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Skipper Rob Ambrose admits that Spalding Town’s hopes of Lincs ECB Premier League survival would have been all but over if they had failed to beat Grimsby last Saturday. Ambrose led a patched-up side to a seven-wicket success (see page 38) to move off the bottom, but admits it wasn’t as easy as the scoreline suggests. The Saturday sees in-form ...

Spalding United under-11 Blues kicked off their 2017 summer tournament campaign by winning the Holbeach United Summer Sixes event. The young blues started a little slowly, losing their first group game against FFA Gold 1-0. However, this was the only goal they conceded throughout the whole tournament. They finished second in their group, which meant they faced the winners of ...

Two talented junior teams from Pinchbeck United enjoyed success at the Royston Town tournament on Saturday. Pinchbeck’s under-14 girls emerged as winners in what was their final tournament of the summer, while the under-16 boys finished as runners-up after losing a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The girls were in action in the morning and were up against sides from North London ...

Three podium finishes helped Mark Holland win Welland Yacht Club’s Lowlands Trophy on Sunday – in what was a regatta with a difference. This event always comes with a fancy dress theme – anybody not conforming was given a 30 second penalty in race one – with pub signs chosen as the 2017 option. Race one had a novel start, ...

Pinchbeck United’s schedule for their first-ever season in ChromaSport UCL Division One is yet to be released – be a number of their early dates can be announced. Ian Dunn’s side begin life at Step 6 with a trip to Huntingdon Town on Friday, July 28 as part of the UCL/PDFL Groundhop weekend. Their first home game at the new ...

Spalding United’s 2017/18 Evo-Stik NPL First Division South schedule has been announced. A trip to Stocksbridge Park Steels awaits Chris Rawlinson’s Tulips on the opening day of the season (August 12), while league newboys Corby Town are the first visitors to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (August 15). Promoted ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champions Peterborough Sports are Spalding’s visitors ...

The first half of Holbeach United’s 2017/18 fixture schedule in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division has been announced. As previously announced, the Tigers kick-off their campaign with a home date against Sleaford Town as part of the UCL/PDFL Groundhop day. The stand-out games see Holbeach visit Wisbech Town on Boxing Day, while the clashes with rivals Boston Town are on ...

Buoyant boss Chris Rawlinson reckons Spalding United are ready to hit the ground running as they prepare to get their new season under way. The Tulips make the short trip to Evo-Stik NPL Premier Division side Grantham Town for a Lincs FA Senior Trophy showdown on Friday night (7.45pm) in what is their first competitive outing of the 2017/18 campaign. ...

Three teams from Spalding Town Cricket Club’s academy impressed at the annual Louth sixes tournament. The under-11s emerged as overall winners, with the under-9s ending as runners-up and the under-10s ending up in third. Academy chairman Mark Laud said: “All in all, this was a great tournament for our teams as we finished first, second and third. “But the main ...

Spalding Gymnastics Club’s girls starred at a national competition by winning medals in all levels that they competed in. Clubs from all over the country came to Milton Keynes to take part in the annual Roses competition run by the Arabian Gymnastic Club. There were different levels, starting from recreational up to high skill. Gymnasts competed on tumbling, vault, beam, ...

Nene Valley Harriers have one hand on the Southern Athletics League Division One title after winning a top-of-the-table clash at Crawley. The Harriers went into the fixture top of the league, but were facing Blackheath & Bromley Harriers and Dartford Harriers – placed second and third in the league respectively – as well as hosts Crawley AC, themselves not far ...

Five wickets from Jonathan Miles and an unbeaten 53 from Faisal Javed earned Spalding Town a vital seven-wicket win over Grimsby Town on Saturday. Relegation threatened Town jumped off to bottom of the Lincs ECB Premier League by ending their run of four defeats on the spin – consigning Grimsby to the foot in the process. Despite losing the toss ...

Spalding native Charlotte Taylor has been selected for the Great Britain squad for next month’s next month’s IAAF World Championships in London. Taylor, of Nene Valley Harriers, will compete in the women’s 10,000m at the Olympic Stadium event, which runs from August 4-13. That means the South Holland ace will be rubbing shoulders with the likes of reigning 5000m and ...

Lewis Leckie notched his first goal for Holbeach United on Tuesday night as they kicked off their pre-season games with a 1-1 draw with Peterborough Sports. Ex-Spalding United midfielder Lewis Webb put promoted ChromaSport UCL Premier Division champions Sports 1-0 up at Carter’s Park, but Leckie levelled from the penalty spot after fellow new signing Will Bird was fouled. The ...

Table-topping Long Sutton continued their charge towards the South Lincs and Border League title with a dominant nine-wicket win over Claypole on Saturday. Rob Simpson (4-31) and Matt Bull (4-10) took four wickets apiece and Barry Stanway (2-26) bowled both openers as Claypole managed just 112 batting first, before Sutton skipper Phil Barnes made an unbeaten 58 to see his ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ youngsters did the club proud yet again with an impressive victory in their Eastern Young Athletes League match at Peterborough Athletics Arena. The Harriers squad were consistent across the age groups with the under-13 and under-15 boys winning their categories while the under-17 boys and all three girls teams finished as runners-up in the six team contest. ...

Spalding’s Andy Molsom overcame a nightmare qualifying to keep his Caterham Graduates Super Championship lead intact. Molsom was plagued by car problems in the build-up to rounds eight and nine at Croft in North Yorkshire and started the races from the back of the grid. However, the Spalding optometrist still stormed to victory in Sunday’s second race to remain in ...

Pinchbeck United will face local rivals Holbeach United in their first-ever FA Vase match. The two south Lincolnshire sides will meet each other on Saturday, September 9, in a first qualifying round clash. This will be Pinchbeck’s first ever match in the competition following their promotion this season to Division One of the United Counties League. The winners will host ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United have both been handed away draws in this season’s FA Cup.   The Tigers will travel to Ely City in the extra preliminary round on Saturday, August 5.   Spalding enter the competition a round later when they will visit either Biggleswade or Wisbech Town in the preliminary round on Saturday, August 19.   If Holbeach ...

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson is urging his players to take the chance to prove themselves this season.   The Tulips returned to pre-season training at the weekend after a successful campaign which saw them reach the EvoStik League Division One South play-off final.   However, a 2-1 defeat at Witton Albion in the final was followed in the summer ...