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Pinchbeck United Football Club has moved to answer critics and end continuing behind-the-scenes unrest. In a period that the club has appeared in two cup finals and promotion was confirmed, it is matters off the field which is driving much of the chatter. Now the club has issued a strongly-worded statement, criticising the actions of two people behind some of the unrest – former ...

Welland Yacht Club hosted their annual open day on Sunday – and once again they managed to entice a host of new faces to give their sport a try. Among those taking to the water were John Hayes, Conservative candidate for the forthcoming general election, and his son William. The event was held in conjunction with the Royal Yachting Association’s ...

Nene Valley Harriers made a solid start to their British League campaign at Crawley as they finished as runners-up behind Trafford AC. Several athletes achieved early season personal best times (PB), with Gideon Okoh running 10.70secs for fourth place in a high grade 100m race. Sixteen-year-old hot prospect Ronan Rawlings was making his British League debut, and finished second in ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League rounded off the 2016/17 season on Wednesday with their finals week. In total, three finals were decided at the Castle Sports Complex – but the Division Two title is still unresolved. In the Guardian Cup, Skidlids first had to complete their semi-final with Mine’s a Pint. With a 33-22 lead from one game ...

Lindum (216-7) beat Spalding Town (95) by 121 runs Rueful skipper Rob Ambrose admits that Spalding Town’s batting has let them down so far this season. The captain was happy to see his bowlers limit hosts Lindum to 216-7 on Saturday, but then saw Town’s reply end with something of a whimper on 95. It’s now four defeats on the ...

Barry Stanway and Rob Simpson both took five wickets each as Long Sutton beat Belton Park by 44 runs in South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday. Having been put into bat by hosts Belton Park, Sutton looked big underdogs when they were bowled out for 107 in just 33 overs. Aaron John (31) and Stanway (20) were ...

Moulton Harrox struggled to make an impact with bat or ball on Saturday as Welby handed them an eight-wicket defeat in South Lincs and Border League Division One. Louis Greetham top scored with just 20 as hosts Moulton were bowled out for 107 after electing to bat first at Harrox Field. They came up against an in-form Dom Ashmore, who ...

Top scorer Bradley Wells has left Spalding United to join higher-graded Gainsborough Trinity. Wells, who bagged 30 goals for the Tulips last term, has been snapped up by former Spalding boss Dave Frecklington – who brought him to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field from Stamford at the start of last season. Speaking on Twitter, Wells said: “It wasn’t an ...

Sutton Bridge United clinched promotion to the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division with a sensational 6-1 win over rivals Warboys Town on Saturday. Sam Cooper (2), Matt Eaton, Ben Partridge, Kurt Scott and Ben Thompson all bagged for Bridge in front of 55 fans at Memorial Park, as they sealed a place in the PDFL’s top flight for the first time ...

Pinchbeck United 0 ICA Sports 0 (ICA win 9-8 on penalties) Underdogs Peterborough ICA Sports held their nerve to deny Pinchbeck United a second cup success in four days as they lifted the PFA Senior Cup on Monday night. After a goalless 90 minutes at Peterborough United’s ABAX Stadium, ICA prevailed 9-8 on penalties as keeper Adam Mills bagged the ...

Chairman Paul Preston is predicting an “exciting future” at Long Sutton Athletic after confirming Omar Joof as the club’s new boss. Former Holbeach United midfielder Joof, who also enjoyed a fine spell for Sutton before moving on to Moulton Harrox and the Tigers, was confirmed as Matt Cawthorn’s successor at an AGM on Monday night. The Gambian – whose last ...

Declan Earth fired four goals as Moulton Harrox sealed a third-placed finish in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division with a big 8-1 win at Leverington Sports on Saturday. Martin Sandall, Joe Townsend, Dan Woods and Steve Sinfield also netted for Harrox at Church Road, ensuring they leapfrogged Netherton United on the final day of the season. That means Moulton have finished ...

Netherton United 0 Pinchbeck United 1 Liam Ogden’s late headed winner fired Pinchbeck United to President Premier Shield glory on Friday night as they deservedly beat Netherton United 1-0. The Knights were the more dangerous side throughout at The Branch Bros Stadium and created the better chances, but had to wait until 15 minutes from time for the winner as ...

Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor delivered another world class performance at the Peyton Invitational meeting in Stanford, California. Having shattered her 10,000m personal best time (PB) in March with a 32.11.80mins clocking, the 23-year-old from Spalding took on some of the world’s finest over 5,000m. Taylor didn’t disappoint, finishing 13th in a time of 15.29.07mins – an improvement of 36 ...

Disgruntled boss Ian Dunn admits that he and number two Allan Ross are being forced to consider their futures at Pinchbeck United following a string of off-the-field incidents. The pair, who are preparing for an unprecedented two cup finals in the space of four days, feel the success of the team this season is being overshadowed by unsavoury incidents that ...

Matt Cawthorn is adamant that his time with Long Sutton Athletic is over after being sacked as the club’s player/manager on Saturday. Prolific striker Cawthorn, who scored 35 goals for Sutton as well as steering them to their best ChromaSport PDFL Division One finish since 2014, was relieved of his duties following a telephone conversation with chairman Paul Preston on ...

Talented youngster Daisy Darley has continued to impress at Spalding Kickers Taekwondo Club. Darley stormed through the club’s latest grading at the Castle Sports Complex – taking the trophy for best student for the second time in her fledgling career. She has gained confidence with the club and can often be seen encouraging and giving help to the junior beginners, ...

A dramatic final race win from Tom Bell saw him land Welland Yacht Club’s Tulip Trophy on Sunday. This year the regatta was run on personal handicaps and over three races. With a moderate breeze and 13 boats taking part the lead pack started spread out a bit after the first mark. But, with similar boats on different handicaps, nobody ...

Ben Moore and Tom Wright set the pace at Spalding Cycling Club’s Mix and Match 2-up ten mile time trial event. The officials and spectators almost outnumbered the riders entered in this year’s competition, with only seven members taking the start line on what must have been one of the coldest and windy nights of the year so far. Despite ...

Liam Chapman was the overall winner as Tydd St Giles Golf Club players enjoyed their Captain’s Away Day event at Greetham Valley. Chapman’s score of 39 Stableford points was enough to edge out skipper Vince Day into second on countback. James Hale-Smith (38 points) was one shot further back in third. Results: 1st Liam Chapman 39pts (ocb); 2nd Vince Day ...