Sport

When a Rolls Royce pulled up outside his house in Cradge Bank, Spalding United goalkeeper Peter Roberts was about to be kept a promise from several months previous. It was 1958 and stepping out of the pristine car was Kettering Town manager Tommy Lawton and the club’s chairman and secretary. Peter had caught Lawton’s eye during the Tulips’ 3-2 FA ...

Spalding Town’s unbeaten start to the Lincs ECB Premier League season was shattered by champions Sleaford on Saturday. Tim Norris (28), Josh Newton (27) skipper Rob Ambrose (25) made the best contributions as Town were dismissed for 177 batting first – a total that proved way too light. That’s because New Zealand ace Tim McIntosh clubbed an incredible 123 not out off ...

Don Butters scored an impressive 39 points to win Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s annual Rabbits Cup open event. The RAF Marham ace edged out team-mate Ken White (38 points), with Tydd’s David Truluck taking third with a solid 36 points. The competition was contested by golfers from around the region with handicaps of 20 and above and concluded with ...

A seven-wicket haul from Long Sutton’s Barry Stanway and a sensational century from Pinchbeck’s Danny Jackson were the highlights on a top weekend of South Lincs and Border League action. In the Premier Division, Stanway’s 7-32 skittled out Belton Park for 88 before an unbeaten 25 from Phil Barnes and 35 from Adam Wright eased Sutton to 89-5. There was ...

Grantham 1st (177-7) beat Spalding 2nd (61) by 116 runs Spalding Town 2nd’s two-game winning run in South Lincs and Border League Division One was emphatically ended by Grantham on Saturday. Hosts Grantham won the toss – and had no hesitation in batting on a wearing pitch. They were soon 15-2 when young George Senior ran out Adrian Wing (0) and ...

Pat Rayment has declared himself happy after seeing Spalding United placed in Evo-Stik League Division One South next season. That means that the Tulips, promoted as UCL Premier Division champions, return to the league they were relegated from back in 2011. It was Spalding’s preferred destination in terms of travel – and manager Rayment remains confident that his side can achieve ...

Monday’s reveal of the England World Cup squad came as a bit of a welcome surprise to me. I was 95 per cent sure that Roy Hodgson would play it safe and pick the old guard for one last hurrah – but to be fair to him, he’s picked pretty much the same squad I would have. It seems like ...

Ambitious Spalding United have completed their biggest signing of the summer so far after unveiling Gareth Jellyman as player/coach. The 33-year-old former Peterborough United left back joins the Tulips from Corby Town and is a direct replacement for the popular Danny Hussey, who has left the club for personal reasons. Jellyman, who played more than 100 games for both Posh ...

Excited Holbeach United boss John Chand has already snapped up four impressive signings for next season. Chand, who returned to Carter’s Park just over two weeks ago, has agreements with Jonny Allen, Adam Jackson, Tom Roberts and Gary King. Versatile defender Allen, left back Jackson and keeper Roberts all join from UCL Premier Division champions Spalding United, while striker King ...

Long Sutton 1st (29-0) beat Stamford Town 1st (28) by 10 wickets A stunning bowling display from Barry Stanway and Paul Edgeller helped Long Sutton smash Stamford in style on Saturday. Pace aces Edgeller (5-16) and Stanway (5-9) took all ten wickets to skittle host Stamford out for just 28 in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division clash. ...

Poor weather dogged the fifth round of Spalding Cycling Club’s ten mile time trial league – but there was no change to the top trio of finishers. Neil Palmer (23.41mins), Chris Ward (23.51mins) and under-18 Sam Bentley in (24.37mins) once again set the pace, with Tilly Gurney the first lady home and top female under-16 racer in 29.58mins. Sophie Wright ...

Towering Spalding Town bowler Charlie Kearns is expecting a tight title race in this year’s Lincs ECB Premier League. The seamer, who took two wickets in Saturday’s rain-hit losing draw against Bourne at Spalding Grammar School, feels there’s nothing to choose between the top six teams. Spalding slipped from second to fourth after last weekend’s six point haul – which ...

“Bowls is an old man’s game, isn’t it?” Well, that is far from the truth these days, especially at Spalding Indoor Bowls Club. The club, its committee and qualified coaches ensure that bowls is open to all – and is a game for life. A club spokesman said: “We try to encourage new members of all ages, of all abilities ...

Bull won a nail-biting Florida Cup final to deny Five Bells C a Holbeach and District Darts League treble on finals night last Friday. In what was the first match of the night at Tigers Social Club, Bull’s Alex Gostic won a final-leg thriller to edge out the champions 10-9. There was a similar story in the Skelton Cup final, ...

Defensive lynchpin and UCL Premier Division-winning captain Jamie Stevens has left Spalding United. The centre-back, who also skippered Holbeach United to UCL glory in 2013, has rejected fresh terms from the Tulips and is now deemed a free agent. Spalding supremo Pat Rayment told The Spalding and South Holland Voice that he believes Stevens has been offered more money elsewhere. He ...

Nene Valley Harriers won their opening match of the East Anglian League as they produced an array of top performances at the Bury St Edmunds athletics track. The Harriers won the under-17, under-15 boys and the under-15 girls competitions outright, claiming valuable points for the team and making a strong contribution to the overall result. Under-15 athletes Kai Harrison and ...

  A proposed sports academy in Holbeach has received a £340,000 grant and could be built by the end of the year. Kings Academy, as it will be known, will comprise five grass pitches, four changing rooms, an officials’ room, kitchen and community hall. Holbeach United Football Club has always had a thriving youth section and this project – started ...

Holbeach United Reserves are celebrating promotion to the ChromaSport Peterborough League… despite losing 2-1 at Thorney on the final day of the Division One season. Needing a point to clinch second place on Saturday, the Tigers found themselves 2-0 down at the home of the champions before striker Tom Waumsley pulled one back in the second half. It mattered little, ...

The Spalding and District Table Tennis League has now switched to summer mode – and anybody interested in taking up the sport is being urged to give it a try. There are up to nine tables available at the Castle Sports Complex every Wednesday night for those members or visitors who wish to practice or just have a sociable evening ...

Unbeatable Spalding Sunday League champions Pinchbeck United Sunday rounded off their title-winning season with a devastating 9-4 win over Punchbowl Panthers. In-form Jonny Clay – usually a defender – made it seven goals in two games with a four-goal haul for Tom Roberts’ side, with Ricky Drury also chipping in with a hat-trick. Ricky Dickinson and Andy Law completed the ...