Sport

All eight Spalding Gymnastic Club members won medals as they represented Lincolnshire at the regional floor and vault competition. Held at New College in Leicester, the Spalding girls helped steer the county to second overall. In the age eight and nine years age group, Maisie Foden won a bronze medal with her team, while at ten and 11 years Lily ...

Spalding Town 3 Peterborough Sports A 1 Spalding Town put their Junior Cup heartache behind them to lift the Intermediate Shield following a stellar showing on Saturday. Having lost the first of their two finals on penalties last Wednesday night, Town bounced back in style to beat Peterborough Sports A 3-1 at The Grange thanks to goals from Marcus Parry, ...

Gutted Ben Wilson came away from Oulton Park with just ten British Supersport Championship after another problematic weekend. The Kirton racer crashed his Gearlink Kawasaki in the sprint race on Sunday, before once again finishing in sixth place in Monday’s feature event. Qualifying didn’t go quite to plan for the 33-year-old Wilson, as he was forced to start the sprint ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s Top Club team are the national champions after two stunning wins over Wellingborough and Bournemouth. The event consists of men’s and ladies’ singles, mixed pairs, mixed triples and mixed fours – with Spalding travelling to Bristol hoping to go one better than last year, when they lost by a single shot in the final. In the ...

Aaron Clarke completed his first race of the National Superstock 600 Championship season at the weekend – but could face a spell on the sidelines after suffering from ‘arm pump’. The Kirton rider, who has been unable to make it onto the starting grid for the first two rounds because of the small grids, qualified in 40th position at Oulton ...

Ben Stafford bounced back from his crash at Brands Hatch to record an impressive 12th place at round three of the National Superstock 600 Championship at Oulton Park. Saturday’s qualifying one (Q1) saw the riders begin the session on a damp track – but most still opted for the dry tyre. Before the rain came again mid-way through the session, ...

Simple FC followed up on last week’s promotion by securing the Division Two title in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League. A hard-fought win against The TBME, coupled with and other results going in their favour, saw them seal top spot in the second tier at Surfleet’s Glen Park on Monday night. Division Two got under way with ...

Long Sutton are still searching for their first South Lincs and Border League Premier Division win of the campaign after another agonising defeat on Saturday. With hosts Sleaford 2nd posting 206-9 batting first, Sutton closed on 187-8 after their 45 overs – just 20 runs shy of success. Having won the toss and elected to bat on what looked like ...

Amazing figures of 5-25 from 15-year-old Amelia Gardner couldn’t stop Spalding Town 3rd suffering a bruisng defeat against Claypole at the Memorial Field on Saturday. Playing only her second senior game for Spalding, Gardner’s figures were the only real positive for Town in the South Lincs and Border League Division Two clash as Claypole smashed 321 batting first before being ...

Rob Ambrose lamented a bad day at the office for his Spalding Town side on Saturday as their winless start in the Lincs ECB Premier League stretched to three games. A typical century from Warren Nel (103) steered Town to a solid-looking 205-7 at Spalding Grammar School, but visitors Market Rasen knocked that off with six wickets to spare – ...

Some 13 members clocked up an impressive amount of miles as they took part in Spalding Triathlon Club’s 2015 cycle challenge. They started their journey by taking a mini-bus to Ravensglass, Cumbria and – after two full days of cycling – the cyclists arrived in Newcastle. Day one saw the cyclists set off down Sustrans route 72, which took them ...

By Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Holbeach United player Lots has been happening in the community recently when it comes to sports. Firstly, Pinchbeck United FC have launched a girls’ football development centre which takes place every Thursday evening for the foreseeable future. With the growing reputation of the women’s game at professional level, it is fantastic – ...

A hat-trick from James Langford and a swift five-wicket haul for Nick Crook couldn’t stop Pinchbeck suffering a 12-run defeat at Baston in South Lincs and Border League Division Two on Saturday. On a slow, low wicket offering plenty for the bowlers, Pinchbeck won the toss and would have felt the hard work was done when they dismissed their opponents ...

Holbeach lad Ashley Rudd was in absolutely incredible form at round two of Peterborough Motocross Club’s championship last Sunday. The teenager, who was representing Team TRM, stormed to three wins from as many races at the Chatteris track to seal overall victory. Even more impressive was the fact that Rudd led each race from start to finish, grabbing the ‘hole ...

Much like the last two summers, it looks like being a busy close-season for Holbeach United. The relatively new management team of boss Darren Jarvis and his assistant Tom Roberts will be looking to assemble a new-look squad for an assault at the UCL Premier Division title next time around. Having taken over in the aftermath of Graham Drury and ...

Spalding’s Christina Faulkner and her horse Gypsy Rose II were on winning form at the Blue Chip Winter Show. With record at the Hartpury Arena event in Gloucestershire, Faulkner and her little horse took top sport in the Joshua Jones senior 1m open class. The duo also went on to be placed in three other classes at the popular championships. ...

Teenage talent Jimmy Hook is targeting a regular spot in Spalding Town Cricket Club’s first team after shining on Lincolnshire under-17s recent tour of Sri Lanka. The all-rounder, who is a pupil at Spalding Grammar School, made an unbeaten 100 for Lincs as they won the final game of their tour against Dharmaraja College in Kandy. His innings included 19 ...

Skipper Rob Ambrose was impressed with Spalding Town’s attitude on Saturday – despite seeing them suffer a 117-run defeat at Bracebridge Heath. Hosts Bracebridge – who are always among the Lincs ECB Premier Division title contenders – clubbed 350-3 after winning the toss and deciding to bat, with Nick John (137), Brett Houston (98) and Paul Cook (86) all making ...

Pinchbeck Cricket Club kicked off their South Lincs and Border League Division Two season with an excellent 43-run victory over Timberlands on a day where the runs flowed at Spalding Grammar School. After choosing to bat first on Saturday, the hosts racked up a daunting 250-6 in their 45 overs thanks largely to the efforts of Nick Crook (95) and ...

Long Sutton 1st began their South Lincs and Border League Premier Division campaign with an agonising two-wicket defeat against Billingborough at Paradise Field on Saturday. Losing the toss, Sutton were asked to bat and were quickly in trouble with a flurry of early wickets. Adam Wright (19) was the only player in the top order to make double figures with ...