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Following the removal of the external fixator from his injured right leg, Ben Wilson is now back on his feet and has re-joined the team at Gearlink Kawasaki as rider coach. Wilson, from Kirton, has gone through multiple operations to repair the damage to his very badly broken right femur following his crash at the North West 200 in May ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club hosts its annual under-25 open on Sunday – with some of the best young bowlers in the country in action at the Castle Sports Complex. The tournament, again being generously sponsored by Hughes Electrical, is played to a quick-fire Premier Threes format. Each match is best of three sets, with each set being just three ends. ...

Spalding United bounced back from going 2-0 down to draw 2-2 at Witton Albion in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South on Thursday night. A Tom Owens strike (32) gave title-chasing Witton a half-time lead – and they doubled their money when Will Jones netted eight minutes into the second period. However, Leon Mettam (55) and Jordan Lemon (68) hit back ...

Chris Rawlinson doesn’t believe that Saturday’s 2-0 loss at Stocksbridge Park Steels will derail Spalding United’s hopes of clinching a favourable play-off position in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South. The Tulips chief felt his side were “poor” last weekend, but feels they are still very much on-track to reach his golden figure of 80 points – which would secure third ...

It wasn’t the best start to the season for the Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki team as both Tom Fisher and Ben Luxton suffered crashes and new recruit Sam Coventry placed 21st at Donington Park over the weekend. After completing his qualifying in 25th position, Coventry began the new format Superstock 1000 race from a ninth row grid position and, despite ...

Aaron Clarke’s chances of a top five finish at the opening round of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship were hit by an untimely bout of arm pump over the weekend. Clarke recorded an 11th-placed finish for his team draperRacing at Donington Park on Sunday to bring five championship points – but he could easily have bagged a few more. ...

Having already clinched promotion to East Men’s Hockey League Premier A, Spalding 1st completed their campaign with a big 7-3 success at West Herts 2nd on Saturday. Connor Allen and Stuart Cunnington found the net for Spalding in a closely contested first half, but they found themselves trailing 3-2 at the break. Deciding that they wanted to finish the season ...

Gedney Hill Golf Club duo David Lord and Rob Newns finished a fantastic third at Grand Finals of the League to Dubai competition. The pair travelled out to Dubai for the finals last Thursday and played three rounds of golf on three different courses in the United Arab Emirates. Round one saw them take on the Arabian Ranches Course, where ...

Welland Yacht Club’s 2017 season got under way with the Robert Creek Shield regatta on Sunday – and it was Tom Bell who took the honours. Some nine boats took to the water for race one, hoping that the anticipated breeze would come. As always, it was essential for the fastest boats to get away cleanly from the start to ...

West Bridgford 100 Spalding RFC 0 Downtrodden Spalding RFC were handed a 100-0 reverse by hosts West Bridgford on Saturday as they suffered their heaviest loss of the Midlands Two East (North) season. The Town thrashing was not unexpected considering they are already relegated – but the scale of the defeat certainly takes the shine off recent performances, where they ...

Allan Ross admitted that Pinchbeck United never really found top gear despite cruising to a 5-2 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win over AFC Stanground Sports on Saturday. The assistant boss, who was in charge with Ian Dunn absent, watched on as Ollie Maltby (2), Tom Brooks, Liam Ogden and an own goal steered his side to a scrappy Knight Street ...

Spot-on Tydd St Mary retained the Spalding Inter-Services Trophy after upsetting neighbours Long Sutton Athletic on penalties at Carter’s Park on Saturday. In a game that saw four players sent off, ChromaSport PDFL Division One side Sutton looked set to take the trophy after Billy Oliver opened the scoring in the first half of extra time. However, Division Two underdogs ...

After going 24 games unbeaten in ChromaSport PDFL Division One, Moulton Harrox Reserves finally lost on Saturday. Peterborough Polonia were the team to finally take Kev Nottingham’s table-toppers down, winning 3-2 at Broad Lane in a real thriller. Top scorer Declan Earth and defender Chris Hall netted for Harrox, but Karol Cieslak (28) and Adrian Mizia (71 & 80) struck ...

Moulton Harrox’s stellar form in ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division continued on Saturday as they romped to a 4-1 victory at Sawtry. A penalty from Dan Woods and headers from central defenders Ashley Coddington and Matt Watkin gave Harrox a commanding 3-0 lead inside half an hour. Lee Kenealy’s keeping clanger allowed Nick Finney to pull one back, but Ben Allen ...

Eynesbury Rovers 0 Holbeach United 3 Seb Hayes praised his Holbeach United side as they earned a fine 3-0 win at high-flying Eynesbury Rovers on Saturday – despite playing 50 minutes with ten men. The Tigers looked to be cruising to victory at the Alfred Hall Memorial Ground when Spencer Tinkler (22) and Charley Sanders (28) scored copycat headers from ...

Stocksbridge PS 2 Spalding United 0 Spalding United’s ambitions to feature in the end of season play-offs in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South suffered a set-back in Yorkshire on Saturday with a below par performance and 2-0 defeat at the hands of mid-table hosts Stocksbridge Park Steels. The Tulips remain in third position with a four points advantage and better ...

On a night devoted to the Guardian Cup competition the Spalding and District Table Tennis League had just 18 members turn out. Four second round matches were scheduled for last week but, as three matches had not been completed in round one, that was not going to happen. However, with members being absent only two games were played in one ...

Already-relegated Spalding RFC saw their season hit a new low on Saturday as they were humbled 100-0 at West Bridgford. It’s now 19 defeats from 20 games for rock-bottom Town, who are counting down the days until the end of the season. Going into the game, Bosworth had relegation worries of their own – making the severity of the defeat ...

Chris Rawlinson has told his red-hot Spalding United side to keep on winning as they bid to apply pressure on the faltering top two. The Tulips chief knows that goal number one remains securing a play-off place in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, but recent slip-ups from Shaw Lane AFC and Witton Albion haven’t gone unnoticed at the Sir Halley. ...

Ten-man Spalding United slipped to a 2-0 defeat at Stocksbridge Park Steels on Saturday, while Holbeach United picked up a fine 3-0 win at Eynesbury Rovers despite playing the entire second half a man down. Starting with Spalding, any slim hopes that had of mounting a Evo-Stik NPL First Division South title tilt now appears over thanks to goals in ...