub Charley ...

Excited boss Seb Hayes wants his Holbeach United side to hit the ground running in their ChromaSport UCL Premier Division opener this Saturday. The Tigers welcome Sleaford Town to Carter’s Park for what is a 10.45am kick-off as part of the now annual UCL/PDFL Groundhop weekend. Having enjoyed a positive pre-season – which has seen Holbeach sign Lewis Leckie, Will ...

Assistant manager Paul Crowson feels a place in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s top two is the least Moulton Harrox should be aiming for this season. Moulton, who have finished in the top three in each of the past three seasons, kick-off their campaign with a Broad Lane derby against promoted Sutton Bridge United on Saturday (1.45pm). Nigel Steadman’s side, ...

A potentially feisty derby between Long Sutton and Tydd St Mary is the highlight of Sunday’s UCL/PDFL Groundhop weekend fixtures. The ChromaSport PDFL Division One clash at London Road is a repeat of last season’s Spalding Inter-Services Trophy final, which Tydd won 7-6 on penalties back in April. Four players were sent off that day, meaning there is likely to ...

Ian Dunn reckons that his Pinchbeck United side will be considered favourites for their first-ever game in ChromaSport UCL Division One on Friday night. Pinchbeck, promoted from the PDFL Premier Division last season, travel to Huntingdon Town (7.45pm) for the opening game of this year’s UCL/PDFL Groundhop weekend. Despite there being two levels between the teams at this point last ...

New player/coach Tom Roberts says that Spalding Town have designs on being a team the town can be proud of. Town, who are managed by ex-Moulton Harrox player Danny Kingman, have been on something of a recruitment drive over the summer. The ChromaSport PDFL Division Two side get their season under way on Saturday, as they welcome league newboys Wisbech ...

Spalding Town’s under-9 ‘A’ team romped to victory in the BGL Stamford Big Bash tournament. Spalding entered two teams into the sixess tournament, which featured 16 teams from local clubs and was organised by former England cricketer Dean Headley. The ‘B’ team won one of their three pool matches, but sadly missed out on any further progression. However, the Spalding ...

An amazing 160 players took part in Spalding Golf Club’s Captain’s Day this year. The overall winner on the day – with 40 points – was Tony Bray, who edged Wayne Wallace into second on 39 points. Chris Ward was third, also on 39 points, with Mark Cooley edging John Farrow to take fourth on countback after both bagged 38 ...

Andy Prior picked up a pair of wins at rounds three and four of Welland Yacht Club’s Commodores Points Series. With a light breeze blowing around the river making for an unusual start, Prior took the lead in the opener – followed by Paul Wilson, Alan Cox, Mark Holland and Geri van Haren. As the boats made their way around ...

The 2017 season continues to be full of various success stories for Spalding Cycling Club. Be it riders achieving personal best times (PB), returning to racing after injury, or others completing various distance challenges successfully, it has so far been a fitting 90th anniversary for the club. While most of the club’s members have focused on the more standard time ...

Spalding RFC are back in training ahead of their new Midlands Three East (North) campaign, which gets under way at Belper on September 2. Having dropped two levels in three seasons, there are some new rivals for Town this time around – with the most notable fixtures being against Sleaford on November 25 and March 24. The Elephants will be ...

Two amateur golfers from Spalding are one step closer to playing with a star of the European Tour after qualifying for the national final of Bridgestone’s Chase Your Dream Trophy, which is run in partnership with England Golf. Charles Lacey and Richard McCrae triumphed at the regional qualifier at Spalding Golf Club’s Surfleet course with net scores of 69 and ...