Sport

Bladerunners have taken over at the top of Division One in Spalding and District Table Tennis League (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) as the season enters its last week. One match was completed in Division One and two others had games played, while two more were finished in Division Two. Title chasers Bladerunners faced JDM across two matches, finishing one 4-1 ...

Rain ravaged Saturday’s cricket schedule with almost all of the matches across the South Lincs and Border League’s three divisions abandoned. That included Spalding Town’s Premier Division date with Bourne 2nd, which sees their seven-game winning streak come to a premature end. Of the matches that did conclude, Pinchbeck suffered a whirlwind Division Two defeat against Claypole. Chris Wharmby was the ...

The Spalding Sunday League will have a high-profile new team among its ranks next season after Holbeach United Sunday confirmed their membership. Managed by joint player/bosses Tim Cole and Josh Ford, Holbeach Sunday have been formed after defending champions Pinchbeck United Sunday disbanded. Cole and Ford took control of league affairs for Pinchbeck last season, with chief Tom Roberts taking ...

Happy captain Rob Ambrose can’t remember Spalding Town enjoying a better run of form during his four-year spell in the role. Town made it seven wins on the spin last Saturday by beating Stamford Town to move 28 points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Next in the firing line are Bourne 2nd ...

A brilliant unbeaten 93 from Pakistani all-rounder Hafiz Majeed failed to inspire Spalding Town to a Rutland League Division Six victory over Newborough 2nd on Sunday. Coming in at number seven at St Martin’s Road, Majeed smashed six sixes and six fours to propel Spalding to 154 batting first. Hosts Newborough knocked the runs off in 41.3 overs with three ...

Nene Valley Harriers finished in third place at Saturday’s Southern Athletics League meet at Wormwood Scrubs. It was a great day for the Harriers, with the effort and commitment shown by the big band of athletes being a credit to the club. The team showed great team spirit and support for the club – and each other – as they ...

Spalding Town’s ladies enjoyed one win from three exciting Twenty20 fixtures at Grantham Cricket Club on Sunday. Town’s girls were up against Market Rasen, Hartsholme and Grantham – with their best result coming against the home side. An impressive bowling performance saw Spalding bowl out Grantham for 46 in 13.5 overs, with Amelia Gardner taking incredible figures of 3-5. Charlotte ...

New Spalding United assistant manager Chris Rawlinson admits that he’s been impressed by everything about the club so far. Rawlinson, who has followed boss Dave Frecklington to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field from former side Lincoln United, is also confident that the Tulips are in a strong position ahead of the start of pre-season training next month. The Spalding ...

With no racing at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday, it was time for the annual family camping weekend. Saturday afternoon saw camp Welland truly established, then it was to the water with anything that floated. From windsurfers, paddle boards, kayaks to a thoroughbred racing skiff, all took to the water for an enjoyable afternoon, before a barbecue and quiz rounded ...

With Spalding Golf Club’s Surfleet course being closed due to unprecedented rainfall last week, men’s vice-captain Mike Crampton switched his teams match with Seacroft to the popular seaside venue. The team ran out narrow losers 3.5-2.5 on the links course, with Spalding’s winners being Lawrie Haley and Maurice Crunkhorn and Dave Perrott and Stewart Sharp, with Crampton and his playing ...

Stepping up from the ten mile time trial distance to the 50 mile LRRA championship event proved no problem to four members of Spalding Cycling Club. The fast C50/2 course, based mainly on the A52, produced the usual crop of fast times with Arrow Cycles Alexander Colman taking top spot with a time of 1.49.35hrs and ex-Spalding member Neil Palmer ...

Relentless Spalding Town made it seven wins on the spin on Saturday as they saw off Stamford Town by 92 runs to go 28 points clear at the top of the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. On a rain-hit day, Town were inserted into bat by their hosts – and didn’t quite manage to replicate their recent explosive ...

Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s ladies’ open day was won by a team from Thetford. Dawn Dixon, Kath Malvern, Sharon Caws and Jane Herrington topped the standings with 75 points, edging the mixed team of Jan Somerville and Jan Trollope (Swaffham), Sue Ward (Ryston), Diana Gould (King’s Lynn) out by one point. The Ramsey team of Dawn Robinson, Judy Freeman, Gina ...

Moulton Harrox’s three-game winning run came to an end on Saturday after an 87-run defeat against South Lincs and Border League Division One rivals Freiston. The visitors racked up 183 batting first at Harrox Field, but Moulton did pick up five points for bowling them out. Waseem Ilyas top scored for Freiston with 37, while Abdul Moeed (28) and Richard ...

Long Sutton bounced back to winning ways in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday with a convincing 42-run victory at Grantham 2nd. Losing the toss, Sutton were asked to bat first on a damp green track that offered the bowlers plenty of help. Hosts Grantham struck early removing Luke Lovegrove without troubling the scores and Dan ...

Long Sutton Athletic’s new under-18 team are hoping to make their mark on the local scene next season. Bossed by Tom Kierman and his assistant Terry Kemsley, Sutton will be playing in the Peterborough Youth League against the likes of Spalding United under-18s and Wisbech St Mary under-18s. The under-18 team will work closely with the Magpies’ first team and ...

A village cricket club has been left counting the cost of damage caused to the covers used to protect their square. Officials at Moulton Harrox Cricket Club discovered on Sunday that the corrugated plasticised sheeting on their covers had been damaged beyond repair. And the South Lincs and Border League club now faces a race against time to repair its ...

Spalding racer Liam Warren enjoyed another impressive outing at Cadwell Park as he took part in the Derby Phoenix series. Warren, who runs Woodgate Fencing Ltd in Spalding, had to contend with crazy weather at the Louth circuit. He enjoyed a good start to the weekend with his bike nicely set up ready from the previous weekend in the Thundersport ...

The Spalding and District League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – has decided that the extended season to catch-up on matches will end next week (June 30). Any matches still not played by then will be declared void. Last week did see some action on the table, however. In Division Two, with nothing riding on the results, three matches were ...

Teenage golfing talent Hugo Kedzlie has received yet another accolade after being selected for the England squad for next month’s McGregor Trophy. Played at Royal Ashdown Forest in Sussex from July 12-14, the McGregor Trophy is the English under-16 boys’ open championship – with the first two rounds serving as the Nations Cup. Spalding Golf Club ace Kedzlie, who is ...