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A double from Scott Quinney helped Netherton United Reserves sink Spalding United Reserves 3-1 on Saturday. The reverse is the Tulips’ seventh defeat of the season – and they slip to eighth in ChromaSport Peterborough League Division One as their poor league form continued. To say the game was played amid windy conditions would be an understatement. Played on a ...

Marcus Ebdon is very much looking forward to the toughest game of his reign as Spalding United manager. The Tulips travel to runaway Evo-Stik League First Division South leaders Stafford Rangers on Saturday (3pm) in what is the division’s standout game of the day. Ebdon is yet to taste defeat as Spalding supremo, having steered his side to fourth place ...

Ian Dunn is refusing to rule his Pinchbeck United side out of the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division title race after Saturday’s 5-3 victory at Stilton United. In a game heavily hit by wind, goals from Dan Woods (2), Liam Ogden (2) and player/boss Dunn helped Pinchbeck battle back from 2-0 down to bag a vital three points. The victory, ...

Joe Townsend scored another goal to remember as in-form Moulton Harrox cruised to a 4-0 PFA Senior Cup win at Thorney on Saturday. The attacker displayed fantastic quick thinking to fire home a free kick from the halfway line following a large scuffle between both teams. It was part of a brace for the Harrox ace, with midfielder Ollie Maltby ...

A last-gasp goal ensured that Young Dons under-12s had to settle for a 3-3 draw against Crowland Town under-12s. The second meeting between the two sides this season in Division Two of the Peterborough and District Junior Alliance Charter Standard League was a real thriller, but Dons were left disappointed with a share of the spoils. The Donington side went ...

Alan Charevicius scored his maiden hat-trick to help rapidly-improving Spalding 4th climb away from the bottom of East Men’s Hockey League Division 5NW on Saturday. The youthful Spalding side saw off Bourne/Deeping 5th 3-1 at Glen Park to register a fourth league success of the campaign and move into mid-table. Spalding dominated much of the opening period with some slick ...

Deeping Rangers 1 Holbeach United 3 Red-hot Holbeach United produced a stirring second-half comeback to hand Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers their first home defeat of the UCL Premier Division season on Tuesday night – and climb up to second in the table. A first-half strike from Luke Hunnings (36) put Rangers ahead at the interval in what was a wind-hit ...

Formidable Polishborough suffered successive defeats for the first time in The Spalding and South Holland six-a-side League on Monday thanks to an inspired showing from Univeg Team. Their 3-1 success over the former champions in the Premier Division was the pick of the results on another action-packed night at Surfleet’s Glen Park. The top tier kicked off with newbies Warriors ...

There was nothing unlucky about Donington A’s 13th win of the season. The 6-0 hiding on Boundary B’s own baize stretched Donington’s lead at the top of Division One in Spalding and District Snooker League to nine points. They took full advantage of Holbeach A’s week without a fixture to increase the gap to the chasing pack by two points. ...

Ken Doughty’s player of the year trophy at Tydd St Giles Golf Club was awarded to competitions secretary Gino Ciuffini to mark his outstanding season. Cuffini’s stellar year saw him cut his previous playing handicap of 12 down to a current – and very impressive – handicap of seven. Men’s competition winners 2015: Spring Open – 1st Mick Vassall; Autumn ...

Oadby Town 2  Holbeach United 3 Strikers Josh Ford and Jake Clitheroe delivered the goods as Holbeach United dodged a potential banana skin in their bid for ChromaSport UCL Premier Division glory on Saturday. The Tigers came from behind to beat struggling Oadby Town 3-2, moving up to third in the standings in the process. Next to bottom Oadby took ...

Spalding United 1 Market Drayton Town 0 Jake Newman’s late strike earned ten-man Spalding United a vital victory over Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off rivals Market Drayton Town on Saturday. Newman pounced to net the only goal of the match five minutes from time at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, as the Tulips kept their amazing run under ...

Spalding RFC 25 Stamford 15 Spalding RFC turned the Midlands Two East (North) table upside down on Saturday with a stunning success over league leaders and chief rivals Stamford. Stamford came to the Memorial Field with eight wins and one narrow loss, compared to Town’s one narrow win and eight defeats – which placed them bottom. But on a day ...

Spalding United and Holbeach United enjoyed winning afternoons on Saturday (December 5). An 85th-minute Jake Newman goal secured a fifth win in six Evo-Stik NPL First Division South matches for the Tulips. The 1-0 result against promotion rivals Market Drayton Town strengthened their hold on fourth place. It was the Tulips’ seventh home league win of the season – more ...

Pinchbeck United are up to fifth place in the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division. A 5-3 win at Sawtry Town came courtesy of goals from Liam Ogden and Dan Woods (two apiece) and player/manager Ian Dunn. Holbeach United Reserves recovered from their PFA Senior Cup exit with a resounding 5-0 defeat of Riverside. Jordan Keeble grabbed a brace of goals, ...

A group of talented Nene Valley Harriers athletes were in action at an open indoor track meeting at Sheffield on Saturday. Perhaps the star of the day was under-15 ace Megan Williams, who is experiencing her first indoor season and is being rewarded for a step up in her training efforts. Starting early with the long jump, she equalled her ...

Spalding RFC is recruiting a new senior coach as it looks to improve its terrible fortunes of the past two seasons. Chairman Geof Nichols confirmed Ben Williams is still player/coach but the new role would be full-time. A club advert says: “Spalding RFC requires a club coach to improve all levels of skill, and performance of all senior teams and ...

The Spalding and District League – sponsored by Vital Recruitment – returned to league action but, with only two matches, scheduled attendance was sparse. In total seven matches were played across three competitions, four of which were completed. The spare tables were in use but it was disappointing that teams did not take the opportunity to catch up or bring ...

Pat Rayment was never going to leave Spalding United quietly. Having called time on his hugely successful four-year reign as Tulips chief on November 4, the club’s most successful manager in recent history (P186 W120 L41 F467 A207) has decided to reveal all on his time at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Speaking exclusively to The Spalding Voice, Rayment ...

Holbeach United will not be promoted this season – even if they finish in a top spot. The deadline for applying for promotion passed on Monday, with the Tigers deciding to sit tight and stay put at Step Five of the non-league pyramid. Chairman Dave Dougill said the decision boiled down to the extra financial strain of playing in a ...