Sport

The title race in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One is wide open with three rounds of fixtures to go after Tulips A upset leaders – and indeed stable-mates – Tulips B last week. Despite breaks of 37 and 22 respectively from Darren (O35) and Mark (O49) Woodberry, a final-frame success by Steve Smith (O14) handed the ‘A’ side ...

Having already sealed a first-ever promotion to East Men’s Hockey League Premier A, red-hot Spalding 1st added the Lincolnshire Cup to their trophy cabinet on Sunday. They beat neighbours Bourne Deeping 3-1 in a tense penalty shuttle shoot-out after a thrilling final, with the scores locked level at 4-4 at Glen Park. Bourne Deeping, who have gained promotion to Premier ...

Jubilee lifted the Spalding and District Sunday League’s Mont Pell Trophy after beating Mulberry in a dramatic penalty shoot-out. The clash finished 1-1 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday, with Laurence Price netting for Jubilee. They then won the shoot-out 4-3, with Scott Britton, Jack Wycherley, Simon Hall and – crucially – Jason Chilvers all scoring from ...

Nene Valley Harrier Charlotte Taylor continued to enhance her reputation on the world stage with a stunning run over 10,000m at the Stanford Invitational meeting in California. The San Francisco University student obliterated her previous personal best (PB), running 32.11.80mins and finishing fourth in a high-class field containing many internationals and Olympians. Not only did Taylor run a world class ...

Spalding RFC’s under-11s gave a great account of themselves as they travelled to the annual Kingswood festival held at Holt RFC in Norfolk. The festival is held over two weekends, with a total of 175 teams representing 30 rugby clubs from around the country – and it is estimated that over 2,000 children aged between six and 12 were playing ...

Spalding RFC 12 Ashbourne RFC 38 Spalding RFC were unable to build on an encouraging first half as they suffered a 38-12 defeat to Ashbourne in their final home game of the Midlands Two East (North) season on Saturday. Already relegated and having only won once all season, Town were always likely to be up against it in the Memorial ...

Spalding United 0 Basford United 0 Just three more points will be enough to secure Spalding United third place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South after Tuesday night’s eventful 0-0 draw with play-off rivals Basford United. The Tulips played most of the second half with ten men after Matt Varley’s red card and saw Lee Beeson’s penalty come back off ...

Peterborough Sports Reserves 4 Pinchbeck United 2 Ian Dunn refused to hit out at ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division title rivals Peterborough Sports Reserves after they called in the big guns on Tuesday night. First-teamers Mark Jones and Josh Moreman – key figures in the side that has romped to the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division title this season – both played ...

Unstoppable Holbeach United Sunday lifted the Lincs FA Sunday Cup by beating The Notts FC 3-1 at Sincil Bank at the weekend. The Tigers are only the second team from the Spalding Sunday League to win the county competition, following in the footsteps of Pinchbeck United Sunday two years ago. It’s now an amazing 22 wins from as many games ...

Sutton Bridge United remain on-track for promotion from ChromaSport PDFL Division One after a 4-0 derby win at Spalding United Reserves on Saturday. Sam Cooper hit a brace for the second-placed side at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with Ben Partridge and the division’s top scorer Matt Eaton rounding off the rout. The win also moves Bridge to within ...

Five-star Moulton Harrox kept their winning streak in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division going with a 5-0 win over AFC Stanground Sports on Saturday. Dan Woods fired title-chasing Harrox into an early lead, before strike partner Marcus Parry doubled the advantage. Hitman Woods was on target again to make it 3-0, setting the stage for Joe Townsend and Parry to round ...

Chuffed chief Ian Dunn praised his Pinchbeck United side for getting the job done early in their 2-0 win over Ketton on Saturday. In what was one of their harder remaining fixtures in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division, goals from Liam Ogden (1) and Callum Lawe (20) fired treble-chasing Pinchbeck to a big three points at Knight Street. Ogden showed great ...

Kidsgrove Athletic 0 Spalding United 1 A second-half goal from Cenk Acar consolidated Spalding United’s third spot in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South at the Novus Stadium on Saturday – keeping their play-off bid firmly on target. Acar struck 18 minutes from time to give the Tulips a key 1-0 victory at Kidsgrove Athletic, making it seven points from four ...

One step forward, two steps back seems to be the order of the day in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League at present. On the plus side, progress was made in the Guardian Cup last week. The three first-round matches left over from March 1 were resolved, as were two second round ties from March 29. Chunky and Monkey ...

Spalding RFC suffered a 38-12 defeat in their final home game of the Midlands Two East (North) season on Saturday. Already relegated Town were beaten by promotion-chasing Ashbourne at the Memorial Field and have now lost 20 of their 21 games this season. They conclude their campaign at Coalville on April 22. RESULTS Midlands Two East (North) Melbourne 43 Market ...

Holbeach United 2 Cogenhoe United 2 A late penalty denied Holbeach United a fifth ChromaSport UCL Premier Division win on the bounce on Saturday as Cogenhoe United held them to a 2-2 draw at Carter’s Park. The Tigers trailed 1-0 at the break following a classy Matt Long finish (43), but two quick-fire deflected strikes from Matt Warfield (75) and ...

Spalding United moved ever-closer to securing third place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South with a 1-0 win at Kidgsrove Athletic on Saturday, while Holbeach United extended their unbeaten ChromaSport UCL Premier Division run to five games after drawing 2-2 at home to Cogenhoe United. Starting with the Tulips, Cenk Acar’s 73rd-minute strike was enough to settle a close contest ...

Excited Holbeach United Sunday co-boss Tim Cole feels that everybody in the town is behind them as they bid to win their first-ever trophy this weekend. The Sunday Tigers make the trip to Lincoln City’s Sincil Bank on Sunday to take on The Notts FC in the final of the Lincs Sunday Cup. Bossed by Cole and joint player/manager Josh ...

Buoyant boss Seb Hayes has challenged his side to keep their fine run of form going and finish the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season without losing another game. Having won their last four – including successes over Newport Pagnell Town and Eynesbury Rovers in the past week – the Tigers are back into the top six. Placing at least fifth ...

Spalding speedster Andy Molsom got his new Caterham Graduates Racing Club season off to a great start with two second places at a rain-hit Oulton Park. Molsom, who competes in the Super-Graduates class, qualified third for both races. Just before the first race, the rain started again and didn’t relent. Molsom made a good start and set about trying to ...