Sport

Club records continued to tumble as a host of Nene Valley Harriers attended the London Games in Lee Valley over the weekend. The meeting was for the under-13, under-15 and under-17 age groups – with the older athletes in action this coming weekend. On Saturday, Josh Akinwumi ran his first round under-17 60m hurdles and came out the blocks slowly. ...

Ollie Maltby helped himself to a hat-trick as Moulton Harrox picked up their first ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division win of 2016 by seeing off South Holland rivals Holbeach United Reserves 3-1 on Saturday. The in-form midfielder notched twice in the first 30 minutes at Broad Lane, only for an own goal from Bobby Patterson to haul a strong Holbeach side ...

Tydd St Mary Reserves stormed into the last four of the ChromaSport PDFL’s League Shield with a 6-3 win over Parkside on Saturday. Despite not playing a game for six weeks, Tydd started the first five minutes brightly and went ahead when Kyle Davis slid the goal past the bewildered keeper after some lovely football by Dale Parnell. A crazy ...

A last-gasp Steve Boon equaliser denied Spalding United Reserves their first win since December as they were held 1-1 at Stamford Belvedere on Saturday. Although Tulips chief Kev Nottingham will be pleased with what he saw from his side in the ChromaSport PDFL Division One clash, the late leveller was a real kick in the teeth after an improved performance. ...

Ace goal-getter Stuart Cunnington smashed a terrific treble as Spalding 1st continued their promotion push in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B with a 4-3 derby win at Wisbech 1st. In what was a very physical game, Spalding went 1-0 down after ten minutes as Wisbech attacked with pace and venom straight out of the blocks. But Cunnington soon turned ...

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 ...