Sport

A clutch of young Spalding Golf Club members had a day to remember at the LUGC Jennings and Peggotty Trophies event at Lincoln. Jake Lilley was the boys’ nett winner, while Eden Inglis took the same prize in the girls’ competition. Fellow Spalding ace Lois Williamson was the girls’ gross winner, while team-mate Tilly Kedzlie narrowly missed out on a ...

Jubilant co-player/boss Tim Cole has paid tribute to his invincible Holbeach United Sunday side after they wrapped up a terrific treble. Having already won the Lincs Sunday Cup and League Knockout Cup, the Tigers clinched the Spalding and District Sunday League crown last Wednesday with a dominant 21-1 victory over Mulberry at Carter’s Park. Top scorer Billy Smith smashed six ...

Chris Rawlinson hopes to have completed negotiations with his existing Spalding United squad inside the next two weeks. The Tulips chief wants to retain the vast majority of last season’s squad, which finished third in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South and lost to Witton Albion in the play-off final. Rawlinson has already agreed deals to keep Jonny Lockie, Neal Spafford ...

Lucky young guns from Spalding RFC shared a matchday with ten-time English champions Leicester Tigers on Saturday as they made up the guard of honour to welcome the teams at Welford Road. Tigers secured a bonus-point win against Sale Sharks in the final home game of the Aviva Premiership season as Spalding were given the opportunity to follow in the ...

Two champions were crowned as the Spalding and District Table Tennis League held its second round of individual events – the supremes and the doubles. The ladies’ and junior events were also scheduled but were held over, in part for lack of entries. A shortage of entrants was also noticeable in the two that were held, with just 18 in ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom picked up a pair of second places and clocked the fastest lap in his class at Pembrey to stay second in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club championship. Bright and sunny weather greeted Molsom in South Wales for what was the second race meeting of the new season. Race one was on the traditional Pembrey layout, while ...

The Spalding Grammar School trio of William Smalley, Finley Sargent and Jack Duffy were denied a trip to the national final of the British Schools Karting Championship when a throttle cable snapped during one of their heats. The boys qualified for the event having won their local final at Nottingham by a handsome margin over Boston Automotive – allowing them ...

Pinchbeck United rounded off their ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division season with a 5-2 victory over Langtoft United at Knight Street on Tuesday night. The goals came from Conner Eyes, Tyler Wright,  Brad Murrell, Chris Shipley and returning top scorer Ollie Maltby – his 62nd of the season. Maltby played wearing a protective mask and should now be fit to feature ...

Spalding Town suffered final over heartbreak on Saturday as Sleaford edged a close Lincs ECB Premier League contest by just five runs. Town looked set to break their duck for the season after Hafiz Majeed (3-44), Jon Miles (2-33) and Luke Hollingworth (2-40) helped knock visitors Sleaford over for 190 at Spalding Grammar School. Hollingworth (49) and Warren Nel (31) ...

A strong showing with bat and ball saw Moulton Harrox beat Graves Park by four runs in a South Lincs and Border League cup cracker on Saturday. Half-centuries from Joe Broomfield (57) and Andy Goodley (62 not out) steered Moulton to 229-5 from 40 overs at Harrox Field, while Jack Barnett (34) and Lance Bettinson (25) also scored well. In ...

Depleted Moulton Harrox battled back from a 1-0 half-time deficit to pick up a 2-2 draw at Wisbech Town in their penultimate ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division game of the season on Saturday. Mark Hardwick’s penalty after five minutes gave Wisbech the lead, but Jake Cawthorne and Joe Townsend struck just after the break to put Harrox ahead. However, Neil Goodbourn ...

A comfortable 3-0 win over Sawtry on Saturday was enough for Pinchbeck United to wrap up second place in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. Goals from Tom Brooks, player/boss Ian Dunn and a Tyler Wright penalty were enough for Pinchbeck at Knights Street, against a Sawtry side that had a player sent off in the second half. Dunn admitted that ...

Pinchbeck United wrapped up second place in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday with a 3-0 win over Sawtry. Goals from Tyler Wright, Tom Brooks and player/boss Ian Dunn did the job for Pinchbeck at Knight Street. But, while they clinched the runners-up spot, results elsewhere also meant that Peterborough Sports Reserves sealed the title. Behind them, Moulton Harrox were ...

Ambitious manager Seb Hayes has vowed to make Holbeach United regular contenders for silverware if he’s given time at Carter’s Park. Hayes, who replaced Tom Roberts as Tigers chief back in December, took charge of 21 games over the 2016/17 season – wining ten, losing ten and drawing one. That saw Holbeach finish in seventh place in the standings, which ...

Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson has urged his players not to waste what has been one of the most memorable seasons in the club’s history. The Tulips missed out on promotion to the Evo-Stik League Northern Premier Division after losing in Saturday’s play-off final to Witton Albion. Goals from Bradley Bauress and Anthony Gardner either side of a stunning strike ...

Tulips B were crowned Spalding and District League Division One champions despite slipping to defeat in their final match of the season. They were beaten 4-2 at Gosberton B, but that was still enough to fend off the challenge of Donington C who had done all they could by thrashing Boundary B 6-0. Victories for Ady Sibley (O7) and Darren ...

Three Spalding Bowls Club players attended the Midlands Regional Finals of the EIBA School of Excellence at Melton Mowbray. Nathan Puttrell, Jonathan Field and Jamie Goodliff qualified from the local event in January, playing three games to the ‘sets’ format which was followed by a skills test in the afternoon. Points were awarded for the various events with Nathan finishing ...

The talented teens from Spalding RFC under-15s have completed a six-year journey by being crowned NLD Cup winners. Having reached the final of the competition for the third year on the spin, the Spalding lads finally defeated arch rivals Nottingham – who had beaten them in the previous two finals – 27-5 to clinch the crown. With the game less ...

Holbeach United under-13s clinched the Peterborough Junior Alliance Division Two title after a dramatic final match of their season. The young Tigers needed a point from their last day title decider against Leverington, who raced into a two-goal first half lead. However, Holbeach hit back with two goals in the final ten minutes to take the title and cap a ...

In-form Andy Prior enjoyed a second clean sweep of wins in as many weeks at Welland Yacht Club over the weekend. The bank holiday weekend took its toll on numbers for Sunday’s racing, with several people away. Some eight members in six boats prepared to start the first race of the day, which was the fourth round of the Morning ...