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Seb Hayes admits that he’s now feeling a lot more comfortable in the Holbeach United hot-seat. The Tigers chief, who had steered his side to six wins from eight matches after Wednesday night’s 4-2 win over Newport Pagnell Town, now feels that they can finish the season with a flourish. After publicly questioning his players following a string of poor performances, ...

Ruby Hill roared to the national under-18 singles title as she made home advantage at Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex pay dividends. Spalding Indoor Bowls Club was already proud to have been given the honour of hosting the event – so to see one of their top young talents win the competition was a huge moment for both club and player. ...

Invincible Holbeach United Sunday continued their remarkable record of winning every game since they were formed by walloping Jubilee 9-3 on Sunday. A hat-trick from Darren Edey, taking his tally to an amazing 18 goals in four games for the Tigers, inspired what was an 11th league win from as many matches for Josh Ford and Tim Cole’s side. Also ...

Holbeach United picked up their third ChromaSport UCL Premier Division win on the bounce by beating Newport Pagnell Town 4-2 on Wednesday night.  Goals from George Zuerner, Charley Sanders (pen) and Tommy Treacher (2, one pen) got the job done for Seb Hayes’ Tigers at Carter’s Park. More to follow.

A hard-fought draw at fellow promotion candidates Norwich City on Saturday saw Spalding 1st clinch promotion to the East Men’s Hockey League Premier A division for the first time in the club’s history. Spalding had the ideal start when short corner specialist Stuart Cunnington whipped home one of his trademark flicks in the second minute. Both sides struggled at times ...

The three G&S Racing Kawasaki riders are all prepared and raring to go for the opening round of the new season which kicks off at Donington Park at the weekend. Tom Fisher and Sam Coventry will compete in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 championship, while Ben Luxton will ride in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 class. All three riders have ...

Kirton racer Aaron Clarke gets his season under way at Donington Park this weekend. Still with draperRACING, Clarke is once again competing in the Pirelli National Superstock 600 championship. He was at Cadwell Park for a shakedown test recently – and was on good form. Despite the inclement weather, he posted fast times and was happy with his progress and ...

The Division One title looks to be Tulips B’s to lose after they enjoyed another fine week in Spalding and District Snooker League. Tulips are four points clear at the top of the table – with two games in hand – after beating Consti F 5-1 on Thursday night. A 31 break from Joe Garland (scr) and Mark Woodberry’s (O49) ...

Three titles were up for grabs as the Spalding and District Table Tennis League held the first of its individual competition nights last Wednesday. The Division One, Division Two and Veterans titles were up for grabs, with a total of 24 league members vying for honours. The Division Two competition, despite only having ten entries, proved to be the most ...

The weather stayed dry and the supporters came out in force at the Adrian Flux Arena in King’s Lynn for Simon Lambert’s Testimonial meeting on Saturday. With King’s Lynn Stars legends Tomas Topinka, Terry Betts and Ian Turner present as special guests, and Neil Vatcher’s Young Lions also on show alongside the main event, there was a real party atmosphere ...

In-form Moulton Harrox shrugged off a disappointing first half to beat hosts Stilton United 5-1 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division on Saturday. A shock looked to be on the cards when Liam Rodden fired the home side ahead at In2itive Park, but Joe Townsend’s excellent header from Dan Woods’ cross made it 1-1 at the break. The second half ...

Two Declan Earth strikes gave Moulton Harrox Reserves a 2-0 derby win over Long Sutton Athletic on Saturday as they edged closer to clinching the ChromaSport PDFL Division One title. Earth, who now has 31 goals for the season, notched at the end of each half to extend Moulton’s unbeaten run to 24 games. Carl Taylor also saved a John ...

Promotion-chasing Sutton Bridge United picked up an important 3-2 victory at Peterborough Polonia in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. A double from Kurt Scott and Sam Cooper’s effort were enough for second-placed Bridge, despite goals from Adrian Mizia and Piotrek Stepien late in the second half. They are now seven points clear of third-placed Warboys Town, who do have ...

Two more goals from Ollie Maltby fired Pinchbeck United into their second cup final of the season as they beat Peterborough Sports Reserves 2-1 on Saturday. Maltby took his tally for the season to 54 with strikes early in each half of the PFA Senior Cup semi-final at Knight Street, with Gary Gibbs responding with a late stunner for Sports. ...

Leek Town 0 Spalding United 4 Four first-half goals –including three in seven electrifying minutes – fired Spalding United to a dominant 4-0 win at Evo-Stik NPL First Division South play-off rivals Leek Town on Saturday. Strikes from Brad Wells (25), Jordan Lemon (28) Nathan Whitehead (31) and Cenk Acar (45) emphatically steered the Tulips to glory at Harrison Park ...

Harborough Town 2 Holbeach United 4 Debutant George Zuerner netted twice as Holbeach United won a bad-tempered ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at Harborough Town 4-2 on Saturday. Signed from Lincoln Moorlands Railway last week, ex-Spalding United midfielder Zuerner marked his Tigers’ bow with the opening goal on 30 minutes at Bowden’s Park. Zak Munton doubled the Holbeach lead eight ...

Southwell RFC 66 Spalding RFC 10 Spirited Spalding RFC suffered another heavy defeat on Saturday – but they did show their mettle in the second half to stop high-flying Southwell running riot. Town, who are already relegated having only won once all season, were beaten 66-10 by their second-placed hosts in Midlands Two East (North). It looked like the Elephants ...

Spalding RFC lost 66-10 at Southwell on Saturday as their wretched run in Midlands Two East (North) continued. Town, who have now lost 18 of their 19 league games, are all but relegated after the defeat. Full report online on Monday. RESULTS Midlands Two East (North): Market Bosworth 25 West Bridgford 24; Matlock 23 Loughborough 24; Melbourne 54 Kesteven 8; ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United hit four goals in impressive away wins on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United reached another cup final. Spalding were 4-0 winners at Leek Town in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, with Brad Wells (25), Nathan Whitehead (39), Jordan Lemon (45) and Cenk Acar (45) all netting before half time. The win keeps the Tulips third ...

Confident Spalding United boss Chris Rawlinson believes that his side will be on the brink of clinching a play-off place if they can emerge unscathed from their next four fixtures. The Tulips, currently third in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, have a tough-looking spell of four away games in two weeks to contend with. Following their impressive 1-0 win over ...