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Holbeach United 2Leicester Nirvana 3 Upbeat Danny Clifton felt Holbeach United produced the best performance of his reign in Saturday’s narrow 3-2 defeat against Leicester Nirvana. Although the Tigers edged closer to relegation with their 25th defeat in 28 Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North games so far, boss Clifton felt his side would have won the game if it had ...

Moulton Harrox were held to a 0-0 draw by Warboys Town in the ChromaSport PDFL League Cup on Saturday and stay second in Group D. Division One table-toppers Warboys remain top of the group after the stalemate, which was a fair result on the day. Meanwhile, it has been confirmed that Moulton’s Lincs FA Junior Cup final against Wyberton will ...

Spalding United 1Sutton Coldfield Town 1 Brett Whaley refused to get overly angry despite seeing his Spalding United side denied by a hugely controversial refereeing decision on Saturday. The Tulips came from behind to rescue a Pitching In NPL Midlands Division point against Sutton Coldfield Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, with Sam Cartwright’s 81st-minute strike cancelling out ...

Spalding United were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Sutton Coldfield Town on Saturday, while Holbeach United’s latest loss was a 3-2 home reverse against Leicester Nirvana. In the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division, Spalding boss Brett Whaley wanted his side to shake off their season-long hoodoo of struggling against sides below them in the table. However, Sutton Coldfield ...

Brett Whaley wants Spalding United to put a season-long problem to bed on Saturday. The Tulips have proved they can match any side in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division this season – as shown by last weekend’s 0-0 draw with free-scoring leaders Ilkeston Town. That leaves ninth-placed Spalding 16 points shy of the play-offs, which was their original aim ...

Realistic Holbeach United manager Danny Clifton accepts that it’s “highly likely” that his side will finish the season without winning a single game. Clifton, who is the Tigers’ third manager this season, admits that he doesn’t feel like his job at Carter’s Park has really started yet – given that all eyes at the club are now on next season. ...

Champions Spalding Poachers 1st ran riot in East Women’s League Division Two North West on Saturday as they decimated St Ives 2nd 18-0. In what was their biggest win of a stellar season that has seen the Spalding women win every single fixture they’ve played, Charlotte Maplethorpe (5), Mia Dewing (4), Harriet Mowbray (4), Hennie Boekestyn, Sally Pilgrim, Georgina Maplethorpe, ...

Saturday proved to be a gr-eight day for Long Sutton 2nd as they sealed the East Men’s Hockey League Division Four North West title with an 8-2 victory at City of Peterborough 6th. Sutton knew that a victory would clinch them the crown and turned on the style with goals from player-of-the-match Will White (2), Alex Canham (2), Stefan Fox ...

It was incredibly tight at the top of the men’s Par/Bogey competition at Tydd St Giles Golf Club last week. Three players finished on +5 in Division One, with Simon Smith edging out both Dean Wright (second) and James Dack (third) after countback. Ali Anthony also needed countback to win the Division Two title, with a score of +5, while ...

It was a big week for Pyramid A in the race for the Spalding and District League Division One title race as they opened up a handsome lead at the top with just six weeks of the season remaining. Nine points clear at the start of play, the Bourne side roared to a 6-0 victory over struggling Consti G to ...

Spalding RFC 14 Rushen & Higham 56 Spalding RFC suffered a heavy home defeat on Saturday as Rushden and Higham triumphed 56-14 at the Memorial Field in Midlands Three East (South). Having beaten the runaway league leaders Stockwood Park at home the previous week – and earlier in the season had inflicted a heavy defeat on Town in the reverse ...

Moulton Harrox 2 Uppingham Town 2 Two goals from captain Ashley Coddington earned Moulton Harrox a 2-2 draw with ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division leaders Uppingham Town on Saturday. The defender, who is always a threat from set-pieces, got a rare double for Bobby Patterson and Tim Cole’s charges as they drew for only the second time in the league so ...

Melton Town 3 Holbeach United 0 Danny Clifton felt he could take plenty of positives from Holbeach United’s 3-0 defeat at Melton Town on Saturday. The rock-bottom Tigers lost for the 24th time in 27 Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North games as their impending relegation drew closer, with Will Bestwick (24), Cameron Smith (40) and Robbie Parsons (77) finding the ...

Spalding United 0 Ilkeston Town 0 Spalding United’s impressive recent form against the top teams in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division continued on Saturday as they held table-topping Ilkeston Town to a battling 0-0 draw. The Tulips, who have beaten fellow big-hitters Halesowen Town (1-0) and Belper Town (2-1) in recent weeks, held their own against an Ilkeston side ...

Spalding United picked up a good point on Saturday as they held title favourites Ilkeston Town to a 0-0 draw at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field, while Holbeach United lost 3-0 at Melton Town. Starting in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division, the Tulips perhaps had the better of the chances in their Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash. ...

A Donington bare knuckle boxer is to return to the ring at the age of 46. John Stephenson is due to fight in the heavyweight division at the Ragemania event in Atherstone, Warwickshire on Saturday May 7. He’s still waiting to hear who he will fight on the bill but he has fought two previous bare knuckle fights and won ...

Countback was needed to split the top three performers in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s February Medal. Will Woodrow, Mark Cooper and Dean Wright all scored 66, but it was Woodrow who claimed the victory from Cooper in a very tight finale. The other divisional winners were Stephen Jeffries and Andrew Lynn. Men’s section: February Medal competition: ...

Brett Whaley wants his in-form Spalding United to show their fans just how far they’ve come this Saturday as they welcome Pitching In NPL Midlands Division leaders Ilkeston Town to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field (3pm). The Tulips have been in fine form recently, having secured four wins out of their last five – including away wins at promotion-chasing ...

Lewis Thorogood feels that March will be a key month in Pinchbeck United’s bid to stay in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North. The Knights, who sit in the relegation zone ahead of the weekend’s fixtures, have just seven games left to play this season and are playing catch-up on direct rivals Selston and Newark. Starting with a trip to ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club added 142 more medals to their impressive tally at the third and final weekend of the Lincolnshire County Championships. Held at Louth, the Spalding-based club put in a gargantuan effort over the weekend to end up with a hefty haul of 179 medals from the three rounds. This incredible showing led to South Lincs being ...