Sport

Young Kirton racer Aaron Clarke stormed to his best finish of the Pirelli National Superstock 600 Championship at Thruxton on Saturday – but was later disqualified. Clarke rode his ACR Kawasaki to a fine 24th place on his first outing at the Hampshire track and was delighted after hitting the chequered flag. However, after a post-race check he was one ...

Pat Rayment is expecting Spalding United’s friendly clash with St Ives Town to be their toughest pre-season test to date. The Tulips welcome the Saints to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm) as the pair lock horns for the first time since the UCL Knockout Cup final of 2013. Spalding won 4-0 that day, but the Saints ...

Holbeach United slipped to a 5-2 home defeat against higher-graded Lincoln United in their final pre-season game on Saturday, while Spalding United picked up a 1-1 draw against St Ives Town. Starting with the Tigers, a goal from Josh Ford snuffed out an early Lincoln opener as the sides were locked together at 1-1 as the half-time whistle sounded. Evo-Stik ...

Spalding Cycling Club’s talented “Go-Ride” team were in fine form at the Heckington Show grass track events on Saturday. A new-look team, which consisted of mixed ages and experience levels, finished a fantastic third overall behind Witham Wheelers and Bourne Wheelers. The team of Jack Bowser, Ben Norton, Ed Gurney, Tom Wright, Sophie Wright and Will Gurney all produced tremendous ...

Spalding Town skipper Rob Ambrose accepts that his side need some kind of great escape to avoid relegation from the Lincs ECB Premier League this season. Last weekend’s heavy 121-run loss at Lindum  has left them 32 points adrift at the foot ahead of Saturday’s trip to relegation rivals Grantham (noon). And, with just six games left to play, Ambrose ...

Holbeach United are looking to field their strongest-possible side in their pre-season finale against Lincoln United on Saturday (3pm). The Carter’s Park clash against the Evo-Stik League First Division South side is the last friendly the Tigers will face before they kick off their UCL Premier Division campaign at Desborough Town. Tigers number two Tom Roberts knows his side are ...

Three Spalding-based bowlers had reason to celebrate at the Lincolnshire county finals over the weekend as they lifted two top titles between them. Ayscoughfee talent Ashley Caress stormed to a stunning victory in the under-25 singles final at the Spalding Town Bowls Club finals, while Royal Mail Cart pairing Steve Hill and Martin Spencer were crowned pairs champions. The trio ...

A remarkable double-hundred from Jake Polland sentenced South Lincs and Border League Premier Division basement boys Moulton Harrox to another damaging defeat on Saturday. The Belton Park opener hit an incredible 30 fours and four sixes in his unbeaten innings of 201, as the hosts declared on a whopping 330-3 from just 39 overs. New Harrox skipper James Cornwell (1-46), ...

Nene Valley Harriers romped to victory in their East Anglian League match at the Embankment in Peterborough by an impressive 66-point margin. The Harriers, who boast a host of South Holland members, recorded overall victories in the under-15 girls’, under-17 girls’ and senior ladies’ combined teams, plus the under 17 boys’ event. The senior men finished a close second to ...

Spalding and District League side British Rail have won the coveted Inter-Town Cribbage League crown. Held between the winners of the Bourne, Grantham, Spalding and Stamford leagues, British Rail won five of their six games to take the title by seven clear points. Their rivals were The Anchor Inn (Bourne), White Lion (Grantham) and The Imps (Stamford). British Rail’s results: ...

Speedway star Simon Lambert has made his own slice of history by winning the Kent Laurels Individual meeting for a third year on the spin. The Gosberton Risegate ace enters the historic books as being the only British speedway rider to win the event three times since the Trophy’s inception – and is also the first rider to win in ...

Billy King shone as his table-topping Tekkers side beat Division One title rivals Pro Ballers 4-1 in a surprisingly one-sided affair on another rollercoaster night of action in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League. Elsewhere on Monday night, Division Two leaders Puyol Pants Down made it a perfect ten wins from ten after beating FC Barnicols 2-0 at ...

Three South Holland sides picked up impressive friendly wins on Tuesday night. Spalding United picked up a 3-1 victory at Boston Town, while Holbeach United earned a fine 3-0 success at March Town and Pinchbeck United upset Bourne Town 4-3. All of the goals came in the first half of the Tulips’ Tattershall Road triumph, with George Zuerner (2) and ...

Ian Dunn is targeting silverware with Pinchbeck United this season as he bids to improve on last year’s solid showing. The Pinchbeck player/boss, who returned to Knight Street last season for a second spell following a short stint as Boston Town boss, has his eyes on a historic Lincs Junior Cup victory. Having won the ChromaSport Peterborough Premier Division and ...

A deadly double from new signing Josh Moreman steered Spalding United to a 2-0 friendly victory over South Holland rivals Holbeach United on Saturday. Moreman buried a first-half penalty on 28 minutes, before rifling home a superb left-footed volley (72) to settle the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash. Having gone close early on through Neal Spafford Tom Waumsley and ...

Spalding Town are now 32 points adrift at the foot of the Lincs ECB Premier League table after suffering a 121-run defeat against Lincoln Lindum on Saturday. A stunning century from Charles Tomlinson (127 from 101 balls) guided visitors Lindum to a sizeable 281-9 at Spalding Grammar School, before they dismissed Town for 160 in the final over of the ...

Spalding Water Polo moved up to third in the Herts League with a fine 13-7 win over Bedford at the Castle Sports Complex. Spalding took control of the match from the whistle and their attacking style meant a lead of 4-1 at the end of the first quarter, with goals from John James, James Teesdale, Jack Carpenter and Tim Shields. ...

Rob Ambrose has warned his Spalding Town side that their plight in the Lincs ECB Premier League has become worrying. Town are 24 points adrift at the foot of the table with just eight games to play after last weekend’s losing draw against Market Rasen. This weekend sees Spalding play host to mid-table Lincoln Lindum – a side that cruised ...

Holbeach United’s first-ever all-girls team is set to make history in the Peterborough Junior Alliance League. The team, which will play as Holbeach United under-13s, will become the first ever girls’ side to play in what is essentially a boys’ league. Joint managers Rob Bell and Carl Walker have rapidly assembled a squad of 14 players – which has coincided ...

Fierce South Holland rivals Spalding United and Holbeach United square off in a hotly-anticipated friendly clash on Saturday (3pm) – but both camps insist tempers won’t flare. The Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field showdown is the first meeting between the pair since 2013 – when the Tulips cruised to a 5-0 win over the Tigers en-route to winning the UCL ...