Sport

When it comes to competitions, the Spalding and District Table Tennis League’s (sponsored by Vital Recruitment) handicapper is always at the mercy of fortune and form. This was the case with last week’s matches, which involved two handicap competitions – the Marylands Cup and the Guardian Cup. In the Guardian Cup, teams play four singles to 33 and then a ...

Andrew Tidswell has been given until this weekend to decide on his Spalding United future. The striker, who is on contract at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, has been placed on gardening leave by boss Pat Rayment after an honest discussion between the pair last Tuesday night. Tidswell is understood to be considering all options available to him – ...

Pupils from Sir John Gleed School excelled at the recent East Midlands floor and vault competition. The under-14 mixed team of Britney Mair, Izzy Szymak, Kinzi Stokes, Courtney Walker, Ryan Dacre and Keon Smith stormed to the regional title and now progress to the nationals at Stoke-on-Trent in May. There was also gold for Stokes in the individual stakes, while ...

Ilkeston 2 Spalding Utd 2 Pat Rayment was left cursing the lottery of a penalty shoot-out once again as his Spalding United side were dumped out of the Doodson Sport Cup in cruel fashion. The Tulips twice led their Evo-Stik League Premier Division hosts in Tuesday night’s quarter-final clash thanks to strikes from Michael Leary (16) and Mitch Griffiths (48). ...

Harrowby United 0 Holbeach United 7 Dominant Holbeach United bounced back from their FA Vase defeat in the best-possible manner with a 7-0 UCL Premier Division hammering of hosts Harrowby United on Tuesday night. Unanswered goals from Craig Parker (15 & 35), Jake Duffy (29), Lee Dube (38) Stacy Cartwright (65), Matt Nolan (67) and Gary King (90) buried the ...

A man-of-the-match display from George Douglas couldn’t stop Spalding RFC’s Nomads from slipping to 25-5 defeat against Eagles Pennant League leaders Bletchley 2nd on Saturday. With Spalding’s first team afforded a rare weekend off, all eyes were on Town’s second string at the Memorial Field. For the first 20 minutes both defences were on top, but Bletchley steadily began to ...

Holbeach United cruised to a 7-0 win at Harrowby United in the UCL Premier Division on Tuesday night, while Spalding United went out of the Doodson Sport Cup 5-4 on penalties after a 2-2 draw at Ilkeston. Starting with the Tigers, goals from Craig Parker (15 & 35), Jake Duffy (29), Lee Dube (38) Stacy Cartwright (65), Matt Nolan (67) ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s leading side are back on top of East Men’s League Division One after cruising to a 5-0 victory over Old Southendians on Saturday. A spectacular reverse stick strike from Stuart Cunnington put them ahead, before Connor Allen and Russ Watts got in on the act before the half-time interval. Early goals from Ashley Barker and Allen made ...

The two divisional leaders in The Spalding and South Holland Voice six-a-side League endured differing fortunes on Monday night. While it was business as usual for Division One table-toppers Polishborough with an 8-1 win, Division Two pace-setters Simple FC were handed a first loss of the campaign by ever-improving The TBME at Surfleet’s Glen Park. The top tier kicked off ...

Mickleover Sports 2 Spalding United 1 Pat Rayment felt his Spalding United side were too light in attack as they slipped to a costly defeat at Evo-Stik League First Division South title rivals Mickleover on Saturday. Jamie Stevens nodded the Tulips ahead inside 35 seconds of the Derbyshire duel, but strikes from Gary Ricketts (21) and Andrew Dales (64) gave ...

Pinchbeck United ended a month-long winless run by thrashing rivals Deeping Rangers Reserves 5-1 in the ChromaSport Peterborough League’s Premier Division on Saturday. Alex Jenkins, Mark Lovelace, Adam Abell and sub Aidan Moore (2) were all on target at Knight Street to give Ian Dunn’s men their first three-point haul since beating Riveside 4-0 on January 10. The victory leaves ...

Spalding Cycling Club members toasted another super season annual presentation night at the Castle Sports Complex last Friday. Before the awards were dished out, speeches from chairman Simon Wright, club secretary Gary Bentley and Go Ride coach Chris Peel offered a more light-hearted review of the year. In the junior section, the awards for best all- rounders in time trialling were ...

Holbeach United saw their FA Vase dream shattered by a 3-2 extra-time defeat against Erith and Belvedere on Saturday, while Spalding United suffered a potentially costly 2-1 loss at Evo-Stik League First Division South title rivals Mickleover Sports. Starting with the Tigers, all looked to be going to plan at Carter’s Park when Lee Dube raced onto a Jake Duffy ...

Holbeach United 2 Erith & Belvedere 3 (after extra time) Graham Drury admitted that going out of the FA Vase was a “killer blow” after seeing his Holbeach United side outgunned by Erith & Belvedere in a last 16 thriller on Saturday. Adam Marsh’s classy extra time strike ended Holbeach’s dreams of reaching the quarter-finals for the first time in ...

Long Sutton Cricket Club would like to hear from anyone that is looking for a team for next season. Sutton currently run two senior teams on a Saturday in the South Lincs and Border League’s Premier Division and Division One, while they also boast two Sunday sides that play in the Rutland League. The club also have a thriving junior ...

Moulton Harrox are gearing up for a season defining Lincs FA Junior Cup semi-final with a very strong Brumby side on Saturday. Paul Kent’s Harrox go into the Broad Lane clash (1.30pm) in fine form, having won their last five games on the bounce. With the Moulton out of the running for trophies in the ChromaSport Peterborough League, this represents ...

Tulips B are eight points clear at the top of Spalding and District Snooker League Division One after shading a tight tussle with Donington A 4-2. Wins for Mark Woodberry (O35), Ady Sibley (R7) and Darren Woodberry (O28) – who made a 28 break – were enough for the Spalding side. That, coupled with a 4-2 win for Tulips A ...

Spalding Water Polo’s Orcas suffered a 15-5 defeat against Kettering in their latest East Midlands league match last Thursday night. Kettering started the match the stronger of the two teams, taking the lead in the first minute. The Orcas soon levelled the match with a superb goal in the bottom right corner from John James, who shot from just past ...

By Andrew Tidswell Elite Sports Academy MD and Spalding Utd player During the weeks and months my Elite Sport Academy staff and I work tirelessly to improve chances for the children in our area. After more than eight years of coaching and working hard I feel that we are in a good place to provide our next budding superstars with ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s leading team are through to the last eight of the national top club knockout competition after seeing off Great Aycliffe. The match was played at the neutral venue of Doncaster on Sunday, with Spalding hoping to go one better than last year’s final defeat. In the ladies’ singles, Lucy Cooke led the way for Spalding by ...