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The 20th annual Gareth Hicks Memorial Trophy competition saw players past and present join forces to raise £341 for charity. The tournament, which is held in remembrance of Gareth, donates all proceeds to the leukaemia charity. In recognition of its 20th anniversary, a group of his former bowls colleagues were invited along to take part. Although many of them had ...

Table-toppers Gosberton D took a giant step towards the Spalding and District League Division Three title after seeing off nearest rivals Services D 5-1 last week. In what is the tightest of all three divisions, Gosberton are now five points clear of their most recent victims with just four rounds of fixtures left. A re-spotted black frame win for Marcus ...

Goals from Ashley Coddington and Markus Parry guided Punchbowl Panthers to glory in the Mont Pell Trophy final on Sunday. The impressive Panthers beat favourites Sutton Bridge Sunday 2-1 in the Spalding Sunday League clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. Jake Lally got their goal. In the league, Pinchbeck United Sunday returned to the top with a 2-0 ...

Spalding United took another big step towards securing an Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off place on Monday as they breezed past Lincoln United 3-0, while Holbeach United were held to a 0-0 draw at Wisbech Town in the UCL Premier Division. Starting with the Tulips, three first-half goals did all of the damage at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing ...

Spalding RFC’s talented under-16 side gave a great account of themselves at the annual youth rugby festival in Bournemouth. Town’s teens were in a group with Bournemouth, Kent county champions Sidcup and Windsor in what was a round robin style tournament. First up was a showdown with Windsor, a game played amid driving rain and gusty winds. In the dire ...

Spalding United 3 Lincoln United 0 Pat Rayment has told his Spalding United side to book a home play-off date after seeing them cruise past a talented Lincoln United outfit on Easter Monday. Clinical first-half strikes from Matt Nolan (15), Dan Banister (25) and Nathan Stainfield (44) were the least the Tulips deserved in the all-Lincolnshire clash at the Sir ...

Both Matt Eaton and Ben English scored braces as Sutton Bridge United beat great rivals Long Sutton Athletic 4-2 in the final of the Spalding Inter Services Cup on Saturday. In front of 200 fans at Carter’s Park, Bridge took the local bragging rights despite strikes from Sean Gedney and Samuel Moses for the Magpies. Pinchbeck United, meanwhile, slipped to ...

Kidsgrove Athletic 0 Spalding United 1 It’s often said that the calling card of a top team is to win when playing badly. That’s exactly what Spalding United did on Saturday, as Tom Waumsley’s 15th-minute effort earned them a laboured win over Evo-Stik League First Division South strugglers Kidsgrove Athletic. At this stage of the season, with the Tulips hunting ...

Northampton Sileby Rangers 3 Holbeach United 1 Struggling Sileby handed Holbeach United a surprise UCL Premier Division reverse on Saturday – and the Tigers now look extremely unlikely to finish in the top three. Goals either side of half-time from master marksman Michael Byrne (41 and 50) left Darren Jarvis’ side with a mountain to climb at Fernie Fields. An ...

A 15th-minute strike from leading scorer Tom Waumsley earned Spalding United a vital 1-0 win at Kidsgrove Athletic on Saturday. The victory puts the Tulips in a strong position in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off race, with both Gresley and Newcastle Town dropping points. Pat Rayment’s side remain fourth, but are now just four points behind third-placed Newcastle, ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club have unveiled a spree of new signings ahead of their pre-season opener at Wisbech on Saturday (12.30pm). Lincs ECB Premier League side Town have snapped up all-rounder Dan Millgate, wicket-keeper batsman Josh Downey, ex-Billingborough captain Dave Gollop, batsman Luke Hollingworth and legendary bowler Roy Tilley. Australian ace Millgate is perhaps the most eye-catching of the new ...

Buoyant boss Pat Rayment is confident that his Spalding United side will finish in the Evo-Stik League First Division South play-off places ahead of a tricky Easter period. The Tulips make the trip to relegation-threatened Kidsgrove Athletic on Saturday, before welcoming promotion rivals Lincoln United to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Easter Monday (both 3pm). With six games ...

Deeping Rangers 3 Holbeach United 3 Two injury-time goals rescued Holbeach United a deserved share of the spoils with Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night. After a goalless first period at The Haydon Whitham Stadium, Levi Wright fired Tuncay Korkmaz’s Deeping ahead soon after the re-start – only for Ash Murrell to level matters from a Lee Beeson cross ...

Saracen’s Head teenager Ben Stafford will once again compete in the Pirelli National 600 Superstock Championship this season. Stafford, who impressed at the back end of last season, will continue his ride with the Silicone Engineering team aboard a Kawasaki ZX6R machine. Having joined the 2014 series half-way through the campaign, he used the available rounds left to learn his ...

Ben Wilson makes his return to the British Supersport Championship at this weekend’s opening round at Donington Park. Having endured a frustrating time in the British Superbike Championship last year, the Kirton race ace is raring to go in a series he’s enjoyed plenty of success in over the past decade. After taking part in the official test at Donington ...

Division Two leaders Simple FC were surprisingly beaten on a low-scoring night in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side football league on Monday. Atrocious wet and windy weather made for a difficult night of action – but Surfleet’s Glen Park was lit up by an appearance from Emmerdale star Gemma Atkinson in the crowd. Division One got under way ...

Just five points separate the top three teams in Spalding and District League Division Three title race with a month of the season remaining. Leaders Gosberton D are just a point ahead after winning a thrilling clash with Pyramid E 4-2 last Thursday night. Simon Slinger’s (R7) 22 clearance in the final frame saw him beat Neil McLean (R7) 67-65 ...

Market Drayton Town 0 Spalding United 4 Pat Rayment saluted a job well done as his play-off chasing Spalding United side ticked off another three points in the race for promotion on Saturday. Saturday’s win over struggling hosts Market Drayton elevated the Tulips up to fourth in Evo-Stik League First Division South with just six games left to play. Goals ...

Long Sutton clinched their second Spalding and District League double on the trot after crushing Consti C 7-0 in a rearranged game last week. A super 64 break from Adam Barwell (O10), a cool 46 from Mick Cooper (O40) and Sean Swinburn’s (O20) 34 steered Sutton to the title with one game to spare. Having already won the Billiards KO ...

Holbeach United struck twice in added time to rescue a 3-3 draw with Lincolnshire rivals Deeping Rangers on Tuesday night. After a goalless first period, Levi Wright fired Tuncay Korkmaz’s Deeping ahead soon after the re-start, only for Ash Murrell to level matters in the 55th minute. Matt Sparrow then hauled hosts Rangers back into the lead on 77 minutes, ...