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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 ...

Two teams recorded maximum 7-0 wins in Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. Both Holbeach C and Crowland A picked up seven points apiece, seeing off Pyramid A and Consti B respectively. Holbeach’s whitewash win keeps them on the edge of the title race in third, some 10.5 points off the pace. Ben Harding (R80) and Colin Dodd ...

Disillusioned Holbeach United boss Seb Hayes admits that his long-term future at the club is under threat unless something drastic changes at Carter’s Park. The Tigers chief unleashed a verbal volley on his side after Saturday’s shock 3-1 loss at Kirby Muxloe – and revealed that he’ll no longer play ‘Mr Nice Guy’ with his players. This Saturday sees eighth-placed ...

Depleted Spalding 1st picked up a 5-3 win at struggling Felixstowe on Saturday to keep their East Men’s Hockey League Premier B promotion hopes very much on track. Despite missing a host of players, third-placed Spalding were soon ahead when Stuart Cunnington drilled home a  short corner. They continued to dominate for long periods and two more strikes from top ...

A return to regular action in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League saw a full programme for Division One – but Division Two continued to have ‘part matches’ played out. South Holland, facing Aches and Pains, took over at the top of the table having secured a 5-0 win. Jean White and Richard Hammond took all the points for ...

Spalding’s under-14 boys completed their England Hockey under-14 Championship programme with an outstanding 6-0 victory over Staffordshire based Lichfield at Glen Park on Sunday. The victory made it three wins – they also beat City of Peterborough (6-0) and Loughborough (8-0) – from the five games and means that the lads have finished in a very commendable third place in ...

Mid-table Tulips A produced their performance of the Spalding and District Snooker League season so far to hammer Division One table-toppers Donington C 6-0 – and blow the title race wide open. Just seven points now spans the leading four in the top tier, with Donington’s lead now just a solitary point after the whitewashing. As ever, Tulips talisman Bren ...

AFC Rushden & Diamonds 1 Spalding United 2 Ten-man Spalding United produced a remarkable comeback to beat promotion rivals AFC Rushden and Diamonds 2-1 on Tuesday night. The Tulips looked doomed early in the second half when Liam Dolman (46) lashed the hosts ahead and then Neal Spafford was sent off (48) in the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South clash ...

Substitutes Billy King and Joe Townsend proved key for Moulton Harrox on Saturday as they came back from 2-0 down to see off Leverington Sports at Broad Lane. Goals from Adam Bunton and Mark Newton had Harrox floundering in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash, with a defeat potential fatal to their hopes of retaining their league crown. But a ...

Player/boss Matt Cawthorn told his Long Sutton Athletic players not to take their place in the team for granted after watching them labour to a 2-1 ChromaSport PDFL Division One win at Baston on Saturday. Billy Radeloff’s cracking cross allowed skipper Billy Oliver to volley Sutton ahead on 35 minutes at the Goat Pen, but Steven Bratcher’s second-half penalty hauled ...

Relieved player/boss Ian Dunn thinks that Pinchbeck United may look back on Saturday’s dramatic 4-3 win over Deeping Rangers Reserves as a huge moment in their season. Top scorer Ollie Maltby took his tally for the season to an incredible 45 goals in 23 games with a four-goal haul in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash at Knight Street – ...