Sport

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the Spalding Primary Schools Hockey Tournament Three at Glen Park, Surfleet, on Friday with a full quota of 20 teams from 13 primary schools participating. Although many of the youngsters had played in the earlier tournaments, there were still many of the 150 plus players making their first appearance for their schools.Building on the two previous ...

There was late disappointment for Pinchbeck United as the losing run in the league continued at Eastwood on Saturday.Seven defeats in a row in the ChromaSport United Counties League Premier Division North has left them in 16th place in the table.Eastwood came from behind to leapfrog above the Knights in the table with an 88th minute goal from Benjamin Franklin ...

Moulton Harrox are on the hunt for silverware again after progressing to the next round of the Lincolnshire Junior Cup.Second half goals from Declan Earth and sub Ben Nottingham ensured Moulton overturned a 1-0 deficit to beat Louth Town.It’s ahead of this Saturday’s visit of Dor-Jan Peterborough and District League leaders FC Peterborough to the Harrox Playing Field.Moulton are third, ...

Spalding United 1Sutton Coldfield Town 0 Spalding United returned to winning ways ahead of a showdown of the top two in the Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division. After recent postponements, the Tulips were back in action on Saturday with a Stefan Broccoli goal enough to beat Sutton Coldfield Town.It moved Spalding up to second in the table, three points ...

There was frustration for Holbeach United as they let the lead slip and were held 2-2 by Swaffham United in the Thurlow Nunn First Division North.John Yambasu was on song for the Tigers, scoring twice in the first half after the home side netted early on to take the lead.But Holbeach struggled in the second period and with ten minutes ...

Moulton Harrox Bowls Club AGM takes place at the Sports and Social Club on Sunday, February 5 at 10.30am. All are welcome.

There were no league games in the Pinchbeck and District Darts league this week as players took part in the Fours competition.The two teams which qualified for the final are Green Dragon A, consisting Jay Williams, JP Horton, Shayne Hubbard and Darren Norton, and Tigers Club A, comprising Casey Hill, Simon Hill, Mark Horspool, Ash Allen and Darren Royal.

Spalding Fishing Club’s second winter match took place Sunday on the River Glen and it produced an average of just under 5lb per angler with lots of small roach and odd big perch being caught.Out in front was Alfie Kendall with a very respectable and hard earned 8lb 10oz all roach catch.Kendall found a few better stamp roach, fishing a ...

On Sunday, Spalding Lightning continued their quest for a third national mixed top club title with a quarter final win against Hornsea.Although the match result was 16-0, both singles could have gone either way as Chelsea Spencer held her nerve to draw shot with her last bowl to win 21-20 and Stephen Harris finished the stronger to win 21-18.The pairs, ...

St Neots 1st 3Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1It was Spalding who took the lead in the 22nd minute when Harriet Mowbray put the ball away.This was as good as it got for the visitors who took their 1-0 lead into the break.Spalding saw the game slip away, the equaliser coming five minutes into the second half before they conceded again ten ...

Moulton Harrox enjoyed a weekend of success to end the month.The Moulton U15 girls started with a winning 2-0 result on Saturday against Sleaford to maintain top position in the league .This was quickly followed by the senior team with a 2-1 success in the Lincs Cup quarter final against visitors Louth who are riding high in Lincs league.Extra time ...

Consti B had a brilliant win in the Spalding and District Billiards League on Monday night, whitewashing Donington 7-0.Mick Johnson (O150), Jason Rose (R20) and Kieran Witham-Richards (R50) got the wins.The victory moves Consti up one place to sixth.League leaders Gosberton B kept their position thanks to a 5-2 win over second-placed Holbeach B.Shane White (O50) beat Neil Harvey (R50), ...

Stewarts and Lloyds 39 Spalding 33 This was the clash of Stewarts and Lloyd, third in the Counties 2 Midlands East (South) league and Spalding, lying second, and what a cracking game it turned out to be, with the home team in the lead for 70 minutes of the game.But Spalding, led by captain Luke Turner with two tries, kept ...

It’s all to play for in Division Three of the Spalding and District Snooker League with a single point separating the top two. Gosberton D are in first with 68 points, closely followed by Whittlesey C. Both teams have only lost one match so far this season.Gosberton D beat Donington B 4-2, while Whittlesey took on clubmates Whittlesey A, winning ...

RESULTS PITCHING IN NORTHERN LEAGUEPremier Midlands (selected Sat): Spalding United 1 Sutton Coldfield Town 0. UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North (Sat, selected): Eastwood 2 Pinchbeck United 1, AFC Mansfield 1 Wisbech Town 4, Deeping Rangers 1 Sherwood Colliery 2. (Tue, selected, 7.45pm): Anstey Nomads 3 Deeping Rangers 0, Newark and Sherwood United 1 Wisbech Town 1. THURLOW NUNN EASTERN COUNTIES ...

Fancy trying something a bit different? Walking netball could be the perfect sport for you. Spalding Sapphires walking netball group meets on Fridays from 1.30pm to 3pm at the Castle Sports Complex, Spalding.The group has been going for four years and is a mixed group of about 20 people,Walking netball is essentially the same game played at school, the main ...

South Lincolnshire Swimmers claimed 18 medals at last weekend’s County Championship. Oscar Goldsmith led the way as he achieved the distance double, taking gold in both the 800m freestyle and the 1,500m freestyle in the boys’ 15 years age group.He swam new personal best times in both events with impressive performancesIn the 800m freestyle, Goldsmith broke the nine minute barrier ...

Spalding United manager Brett Whaley says having two more games called off is ‘frustrating’.The Tulips had been hoping to bounce back from their first defeat of the season against Cambridge City on January 8, but have had all their fixtures postponed since then including scheduled fixtures against Corby on Saturday and Bedworth on Tuesday.“When you’ve lost a game you want ...

The cold conditions put paid to the majority of sporting fixtures in and around South Holland.All the rugby and hockey was called off due to frozen pitches while in football, both Spalding United and Pinchbeck United had their scheduled games postponed.The Knights were able to get some football in as they held a behind closed doors match, playing what the ...

Gosberton B have bounced back from their shock Billiards Shield exit with a 4-3 win over Donington in the Spalding and District Billiards League.Des Forbes (R50) and Marcus Pell (O40) got the wins for Gosberton, while Ben Wrigglesworth (R20) beat Shane White (O50) to score for Donington, who drop a place to fourth.There were breaks of 29 and 22 from ...