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Unstoppable Moulton Harrox Reserves are now ten games away from completing an unbeaten season in ChromaSport PDFL Division One. The leaders beat King’s Cliffe 3-0 at Broad Lane on Saturday to maintain their 15-point lead at the top and stretch their unbeaten league run to 20 games with win number 19. A double from Declan Earth and a Martin Sandall ...

Dave Frecklington has stepped down as Spalding United manager, with number two Chris Rawlinson succeeding him at the helm. Frecklington, who was announced as the new Gainsborough Trinity manager on Monday evening, informed the Tulips of his desire to leave the club over the weekend. He has been an absolute revelation since taking the Sir Halley reins in the summer, ...

Ollie Maltby fired a hat-trick to earn Pinchbeck United a 3-0 ChromaSport PFA Senior Cup quarter-final win over Netherton United on Saturday, while Moulton Harrox crashed out of the same competition 2-1 at ICA Sports. Goal machine Maltby took his tally for the season to 41 with a Knight Street treble, ensuring Pinchbeck waltzed into their second semi-final of the ...

Spalding United 4 Romulus 0 A Leon Mettam hat-trick fired Spalding United to an emphatic 4-0 win over Romulus on Saturday as they got their Evo-Stik NPL First Division South promotion bid firmly back on track. The Tulips, left reeling by a 4-3 loss at lowly Carlton Town last Tuesday night, romped to victory at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing ...

Spalding RFC’s bid to kick-start a survival mission gets under way at Matlock on Saturday (2.15pm). Town go into the game rock bottom of Midlands Two East (North), having won just one of their 14 games this season. With just eight games left to play, they are a whopping 15 points shy of safety – meaning that staving off the ...

Welland Yacht Club had three boats competing at the Tiger Trophy event held at Rutland Water over the weekend. Andy Prior and Tom Bell (in a scorpion), juniors Niall Holland and Lucy Burton (RS Feva XL) and Paul Burton (phantom) were all out on the water at the two-day event. Prior, Bell, Holland and Lucy Burton were in action on ...

Cue ace Rob Childs made the biggest break of the Spalding and District Billiards League season so far on Monday night. Childs, who plays off a whopping O230 handicap, made a fine 91 for Crowland B against Holbeach C. He also chipped in with breaks of 58, 50 and 42 as he defeated James Glover (R100). However, Colin Dodd (R70) ...

Seb Hayes believes that he’s got an embarrassment of riches at his disposal ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Cogenhoe United. The Tigers chief, who has guided his side to back-to-back wins in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division after ending a run of five losses on the trot, has 17 first team players to pick from for the Carter’s Park ...

Graham Smith’s excellent run in the National Champion of Champions singles competition has come to an end. Spalding Indoor Bowls Club ace Smith was defeated in the last eight to end his dreams of landing the coveted crown. Having won the club singles last year to qualify as Spalding’s representative, he won through to the final stages with some excellent ...

The top two both slipped up in Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two last week as the race for promotion grew a little more interesting. Leaders Long Sutton A were beaten 4-2 by title rivals Consti G, who are now just eight points off the top and two points off second spot. Despite a stellar Sean Swinburn (O35) break ...

Steve Skoulding edged to Division One glory by one shot in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Stableford Vouchers competition. He bagged 41 points to see off Ken Doughty. Results: Seniors Stableford Vouchers Competition: Division One – 1st Steve Skoulding 41pts; 2nd Ken Doughty 40pts; 3rd Dennis Savory 38pts. Division Two – 1st Ken Sherry 41pts; 2nd Bob Mann 37pts (ocb); ...

Rampant Holbeach United Sunday stormed into the final of the Lincs Sunday Cup with a fantastic 5-0 win at Rustons United. The Sunday Tigers were given a huge boost when the hosts had a player sent off on five minutes – and duly made them pay when a Jonny Allen effort made it 1-0 at the break. Co-boss Josh Ford ...

A strong-looking Spalding RFC Nomads side picked up a fine 22-0 victory over Nottingham Casuals 2nd in the Pennant League on Saturday. With Jason Steels returning as skipper and a pack of forwards full of experience and some young guns in the backs, the game ran to form with Spalding having a dominant scrum. Whenever the ball went out wide ...

A sloppy second half cost Spalding 1st dear on Saturday as they lost 4-3 to Premier B promotion rivals Ipswich/East Suffolk in East Men’s Hockey League. Spalding started well and went 1-0 up after Glenn Richardson danced around the keeper before shelling the ball towards goal for Harry Vickers to deflect into an empty net. Despite Spalding controlling much of ...

Carlton Town 4 Spalding United 3 Disappointed Dave Frecklington ruled Spalding United out of the Evo-Stik NPL First Division South title race after seeing his side dramatically lose 4-3 at struggling Carlton Town on Tuesday night. The Tulips trailed 2-1 at half time despite Leon Mettam’s first goal for the club (34), with Jordan Wilson (28) and Kevin Lusamba (45) ...

Ian Dunn felt that his Pinchbeck United side enjoyed a largely comfortable afternoon on Saturday as they cruised to a 5-0 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win over struggling Thorney. It took just 13 minutes for Ollie Maltby to register his first goal of the afternoon at Knight Street, before Callum Lawe (41) and Nick Bishop (42) made it 3-0 at ...

Overjoyed player/boss Matt Cawthorn paid tribute to his Long Sutton Athletic side after they upset rivals Sutton Bridge United 1-0 in the semi-final of the Spalding Inter Services Trophy on Saturday. Cawthorn himself smashed home the only goal of the game at London Road on 45 minutes. After Damien Ramm’s pass for Billy Oliver found its way to the striker ...

Paul Crowson admitted that Moulton Harrox were pleased to dodge something of a banana skin in the President Premier Shield on Saturday. The assistant boss looked on as Moulton defeated hosts Wisbech Town 4-2 on a very tricky surface, booking a semi-final at Premier Division title rivals Netherton United in the process. With influential skipper Billy King missing with a ...

Four goals in 16 second-half minutes fired Crowland Town to a much-needed ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win on Saturday. Matt Barnet (72), Robbie Ellis (75 & 88) and Simkus Virginijus (also 75) all netted in a late flurry that secured a 4-2 success over Langtoft United at Snowden Field. The win moves Crowland four points clear of the bottom three. ...

Oadby Town 0 Holbeach United  2 Satisfied boss Seb Hayes felt his Holbeach United were always in command as they picked up a 2-0 triumph at Oadby Town on Saturday. Second-half goals from Ollie Pinner and Jake Clitheroe ensured the Tigers made it back-to-back wins for the Tigers in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, cementing their hold on seventh place ...