Sport

Nene Valley Harriers are looking well placed for a return to Division Three of the British Athletics League after a fine performance in their League Two match at Bedford. Two promotion places were up for grabs before the meeting last Saturday, but this has become one after Trafford AC won the day, and with it a step up a level ...

Spalding Town slumped to their heaviest defeat of the Lincs ECB Premier League season so far on Saturday as Sleaford handed them a ten-wicket reverse. On a day when rain caused a host of games in the division to be abandoned, Spalding were skittled out for just 93 at London Road – before the dominant hosts knocked off the required ...

A classy Gary King free-kick earned Spalding United a 1-0 friendly win at Rainworth Miners Welfare on Tuesday night. The goal was the Tulips’ first in pre-season and also King’s maiden strike back in blue. The victory was a welcome boost for Chris Rawlinson’s charges, who slipped to a 1-0 reverse at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division outfit Boston Town on ...

Robert Bye and Lynn Exley were the big winners at Gedney Hill Golf Club’s President’s Day event on Sunday. A score of 43 points was enough 43 for Bye to fend off PGA professional Kerr Page (41 points) into second, despite Page shooting a record-equalling 65 nett. John George also scored 41 points and completed the top three in the ...

The rain denied Moulton Harrox a landslide victory on Saturday as a sensational 112 from Joe Broomfield set the tone for a brilliant all-round performance. Harrox cracked 265-6 from their 45 overs at Billingborough 2nd in South Lincs and Border League Division One, before reducing their hosts to 16-7 in reply. However the rain came and saved the day for ...

A nasty ‘tank-slapper’ denied Aaron Clarke what looked like being a top ten finish in the Superstock 600 race at Brands Hatch over the weekend. Kirton racer Clarke had guided his draperRACING machine from 21st to tenth at the Kent circuit, before disaster struck with just two laps remaining. The tank-slapper, which means Clarke’s front forks violently slapped back and ...

Young American rider Brandon Paasch joined the G&S Racing Kawasaki team to ride at Brands Hatch in the Superstock 600 championship round on Sunday – and instantly clicked with the Kawasaki to record a fine 14th place. Tom Fisher also rode well through some electrical problems in the Stock 1000 class to record two strong results for the Wyberton team ...

Tom Wright and Ed Gurney put in impressive performances for Spalding Cycling Club at the opening round of the Go Green Grass Track Series. Sleaford Wheelers hosted the meet on Saturday, with Bourne Wheelers, Chesterfield Coureurs and Fenland Clarion the other competing clubs. Organiser Dennis Owen’s main worry was that rain would disrupt racing – but fortunately, while it was ...

Steve Sayer edged to overall victory at Gedney Hill Golf Club’s 2017 Joint Captain’s Day event. Ace Sayer topped the men’s side of the standings with a score of 43 points, which was enough to pip Craig Johnson (also with 43) into second place on countback. Andy Davies took third position with an equally strong haul of 42 points, just ...

Boss Seb Hayes reckons it’s a case of “so far, so good” for his Holbeach United side over pre-season. After beating Skegness Town 6-2 on Saturday and thrashing at Wisbech St Mary 8-0 on Tuesday night, the Tigers chief is ready to step things up a notch ahead of the start of the new ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season against ...

Spalding Golf Club’s top team remain in the hunt for glory in the South Lincolnshire Scratch League after beating leaders Sleaford on Saturday. The 3.5-2.5 victory ended Sleaford’s 100 per cent record in the division this season and leaves Spalding just one point off the pace with three games still to play. The best win came from Robert McCrae and ...

Rebecca Slator landed her first Welland Yacht Club regatta victory in superb style on Sunday. With the club instructors busy instructing four new members on a two-day dinghy course, it gave the novice members of the club an opportunity of racing in their own regatta. Five boats competed on the day, with the requirement of entry being that those taking ...

Excited player/boss Ian Dunn feels Pinchbeck United have made a “marquee signing” after getting Andrew Tidswell to commit to the club. The two-time ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champion and double golden boot winner has spent pre-season with the Knights – and has this week put pen-to-paper on forms with Dunn’s side. Having walked away from the local footballing scene last ...

Spalding United bowed out of this year’s Lincolnshire FA Senior Cup as Grantham Town eased to a 3-0 victory in Friday night’s quarter-final clash. A Paul Walker own goal (8) and strikes from Danny Meadows (16) and George Couzens (71) were enough for the higher-graded Gingerbreads at The Meres, in what was the Tulips’ first competitive game of the 2017/18 ...

Table-topping Long Sutton beat South Holland rivals Moulton Harrox by six wickets to stay clear at the top – and also progress to the last four of the SLBL Cup. With more than just South Lincs and Border League Division One points up for grabs, Sutton won the toss at Harrox Field and inserted the hosts into bat. It was ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club returned home with a host of medals as they shone at the Northampton SC Summer Festival Open meet. Held at the Corby international pool, the event served to provide the team of 14 swimmers a chance to compete at a long course event before the end of the season. With 14 other clubs attending, it ...

Joe Irving shone with bat and ball to sentence Spalding Town to a heavy 162-run home defeat against Woodhall Spa in the Lincs ECB Premier League on Saturday. Having put their visitors into bat at Spalding Grammar School, Town were forced to watch on as Irving’s 59 inspired Spa to a commanding 237-8 from their 50 overs. Seven players then ...

Roger Brown sank the third hole-in-one of his golfing career last week – some 35 years after first bagging an ace. The Spalding Golf Club member was playing with his wife Paula at the Surfleet course, in a match with lady captain Hannah Palmer and Gary Palmer. Brown’s hole-in-one came on the ninth hole and he was using a six ...

Grantham Town 3 Spalding United 0 Jordan Lemon suffered a broken wrist as Spalding United were beaten 3-0 by Grantham Town on Friday night. A first-half Paul Walker OG and a Danny Meadows effort gave hosts Grantham a 2-0 lead at the break in the Lincs Senior Cup clash at the Meres. But is was the injury to Lemon that ...

Respected Spalding and District Table Tennis League chairman Jean White has added another top trophy to her cabinet. White has just returned home from competing in the European Veterans Table Tennis Championships in Sweden, where she lifted the ladies’ doubles title. Teaming with Betty Bird at the Helsingborg event, White once again got her hands on the top prize – ...