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Long Sutton Athletic player/boss Matt Cawthorn admits that he feels a little let down by the club after finding out that he’ll have to re-apply for his own job. Cawthorn, who stepped up from assistant boss after Danny Goddard’s surprise resignation in March, picked up ten points from his seven ChromaSport PDFL Division One games in sole charge. That ensured ...

Two superb scores of nett 66 made Spalding Golf Club’s May Medal one to remember. Played in superb conditions at the Surfleet course, no less than 15 of the 150-plus competitors were able to break par for the round. Leading the way was JM West, who edged out Mark Payne after both managed stellar scores of 66. One shot behind ...

Awful weather throughout the day didn’t stop 12 riders from taking on Spalding Cycling Club’s Drop Bar Challenge event. A massive success in 2015 with good weather and a large field, numbers were sadly down this year. The rule of the event is to use only standard road bikes and equipment in a bid to re-create the feel of 1970s ...

Boss Carl Wilson declared himself “over the moon” as Tydd St Mary clinched promotion to ChromaSport Division Two with an impressive 4-1 play-off final win at Stamford Lions Reserves on Tuesday night. The Saints flew out of the blocks early on and could have easily been 3-0 nil up after just ten minutes. It wasn’t long before Tydd made the ...

It’s now three South Lincs and Border League Division One wins on the spin for Spalding 2nd after they picked up 20 points a Timberland on Saturday. Ansar Hussain’s unbeaten 60 helped Town 2nd (83-2) clinch an eight-wicket victory after bowling their hosts out for 80 – a result that sees them go to the top of the early table. ...

Mick Cooper was on-song as his West Acre side had a night to remember when they dominated the West Norfolk Billiards League’s individual finals night. All five finalists came from the club with Cooper retaining the Open Scratch and Handicap crowns. The 57-year-old (R80) hit a break of 54 during his 195-124 victory over Bruce Welham (R20) and beat Dean ...

Race ace Ben Wilson is facing a significant spell on the sidelines after breaking his leg following a crash at the North West 200 event in Northern Ireland last week. The Kirton racer crashed heavily during practice for the Superstock race on Tuesday evening – resulting in a compound fracture of the femur and causing the session to be red ...

A stunning 121 not out from Jack Barnett steered Moulton Harrox to an impressive eight-wicket win over Heckington on Saturday. The Harrox opener ensured that chasing down Heckington’s 204-5 was a walk in the park as his side moved into the top four of South Lincs and Border League Division One. Having won the toss and chosen to bat, visitors ...

Long Sutton bounced back from last week’s derby defeat against Spalding Town to pull off an unlikely victory away at title-chasing Billingborough in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division. Having been put into bat by their hosts, the in-form Dan Oldfield continued his good run with a well-made 24, but wickets continued to fall at the other end with ...

Relentless Spalding Town completed their regular season with a massive 17-0 victory over Thorney Reserves on Saturday. Marcus Parry led the charge with six goals – taking his tally for the season to a whopping 54 in ChromaSport PDFL Division Two. That makes the Town ace the leading scorer in any PDFL division this season. Glen Wells (3), Danny Kingman ...

With just two official playing weeks left in The Spalding and District Table Tennis League (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) the final standings are still some way from being decided. In Division One, just one match was completed in its entirety while four others had just one or two games played. Nets and Edges put out their strongest pair in the ...

New Saracen’s Head C put Division One disappointment behind them to deny Ship Albion a double on finals night of the Grays of Holbeach Spalding and District Darts League. Having finished two points behind champions Ship in the top tier table, NSH C made amends by beating them in the Supreme Cup final at Spalding Services Club. Prior to that ...

Warren Nel and Jack Barnett both scored unbeaten centuries in South Lincs and Border League on what was a fine Saturday for South Holland sides. Spalding Town ace Nel made it back-to-back tons with 100 not out as his side cruised to a 122-run victory over Belton Park at the Memorial Field. Nel shared a club record opening partnership of  219 ...

Spalding United have pulled off a real coup by enticing highly-rated Dave Frecklington to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field as their new manager Frecklington, who led rivals Lincoln United to the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs last season, was revealed as Marcus Ebdon’s successor at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Sunday. The former Lincoln United, Stamford, Grantham ...

Chris Green recorded amazing bowling figures of 8-9 in Spalding Town’s 48-run win over Ufford Park 2nd in Rutland League Division Six on Sunday. Green’s figures are believed to be amongst the best-ever recorded in the Rutland League and are certainly the best posted by any Spalding player. The 22-year-old needed just 6.2 overs to rip through the Ufford batting ...

Player/boss Tom Roberts has admitted that Holbeach United’s season could have gone down as one to remember. Finishing fourth in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division – albeit 27 points behind champions Kempston Rovers – reaching the UCL Knockout Cup final and enjoying a memorable FA Cup run would be good enough for most Step Five teams. But Roberts, who took ...

Moulton Harrox 0 Pinchbeck United 1 A deflected Tyler Wright strike four minutes from time fired Pinchbeck United to ChromaSport PDFL President Premier Shield glory on Friday night as they edged out fierce rivals Moulton Harrox 1-0. Wright’s 86th-minute strike was perhaps heading wide before Harrox defender Ashley Coddington deflected the ball past keeper Lee Kenealy at Stamford’s Zeeco Stadium ...

One of South Holland’s fiercest rivalries spills over to Stamford tomorrow night (Friday) as Moulton Harrox and Pinchbeck go head-to-head in the ChromaSport PDFL President Premier Shield final. The PDFL Premier Division duo will end their respective seasons at The Zeeco (7.30pm kick off), with both looking to end impressive campaigns on a high. For Moulton, the incentive is a ...

Andy Bowser set the pace at round three of Spalding Cycling Club’s ten-mile time trial league. Favourable wind for the early starters made a personal best (PB) ride possible for some on the night, but a change of wind direction shaved the speed off slightly for a few of the later starters. Bowser put in the only sub-25 minute ride ...

Popular magazine LiquidFootball are looking for your help as they bid to raise money for Spalding-based Callum Pite’s Smile Charity. LiquidFootball, a free-to-read-online magazine, have various sponsorship opportunities available for the LiquidFootball Trophy 2016, which is taking place at Peterborough Power League on July 24. All proceeds of the event will be donated to Callum Pite’s Smile Charity (registered charity ...