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Quorn 1 Pinchbeck United 2 A 94th minute winner condemned Pinchbeck United to defeat at Quorn on Saturday. On their return to action in the Uhlsport United Counties League Premier Division after the recent FA Vase heroics, sub Benjamin Johnson thought he had earned his side a draw after scoring in the 83rd minute. But Anthony Carney’s late strike proved ...

James Dack was the winner of the Men’s December Stableford Division One at Tydd St Giles Golf Club. He beat Wayne Alder into second place.Ashley Ziebart was third on countback. Results: Men’s December Stableford Division One – 1st James Dack 42 points, 2nd Wayne Alder 38 points, 3rd Ashley Ziebart 37 points (ocb). Division Two – 1st Nathan Welsby 43 ...

The freezing conditions meant virtually all of South Holland’s sports outdoor weekend fixtures were postponed. There were no hockey or rugby games played by the area’s sides. In football, both Spalding United and Holbeach United were called off. The Tulips are scheduled to be back in action this weekend at Daventry Town in what is a 2pm kick off this ...

With just one week to play before the Christmas break, Whittlesey C have kept up their unbeaten run in the Spalding and District Snooker League. The team are currently leading Division Three with 12 wins from 12 matches. They beat Donington B 4-2 at home on Thursday to keep their run going. Winners were Paul Cook (O7), Neil Burton (O14) ...

A junior football team has continued to net thousands of pounds for charity. Spalding United Under-13s Blues have raised £3,500 since forming through a host of events including running the Stamford Santa Fun Run every year they’ve been able to in the last four years. This year 36 players, coaches and supporters took on the 5km course at Burghley House ...

Gresley Rovers 0Spalding United 2 Spalding United are now the only undefeated team in England’s top eight divisions after a battling 2-0 victory at Gresley Rovers on Saturday.Two second-half strikes from James Clifton (50 & 87) got the job done for Brett Whaley’s side at Moat Street, making it 11 wins and six draws from their 17 league games so ...

Pinchbeck United 2Sherwood Colliery 6 Pinchbeck United’s historic run in this year’s FA Vase continues this Saturday as they host St Panteleimon at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm). Having not won a single game in the national competition until this season, the clash is in the third round proper – and they are the area’s last remaining representative.Opponents ...

Holbeach United 3Great Yarmouth Town 0 Co-boss Simon Roberts was full of praise for his Holbeach United side as they soundly defeated Great Yarmouth Town 3-0 on Saturday.Goals from Cal Davies (44), Harvey Robertson (47) and George Martin (87) gave the Tigers a second win on the spin in Thurlow Nunn League First Division North – moving them to within ...

It was incredibly tight at the top of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Stableford Pairs competion with just one stroke between the top four teams.In the end it was John Kellegher and Clive Barber who took top spot on 45 points, only edging out John Mallett and Andy Sleath on countback after they matched that tally.Behind them, Andy Bell and ...

Geri van Haren and Alan Cox picked up wins as Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series continued on Sunday.Held in grey skies and very little wind, the boats also had to contend with the fast flow of water in the river after all the heavy rain of the past week.Ten boats came to the line for race one (fifth of the ...

Daventry 28Spalding RFC 17 Something had to give as the two teams with 100 per cent records in Midlands Two East (South) clashed on Saturday – and it was Spalding RFC who lost 28-17 at leaders Daventry. Both teams boasted ten wins from as many games so far in the league ahead of the clash, but Town came home with ...

RESULTS PITCHING IN NORTHERN LEAGUEPremier Midlands (Sat, selected): Gresley Rovers 0 Spalding Utd 2; Yaxley 0 Stamford 6. UHLSPORT UNITED COUNTIES LEAGUEPremier Division North (Sat, selected): Boston Town 2 Loughborough Students 2; Deeping Rangers 7 Eastwood 0; Pinchbeck Utd 2 Sherwood Colliery 6; Skegness Town 1 Heather SJ 0; Sleaford Town 3 Heanor 2; Wisbech Town 2 Kimberley MW 4. ...

A team of 23 South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club members returned home from the Nova Centurion November Meet in Nottingham with an impressive 32 medals. Kieran Ng was competing for the Spalding-based club in the boys’ 12 years age group and collected no less than four gold medals over the two days of competition – and set new personal best ...

A Stu Cunnington strike couldn’t stop Spalding Hockey Club’s top men’s team from losing 3-1 at home to Harleston Magpies 2nd on Saturday.Spalding 1st remain bottom of the East Men’s Hockey League Premier Division after the defeat at Glen Park.Trailing 1-0 at the break, Spalding bossed the early stages of the second period before conceding a second.Cunnington hit back with ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s ‘Lightning’ team have progressed to the last 16 of the Egham Trophy with a 16-shot (82-66) win against Barwell.Lightning started the stronger of the two teams as they went 23-16 up by five ends and 45-33 at ten ends.The lead was extended to 64-42 at 15 ends and whilst Barwell fought back slightly to 70-55 at ...

Spalding and District Billiards League leaders Gosberton B were in imperious form on Monday night as they moved six points clear at the summit.The table-toppers made it six wins from seven as they whitewashed Consti A 7-0 on home baize.Des Forbes (R60), Marcus Pell (O30) and Shane White (O50) were all on winning form, with White pocketing a 37 break ...

It’s tight at the top of Division One in the Spalding and District Snooker League with just three points separating the top five teams. Bourne SC A and Consti E sit at the top of the table with 42 points each, although Bourne have a game in hand.Their match against third placed Services C was cancelled on Thursday night.Consti E ...

Newark & Sherwood United 4Pinchbeck United 0 After the euphoria of their memorable FA Vase victory the previous week, depleted Pinchbeck United came back down to earth with a 4-0 defeat at Newark and Sherwood United on Saturday.The high-flying hosts took a 1-0 lead into the break in the Ulhsport UCL Premier Division North clash after a strike from Kieran ...

Spalding United 2Sporting Khalsa 0 Goals in each half from Dylan Edge and Sam Cartwright earned Spalding United a 2-0 win over Sporting Khalsa on Saturday – making it an impressive 16 games unbeaten in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division so far this season. Striker Edge opened the scoring after just four minutes at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing ...

After a rare free weekend, Holbeach United return to Thurlow Nunn League First Division North action on Saturday as they bid to make it three games unbeaten.The Tigers, who sit ninth in the 19-team step six division after 16 games, will be hot favourites to beat Great Yarmouth Town at Carter’s Park on Saturday (3pm).The visitors, who are down in ...