Sport

Oadby W’stonians 52 Spalding RFC 21 Spalding RFC were soundly beaten 52-21 at Oadby Wyggestonians on Saturday as they exited the RFU Intermediate Cup at the second round stage. Hosts Oadby, who are flying high in Midlands Two East (South), did most of the damage in the first half – racking up 40 points in a tie played at the ...

Top darts talent Kevin Painter is the special guest at The Constitutional Club at Sutton Bridge as they host their darts exhibition next week. Known as “The Artist”, Painter will be at the club on Wednesday (October 26, 8pm start) and will take on some local South Holland talent. Tickets are available at £8 per adult and £5 per child, ...

Spalding United 0 Leek Town 1 Boss Dave Frecklington admitted that his Spalding United side were beaten at their own game on Saturday as Leek Town handed them their first Evo-Stik NPL First Division South defeat of the season. The Tulips, who were missing three key men but handed debuts to new signings Conor Higginson and Danny Durkin, were seen ...

Holbeach United have snapped up highly-rated Spalding United youngster Jonny Lockie on an initial one-month loan deal. The speedy teenage striker, who has been used mainly as a substitute by Tulips boss Dave Frecklington in Evo-Stik NPL First Division South this season, will debut for the Tigers at Peterborough Sports tomorrow night (Tuesday, 7.45pm). Player/boss Tom Roberts feels that the ...

Holbeach United launched a fine comeback to beat previously unbeaten Northampton Sileby Rangers 3-1 on Saturday, while Spalding United went down 1-0 at home against Leek Town to end their unbeaten start to the league season. Starting with the Tigers, an early Brian Farrell put Sileby ahead at Carter’s Park – a lead they held all the way up until half time. ...

Dave Frecklington has revealed that he plans to give his Spalding United squad a facelift after Saturday’s humbling 4-1 FA Trophy defeat at Gresley. The Tulips chief plans to bring in as many as FIVE new players ahead of the weekend as he bids to deal with the first selection crisis of his so far impressive tenure at the Sir ...

Tom Bell stormed to overall glory in Welland Yacht Club’s Afternoon Points Series after winning the final two rounds on Sunday. An exciting afternoon was in store, with four of the competitors being able to take overall glory. The first of the two races saw Ros Nickols managing to pull ahead early on, with Paul Burton and Bell just behind. ...

In-form Holbeach Bank celebrated the unveiling of their new sponsored strip by beating Huntington Rovers 5-2 in ChromaSport PDFL Division Four on Saturday. Bryan Thompson Windows and Conservatories Ltd have kindly sponsored the team with a full new kit and match balls, ensuring Brett Schlechter’s side look as good as they are performing on the pitch. A double from Danny ...

Defiant player/boss Tom Roberts feels that his Holbeach United side have “nothing to lose” as they they prepare for two tough ChromaSport UCL Premier Division games in four days. The Tigers play host to unbeaten Northampton Sileby Rangers on Saturday (3pm), before making the trip to leaders and title favourites Peterborough Sports on Tuesday (7.45pm). Having seen his side end ...

Young Dons under-12s have been kitted out with a new strip and substitute jackets after receiving generous sponsorship from HTS Vehicle Sales. A HTS spokesman said: “HTS Vehicle Sales are proud to be the sponsor of the Young Dons and wish them every success for the new season.” Dons’ under-12 manager Ben Pell added: “We would like to thank HTS ...

A year of fundraising led by two women from Spalding Indoor Bowls club has culminated with a four-figure donation to LIVES. Gloria Haney and Maisie Belding, both of Spalding IBC, handed over a cheque for £1,258.55 to Gordon Kirk from the charity, which is a volunteer community team of first responders with a presence in South Holland. Monies raised came ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s Cyclo Cross season got under way with a pair of impressive performances at the two Lincolnshire League events held so far. A small group of Spalding riders made the trip to Sleaford for round one on September 25, representing the club well with two top ten finishes. After the demise of the Sherwood Pines SRAM team, Jake ...

Spalding Golf Club’s seniors rounded off their season by beating Thorney Lakes 5.5-2.5 at the Surfleet course. The winning pairs for Spalding were John Camm and John Woods (3&1), Jon Dorward and Alan Pritchard (2&1), Brian Freir and John Tilling (3&2), Ray Andrew and Mike Browning (2&1) and Bernard Herbert and Dave Halftech (4&3). A half was achieved by Roger ...

A squad of 15 members from South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club brought home an impressive 17 medals over 19 events from the Rob Welbourn Open Meet in Deeping. The swimmers, whose ages ranged from nine to 15 years, entered the 50m and 200m events at the event – clocking a host of personal best (PB) times in the process. Youngsters ...

Aaron Clarke heads to Brands Hatch for the final round of the Superstock 600 series this weekend. Kirton racer Clarke has done well this season and has improved massively since switching to a Yamaha with draperRACING. It seems to suit his riding style and he is now a regular points scorer, amassing 14 championship points to date, and he has ...

Ian Dunn is toasting a top week at Pinchbeck United after sealing deals for two top transfer targets. The player/boss, who watched on as his side defeated fierce ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division rivals Moulton Harrox 2-1 on Saturday (see page 36), has snapped up central defender Elliot Pogson and keeper Sam Vince. Pogson arrives from Wyberton, where he has spent ...

Table-toppers Spalding made it four East Men’s Hockey League wins on the spin by thrashing promoted West Herts 2nd 6-0 on Saturday. After a largely shaky start that saw the hosts fail to convert a number of short corners, visitors Spalding went ahead when youngster Joe Rogers buried a short corner of his own into the bottom corner. Leading 1-0 ...

Long Sutton Athletic bounced back to form in style with a crushing 6-1 success over King’s Cliffe in ChromaSport PDFL Division One on Saturday. A treble from player/boss Matt Cawthorn, a double from Matty Oliver and a Martin Ward cracker did the job for Sutton at London Road. They are now up to tenth in the table having only lost ...

Moulton Harrox Reserves made it eight wins from as many ChromaSport PDFL Division One games as they cruised to a 5-0 victory at Spalding United Reserves on Saturday. Declan Earth (2), John Ball, Steve Sinfield and Lee Hudson all bagged to keep Harrox top of the table. Up in the Premier Division, two goals from Tom Gosling and a Pawee ...

Market Bosworth 29 Spalding RFC 19 Spalding RFC are still searching for their first win of the Midlands Two East (North) campaign after Market Bosworth made them pay the ultimate price for a string of errors on Saturday. Town made life difficult for themselves with a series of penalties being conceded throughout the game – and if host Bosworth’s penalty ...