Sport

The in-form Chris Newton secured another win as Holbeach and District Angling Club fished the Leedgate section on Sunday. Newton’s winning net had 5lb of roach and fended off Jonny Stubley, who caught 3lb 14oz, into second place. Third went to Robert Newton with 2lb 14oz.

Ady Bills emerged victorious in the final of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Gold Medal event. A score of 68 (76-8=68) was enough to secure the coveted crown, some two strokes better than his nearest rival. Second place went the way of Dean Wright (76-6=70), with Mark Cooper (84-12=72) taking third place on countback. Other results: Men’s section: September Medal: ...

Alan Cox secured victories in two of the three races at Welland Yacht Club on Saturday to lift the Ralph Gibson Trophy. Competitors were faced with a welcome breeze from the north over the clubhouse, which was to test them over the course of the day. However, it also created a major wind shadow in the starting area and around ...

Holbeach athlete Eljay Secker took a tremendous sixth place in the English Schools National combined events finals at Bedford last weekend. In his first year as an under-20 athlete, Secker has adjusted very well to new hurdle heights and implement weights that are all increasing from under-17 level. After taking the Lincolnshire county hurdles title in May, he went on ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom endured a mixed weekend as rounds ten and 11 of the Caterham Graduates Racing Club championship arrived at Croft. The first race of the weekend went well for Molsom, who started on the front row. There was an early safety car for a first corner incident, which kept the pack together. When the safety car lights ...

Both Services C and Consti E boast 100 per cent records after three games in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One after victories on Thursday night. The duo are locked together on 14 points after securing 4-2 wins, with Services seeing off Sutton Bridge A and Consti getting the better of Services A. Mark Spiller (scr), Jordan Philpott (R14) ...

Spalding RFC 38 Melton Mowbray 3 Spalding RFC produced one of their best performances in recent memory as they defeated Melton Mowbray 38-3 at the Memomorial Field on Saturday. It’s now back-to-back Midlands Two East (South) wins for Town, who have made an impressive start to the new season. Captain George Brown led the team out showing few changes from ...

Moulton Harrox finish the season as the highest-ranked South Holland side in the South Lincs and Border League after a seven-wicket Premier Division victory over Billingborough on Saturday. The hosts won the toss and decided to have a bat, but Harrox bowled them out for 143 in 43.4 overs with Travis Harrison taking 4-31. Moulton then breezed to 144-3 in ...

Spalding Town’s first season back in the Lincs ECB Premier League ended with a nail-biting four-wicket defeat against Scunthorpe Town on Saturday. Mitch Freeman cracked 99 as Town were bowled out for 197 with one ball of their 50 overs to spare after being put into bat at Seas End Hall. Visitors Scunthorpe then reached 198-6 in 48.2 overs in ...

Spalding United 4 Grimsby Borough 1 Spalding United booked a mouth-watering Lincs FA Senior Cup quarter-final with Boston United after seeing off Grimsby Borough 4-1 on Tuesday night. It wasn’t all plain sailing for the Tulips at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, though, as they were forced to come from behind to secure safe passage into the last eight. ...

Crowland Town keeper Aaron Fagan scored an incredible injury-time leveller as his side shared eight goals with hosts Tydd in a Dor-Jan Windows & Doors PDFL Premier Division thriller on Saturday. The duo drew 4-4 at Tydd, with Matt Eaton and Bradley Easey both scoring twice for the hosts. But Zack Fisher, Harry Grigas and Jordan Kirchin replied for Crowland, ...

Holbeach United 0 Swaffham Town 0 Danny Clifton felt that Holbeach United dropped “uneccesary points” as they were held to a 0-0 draw against Swaffham Town on Saturday. The Tigers bossed the Thurlow Nunn Eastern Counties League Division One North clash at Carter’s Park, but couldn’t find the all-important goal that would have given them all three points. With top ...

Pinchbeck United 5 Selston 0 Five-star Pinchbeck United racked up their biggest win of the season so far as they hammered old foes Selston on Saturday. Goals from Spencer Weir-Daley, Andre Williams and Elliot Foster (penalty) put the Knights 3-0 to the good at half time in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing ...

Hinckley LRFC 1 Spalding United 1 Spalding United remain unbeaten in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division after coming from behind to pick up a 1-1 draw at Hinckley LRFC on Saturday. Domonic Brennan (4) gave hosts Hinckley an early lead, but Sam Cartwright (28) levelled things up for the Tulips. Jordan O’Brien later missed a penalty for Spalding, who ...

Pinchbeck United romped to their biggest win of the season as they battered Selston 5-0 on Saturday, while Spalding United drew 1-1 at Hinckley and Holbeach United were held to a 0-0 home draw by Swaffham Town. Starting with the Knights, goals from Spencer Weir-Daley, Andre Williams, Elliot Foster (pen), Avi Vieira and Harry Peasgood gave the Knights a major ...

Lewis Thorogood hopes that Saturday’s Selston showdown will show how far Pinchbeck United have come in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division. The two sides were locked in a relegation battle last season but ultimately both survived, despite the Knights ending up in the bottom two. This time around, a Pinchbeck win at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm) would ...

After hanging up his boots following 30 years of playing and coaching, Crowland Town under-15s manager Jay Vernalls has handed over the reins at his league winning side. Vernalls will be moving to the side lines to watch the progress of the team as new boss Charlie Head takes up the role to kick start the new season. Long-term assistant ...

Three teams boast two wins from as many games in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League after Thursday night’s fixtures. Bourne SC A lead the way by a point after their 6-0 success at Holbeach C. Star man Mark Gray (O105) enjoyed himself in that one with solid breaks of 41 and 38 before finishing up with ...

There were three different race winners on Sunday as Welland Yacht Club members competed across two different events. Alan Cox claimed victory in the first race in the Sunday Points Series, with Mark Scourfield winning race two in the competition. Attention then switched to the Autumn Points Series, with Eric Murray the winner of the final race of the day. ...

Chris Newton was on winning form as Holbeach and District Angling Club held their weekly match at the Leedgate Section on Sunday. Some way out in front with a 17lb 2oz net that included five lovely sized fish from peg 16 was Newton. Andy Kilby, who was fishing from peg nine, took second with a net weight of 14lb 9oz. ...