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Holbeach United face two tricky away trips at the start of the new ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season. The Tigers visit Yaxley on August 9 and then Cogenhoe United on August 13, with both teams expecting to challenge in the top eight. The first home game for Tom Roberts and his side is against Sleaford Town on August 17, while ...

Spalding Town stormed back to the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division with a nine-wicket victory at rivals Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday. Forced to bowl first, Town limited their hosts to 145-9 at Outgang Road, but were left frustrated by their inability to bowl Deeping out. That target proved no trouble for Spalding and their ...

Boston United 0 Spalding United 1 A late goal from Rhys Longville-Daley earned Spalding United an eye-catching 1-0 win at Boston United in the Lincs FA Senior Cup on Saturday. Longville-Daley, on as a second-half substitute at The Jakemans Stadium, turned home from close range in the 90th minute to ensure the Tulips won Dave Frecklington’s first competitive game as ...

There were two new names on the role of honour after Wednesday’s Stamford 5k – the third race of the 2016 Peterborough Grand Prix Series. Stuart Haw, of Peterborough AC, was fastest over the hilly and twisty course, racing to his maiden road race victory in a speedy time of 15.49mins. Although 22-year-old Haw controlled the race, he had to ...

The 16th annual running of the Michael Willerton Memorial Day saw a loyal band of friends head to Sleaford Golf Club to remember their late mate. This once-a-year golf day allows the players to pay tribute to Michael – better known as “Will” – who died back in 2000. Unfortunately, Will’s father Barry Willerton – who is a former Spalding ...

Rob Ambrose admits that Spalding Town must take maximum points from their top-of-the-table clash at Market Deeping 2nd on Saturday (1.30pm). Through no fault of their own, Town slipped a point behind the defending South Lincs and Border League Premier Division champions – having played a game more than them – on Saturday after the weather went against them. While ...

Title-winning manager Dave Panton has stepped down as manager of Moulton Harrox with immediate effect. Panton, who steered Moulton to glory in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division last season, has resigned after just one season in charge. The reason Harrox have given for the former Bourne Town Reserves chief’s exit is “work commitments”, with Nigel Steadman stepping in as caretaker ...

Today (Friday) saw the Ev0-Stik NPL Division One South fixtures revealed, with Spalding United beginning their league campaign with a trip to Bedworth United on August 13. Their first home game is against Carlton Town on August 16, while the maiden derby with South Lincolnshire rivals Stamford is at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on August 29. Other key ...

Angela Roper saw off 36 Spalding Golf Club team-mates to win the July Medal in the ladies’ section. The medal, played in conjunction with the Classic Cup, was boosted by dry conditions at the Surfleet course – and the scores reflected that. Roper topped the standings with a nett 71, ahead of Paula Brown (72) and Barbara Newcombe (73). Both ...

Ben Stafford had reason to be cheerful despite suffering a bike-wrecking crash at Snetterton over the weekend. Round five of the Dickies British Supersport Championship took Saracen’s Head speedster Stafford to the Norfolk circuit for only the second time since making the transition from supermoto. He managed a 13th placed finish on his Silicone Engineering Kawasaki in race one, before ...

Kirton race Aaron Clarke returned home from Snetterton with two richly-deserved Superstock 600 points for draperRACING. Having qualified a disappointing 28th at the Norfolk circuit, Clarke made up an amazing 14 places in the race to equal his best-ever finish in the series and take 14th place. Clarke admitted that he struggled for the right set-up in qualifying. That, along ...

There was a home winner at the Whaplode Drove six-a-side football tournament on Sunday. Whaplode Drove B emerged victorious on the day, beating runners-up Tydd Tigers FC 2-0 in the final. Losing semi-finalists on the day were Polinia FC A and Upwell FC A. Organiser David Barfoot said: “Thanks go to everyone who helped on the day. “Special thanks goes ...

Bullish Spalding United boss Dave Frecklington is refusing to play down the significance of Saturday’s Lincolnshire Senior Cup quarter-final tie at Boston United. The trip to The Jakemans Stadium (3pm) is the first competitive game of Frecklington’s reign, but the revamped competition falls so early in pre-season that it is often written off as just another friendly. That’s not a ...

Hafiz Majeed cracked an explosive 75 and Jon Manton took five wickets to inspire Spalding Town to victory over Ufford Park 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Town were bowled out for 179 batting first at the Memorial Field, but ended up winners by 26 runs after they wrapped up the Ufford reply for 153 in less than ...

Luke Rowell edged to victory in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s July Stableford by the narrowest of margins. His haul of 37 points was the same as second-placed Ian Gerrard, but Rowell took top spot on countback. The other divisional winners were Vaughan Dibble (D2) and Matthew Prudence (D3). Men’s section: July Stableford: Division One – 1st ...

Riders from Spalding Cycling Club put in a string of impressive showings at the South Lincolnshire inter-club 25-mile time trial event. The usual mid-season change from 10-mile time trialling to the more challenging distance of 17 miles coincided with the meet, which was hosted by Sleaford Wheelers. Having previously been the winners of this event, Spalding again put out a ...

Spalding United kicked off their pre-season schedule with a fiery 1-1 draw at King’s Lynn Town on Tuesday night. Michael Clunan’s second-half penalty put hosts Lynn ahead at The Walks, only for Bradley Barraclough to level on his bow. Another debutant, Matt Varley, was sent off moments later for a tackle that incited a big brawl as they match finished ...

Another rain-hit weekend of cricket saw just one South Holland side play across the divisions. In the South Lincs and Border League it was a total washout for Spalding Town, Long Sutton, Moulton Harrox and Pinchbeck as none of their respective teams completed a match. The biggest losers in that scenario were Spalding 1st, who saw Premier Division title rivals ...

Nene Valley Harriers made light work of their opposition as they stormed to victory in their Eastern Young Athletes League fixture at Luton by an impressive margin. The Harriers’ haul of 720 points was almost 100 more than runners up Chelmsford AC, in a match contested by seven athletics clubs from across the eastern counties. Nene Valley dominated the middle ...

Bat dominated ball as Lincolnshire CCC picked up a draw in their latest Unicorns Eastern Division Championship fixture at Hertfordshire CCC. Due to unavailability and injuries, Steve Crossley (Grimsby Town) and Joe Peck (Grantham) made their Championship debuts and Harry Warwick (Cleethorpes) returned to the side. In the absence of the injured David Lucas, the side were captained by Carl ...