Sport

Both Holbeach United and Spalding United saw their games postponed over the weekend, while Pinchbeck United won 4-1 at Leverington Sports and Moulton Harrox were knocked of the President Premier Shield after a 3-2 defeat at Netherton United. Starting with South Holland’s big two, Spalding saw their high-profile trip to Witton Albion in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South called off ...

Spalding United won’t allow Evo-Stik NPL First Division South promotion rivals Witton Albion to get the better of them on back-to-back weekends. That’s the verdict of confident manager Chris Rawlinson, who is preparing his Tulips for a double-header against the Cheshire-based side. Spalding visit Witton, who leapfrogged them into second on Tuesday night after winning 4-3 at Stocksbridge Park Steels, ...

An impressive 16 students recently completed the FA Basic referees course at Spalding Grammar School. Nine students from Spalding Grammar were joined by seven others from around the county to be put through their paces by the Lincs FA Training Team – Michael Brader, Rob Windle, Sarah Grundy, Simon Bell, Jonathan Amess and George Richardson. The course entailed a two ...

Long Sutton are now 8.5 points clear at the top of Spalding and District Billiards League – with a game in hand – after a 5-2 win at Holbeach A on Monday night. Mick Cooper (O160) got them on the way to glory with a titanic 200-195 win over Hugh Pinner (O110) in the clash of the night. Pinner made ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s annual fundraising event in aid of the British Heart Foundation raised an impressive £641. The all-day event saw some 72 bowlers play triples matches of seven ends or one hour – whichever came sooner. The winners were the team with the most points, with shot difference the deciding factor if points were level. The rinks were ...

The talented boys from Spalding Gymnastics Academy all picked up medals at the Northamptonshire County Championships. The lads travelled to Irthlingborough for the six-piece competition – and produced an amazing display to wow their coaches. The morning session saw the Novice Competition get under way, with the Spalding boys coming away with a host of medals. Matty Bogan grabbed three ...

Nene Valley Harriers athletes left many of their rivals bogged down in the mud at the National Cross Country Championships on Saturday. The Wollaton Park course in Nottingham was set out to include many swamp like areas of the deer park, but local cross country experts thrived on the unforgiving terrain. A highlight was the battle between Nene Valley and ...

Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki are pleased to announce the additions of Sam Coventry and Ben Luxton to the team. Coventry will team up with Tom Fisher to contest the Superstock 1000 championship, while Luxton will campaign the Superstock 600 series. Waterlooville-based Coventry, who is 23, is a service manager at PGS garage services. He said:  “I’m so pleased to have ...

The Division One title race in Spalding and District Snooker League looks like being one of the closest in years with just five points now spanning the leading four teams. With top trio Donington C, Tulips B and Holbeach A all losing 4-2, fourth-placed Pyramid B – who beat Holbeach – are now bang in the hunt. Starting with the ...

Buoyant player/boss Ian Dunn insists that he “doesn’t care” who Pinchbeck United face in the final of the ChromaSport PDFL President Premier Shield after coming from behind to beat Ketton 2-1 on Saturday. Pinchbeck, who are bidding to win the competition for the second year on the spin, were 1-0 down at half time in a semi-final clash that was ...

Irresistible Spalding 4th clinched the East Men’s Hockey League Division 6NW (N) title and notched up 100 goals for the season as they beat Long Sutton 3rd 3-0 on Saturday. With just two games remaining, the Spalding side are also on the verge of a flawless season as they made it 16 wins from as many matches. Bailey Harker picked ...

Deflated player/boss Matt Cawthorn admitted that an abject second-half performance was to blame for Long Sutton Athletic exiting the PFA Challenge Cup on Saturday. The Magpies were shot down 3-1 at home to Oakham United Reserves. Jaede Timms put the visitors ahead on 20 minutes, only for Billy Radeloff to level 15 minutes later with a real cracker. However, William ...

Frustrated boss Chris Rawlinson is hoping that Evo-Stik NPL First Division South officials will help his side out after seeing Tuesday night’s trip to Leek Town postponed at the 11th hour. The game was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch around an hour before kick-off – but the Tulips had already arrived at Harrison Park. With 100 miles between the ...

Matlock RFC 74 Spalding RFC 0 Struggling Spalding RFC failed to make their game in hand pay on Saturday as the slipped ever-closer to the relegation trapdoor in Midlands Two East (North). For the second successive week Town failed to even register a point against one of the league’s high-fliers, as Matlock moved up to second place with a crushing ...

Holbeach United  2 Eynesbury Rovers 0 Resurgent Holbeach United produced one of the best performances of their season so far to beat high-flying Eynesbury Rovers 2-0 on Saturday. Second-half goals from Jake Clitheroe and new signing Charley Sanders settled the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division clash at Carter’s Park, as the Tigers bounced back from a horror show at Kirby Muxloe ...

Spalding United 3 Sheffield FC 0 A wonder goal from Leon Mettam helped promotion-chasing Spalding United ease to a largely comfortable 3-0 victory over Sheffield FC on Saturday. On-loan frontman Mettam lit up an otherwise drab first half with a sensational 25-yard volley that picked out the top corner on the half-hour. Second-half strikes from top scorer Brad Wells (52) ...

Spalding RFC suffered a huge 74-0 defeat at Matlock on Saturday as they failed to make their game in hand pay. Rock-bottom Town are now 20 points from safety with six games remaining in Midlands Two East (North) as they face up to the prospect of a second relegation in three seasons. The defeat is Spalding’s heaviest of the season. ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed impressive wins on Saturday, while Pinchbeck United reached a cup final. Starting with Spalding, they eased past Sheffield FC 3-0 at in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South to give their play-off hopes a major boost. A first-half stunner from Leon Mettam (30) gave Chris Rawlinson’s side a 1-0 half-time lead against the world’s ...

A successful rally team is hoping to raise South Holland interest in the sport ahead of their keenly-anticipated return to action next month. P & R Plant Hire Rally Team Holbeach, who are owned by Paddy Plaice and led by driver David Tinn, are bidding to broaden their horizons this season after a hugely impressive 2016 campaign. Despite the MSA ...

Top Spalding Indoor Bowls Club talent Jordan Philpott was part of the victorious England team in the Under-25 Home International series over the weekend. Philpott was selected at number two at the Newport event, with Perry Martin (Swale) as the skip, Jack Bird (Scarborough) number two and Connor Cinato (Kingsthorpe) playing three. First up was Ireland, with the rink winning ...