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Market Bosworth 44 Spalding RFC 7 It was very much a case of déjà vu for Spalding RFC on Saturday as they suffered an all too familiar 44-7 defeat at high-flying Midlands Two East (North) high-fliers Market Bosworth. Just like in their last away game at table-topping Dronfield, Town’s solid first-half showing counted for little as belligerent Bosworth ran in ...

Week 13 of the Spalding and District League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – saw an almost complete set of results plus a catch-up match to provide a positive shot in the arm to proceedings. Division One leaders South Holland’s match against Bladerunners was unfortunately hit by absent players, but the prospects are good that Blades will be able to ...

Young gun Ben Wrigglesworth made a super 51 break as his Donington C side handed Spalding and District Snooker League Division One leaders Donington A a rare loss on Thursday night. The O14 handicapper’s brilliant break is the best by a junior player so far this season – and gave the C side the perfect start in the opening frame ...

Spalding RFC were handed a 44-7 defeat at Midlands Two East (North) high-fliers Market Bosworth on Saturday. The defeat keeps Town in the bottom two and ensures that their wait for a first away win drags on for another week. With relegation rivals Mansfield losing and fellow strugglers Melbourne without a match, it’s pretty much as you were at the ...

Spalding United 0 Sheffield FC 0 Michael Duggan kept a clean sheet on his 150th Spalding United appearance in an otherwise unremarkable goalless draw with Sheffield FC on Saturday. In a game that saw more yellow cards dished out than there was goalmouth action, the Tulips at least extended their unbeaten run in Evo-Stik NPL Division One South to two ...

Moulton Harrox made it 16 ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division games unbeaten on Saturday with a 3-1 derby win over Holbeach United Reserves. Ollie Maltby bagged all three goals for the table-toppers to keep up his rich vein of form, rendering an own goal from Bobby Patterson as consolation for Omar Joof’s Tigers. Harrox’s 15th win from 16 games keeps them ...

Tom Roberts admits that he’s actively looking to strengthen his attacking options at Holbeach United. The Tigers face something of a selection crisis ahead of Saturday’s home clash against ChromaSport UCL Premier Division rivals Kirby Muxloe (3pm) with only 12 players available. Strikers Josh Ford, Tommy Treacher and Jake Clitheroe are all unavailable, while Aaron Eyett is facing eight weeks ...

Bullish captain Sam Cooke has told his Spalding RFC side to end their away drought at Market Bosworth on Saturday (2.15pm). Town have yet to register an away win in Midlands Two East (North) this season, a run that has been a major factor in seeing them spend the entire season in the relegation zone. However, Saturday’s dramatic 9-8 win ...

Danny Hussey has backed Josh Moreman to fire Spalding United into the play-offs after the striker turned down a move to King’s Lynn Town. The 16-goal hitman, Spalding’s leading scorer this season, held talks with the higher graded Linnets before opting to stay at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field for the remainder of the campaign. Tulips’ assistant boss Hussey ...

Two of South Holland’s finest young athletes won gold medals for Nene Valley Harriers at the North of England Indoor Athletics Championships over the weekend. Hannah Molyneaux and Lily Hughes both made it to the top step of the podium at the Sheffield event after stunning showings in the shot put and 60m events respectively. Molyneaux, the talented teenager trained ...

Sutton Bridge United’s fairytale run in the Lincs FA Junior Cup continued on Saturday as they thrashed hosts Westwoodside Rangers 6-0 to progress to the semi-finals. A hat-trick from talisman Matt Eaton steered the ChromaSport PDFL Division One side to glory in Doncaster, with Ben Partridge, Kurt Scott and Joseph Sutton rounding off the rout. A trip to Limestone Rangers ...

Tydd St Mary returned from a four-week break with a sublime 7-1 win over Uppingham Town Reserves in ChromaSport PDFL Division Three on Saturday. Tim Lowe got the rout under way when he slammed home Dan Piccaver’s cross on 16 minutes at Wisbech’s Thomas Clarkson 3G pitch. On 22 minutes Tydd doubled their lead when Stu Easey sent over a ...

Boss Kev Nottingham was left scratching his head at how his Spalding United Reserves side managed to lose 3-2 at ChromaSport PDFL Division One basement boys Langtoft United Reserves on Saturday. The visitors started the better of the two teams, moving the ball from side to side, creating a handful of promising openings, despite the state of the pitch. Camped ...

A super 71 break from Tulips A’s Bren Bowman is the new best in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League so far this season – but it couldn’t help his side win last week. With the exploits of former snooker professional Mark Gray not eligible for the league’s best break prize, Bowman’s 71 for Tulips A against ...

In-form Long Sutton 2nd put in another fine performance on Saturday as they hit St Ives 2nd for six in Division 3NW of East Men’s Hockey League. On a day that saw the fixture list ravaged by bad weather, Sutton’s second string were the star South Holland performers with a 6-1 triumph at the Peele Leisure Centre. It’s the second ...

Former England hockey international Crista Cullen put Long Sutton Hockey Club’s young guns through their paces on Saturday. Cullen, who was also part of the Great Britain team which won bronze at the London 2012 Olympics, junior masterclass session at the Peele Leisure Centre. Some 41 youngsters attended the session, which was followed by a question and answer period in ...

Player/boss Ian Dunn admits he’s excited by the prospect of a possible final with rivals Moulton Harrox after seeing his Pinchbeck United side ease into the last four of the ChromaSport President Premier Shield on Saturday. Pinchbeck were 5-2 winners over Thorney at Knight Street, booking a semi-final at an AFC Stanground side that beat Holbeach United Reserves 3-1 in ...

Moulton Harrox remain on course for a ChromaSport PDFL treble after they breezed into the semi-finals of the President Premier Shield with a 3-0 victory over Uppingham Town on Saturday. Second-half strikes from Ben Allen and Ollie Maltby – plus a stunning free kick by skipper Billy King – booked Premier Division leaders Harrox a home tie with either Whittlesey ...

Spalding RFC 9 Mansfield RFC 8 Harry Harrison’s second-half penalty earned Spalding RFC the narrowest of wins over fellow strugglers Mansfield on Saturday – and eased any lingering relegation fears. Town made it three wins from their last four Midlands Two East (North) games with a gritty 9-8 triumph at the Memorial Field, with James West kicking the other six ...

Holbeach United 1 Rothwell Corinthians 2 Boss Tom Roberts lamented a “poor performance” as his Holbeach United side slipped to a disappointing 2-1 defeat against Rothwell Corinthians on Saturday. It was the Tigers’ first ChromaSport UCL Premier Division outing since December 28 – and their hopes of lifting the title suffered something of a blow at Carter’s Park. It took ...