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Tom Roberts admits that he and his Holbeach United side feel like they’ve had a mini pre-season after seeing games galore postponed. The Tigers have only played once since defeating Northampton Sileby Rangers on December 19 – and have yet to kick a ball in 2016. They’ve seen games against Wisbech Town, Leicester Nirvana and Kempston Rovers called off in ...

Cue ace Jason Green starred as his Pyramid B side laid down a big marker in Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. The Bourne boys, who topped the second tier table at Christmas, beat nearest rivals Services C 5-1 in their first game of 2016 to move nine points clear of them in the race for the title. ...

An impressive all-round display saw Nene Valley Harriers come away from the Lincolnshire County Cross Country Championships with three individual winners and two team titles. The new course in the centre of the Lincolnshire Wolds at Biscathorpe served as a fine setting for the event on Sunday, with three river crossings, muddy hills and undulating terrain making it a true ...

Ben Wilson is to contest the NW200 Supersport races with Gearlink Kawasaki – but will not represent the team in the other races in Ireland or in the British Supersport Championship. Wilson will pair up with his former team-mate Alastair Seeley in the NW200 Supersport race in the Northern Ireland races and is anticipating a strong result when the races ...

Spalding United manager Marcus Ebdon remains confident that he’ll be able to hold onto star striker Josh Moreman amid interest from King’s Lynn Town. The Linnets, who play in the Southern League Premier Division, have made a seven-day approach for the 16-goal ace. Having also lost hitman Jake Newman (to Stamford) and winger Mitch Griffiths (Lincoln United) in recent weeks, ...

An impressive first-half showing saw Spalding 1st begin the second half of their East Men’s Hockey League Premier B campaign with a 2-1 win at Felixstowe on Saturday. High-flying Spalding fell behind early on against their mid-table hosts, but hit back before half-time thanks to strikes from Joe Higgins and Dan Needham. Higgins bundled the ball home after a Josh ...

Dronfield RFC 31 Spalding RFC 6 Spalding RFC were unable to build on a promising first-half showing as they succumbed to a 31-6 defeat at Midlands Two East (North) leaders Dronfield on Saturday. Two penalties from James West saw Town trail by just six points at the interval, but the Derbyshire-based hosts kicked on in the second period to maintain ...

Spalding United Reserves crashed out of the ChromaSport PDFL Chairman Championship Shield after a 5-1 hammering at Wittering in Saturday’s quarter-finals. With a depleted squad forced to play on a heavy pitch, it was a nightmare scenario for Tulips boss Kev Nottingham in what was their first game in four weeks. Things looked even for the first 25 minutes as ...

Confident cueman Mick Cooper continued his dominant form of the billiards scene by becoming the Norfolk Handicap champion. Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League ace Cooper was in high spirits ahead of the January 3 event at the Maltings Q Club after enjoying a stunning end to 2015. And that red-hot spell on the baize never looked like ending ...

Nene Valley Harriers won individual and team gold as they starred at The Cambridgeshire Cross Country Championship. Heavy rain had turned the Priory Park course at St Neots into an energy sapping mud bath. But the Nene Valley under-13 girls had a field day, with Flo Brill taking the gold medal following a fine display of front running. Ella Robinson ...

Spalding RFC’s winning run in Midlands Two East (North) was ended by a 31-6 defeat at leaders Dronfield on Saturday. Town came into the game full of confidence after wins over Stamford and Bakewell at the end of 2015, but proved t be no match for the table-toppers. They’ll hope the loss is just a blip ahead of next week’s ...

Spalding United 1 Romulus 0 An early debut goal from Kieran Davies fired Spalding United to a much-needed 1-0 win over Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off rivals Romulus on Saturday. Davies, signed from East Midlands Counties League side Radcliffe Olympic, finished off a top team move on six minutes at a soggy Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. The goal ...

A gr-eight showing from Moulton Harrox Reserves was the highlight on a rain-hit Saturday of action in the ChromaSport Peterborough League. With a host of matches postponed (see story here), Harrox’s second string stole the headlines with an 8-0 Chairman Championship Shield success at South Holland rivals Long Sutton Athletic. Declan Earth starred with a hat-trick at London Road, while Guy ...

A host of today’s (Saturday) football games have been hit by the heavy rain – but there is still some action taking place in South Holland. The biggest two matches to beat the weather are Spalding United’s home date with Romulus in Evo-Stik League First Division South (3pm) and Long Sutton Athletic’s cup clash with Moulton Harrox Reserves at London ...

There will be no inferiority complex shown by Spalding RFC when they visit Midlands Two East (North) pace-setters Dronfield on Saturday (2.15pm). Town, who are 11th, go into the clash some 22 points behind the leaders. But Dronfield are only top because Spalding upset previous leaders Stamford a few weeks before Christmas – and skipper Sam Cooke insists that confidence ...

Life is rarely dull when it comes to Holbeach United – and 2015 was certainly a year to remember. It’s amazing to think that the Tigers kicked off the year with Graham Drury and John Chand in co-charge, before going on to end it with Tom Roberts as the boss following the sacking of Darren Jarvis in December. Despite the massive ...

Marcus Ebdon admits that his Spalding United side are lacking confidence ahead of Saturday’s Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash with play-off rivals Romulus (3pm). The Tulips have lost five league games on the spin and look a far cry from the side Ebdon steered to five wins and a draw in the previous six matches. Amazingly, Spalding haven’t moved ...

Tom Roberts reckons that it would be something of an upset if Holbeach United can win at title rivals AFC Kempston Rovers on Saturday (3pm). The Tigers make the trip to the Hillgrounds Leisure ground in fifth place in the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division, some six points behind second-placed Kempston with two games in hand. Hosts Rovers are unbeaten in ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s mixed team kept their winning streak in the Lincolnshire League going with a super success over Lincoln A. They won on three rinks out of five, with an overall score of 107-96. The best winning rink was Freda Lyon, Derek Green, Gill Needham and Graham Wright. Spalding IBC’s friendly team won their first home fixture of ...

Crowland A took full advantage of Long Sutton’s week off in Spalding and District Billiards League as they closed to within one point of the table-toppers. Second-placed Crowland roared to a maximum 7-0 triumph over Holbeach B on Monday night to apply pressure on the defending champions. Roger Goodliffe (R110), Neil Burton (R80) and Richard Wesley (R70) all earned from ...