Sport

A double from player/boss Matt Cawthorn helped Long Sutton Athletic gain revenge on Peterborough Polonia with a 2-0 PFA Challenge Cup triumph on Saturday. Having lost 6-4 at their ChromaSport PDFL Division One rivals earlier in the season, Sutton learned their lesson well in the London Road clash. The Magpies went ahead in the first half after the returning Jonny ...

Seemingly unstoppable Moulton Harrox Reserves thrashed nearest ChromaSport PDFL Division One title rivals Wittering Harriers 10-1 on Saturday to extend their perfect record to ten wins from as many games. Daniel Lambe-Hyner bagged four of Harrox’s ten goals at Broad Lane, with Declan Earth, Martin Sandall, Steve Sinfield, Louis Steadman, Matt Barnett and Jake Farrell also netting in the romp. ...

Spalding RFC 10 Matlock 38 Spalding RFC’s winless start to the Midlands Two East (North) season continued on Saturday as mid-table Matlock picked up a relatively comfortable 38-10 victory at the Memorial Field. Despite tries from Jordan Templer and Gav Sharman, it’s now five defeats from five for Town – who are two points adrift at the bottom of the ...

Coventry Copsewood 0 Holbeach United 2 Second-half strikes from frontmen Jake Clitheroe and Jordan Thomas helped Holbeach United dodge a banana skin in the Buildbase FA Vase on Saturday. Step six minnows Coventry Copsewood – who were playing their first-ever game in the competition – gave the Tigers an early scare before fizzling out after a red card midway through ...

Sheffield FC 0 Spalding United 4 Resurgent Spalding United turned in a five-star performance to record their first ever victory over Sheffield FC at their Home of Football Stadium on Saturday. And the Tulips did it with a clean sheet, only their third in the Evostik NPL First Division South this season, to consolidate their second placing in the league, ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed impressive wins on the road on Saturday as they bounced back from recent defeats in style. The Tulips cruised to a fantastic 4-0 victory over hosts Sheffield FC in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South, while the Tigers enjoyed a 2-0 FA Vase triumph at Coventry Copsewood. Goals in the first half from Jordan ...

A hat-trick of wins from Paul Burton secured him overall glory in Welland Yacht Club’s A1 Transport Trophy event on Sunday. With visiting boats from nearby Witham Sailing Club (Boston) joining Welland regulars for the event, numbers on the start line swelled to ten. The day started with heavy rain and blustery winds, with all boats starting on a beam ...

Angry boss Tom Roberts blasted three of his key Holbeach United players for “leaving him in the lurch” as he watched Peterborough Sports pick up a 2-0 victory on Tuesday night. First-half goals from brothers Richard and Mark Jones sentenced Holbeach to a 2-0 defeat at the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders, but it was the absence of holidaying trio ...

Three more new faces have arrived at Spalding United this week with boss Dave Frecklington continuing his revamp. The Tulips have swooped to sign young defender Charlie Gatter on a one-month loan deal from Burton Albion and have snapped up winger Jack Wightwick from UCL Premier Division side Boston Town. As well as bringing in those two, Frecklington has also ...

A 58 break from Steve Godfrey (O35) lit up the tightest game in Spalding and District Snooker League’s KO Cup on Thursday night. Godfrey made the big break for Division Two high-flyers Long Sutton B, who pushed top tier side Tulips A all the way before succumbing 3-2 in the final frame. The Spalding side had wins from Simon Law ...

A charity snooker competition organised by Nigel Brasier and Tony Scully has raised an incredible £1,770 for The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND). Held at Spalding Constitutional Club, the event was won by Sean Swinburn, with Mike Knight as runner-up. Organiser Brasier thanks Helen Mumby-Croft, Julie Croft and Kevin Fitter for sponsoring the event, as well as Vince Fitter for ...

Spalding Kickers Taekwondo are celebrating after another one of their pupils achieved black belt status. Talented Rosie Nicolson has successfully passed her black belt grading, which took place in Nottingham. Nicolson has been training with the Castle Sports Complex club right from day one. The grading involved performing patterns with commands in Korean, breaking with a side kick, one step ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club hosted the first round of the National Arena Swimming League (NASL) competition – and once again the team did themselves proud. Clubs from all over the country – including Cambridge, Nottingham and Norwich – joined South Lincs in a team event at Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex. That resulted in very pleasing fourth place finish for ...

Kirton speedster Aaron Clarke posted his best-ever finish in the Superstock 600 season finale at Brands Hatch on Sunday. The draperRacing ace qualified well to start the 12 lap affair from the fourth row – and was running in 12th place when his race was red flagged. However, Clarke was soon up to ninth place in the six-lap restarted race ...

Free-scoring Spalding 4th are sitting pretty at the top of East Men’s League Division 6NW (N) after thumping Bourne/Deeping 6th 13-2 on Saturday. James Mayhew and Stuart Perkins both completed first-half hat-tricks for Spalding in the rout, while Shaun Dewing also rattled in a treble. Further goals from Dan Azzopardi and Mayhew – his fourth – ensured they made it ...

Chuffed chief Ian Dunn felt that the scoreline didn’t flatter his Pinchbeck United side on Saturday as they crushed Wisbech Town Reserves 6-0 at Knight Street. Ollie Maltby plundered a second-half hat-trick for Pinchbeck in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division clash, while Tom Panton fired home a 30-yard stunner and Liam Ogden helped himself to a double. The comfortable victory ...

Matt Cawthorn admitted he was a “happy gaffer” after seeing his Long Sutton Athletic side came from behind to win 3-1 at Glinton and Northborough on Saturday. The win, Sutton’s fourth in their last six games, moves them up to eighth in the ChromaSport PDFL Division One. The Magpies started slowly and fell behind after ten minutes when Lewis Godfrey ...

Moulton Harrox put last weekend’s derby defeat against Pinchbeck United behind them as they bagged a fine 4-3 victory at Stanground Sports on Saturday. Top scorer Marcus Parry took his tally for the season to 14 with a double at the In2itive Park 3G venue, while Ash Coddington and Corban Oldham also netted. The win leaves Harrox second in the ...

Peterborough Sports 2 Holbeach United o First-half goals from brothers Richard and Mark Jones sentenced Holbeach United to a 2-0 defeat at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Peterborough Sports on Tuesday night. Jimmy Dean’s side are the first team to beat the Tigers on their travels this season – and in truth they never really looked too troubled on their ...

Holbeach United 3 Northampton SR 1 Holbeach United bounced back from back-to-back defeats to end Northampton Sileby Rangers’ ten-game unbeaten run in ChromaSport UCL Premier Division in what was a stormy Carter’s Park clash. The Tigers trailed 1-0 at half time after a smash and grab strike from Brian Farrell, who rounded keeper Travis Portas on seven minutes. Josh Ford, ...