Sport

James Gibson and Henry Sharman got their hands on Spalding and District Table Tennis League’s (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) Val Mackey Doubles trophy. In this competition, entries are paired from the league’s ranking tables. The beauty of this event is the pairing of inexperienced players with both stronger and/or more experienced partners – and frequently a little coaching is added ...

Moulton Harrox picked up the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division team of the month award for October – and marked the occasion by smashing 11 unanswered goals past Deeping Rangers Reserves. In their last home fixture of 2015, Moulton really gave home fans something to savour. Manager Dave Panton said: “They were simply fantastic.” With Deeping not their usual organised ...

A PFA Senior Cup tie which might have been considered a potential banana skin for Pinchbeck United proved anything but. Ian Dunn’s Premier Division side tore apart Division One high-fliers Sutton Bridge United in an 8-0 romp at Knight Street on Saturday (November 28). Player/boss Ian Dunn and Dan Woods each scored twice and there were also goals for Tony ...

Lyn Tancred enjoyed a winning return to Bretton Gate with Long Sutton Ladies 1st in Division 2NW. But it was not a great start for her against City of Peterborough 2nd, seeing her penalty flick saved. However, she drove to the byline in the second half and set up strike partner Leanne Woodhead to make it 1-0. And from Sutton’s ...

Two Dan Needham penalties helped keep Spalding 1st flying high in East League Premier B. He slotted home his first flick against Ipswich and East Suffolk after just five minutes, soon followed by a thunderous Rob Dalton drive for 2-0. Spalding played the ball about with confidence and with Brendan Morris, Ashley Barker and Sam Howitt commanding in defence, another ...

Sisters Lesley Williams and Paula Brown will play each other to decide the overall winner of Spalding Golf Club ladies’ Groom Shield. Round two of the competition was played in poor weather conditions, which resulted in only 15 ladies who qualified playing in the bogey competition. The winner was Olive Gooderson with +2. Second was Williams with +1 and third was ...

Spalding IBC’s Jordan Philpott has been selected to represent England in the Under-25 International Series, which is being held on home soil in Bristol in February. He will make his debut at number two, with Tom Bishop from Cyphers leading, Kingsthorpe’s Connor Cinato and Swale’s Perry Martin form the back end. Egham Trophy: Spalding’s national mixed team beat Grantham last ...

Long Sutton Ladies’ 1st goalkeeper Lorraine Wallis is heading to next year’s Masters World Cup in Australia. The 45-year-old has received a call-up to the England Over-40s side for the tournament in April. Wallis says the notification was a surprise but she’s thrilled at the prospect. “It did come out of the blue,” she said. “My age bracket is Over-45s ...

Mark Gray is the Euro Tour 2015 champion. This, the fifth such win of his career, makes him England’s leading Euro Tour winner, eclipsing the four of Blackpool’s Daryl Peach. And it also means he finished the season ranked number two in Europe. Gray, a 42-year-old resident professional at Bourne Snooker Centre and Spalding Snooker League’s top player, clinched his latest ...

The only competitive game  in the Premiership of The Spalding and South Holland Voice Six-a-Side League on Monday night (November 30) was an entertaining top-of-the-table clash between Polishborough and You’ve Got No Fans. This tie has created some memorable match-ups in the past – not always for the right reasons – but this outing was enthralling and football was the ...

A memorable goal from a four-man passing move was the highlight of this stunning win. The result looks a walkover. It wasn’t – nobody could have argued if Harborough Town had grabbed two or three goals. But on a day when rivals in the title race dropped points or were not in action, the Tigers did everything asked of them. ...

In-form Spalding United come up against another promotion rival on Saturday (December 5, 3pm). Fifth-placed Market Drayton Town arrive at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field hoping to leapfrog the Tulips in the Evo-Stik First Division South play-off places. But they will find a team high in confidence and nursing an unbeaten league run of four wins and a draw. ...

Rob Childs set a new best break for the season in Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night. The Crowland B player’s 151 upped the benchmark by 12 points. November proved to be a month of spectacular breaks. The season’s best was first set by Holbeach A’s Hugh Pinner with 139, which he followed up a fortnight later with ...

There were rare wins for the bottom two sides in the second division of Spalding and District Snooker League last week. The plaudits go to Gosberton B, who pulled off a fantastic 5-1 result against leaders Crowland C. There were comfortable wins for Martin Ulyatt, Simon Lambert and Sam Craft, while Shane White edged home 68-56 against Richard Wesley thanks ...

Man-of-the-match full-back Paul Walker bagged a goal to earn Spalding United a valuable Evo-Stik League Division One South point at Rugby Town. The 1-1 draw at a windswept and rain-drenched Butlin Road ensured that the Tulips remain unbeaten in five leagues games since the start of Marcus Ebdon’s rein as manager. Such were the conditions, with the elements continuing throughout and the pitch becoming heavier, both teams ...

It was anything but unlucky 13 for Moulton Harrox as they extended their 100 per cent winning start with a phenomenal 11-0 win. Dave Panton’s flawless table-toppers pulverised Deeping Rangers Reserves at Broad Lane on Saturday. In the PFA Senior Cup second round, Pinchbeck United might have been slightly concerned about hosting Division One high fliers Sutton Bridge United. In the ...

Spalding Grammar School’s rugby team moved into the last 32 of the NatWest under-15 Cup with a 22-13 win at Norwich. Having won home matches against Thomas Clarkson Academy, Stamford and Oundle – this was Spalding’s first away match in the competition. Knowing that Norwich would be a skilful team, it was always going to be a close affair for ...

Our top sides enjoyed a good day, with Spalding United extending their unbeaten run under new management and Holbeach United winning 5-0. The Tulips earned a point at Rugby Town with a 1-1 draw. Defender Paul Walker headed them into the lead shortly before half-time but Callum Powell grabbed a deserved point for the home side with a leveller midway through ...

Keeper Ashley Elderkin was the hero as Spalding United advanced to the quarter-finals of the PFA Challenge Cup with a dramatic 6-5 win on penalties at Langtoft United Reserves. The drama on Saturday (November 28) followed a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes. With Spalding’s league form dipping over recent weeks, a cup game was a welcome break to try and ...

Holbeach United manager Darren Jarvis has told his side to forget their FA Vase exit and re-focus on their bid for a ChromaSport UCL Premier Division double. The Tigers were dumped out of the Vase at Walsall Wood on Saturday, but sit third in the league and are already through to the quarter-finals of the Knockout Cup. Winning either competition ...