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Pinchbeck United suffered a 2-0 home defeat against Loughborough Students in their Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North opener on Saturday. Goals in each half from Ethan O’Toole (45) and Matthew Bowman (64) earned the visitors all three points in front of a crowd of 50 at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field. It always looked a very tough opener for ...

Gail Follington won two of the three races at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday to get her hands on the Flag Officers Cup. With strong winds forecast throughout the day, a healthy haul of eight boats took to the line for the first of three races in the cup competition. Making the most of the start was Andy Agar (OK), ...

Fresh off the back of one of the biggest and best meetings of the year, another meeting which should rank up there is coming up at King’s Lynn’s Adrian Flux Arena this Saturday – it’s World final time. The 34th staging, it’s one of the oldest titles in the sport and once again will be contested by the 2L Bangers. ...

In preparation for starting the construction of their new changing rooms, Spalding Rugby Club have donated their existing units to other sports clubs in South Lincolnshire. The first unit left Spalding RFC’s Drain Bank North site on Monday and was delivered to Moulton Chapel FC. Other units have been donated to Spalding United FC and Boston-based Park Utd FC. “Everything ...

A total of £1,240 was raised for Prostate Cancer at Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Joint Captains’ Day. Results: Joint Captain’s Day: Men’s Competition – 1st Steve Steels 43pts; 2nd Steve Carter 42pts; 3rd Pete Vinter 41pts. Ladies’ Competition – 1st Roz Upton 38pts; 2nd Jayne Cowles 35pts; 3rd Theresa Starbuck 33pts (ocb). Some 50 members took part in a Fun ...

Sutton St James Community Primary School welcomed a very special guest last week. Former England international cricketer Dean Headley visited the school with two of his current cricket pupils to encourage the children to have high aspirations and follow their dreams. In a whole school assembly, Headley – who was a right arm medium fast bowler who took 60 wickets ...

The Wyberton-based G&S Racing Kawasaki team headed to Kent for a round of the Pirelli National Superstock and Junior Superstock championships at Brands Hatch over the weekend. Zak Fuller recorded a strong 13th place in the Junior race and Jorel Boerboom took 24th and 26th place in the two Senior races, making a solid showing for the team. New Zealand ...

Upbeat boss Lewis Thorogood reckons his side are in a much stronger position than they were a year ago as they prepare for the start of the new Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North season on Saturday. The Knights are huge underdogs in the season opener against much fancied Loughborough Students at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm), with Thorogood ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Seniors Charity golf day attracted more then 80 participants. The winners came from the home club, with Vinny Day and Lee Smith’s score of 44 points enough to edge out two other teams on countback. Mel Tolfre and Mike Johnson (Wensum Valley GC) were second, with Eric Savage and Phil Jones (Ryston Park and Middleton ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club star Emma Croker came away from the European Junior Championships in Bucharest with a brlliant bronze medal. The teenage talent was part of the 4x200m freestyle relay team that finished third, alongside Hollie Widdows (Mount Kelly), Ashleigh Baillie (City of Sheffield) and Erin Little (Mount Kelly). Croker was also in solo action, claiming 17th overall ...

Abbi Pulling endured a frustrating weekend at Paul Ricard in the W Series as braking issues forced her to settle for a ninth placed finish. Round four at Le Castellet was once again won by dominant series leader Jamie Chadwick, with Spanish duo Belen Garcia and Nerea Marti taking second and third places respectively. Gosberton talent Pulling, who qualified 12th, ...

Spalding United have been in fine pre-season form ahead of their glamour clash with Peterborough United at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Friday night (7pm). The Tulips put on a dazzling first-half display to defeat Harrowby United 4-0 last Friday night, just days after crushing hosts Deeping Rangers 5-0 on Wednesday night. Jordan O’Brien made it 1-0 at ...

A sensational century from Jack Barnett guided Moulton Harrox to a 32-run win over Woodhall Spa 2nd in the South Lincs and Border League Premier Division on Saturday. Opener Barnett blasted 105 from 108 balls at Broad Lane to help Harrox post 238-8 after winning the toss and electing to bat. Skipper Simon Behan made 52 as Spa’s second string ...

It’s now four Lincs ECB Premier League defeats on the trot for Spalding Town after they suffered a 56-run home reverse against Louth on Saturday. The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first, racking up a healthy 243-5 from their 50 overs as Remembrance Nyathi (87) and Richard Bell (56) both made half-centuries. Spalding made a good fist ...

The second weekend of South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club’s Championships saw a host of their members in action – from those making their debut to the most experienced swimmers. Once again, there were some eye-catching swims and lots of new personal best (PB) times achieved by the swimmers over the two evenings of racing. Competition got under way with the ...

Mark Scourfield and Gail Follington were both on winning form as Welland Yacht Club contested three races in two different competitions on Sunday. Two rounds of the Sunday Points Series were completed first, before the day of sailing in the sun was rounded off with the opening round of the Commodores Points Series. Sunday also saw something that had been ...

There was great success for Spalding and District League players at the Lincolnshire Women’s Bowling Federation finals. Last Monday saw six lady bowlers from the Spalding area travel to Lincoln for the semi-finals, with all making their way through to the final – barring those competing int the two-bowl triples. However, out of the nine competition titles availabe, Tracy Philpott, ...

Gosberton speedster Abbi Pulling returns to W Series action this weekend for round four in France. Pulling has been in stellar form so far in the series and will arrive at the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet second in the driver standings. She started the season with finishes of fourth and sixth in Miami, before a second place in ...

Holbeach United paid tribute to club legend Pete Cousins on Saturday following his death last week. Pete, who had been synonomous with the Tigers since 1947 and even has a stand at Carter’s Park named after him, died last Tuesday aged 92. Before Saturday’s friendly with Deeping Rangers, which Holbeach won 2-1, a wreath was laid in front of his ...

Spalding United have added another high-profile signing to their ranks after sealing a deal for Archie Jones. On loan from Isthmian League Premier side Bishop’s Stortford for part of last season, Jones has decided to make the switch to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field permanent. Spalding manager Brett Whaley reckons that Tulips’ fans didn’t get to see Jones at ...