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Realistic Pinchbeck United boss Lewis Thorogood insists that nobody at the club has anything to celebrate following confirmation of their relegation reprieve. The Knights finished second-from-bottom in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North last season, but are one of a number of teams to have been let off relegation due to restructuring within the non-league pyramid. Indeed, the Football Association’s ...

There was a great turnout as Spalding Town Tennis Club hosted a free session for women and girls on Sunday as part of the She Rallies scheme pioneered by Judy Murray. The scheme aims to increase female participation in tennis, through offering more opportunities to be involved in coaching and playing. The event was organised by venue lead Ellie Blackbourn, ...

Some 18 teams from 12 local schools contested the finals of the Spalding Primary Schools’ Hockey Tournaments at Glen Park on Friday night. Having lost the best part of the last two years through COVID-19, it was a relief to all concerned that all five of the tournaments in this school year have now been completed. Hosted by Spalding Hockey ...

Lewis Thorogood feels that Pinchbeck United have put themselves on the footballing map after hosting a hugely successful junior tournament over the weekend. The Knights Trophy, which was played at the club’s Glebe Field facility on Knight Street, attracted a combination of professional, academy and local teams and saw plenty of football played on Saturday and Sunday. The likes of ...

Robert Stott was the emphatic overall winner of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Spring Open event. A healthy 140 golfers took part in an individual stableford event, which was played amid excellent weather and with the course in fantastic condition. Stott’s score of 44 points was three better than Johnathan Housley-Stott (41pts) in second, with Lewis Lee (38pts) claiming third. ...

That man Andy Prior was back on winning form at Welland Yacht Club on Sunday. The first two races on Sunday followed the pursuit format – which is where slower boats start earlier relative to their assigned handicap and faster boats start later, in theory evening out the fleet over the course of 50 minutes when all boats, sailed equally ...

Spalding racer Andy Molsom remains second in the Caterham Graduates Racing Club championship after a strong showing at Cadwell Park last week. The South Holland speedster secured second places in both races over the weekend at the Louth circuit.Qualifying on the Saturday went without a hitch, as Molsom sealed second place on the grid for both of Sunday’s races. As ...

The two Kime Racing riders Tom Fisher and Broderick Whitmore-Wilson both recorded three strong points finishes at round three of the No Limits Pirelli Super Series 600 championship held at Donington Park over the weekend. Qualifying on Saturday went well for Fisher, who finished the session in fourth place and started as the first of three racers from the middle ...

An unbeaten half-century from Mike Kearns Snr helped steer Moulton Harrox 2nd to a derby win over Spalding Town 2nd in South Lincs and Border League Division One on Saturday. Opener Kearns scored a typical 54 not out for Moulton as they made 94-2 in reply to Town’s 91 all out at Harrox Field to seal an eight-wicket success. With ...

Spalding Town 1st grabbed their first win of the new Lincs ECB Premier League season on Saturday as they beat hosts Louth by three wickets. After suffering back-to-back defeats at the start of the season, promoted Town are finally up and running after securing maximum points at London Road. Spalding skipper Chris Dring won the toss and opted to bowl ...

Abbi Pulling got her W Series season off to a strong start with two top six finishes at rounds one and two at Miami over the weekend. The Gosberton racer, who is part of the Racing X, placed sixth in race one on Saturday before improving to take fourth place in the second outing on Sunday. It was a strong ...

Bobby Patterson admits that everyone at Moulton Harrox needs to sit down and talk about the future after last Friday night’s crushing 7-0 Lincs FA Junior Cup final defeat against Wyberton. The joint Moulton boss describes the humbling loss as his “worst moment in football” and said that he and co-chief Tim Cole are hurting after the embarrassing result. The ...

Moulton Harrox 0 Wyberton 7 Co-boss Bobby Patterson admitted that he was left feeling “disappointed, hurt, embarrassed, upset and emotional” after seeing his Moulton Harrox side humbled 7-0 by Wyberton in the Lincs FA Junior Cup final on Friday night. Harrox had hoped to clinch their sixth victory in the county competition at Boston United’s Jakeman’s Community Stadium, with a ...

There was an element of déjà vu about the second round of Spalding Cycling Club’s ten-mile time trial championship. That’s after Josh Wallis made it back-to-back wins, clocking the exact same time of 19.56mins as he did at round one. On the night, there was another strong entry of 23 riders who took on the challenge. And, once again, there ...

Spalding darts legend Ian Tilley is delighted after earning a call-up to referee at the British Home Internationals in Wales later this month. Local butcher Tilley, who works for Grasmere at Vine House Farm in Deeping St Nicholas, is no stranger to the big stage having scored at the Lakeside World Championship in the past. But the Spalding and District ...

Moulton Harrox are bidding to win the Lincs FA Junior Cup for a sixth time on Friday night as they take on Wyberton in a blockbuster final at Boston United’s Jakemans Community Stadium (7.45pm). The Broad Lane side haven’t reached their usual high standards in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division this season, but co-boss Bobby Patterson – who won the ...

Mighty Mark Scourfield toasted a winning treble in Welland Yacht Club’s Tulip Trophy on Sunday. Scourfield won all three races contested on a day when only six boats took to the water, with all of the regular laser boats not in action. Race one saw the wind direction in a more normal quarter – giving a tack away from the ...

Long Sutton Hockey Club are looking for a goalkeeper to join one the teams in their ladies’ section next season. The club, who play their East Hockey League fixtures at the Peele Leisure Centre, can accomodate either a player who is experienced enough or ambitious enough to play in Division 2NW for the first team or a young player looking ...

Eden Inglis reigned supreme at Spalding Golf Club’s Gold Medal with a narrow one-shot victory at the Surfleet course. The ladies’ section event, which is contested by all of the monthly medal winners across 2021, Inglis took the victory with a score of nett 77. Lesley Williams finished as runner-up with a round of nett 78. Olive Gooderson won the ...

The weekend didn’t quite go to plan for the G&S Racing Kawasaki team in round two of the Pirelli National Junior Superstock championship at Oulton Park. A massive crash involving multiple bikes in the first of the two races halted both riders’ progress – and left Zak Fuller injured and Kevin Keyes at the back of the field. Both riders ...