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Lewis Thorogood insists that his Pinchbeck United side won’t take neighbours Holbeach United lightly ahead of their FA Vase clash this weekend. Rivals Pinchbeck and Holbeach will square off at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday (3pm), with the Knights going into the game as the higher-graded side for the first time in recent history. Joint Tigers boss ...

You can now sign up for this year’s West Pinchbeck 10k event online. The annual open road race, which is hosted by Halmer Harriers, is held on non-closed public roads in West Pinchbeck. It will be held on Sunday, October 2 with a start time of 10.30am. Entries close on September 25, with those looking to take part needing to ...

Royal Mail Cart Bowls Club continued their excellent run this season with a historic win in the Durham Centenary Trophy on Saturday. This is an EBF competition where you gain entry by winning the county championship the year before – and Royal Mail Cart were Lincolnshire’s representatives for this season. Having beaten teams from Norfolk, Suffolk and Huntingdonshire throughout the ...

Pyradon are the winners of the Donington Summer Snooker Tournament after defeating Skegness 4-1 in the final on Friday night. The winning team, made up of players from both Bourne and Donington, consisted of Mark Woodberry, Neil Reynolds, Jason Green, James Sharpe and Alfonso Palumbo – with the latter’s break of 48 the best made in the tournament. Organiser Jean ...

Maria Taylor-Vassall has been crowned as club champion in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s ladies’ section. Tydd held their ladies’ gross and net championship over two successive August weekends, the competition amongst team-mates fierce as always. The first round net was a closely contested competition, with Taylor-Vassall and Petra Meir leading the way with a score of net 68 each. ...

Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s men’s team are celebrating after going an entire season unbeaten en-route to winning Handicap B Division Two in the South Lincs Golf League. The team rounded off their campaign with a 4-2 victory over Burghley Park, making it six wins and two draws from their eight fixtures. As a result of their stellar season, Sutton Bridge ...

It was a day to forget for Moulton Harrox in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Harrox suffered a 105-run defeat against visitors Bourne 2nd at Broad Lane. Batting first after winning the toss, Bourne were all out for 171 before bowling out hosts Harrox for just 66 in reply. In Division One, it was an ...

A brilliant bowling performance helped Long Sutton defeat Boston in a low-scoring classic in South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Sutton, who have struggled for form in recent weeks, were put into bat at Paradise Field after losing the toss and slumped to 124 all out. But super spells from Barry Stanway (4-28), Jake Burton (3-31) and ...

Spalding Town’s miserable form in the Lincs ECB Premier League continued on Saturday as neighbours Market Deeping handed them a six-wicket defeat. Hosts Town were put into bat first at Seas End Hall after losing the toss – and they collapsed to 84 all out in 30.4 overs as Ashar Hafeez took fine figures of 4-12. Mitch Freeman took 2-26 ...

Spalding United kept their unbeaten start to the new Pitching In NPL Midlands Division going with a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Shepshed Dynamo on Tuesday night. Striker Elliot Sandy struck the only goal of the game on 36 minutes to settle the clash at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. It was a performance full of courage from Brett Whaley’s ...

FC Parson Drove 0 Holbeach United 1 An early penalty from Cal Davies got Holbeach United back to winning ways in Thurlow Nunn League Division One North as they edged out FC Parson Drove 1-0 on Tuesday night. Having lost back-to-back games against Debenham and AFC Sudbury Reserves following their opening day win, the Tigers rediscovered their form to win ...

Shepshed Dynamo 3 Pinchbeck United 2 Pinchbeck United’s Emirates FA Cup run is over after a battling 3-2 defeat at higher-graded Shepshed Dynamo on Saturday. The Knights, who won for the first time in the national competition in the previous round, did take the lead at Butthole Lane thanks to Elliot Foster’s free-kick on 35 minutes. Dempsey Arlott-John (42) equalised ...

Spalding United 0 Stamford 1 A first-half goal from striker Jonathan Margetts was the difference as Spalding United were dumped out of the Emirates FA Cup by rivals Stamford on Saturday. In a derby between two teams that are being tipped to be in the race for promotion from Pitching In NPL Midlands Division this season, it was the Daniels ...

Holbeach United 1 AFC Sudbury Reserves 2 Danny Clifton bemoaned Holbeach United’s lack of cutting edge as they slipped to a 2-1 home defeat against AFC Sudbury Reserves on Saturday. Benjamin Monteith-Weed and Brae Smith grabbed the goals for the visitors either side of an equaliser from Harvey Henderson at Carter’s Park. The Tigers had a big shout for a ...

It was a day of defeats for South Holland’s big three on Saturday as Spalding United lost 1-0 at home to Stamford in the Emirates FA Cup, Pinchbeck United went down 3-2 at Shepshed Dynamo in the same competition and Holbeach United were beaten 2-1 at home by AFC Sudbury Reserves in Thurlow Nunn League Division One North. Starting with ...

The Seniors’ Open Day at Sutton Bridge Golf Club attracted a host of players this year – and one of the winners was from the home club. Some 48 players contested the two-ball/better-ball Stableford format, which was sponsored by Leesons Garage and raised £272 for Prostate Cancer and Mind. Sutton Bridge’s very own Roy Fox teamed up with King’s Lynn ...

There was another superb night of Banger and Stock Car action at the Adrian Flux Arena on Saturday. More than 160 cars gathered in the pits on one of the hottest race days of the year, with drivers from across the country coming to race Micro Bangers, Junior Bangers, Ministox and V8 Stock Cars on the King’s Lynn shaleway. South ...

Gerri van Haren and Martin Cooke both enjoyed wins at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday, while two top finishes from Mark Scourfield clinched him the Sunday Points Series crown. Race one was the fifth round of the six-race Sunday Points, which attracted five boats – with Scourfield in the Solo judging the start well and moving clear around the buoy ...

Brett Whaley reckons that Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup tie with Stamford will serve as a true indicator as to how much of a force Spalding United will be this season. The South Lincolnshire rivals will clash for the first time this season at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), with FA prize money and the prospect of a lengthy ...

After Wednesday night’s 1-0 defeat at Boston Town, Pinchbeck United now turn their attention to Saturday’s FA Cup game at Step 4 side Shepshed Dynamo (3pm). Knights boss Lewis Thorogood is looking forward to the Butthole Lane clash and insists that there is absolutely no pressure on his side against the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division side. “As far as ...