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Kesteven 10 Spalding RFC 12 Revitalised Spalding RFC got their season under way with a sensational last-minute win over hosts Kesteven in the Lincolnshire Cup on Saturday. Trailing by five points with seconds to play, Ash Piccaver broke through the cover defence on the five-metre line, crossed the try line and ran behind the posts to present James West with ...

Radford 1 Spalding United 2 Boss Pat Rayment was forced to read the riot act to his Spalding United side at half-time on Saturday as they came from behind to stay in The Emirates FA Cup after a scare at lower-graded Radford. Rayment’s blast was specifically aimed at his three-man strike force of Tom Waumsley, Jordan Nuttell and Josh Moreman ...

Both Spalding United and Holbeach United kept their FA Cup runs going on Saturday with impressive victories on the road. Holbeach earned a fine 1-0 derby win at UCL Premier Division rivals Wisbech Town, while Spalding came from behind to see off hosts Radford 2-1. Starting with the Tigers, Gary King’s 62nd-minute effort was the least they deserved as they ...

Spalding Town’s three-year stay in the Lincs ECB Premier League is over after a ten-wicket defeat at Bourne on Saturday confirmed their relegation. Dan Milgate made 52 as Spalding were bowled out for 177 at the Abbey Lawn, before openers Peter Morgan (101 not out from 42 balls) and Conrad Louth (66 not out from 38 balls) blazed Bourne to ...

Chris Ward’s first Holbeach United goal was enough to earn a battling 1-0 derby victory at Boston Town on Tuesday night. The defender fired home from the edge of the box on 34 minutes to settle a scrappy UCL Premier Division affair at the DWB Stadium, making it back-to-back away wins for the Tigers. The victory did come at a ...

Josh Ford has warned his Holbeach United team-mates that they face a tough test in their Emirates FA Cup derby at Wisbech Town on Saturday. Prolific frontman Ford joined the Tigers from Wisbech in the summer, so is perhaps better placed than most to comment on the pick of the local cup ties this weekend. The ChromaSport UCL Premier Division ...

Some 42 ladies braved the elements to contest Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Ladies’ Pairs Open last week. The rain was set in for the day, but didn’t dampen the spirits of the players out on the course. Prizes were up for grabs for players from Gedney Hill and visiting players, while all proceeds from the day are to be donated ...

Decorated former captain Harry Sharman is back with Spalding RFC as they prepare for their first competitive game of the new season at Kesteven on Saturday (3pm). Sharman ended a 25-year stint with boyhood club Town in February when he left to join National League Three Midlands leaders South Leicester. He left under something of a cloud, having been stripped ...

Goals from Stacy Cartwright and Tommy Treacher fired Holbeach United to a much-needed 2-0 win over Harrowby United at Carter’s Park on Wednesday night. The Tigers went into the ChromaSport UCL Premier Division game smarting, following a disappointing 2-2 draw with Northampton Spencer – and they started superbly with Cartwright buried an Andrew Tidswell delivery on three minutes. Darren Jarvis’ side ...

New Spalding United striker Charley Sanders has been backed to find his feet at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Sanders, who lists the likes of King’s Lynn Town, Boston United and Holbeach United among his former clubs, joined the Tulips from Wisbech Town on Monday. Physically powerful and capable of scoring prolifically, the striker will provide competition for Michael ...

Teenage talent Ben Stafford produced one of his best performances to date as he stormed to a sensational sixth place at Cadwell Park on Sunday. One year to the day since his last National Superstock 600 outing at the famous circuit, Saracen’s Head ace Stafford was delighted to bring home ten championship points for Silicone Engineering. Stafford had to remove ...

The irrepressible pair of Neil Palmer and Chris Ward enjoyed fine wins at the final two rounds of Spalding Cycling Club’s ten mile time trial league campaign. With the added attraction of the Fisherman’s Arms Trophy being decided within round 12, many were using the opportunity to finish their preparation for the forthcoming club 10 mile championships. Round 11, held ...

Aaron Clarke recorded his best result of the current campaign on Sunday when he completed the ninth round of the National Superstock 600 championship in 19th place. The Kirton rider completed his qualifying in 30th place and started his 12-lap race at Cadwell Park from the tenth row. Although he got away to a really good start and made up ...

Sheffield FC 2 Spalding United 2 A debut stunner from Charley Sanders wasn’t enough to earn the Tulips a third Evo-Stik League First Division South win on the spin on Tuesday night. Josh Moreman’s 17th-minute goal gave the Tulips a deserved 1-0 half time lead in the steel city, before Sanders – signed from Wisbech Town on Monday – made ...

Delighted Dave Panton couldn’t hide his pride as Moulton Harrox continued their sensational start to the season with a 5-0 derby demolition on Crowland Town on Tuesday night. Harrox now boast five wins from as many ChromaSport Peterborough Premier Division matches and have established themselves as a real force to be reckoned with. Striker Adam Abell, a recent signing from ...

Ben Wilson enjoyed his best finish of the season so far as he collected 20 Motorpoint British Supersport Championship points at Cadwell Park over the weekend. Kirton ace Wilson scored a seventh and then a fifth at round eight of the championship, which moves him back into the top 10 in the rider standings. Qualifying went well for Wilson at ...

It’s as you were at the top of Division One following another top night of action in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League on Monday. Just four points separate the leading four teams in Division One after all four won at Surfleet, while Puyol Pants Down remain on-course for glory in the second tier and are now five ...

Baffled boss Ian Dunn rued a crucial decision going against his Pinchbeck United side as they went down 3-0 at high-flying Peterborough Sports Reserves on Saturday. A double from Chris Brown and a further strike from the influential Jamie Graham sentenced Pinchbeck to their third ChromaSport Peterborough League loss in five matches. But it was a key moment in the ...

Spalding United couldn’t hold on to their 2-0 lead on Tuesday night as hosts Sheffield FC battled back to earn a 2-2 draw in a cracking Evo-Stik League First Division South contest. Josh Moreman gave the Tulips a 1-0 lead at half time with a free kick on the edge of the box, before new signing Charley Sanders jumped off ...

A devastating century from Skegness opener Pete Houghton sentenced Spalding Town to a potentially pivotal Lincs ECB Premier League loss on Saturday. Rock-bottom Town managed a respectable 179-9 batting first at Spalding Grammar School, with Josh Newton (50) and Tim Norris (41) both in solid form. The target didn’t trouble relegation rivals Skegness at all, though, with Houghton clubbing an ...