Sport

Ros Nickols topped the leaderboard at Welland Yacht Club’s latest regatta after winning two of the three races on Sunday. The Cradge Bank-based club’s fourth regatta of the season started with a reasonable breeze and nine boats taking part in race one, with two junior entries. The boats soon picked up good speed with Nickols and Andy Agar soon breaking ...

Pinchbeck United look set to pull off one of the signings of the summer so far after revealing they’ve got a deal in place for Moulton Harrox goal machine Ollie Maltby. The striker, who finished as the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s leading scorer last season with 42 goals, has verbally agreed to join Ian Dunn’s side. Having been part of ...

Spalding Golf Club’s first team recorded a much-needed first league victory of the season with a thumping 5-1 triumph over Burghley Park. The Spalding winners at the Surfleet course on Saturday were James Crampton and Richard McCrae, Dan Hines and Lloyd Chatham, Mark and Ollie Mitchell, Chris Moxon and Wayne Wallace and skipper Andy Grimwood and Hugo Kedzlie. Having lost ...

There’s been a lot to like about the first week of Euro 2016 in France. Forgetting the hooligan element (I’m not going to comment or pass judgement on what has or hasn’t happened), the football has been pretty decent across the board. I’d include England’s performance against Russia in my list of highlights too, despite the obvious annoyance at conceding ...

Buzzing boss Dave Frecklington has added combative midfielder Matthew Varley to his Spalding United squad – and is hoping two more high-profile targets will follow. Varley joins the Tulips from NCEL Premier Division side Staveley MWFC and lists Matlock Town, Sheffield FC and Rainworth Miners Welfare among his former clubs. A long throw expert, Varley is described as a “winner” ...

A virtuoso all-round display from Hafiz Majeed helped Spalding Town extend their lead at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division to 20 points on Saturday. Town collected a maximum 20-point haul after beating Sleaford 2nd by six wickets at the Memorial Field, with Pakistan ace Majeed taking 5-25 with the ball and making an unbeaten 60 ...

Pinchbeck climbed back into the top four of South Lincs and Border League Division Two with a hard-fought derby win over Spalding 3rd on Saturday. Having limited Town’s youthful 3rd team to 151-7 batting first at the Memorial Field, Pinchbeck (152-8) got over the line in the 43rd over with just two wickets to spare. Pinchbeck won the toss and ...

Out-of-sorts Long Sutton 1st slipped to their third successive South Lincs and Border League Premier Division defeat on Saturday. It was basement boys Belton Park who did the damage this week, sentencing Sutton to a 70-run beating. Sutton skipper Phil Barnes won the toss and his decision to bowl first was quickly rewarded with Dan Oldfield striking twice in just ...

Matthew and Jack Barnett shared an incredible unbeaten stand of 214 to fire Moulton Harrox to a ten-wicket win over Welby Cavaliers on Saturday. Harrox looked to be up against it in the South Lincs and Border League Division One clash when Welby posted a competitive 212-7 at Harrox Field. But that score was absolutely blown away by the Barnett ...

Skipper Mike Kearns saluted swing bowler Jamie Juckes as he helped Spalding Town 2nd extend their winning run in South Lincs and Border League Division One to seven games on Saturday. Juckes recorded figures of 6-15 – including three wickets in four balls – to help dismiss hosts Freiston L&L for just 55 in reply to Town’s 126 batting first. ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club are hoping to make more people aware of their weekly bowls drive. The club host their bowls drive at Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex every Wednesday morning at 9am. Over the years it has proved an enormous success and is now well established, with an average of ten teams competing in a very happy and friendly atmosphere. ...

Nene Valley Harriers’ youngsters recorded a fine Eastern Young Athletes League victory at a sun kissed Embankment Athletics Arena. The meeting featured the usual high quota of stellar performances by Russ Prosser’s enthusiastic and talented squad – but consistency of performance won the day with the Harriers finishing in the top three in all six categories of the seven-team contest. ...

A virtuoso all-round display from Hafiz Majeed helped Spalding Town extend their lead at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division to 20 points on Saturday. Town (100-4) collected a maximum 20-point after beating Sleaford 2nd (98) by six wickets at the Memorial Field, with Pakistan ace Majeed taking 5-25 with the ball and making an unbeaten ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose wants his in-form Spalding Town side to be 30 points clear at the top of South Lincs and Border League Premier Division by the end of June. Town, currently 17 points clear at the summit following last weekend’s derby win over Billingborough, have a week off on July 2. Ambrose doesn’t want any other side to be ...

Four players from Spalding Golf Club are gearing up to take on one of the most gruelling feats in the game – the Macmillan Longest Day Challenge. Anthony Murphy (handicap 7), James Quinton (17), Dan Mayfield (11) and Stuart Ruskin (26) will play four rounds of golf in one day at Spalding’s Surfleet course. That equates to 72 holes, around ...

Spalding Rugby Club’s Golf Day Pairs Competition enjoyed a record turnout this year with 76 players taking part. Held at Spalding Golf Club’s Surfleet course, fine weather also helped ensure that the day was a great success. The overall pairs winners were Frank Martino and Matthew Preece, with Graham Middleton and Martin Strickson finishing as runners-up. In the mixed pairs ...

Spalding racer Liam Warren managed a solid 26-point haul from four Thundersport pre-national 600 class races at Cadwell Park as he bids to get his season back on track. Warren enjoyed finishes of 13th, 12th seventh and eighth at the Louth track to move up to 21st place in the rider standings. That represented a decent weekend for Warren, who ...

Tom Roberts has hailed a double transfer coup that has seen Holbeach United lure Spencer Tinkler and Stuart Eason to Carter’s Park for next season. Defender Tinkler has agreed to join from ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Deeping Rangers, having made more UCL appearances for them than any other player. Striker Eason, who had a loan spell with Spalding United ...

Two wins out of three earned Tom Bell overall victory at Welland Yacht Club’s Flag Officers Cup on Sunday. In what was the third regatta of the season for the Spalding-based club, Bell won races two and three to pip his rivals to the crown. Race one saw nine boats take to the starting line – three of which were ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club picked up two impressive awards at the Grantham and Lincoln Vulcans open meet over the weekend. The Spalding-based club took a team of nine swimmers to Grantham Meres Leisure Centre event on Sunday – and they walked away with the coveted Top Club prize. In the individual stakes, it was a day to remember for ...