Sport

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the fourth of five primary schools tournaments at Glen Park, Surfleet. Nineteen teams from 12 local schools participated in the tournament, giving more than 150 youngsters the chance to represent their schools and play competitive hockey in games excellently controlled by teenage umpires from the hockey club.In the advanced league, Boston’s Tower Road A started strongly in the heavy rain catching ...

Jason Bates lifted his ninth Snooker Scratch title on Saturday night after seeing off Pyramid’s Jason Green 4-2 in the show-piece match of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League’s finals weekend. Bourne Snooker Centre’s Bates, who first lifted the President’s Cup back in 2000, beat Green 4-2.The top team trophy up for grabs at the Springfields Events Centre-hosted ...

Leicester Vipers 25 Spalding 20 There was heartbreak for Spalding RFC with a deserved win at Leicester snatched away in the last minute. Spalding had led for 60 minutes thanks to a good team spirit, matching and outfighting a strong Vipers on their own ground for most of the Midlands Counties One East (South) encounter.Spalding edged the first half, going ...

It’s all to play for at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League with just two weeks left until the end of the season. The battle between leaders Donington C and second-placed Services A is hotting up, with both teams chalking up 6-0 wins on Thursday night.Donington C remain five points clear after their victory ...

Tydd St Giles golf club resultsMen’s March Pairs: 1 Wayne Jupp/Mark Cooper 47pts, 2 Gary Allen/Paul Milward 46, 3 John Mallett/Andy Sleath 45ocb, 4 Paul Hunt/Barry Hill 45.Men’s February Pairs: 1 James Brighty/Ian Cooper 45pts ocb, 2 Luke Rowell/Ady Rowell 45ocb, 3 Wayne Jupp/Mark Cooper 45, 4 Shane Sleath/Terry Pease 44.Seniors Medal, Div 1: 1 Mick Vassall 80-9=71ocb, 2 Garry ...

After winning the DTRA Flat Track Intermediate championship in 2023, Kirton youngster Ollie Wilson spent the winter contesting the nine-round Junior Sand Racing championship at Mablethorpe. After winning eight out of the nine rounds he was crowned champion.Riding his KTM 85cc machine, the 12 year old second year pupil at the Banovallum School in Horncastle was runner-up last season and was ...

Gosberton Bowls Club has received about £12,000 to improve the green and will be showing it off to the general public to try to increase membership and playing numbers. An open day is being held on Saturday, April 27, 11am.Club spokesman Stuart Tamplin said: “One of the reasons we have spent the amounts we have on maintenance and the watering ...

Spalding were well represented and successful in a number of disciplines at the Lincolnshire County semi-finals day at Louth & District Indoor Bowls Club. Brian Martin, Stephen Harris and Dominic McVittie booked their place in the county triples final with a 24-8 win against Boston’s Ian Clark, Alex Tomlin and Martin Tomlin. Their final opponents will be another Boston trio, Rod West, ...

Spalding’s Ruby Hill, Annie Dunham and Chelsea Spencer were part of the England ladies team in the British Isles International Series at Falcon Indoor Bowls Club in Essex. Hill and Dunham were part of the same rink at lead and skip respectively, with Kylie Jenkins and captain Sandy Hazell, while Spencer skipped her own rink with Cassidy Hampton, Chloe Brett ...

A group of councillors have come together to buy a wheelchair that will help people with a disability play bowls. Spalding Indoor Bowls Club have been able to purchase the new equipment thanks to donations by councillors Allan Beal, James Le Sage, Ingrid Sheard, Elizabeth Sneath, Gary Taylor, Laura Eldridge and Jan Whitbourn.As well as providing access to new players, ...

RESULTSNORTHERN PREMIER LEAGUEMidland Division (Tues): Spalding Utd P Lye Tn P.THURLOW NUNN LEAGUEDivision One North (Sat): Holland 1 Holbeach Utd 2.PETERBOROUGH LEAGUEPremier Division (Sat): Holbeach Utd Res 1 Warboys Tn 2, Moulton Harrox 1 Uppingham Tn 1, Stamford Belv 1 Crowland Tn 0.Division One (Sat): Holbeach Utd Sp 8 Chatteris 0, Long Sutton Ath v Eunice Hunts.Division Two (Sat): Oakham ...

It turned into a week off for Spalding United who didn’t have a game on Saturday and whose scheduled home game with Lye Town was called off on Tuesday night.The water-logged Sir Halley Stewart led to the postponement.The race for promotion from the Pitching In Northern Premier League Midlands Division continues on Saturday as the Tulips head to Rugby Town.They’ll ...

Moulton Harrox drew 1-1 with Peterborough and District League Premier Division leaders Uppingham Town on Saturday.Both side’s had to settle for a spoils despite creating chances with Declan Earth netting for Moulton.It leaves Harrox in fourth, seven points behind Uppingham with four games in hand.A number of sides are still in the title hunt, though it now looks unlikely for ...

Abbi Pulling enjoyed a fine start to the F1 Academy season grabbing her first race win in the series to lead the drivers championships after the opening two races in Saudi Arabia. The 20-year-old from Gosberton was quick all weekend, finishing second in all of the testing sessions and both qualifying sessions behind PERMA Motorsport’s Doriane Pin.And while Pin won ...

Holbeach United put in an excellent performance to win 2-1 at Holland on Saturday.They remain very much in the Thurlow Nunn Division One North Play-Off chase after the victory over fourth placed Holland courtesy of goals from John Yambasu and Harvey Thorne.The former’s goal in the first half gave Holbeach the lead.The home side hit back through Jack Marshall, but ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 3Long Sutton 1st 0Goals: Erin McMurray, Georgina Maplethorpe, Tabitha Dunnett Spalding wished for high intensity from the start, and this is what they brought. Their aggressive attacking created multiple chances in the D with no luck to convert.A great ball in from Jess Ball enabled Lauren Harvey to create an awesome deflection which was unfortunately saved.After many long ...

Bourne SC A finished off their Spalding and District Billiards League championship campaign with a 4-3 win over Donington on Monday night.Lester Gaunt (O10), who has also taken the trophy for most wins in a season with 13, beat Nigel Brasier (R60), while Gary Surridge (R80) got the better of Tony Scully (R40), to get the points for Bourne.Ben Wrigglesworth ...

The best of the Spalding and District Snooker and Billiards League will be showing off their talents at the weekend as the championship finals get underway.The event takes place at Springfields Events Centre, Spalding, from Friday evening until Sunday and anyone is welcome to go along and watch the action.The weekend’s events follow on from the final of the Billiards ...

With three matches to go until the end of the season, Donington C have opened up a five-point lead at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League. They beat Consti G 4-2 thanks to wins from Mick Pearl (O21), Ben Wrigglesworth (O35) and Mat Turner (O14).Ady Sibley (O35) and Martin Deacon (O14) got the points ...

Anglers were greeted with a very low running River Glen for the last match in this successful Winter Series.The river fished exceptionally well with five double figure catches.Leading the way once again with his fifth win of the series was Dave Corcoran.Dave weighed in 15lb 2oz of roach off peg ten to narrowly beat Andy Wilson on peg 11 with ...