Sport

A darts exhibition at the Constitutional Club in Sutton Bridge headlined by PDC thrower Kevin Painter has raised £500 for charity.   Painter, known as “The Artist”, took on 16 opponents – which helped to raise funds for the charity Welcome 2 Our World.   Painter only had one stumbling block in the shape of an in-form Ian Withers, with ...

Reigning holders Tydd St Mary progressed to the semi-final of the Spalding Inter Services Trophy on Saturday with a fine performance against Holbeach A.   With three PDFL divisions separating the two sides, the Saints were always favourites.     However, it was Holbeach that started the game better and they could have gone a goal ahead after just three ...

It was a case of another week, another win for relentless Donington C in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One. The unbeaten top tier leaders made it nine wins from as many games by dispatching a strong Bourne SC A side 5-1 on Thursday night. Despite losing the opening frame, wins from Gav Lewis (R7), Neil Reynolds (O49), Neil ...

Holbeach C returned to winning ways in the Spalding and District Billiards League with an emphatic victory on Monday night.   After suffering an away loss at Donington last week, the table-toppers whitewashed stable-mates Holbeach B 7-0 to maintain their grip on pole position.   Victories for Ben Harding (R80), James Glover (R90) and Colin Dodd (R80) helped maintain top ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club won their first round match in the national mixed Top Club competition against Charnwood as they got their bid for glory off to the perfect start. The match had extra significance for Spalding IBC, as it was the first time they wore their new club shirts – which have been generously sponsored by Colin Luesby Interiors, ...

Moulton Harrox B ace Ash Allen starred as he walked away with three trophies at the Hereward Sports Pinchbeck and District Darts League’s finals night. On a night of high quality darts at Spalding Services Club, Allen won the league pairs with partner Dan Vaughan, before going on to win the singles and the coveted Mark Tansley Trophy. The night ...

Half-term hit the Spalding and District Table Tennis League resulting in a postponement and two unfinished matches. On the other hand the league are now getting a regular group of visitors, five coming this time. Bladerunners are hanging on to the lead at the top of Division One after losing their match to JDM 3-2, who drop to fourth despite ...

Holbeach United made up ground on the top two in the United Counties League Premier Division with a 2-1 away win at Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday. With table-topping Peterborough Sports and second-placed Desborough suffering away losses, the Tigers moved up to fourth place on the back of the victory. After a scoreless first half, Jordan Thomas gave the Tigers the ...

Romulus 1, Spalding United 2 The Tulips maintained their second placing in Evo Stik NPL First Division South with another stat for the record books – their first ever victory over Romulus at Coles Lane, Sutton Coldfield. This was the second successive game in which the Tulips had made such a claim, having done the same at Sheffield FC’s Home ...

Pinchbeck’s Dan Booth is targeting British under-25 Championship success in his 1300cc Stock Car on Halloween Carnival Night at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena this Saturday (5.30pm). The meeting also features a massive field of Unlimited Bangers and the three-wheeled Reliant Robins. Off-track, there will be a fireworks display, plus a Halloween fancy dress parade and free fairground rides. For ...

It was a good week for title-chasing Long Sutton in Spalding and District Billiards League as they took advantage of a slip up from the leaders to move within striking distance. Magic Mick Cooper (O150) shone for Sutton in their 7-0 beating of Holbeach A, making a super break of 74 and smaller offerings of 45, 26, 25 and 21 ...

Dave Frecklington has urged his Spalding United players to take the chance to make up ground on Evo-Stik NPL First Division South leaders Shaw Lane AFC over the next week. The Tulips face a tricky away trip to Romulus this Saturday (3pm), before the big home clash with AFC Rushden and Diamonds on Tuesday night (7.45pm). With Shaw Lane not ...

Co-boss Tim Cole admits that Holbeach United Sunday’s Lincs Sunday Cup bid faces a real test this weekend. The Tigers, who have already beaten Baston (4-1) and Fleet UC (20-0) in the competition, welcome Grimsby, Cleethorpes and District Sunday League high-flyers Bradley Rovers to town on Sunday (10.30am). It is hoped that the third round clash will take place at ...

An injury crisis and fixture pile-up is forcing Holbeach United player/boss Tom Roberts back into the transfer market. The Tigers chief admits that his side are “running on empty” as they enter what is traditionally the toughest part of the season – the run up to Christmas. Holbeach haven’t got a free midweek until the end of November, with ten ...

Pat West won the second round of Spalding Golf Club’s Groom Shield as she saw off 20 other qualifiers in the bogey competition. Ladies’ section ace West won with a level par round at the Surfleet course, edging Jackie Bailey-Scott (-2) into second. Tracy Siddle, also scoring -2, was third. The third round was played yesterday (result not known as ...

Jo Bland’s sublime second-half winner gave Long Sutton ladies a 2-1 derby win over Spalding Poachers on Saturday – and saw them leapfrog their rivals at the top of East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW. In a game that saw great hockey served up by both sides and that was played at an incredible pace, the Poachers began much the ...

The race for glory in Welland Yacht Club’s personal handicap series remains wide open after three competitive rounds on Sunday. The morning’s race started under a darkened sky with a reasonable breeze blowing. All eight boats got away cleanly from the start following some sizeable gusts, with the faster trio of Paul Burton, Andy Prior and Tom Bell pulling out ...

Rampant Donington C stormed five points clear at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division One with a 6-0 success at Boundary A – making it eight wins from as many matches this season. Ben Wrigglesworth (O14), Neil Favell (O14), Graham Slater (R14), Lee Hempsall (scr) and Matt Turner (O7) all won frames for the table-toppers, who are ...

Holbeach United picked up a 3-1 derby victory at Sleaford Town in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division on Wednesday night. Nick Jackson put the Tigers ahead on 35 minutes when he nodded home Aaron Eyett’s free kick, but Ryan Parnell soon levelled at Eslaforde Park. However, Jordan Thomas lashed home a superb second for Holbeach early in the second half, ...

Gedney Hill Golf Club duo David Lord and Rob Newns endured mixed fortunes in their bid to qualify for the finals of two huge events. The amateur golfers just missed out an expenses-paid trip of a lifetime to Morocco in the UK regional northern senior pairs final of the 2016 Morocco Matchplay, powered by HowDidiDo. Business owner David Lord (67), ...