Sport

Spalding United paid little attention to Loughborough Dynamo’s six-goal weekend salvo, with a shut-out providing the backbone to a 2-0 win on Tuesday (Aug 18). Josh Moreman (7mins) and Jordan Nuttell (74) got the goals to make it a win and a draw from the Tulips’ first two matches of the Evo-stik First Division South campaign. Loughborough – captained by ex-Tulip ...

An eye-catching return to Cambridgeshire is the next Emirates FA Cup fixture for Holbeach United after a comprehensive 4-0 replay win at Ely City on Tuesday night. They paved the way for a preliminary round tie at Wisbech Town on Saturday, August 29, with a demolition job in the cathedral city. The tie at the Fenland Stadium will be a ...

Pinchbeck United got their ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division campaign up and running on Tuesday. A 4-1 defeat of Crowland Town at Knight Street was their first win at the fourth time of asking. Tyler Wright (2), Ryan Leggett and Corban Oldham got the goals for Pinchbeck, Patrick Dooner getting the visitors’ reply. Pinchbeck manager Ian Dunn said: “We fully ...

Assistant manager Matthew Cawthorn helped himself to four goals in Long Sutton Athletic’s 6-1 demolition of Peterborough ICA Sports Reserves on Saturday (Aug 22). Sutton missed a host of chances in the first 15 minutes and could have put the ChromaSport Peterborough League Division One match out of sight. But they also had to do some stout defending from a succession ...

Talented Spalding bowls player Ashley Caress has been selected to represent England at the 2015 European Championships in Israel later this year. Caress, who is captain of Ayscoughfee Bowls Club, received the call from Bowls England following a string of impressive performances at last year’s British Series in Ireland and at the National Championships at Royal Leamington Spa. Two men ...

Nene Valley Harriers won their first Southern Athletics League title on Saturday after starting the day 15 points behind leaders Crawley. Harriers won their match with a good 224.5 points, 45.5 ahead of second-placed Milton Keynes, a very impressive display of teamwork and support as much as individual performance. Hearing later that Crawley – competing at Blackheath and Bromley – ...

Tydd St Mary FC finished their pre-season in style with a 6-3 away win over Upwell Town on Saturday. Upwell took the lead after four minutes but The Saints were back level two minutes later when Nick Reims was upended in the box and Tim Lowe converted the penalty. Reims was involved again on 18 minutes when Tydd went 2-1 ...

Spalding’s Andy Molsom picked up two fourth places on his first-ever outing at Zandvoort in Holland. The Caterham Graduates Racing Club race ace remains third in the driver standings after his solid showing. In a change to the usual formula, qualifying and racing was condensed into one day. Molsom didn’t get the clear laps in that he needed, but was ...

Spalding United Reserves recorded back-to-back wins with Saturday’s 3-1 defeat of Baston in ChromaSport Peterborough League Division One. Goals from Jamie Cartlidge, Matthew Cannon and Mark Lovelace, along with heroics from keeper Ashley Elderkin did the trick. Cartlidge latched on to an excellent through ball from Adam Braybrook and cooly slotted the ball low into the left corner of the ...

It was third time lucky for EMG Motor Group-sponsored Spalding United at Coles Land on Saturday for the opening day of a new Evo-Stik League Division One South campaign. The previous visits to the stadium, and playing on a 4G pitch, inside a year, ended in defeat – losing 2-0 to promoted Sutton Coldfield Town on the opening day of ...

Ayscoughfee Bowls Club were crowned county club champions after clinching two thrilling wins at Lincolnshire finals. The talented team lifted The Driffill Trophy, an EBA county knockout competition in which clubs from all over Lincolnshire compete. Ayscoughfee, who are captained by Ashley Caress, qualified for the last four after successfully winning their area by defeating Blackstones (Stamford) in the area ...

Holbeach United switch their attention to The Emirates FA Cup on Saturday as they host Ely City in the Extra Preliminary Round (3pm). The Tigers haven’t had much joy in the competition in recent years, having only made the first qualifying round once in five years (2012). That’s something boss Darren Jarvis would like to improve on this year, with ...

A place in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-offs has to be the aim for Spalding United this season. That’s the verdict of ambitious boss Pat Rayment, who takes his Tulips side to Romulus on Saturday (3pm) for their first league game of the new campaign. Rayment always starts each season with the aim of bettering the last. And, ...

Spalding Gymnastic Club’s popular summer camp is proving a huge hit once again. Close to 75 youngsters have been taking part in the beginner sessions at the club’s academy Cradge Bank, which are held on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. Under the watchful eye of head coach Alec Harding and club coach Carole Harding, the children are introduced to the ...

By Sarah Charlotte Drew For years, coaches and clubs have been scratching their heads looking for the answer in how to increase girls’ participation in rugby. Lincolnshire teams have struggled to get full teams or even enough numbers to make training sessions worthwhile. Newly-created “hub”, the Lincs Baa Baa’s, could hold the answer. The Lincs Baa Baa’s will be an ...

Spalding Hockey Club is delighted to welcome back former England hockey international Matt Taylor and his coaching team for their fifth annual two day summer camp at Glen Park this week. The camp, which will be attended by boys and girls aged between nine and 16 from Spalding and other Lincolnshire clubs, is led by Taylor – who is currently ...

Goals from strikers Josh Ford and Andrew Tidswell fired Holbeach United to their first win of the new ChromaSport UCL Premier Division season on Wednesday night. The pair struck in the second half as the Tigers saw off Lincolnshire rivals Sleaford Town 2-0 at Carter’s Park, as they put Saturday’s disappointing Desborough defeat behind them. Holbeach had to wait until ...

Woadman’s Arms made up for missing out on the Division One title by snaffling the lion’s share of the trophies at Holbeach and District Pool League’s finals night. Having finished as runners-up to champions Golden Lion in the top tier, Woadman’s kicked off finals night at the Anchor Inn with a comprehensive 5-1 victory over Rose and Crown C in ...

Talented Spalding teenager Chloe Hannam came away from the British Summer Swimming Championships at Ponds Forge International Pool with three medals. The South Holland star, formerly a member of Spalding-based South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club, won two national silver medals and one national bronze medal at the Sheffield event. Having been in America since August, where she is studying at ...

Tekkers edged the top-of-the-table Division One clash against You’ve Got No Fans on another top night of action in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League on Monday. Second tier leaders Puyol Pants Down also showed great bouncebackability at Surfleet’s Glen Park, as they put last week’s loss behind them by thrashing in-form Balotellitubbies. Champions Polishborough kicked off the ...