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Both Spalding United and Holbeach United picked up impressive wins on Saturday as they saw off Market Drayton Town and Oadby Town 4-0 and 3-2 respectively. The Tulips jumped up to fourth in Evo-Stik League Division South with their vital victory, which was inspired by goals from Mitch Griffiths (7), Tom Waumsley (73) and Jamie Thurlbourne (77). An own goal ...

Head coach Ben Williams is refusing to get too downbeat despite the latest setback in Spalding RFC’s testing season. Saturday’s 53-19 loss at Paviors, one of the weaker sides in Midlands One East, made it 23 losses from as many matches for already-relegated Town. Although he hates losing, the club stalwart was impressed with some of Town’s offensive play. But ...

The first Spalding and District Sunday Football League trophy is up for grabs this weekend as Pinchbeck United Sunday and Brennans Sports go head-to-head in the John Chappell Shield final. Spalding United’s Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field plays host to the Sunday showdown (11am), with holders Pinchbeck going into the game as heavy favourites. It’s the first of three finals ...

Nene Valley Harriers finished the cross country season in style as they impressed in a fixture against the Air Training Corp at RAF Cranwell. The match was part of the ATC Championships, which incorporates the six UK regions of central and east, Wales and west, Scotland and Northern Ireland, London and south east, south west and north. The region squads ...

The brilliant youngsters from St Norbert’s Catholic Primary School demonstrated their hockey talent once again by winning the South Lincolnshire quicksticks finals without conceding a goal. After winning the Spalding tournament, St Norbert’s went into the next round as heavy favourites – and with a 14-game win streak under their belt dating back to the October 9. They made the ...

Talented duo Lily Thompson and Lucia Kato shared top spot as Spalding Gymnastics Academy enjoyed another day to remember at the Lincolnshire county floor and vault championship. Clubs from all over the county took part in the event, which was hosted at Spalding’s Cradge Bank base. It was an excellent day all-round for the host club, who started superbly with ...

South Holland favourite Jordan Philpott was crowned under-25 Spalding Open singles champion after an action packed day of bowling at the Castle Sports Complex on Saturday. Some 24 players entered the premier three style format competition, with each player having three bowls and matches – consisting of a best of three sets format, with each set having just three bowls. ...

Spalding United under-12s completed a perfect league season by seeing off hosts Stanground YFC under-12s 5-0 on Sunday. Toby Woolsey tapped the ball home from a corner to put the young Tulips ahead, before Ryan Thomas won and converted a penalty to make it 2-0. It was soon 3-0 when Dylan Evans sweetly struck a half-volley into the roof of ...

Gosberton A turned the Spalding and District League Division Two table upside down last week as they upset leaders Consti B 4-2. The relegation-threatened hosts were inspired by frame wins from Peter Waterfall (R14), Lee Watson (O14) and James Waterfall (O14), but stay in the bottom two.Watson also starred with a 23 break against Martin Fear (O7), who managed a ...

Jubilant Jubilee boasted ten different scorers as they battered Mulberry 10-0 in Spalding and District Sunday League at the weekend. Jack Wycherley, Jamie Cartlidge, Danny Nichols, Dan Brackenbury, Steve Coles, Chris Taylor, Leigh Boekestyn, Kev Nottingham and Simon Hall all notched – as did keeper Ash Elderkin from the penalty spot. Josh Ford hit four as title favourites Pinchbeck United ...

Holbeach United have been handed a timely boost by skipper Jamie Clarke after he formally turned down a move to Heanor Town. The influential skipper was the subject of a seven-day notice of approach from the Northern Counties East League Premier Division side, but has committed himself to new boss Darren Jarvis for the rest of the season. Clarke will ...

Resurgent Posh Old Boys picked up an impressive 2-2 draw against runaway Division One leaders Polishborough on another exciting night of action in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side-league. Division Two champions Posh fielded a make-shift team, but still managed to pull off their second big upset of the season at Surfleet’s Glen Park on Monday night. Polishborough, themselves ...

Spalding Grammar School’s under-15 team produced three excellent performances to win the South Lincolnshire Rugby Sevens competition. Played at Spalding’s Memorial Field, Grammar’s opposition were Thomas Middlecott Academy, The Deepings School and Haven High Academy from Boston. Spalding’s first game against Deepings was an end-to-end encounter and went down to the wire. Grammar needed a late try from Chris Maxwell, ...

Newcastle Town 3 Spalding United 1 Pat Rayment launched a furious tirade against the standard of refereeing in Evo-Stik League First Division South after seeing his side beaten 3-1 at play-off rivals Newcastle Town on Saturday. Goals from Jose Gurrionero Munoz (24), Joshua Gordon (66) and Tim Sanders (77) fired second-placed Newcastle to a big three points. Matt Nolan (51) ...

Spalding United 2 Mickleover Sports 2 They may have squandered a two-goal lead, but Spalding United’s promotion dream is very much alive after a thrilling draw against Evo-Stik League First Division South leaders Mickleover on Tuesday night. The Tulips looked to be heading to a memorable Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field victory when Avelino Vieira (13) and Tom Waumsley (19) ...

JAG upset the odds to reach the semi-finals of the Spalding and Disrict Table Tennis League’s (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) Guardian Cup last week. The evening began with the final game of the Guardian Cup round one match between South Holland and One From The Past. With Sasha Martin taking that, One from the Past had taken three of the ...

Stuart Cunnington’s deflected late winner earned Spalding Hockey Club’s leading men a 2-1 win at Crostyx on Saturday – and clinched impressive back-to-back league titles. Already promoted from East Men’s League Division One ahead of the trip to the Olympic Park, Spalding knew that a win would be good enough to see them lift the championship. However, their plans were ...

Paviors RFC 53 Spalding RFC 19 Spalding RFC’s search for a first win of the Midlands One East season drags on for another week after they went down 53-19 at Paviors on Saturday. Already-relegated Town have now lost all 23 of their league games this season and are facing up to the prospect of going an entire campaign without registering ...

A hat-trick from Ollie Maltby helped Pinchbeck United demolish hosts Deeping Rangers Reserves in the ChromaSport Peterborough League Premier Division on Saturday. The midfielder fired three in a 5-1 away success, with Mark Lovelace and Elliott Price also notching for Ian Dunn’s side. With games in hand on every side above them, Pinchbeck still have a chance of a top-three ...

Holbeach United 3 Wellingborough Town 1 Three goals in the final 12 minutes helped Holbeach United come from behind to beat Wellingborough Town 3-1 in the UCL Premier Division on Saturday. On a day where hosts Holbeach created chances galore, they looked set to suffer a surprise defeat when the league’s leading scorer Jake Newman won and converted a penalty ...