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Spalding United 4 Goole AFC 0 Tom Waumsley helped himself to a hat-trick as Spalding United returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion on Saturday. The Tulips were too strong for Evo-Stik NPL Division One South rivals Goole at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field and deservedly led 1-0 at half time thanks to a clever looping header from Waumsley ...

Skipper Sam Cooke accepts that any points Spalding RFC can manage to pick up against Ashbourne will be a big bonus to their Midlands Two East (North) survival bid. Two of Town’s remaining six games this season are against the fourth-placed outfit, starting with a trip to Derbyshire this Saturday (2.15pm). Ashbourne remain very much in the title picture with ...

by Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Holbeach Utd player/coach Last weekend at Holbeach United we hosted the league leaders AFC Kempston Rovers. The feeling out on the pitch was probably the same as what many people probably thought and saw. In the first half we were clinical in our performance and raced into a 3-0 lead, while also ...

Teenage Spalding RFC talent Adam Castle is waiting to discover if he’s earned an England Counties under-18 call-up after impressing while representing the Midlands. Castle was selected for the Midlands under-18 side after a successful season playing for the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Derbyshire under-18s team. He had two trials during December and January, where Midlands selectors narrowed down over 60 players ...

Tydd St Mary continued their impressive form with an 8-0 annihilation of ChromaSport PDFL Division Three rivals Whittlesey Athletic B on Saturday. With Whittlesey turning up to Memorial Park with just ten men, it only took 12 minutes for the Saints to open the scoring. That came from a great Scott Pemberton knock back for Darren Rawthorn to strike home. ...

There looks to no stopping Moulton Harrox in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division at the moment. Dave Panton’s side extended their amazing unbeaten league run to 19 matches on Saturday with a dominant 9-0 victory at a bewildered Sawtry – clocking up their 18th league win the process. The in-form Ollie Maltby once again stole the show with a four-goal ...

Long Sutton’s bid to become the first-ever side to win three Spalding and District Billiards League titles on the spin suffered another blow on Monday night. The leaders slipped to their second defeat on the bounce – for the first time this season – as Consti A handed them a 5-2 reverse on the Spalding baize. A 48 break from ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn scored a memorable overhead bicycle kick as Pinchbeck United thrashed nine-man Uppingham Town 5-1 on Saturday to climb back into the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division’s top five. Pinchbeck went ahead through an own goal at Knight Street, only to be pegged back immediately by an Andrew Sayers strike for an Uppingham side that were unbeaten in nine ...

Nene Valley Harries had a host of athletes in action at the British Universities and Colleges Sport Championships at Sheffield over the weekend. Leading the way was Emma Hornsby (who was representing Loughborough) with a fifth place in the long jump. She managed a new club record distance of 5.60m and entered round three in second place, but still ended ...

Saturday was a potentially pivotal day in the East Men’s Hockey League Division 4NW title race as Spalding 2nd put themselves into a strong position at the top. With leaders and fellow club side Spalding 3rd only able to draw 0-0 at mid-table COP 6th, Spalding 2nd thrashed COP 7th 6-0 at Glen Park to move two points clear at ...

Rothwell Corinthians 4 Holbeach United 1 (match abandoned on 73 mins) A suspected torn calf suffered by Holbeach United left back Nick Jackson caused Tuesday’s night’s ChromaSport UCL Premier Division game at Rothwell Corinthians to be abandoned on 73 minutes. The Tigers were trailing 4-1 at the time, but it is expected that the game will now have to be ...

Gresley FC 2 Spalding United 0 Disappointed Marcus Ebdon accepted that Spalding United’s hopes of reaching the Evo-Stik NPL Division One South play-offs are “wobbling” after Tuesday night’s 2-0 reverse at Gresley. The Tulips slipped to eighth in the standings after their second defeat in four days as goals in either half from Jordan Ball (39) and Gary Ricketts (72) ...

It was a bad night on the road for South Holland duo Spalding United and Holbeach United on Tuesday. The Tulips were handed a 2-0 Evo-Stik NPL Division One South beaten at Gresley, while Holbeach United were trailing 4-1 at ChromaSport UCL Premier Division side Rothwell Corinthians when a late Nick Jackson injured caused the game to be abandoned. Starting ...

Spalding RFC 5 Southwell RFC 7 Spalding RFC slipped to a potentially costly defeat in their bid for Midlands Two East (North) survival on Saturday as Southwell edged a tight tussle at the Memorial Field. Scoreless at half time, Town battled back from conceding a converted try in the second half when Harry Sharman went over – but, crucially Tom ...

Coalville Town 2 Spalding United 1 Misfiring Spalding United were once again wasteful in front of goal as they were handed a first-ever Evo-Stik NPL Division One South defeat by Coalville Town on Saturday. Despite dominating the second half and taking an early lead, the Tulips saw their five-game unbeaten streak ended by their play-off rivals at a blustery Owen ...

With Spalding and District Snooker League Division Two leaders Pyramid B enjoying a week off, three sides took the chance to close the gap at the top. Now just six points behind the Bourne boys are Consti G, who roared to a 5-1 victory at fellow promotion hopefuls Holbeach C. Andrew Grimwood’s (O7) 23 break in an opening frame win ...

Second round night for the Marylands Cup in the Spalding and District Table Tennis League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – was an opportunity for teams to play catch up on fixtures. However a combination of half-term, rain and possibly football meant that it passed by as just six tables were in use with play in three competitions. In the ...

Holbeach United 3 Kempston Rovers 3 Holbeach United blew a 3-0 half time-lead against unbeaten ChromaSport UCL Premier Division leaders Kempston Rovers on Saturday in a remarkable Carter’s Park clash. Dubbed Holbeach’s “cup final” by boss Tom Roberts ahead of the crunch clash, the hosts made an amazing start at Carter’s Park as they raced into a three-goal lead inside ...

Spalding United’s five game unbeaten run in Ev-Stik NPL Division One came to an end on Saturday as they went down 2-1 at play-off rivals Coalville Town. All looked to be going to plan for the Tulips when Tom Waumsley fired them ahead on 22 minutes, but hosts Coalville levelled within four minutes through Jake Woolley. Alex Troke then netted ...

Spalding RFC failed to build on the momentum gained by last weekend’s key away win as they slipped to a 7-5 defeat against Southwell at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Skipper Sam Cooke had targeted the home clash as one of four games that Town needed to win in order to beat the drop in Midlands Two East (N), but ...