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Both Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United suffered defeats on Saturday as the recent bad weather ripped through many of the other football fixtures. Indeed, Spalding United and Moulton Harrox were among the South Holland sides to see their games called off, with their fixtures against Ilkeston Town and Oakham United respectively rained off. There was some action in the Uhlsport ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club have reached the final of the Denny Cup – dubbed the FA Cup of bowls – as they bid to win the national trophy for the first time in their 50-year history. The team, who defeated Wey Valley in the last four on Sunday, were playing in the semi-finals of the event for the first time ...

Pinchbeck United are hunting for their second Lincolnshire derby win in seven days as they visit Sleaford Town on Saturday (3pm). The Knights, full of confidence after last weekend’s 2-0 victory at Boston Town, will once again be underdogs for the game at Eslaforde Park – given Sleaford’s upturn in form this season. Regular relegation candidates in recent seasons, the ...

Danny Clifton feels that Holbeach United are on the brink of finally getting a win this season – but admits that it won’t change their perilous plight. The Tigers boss is hoping to see another encouraging performance this Saturday, with county rivals Deeping Rangers the visitors to Carter’s Park (3pm). Last weekend’s results saw rock-bottom Holbeach fall 15 points from ...

Spalding United have been told that they’ll need to be at their “very best” if they are to beat Pitching In NPL Midlands Division leaders Ilkeston Town on Saturday. Tulips boss Brett Whaley is expecting a “massive test” in the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field clash on Saturday (3pm) – but knows that his side are capable of pulling off ...

Charlotte Maplethorpe and Evie Maltby both scored twice as all-conquering Spalding Poachers 1st defeated South Holland rivals Long Sutton 1st 5-0 on Saturday. Hennie Boekestyn also got in on the act at the Peele Leisure Centre as Spalding made it 16 wins from as many games in Division Two North West of the East Women’s Hockey League. Spalding immediately put ...

Spalding 1st maintained their healthy five-point lead at the top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North with a big 7-0 home success over Cambridge City 3rd on Saturday. Joe Rogers (2), Joe Higgins (2), James Mayhew, Stu Cunnington and Will Baker got the goals at Glen Park as the mighty Maroons made it 15 wins from 17 games ...

There are just three spaces left in the official Spalding 6-a-side League – and teams can take advantage of free entry right now. The league is held at Glen Park in Surfleet on Monday and will run throughout the year. All matches are refereed by a qualified official and all the equipment is provided. Leisure Leagues, who run the competition, ...

No quarter was given by Pyramid D as they knocked the title chances of club mates Pyramid A in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League on Thursday night. Having lost just once all season ahead of the all-Bourne battle, table-topping Pyramid A were beaten 4-2 as Marcus Hamilton (O35), Pete Grose (scr) and, crucially, Pete Jackson (R7) ...

South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club collected 16 more medals at the second weekend of the Lincolnshire County Championships at Grantham. A team of 18 members from the Spalding-based club were in action competing in the 400m freestyle and the 400m IM events, with impressive results. Daisy Rummery got proceedings off to a strong start as she powered her way through ...

Spalding RFC 27 Northampton Men’s Own 15 Spalding RFC made it three home wins on the spin in Midlands Three East (South) with a potentially pivotal 27-15 victory over rivals Northampton Men’s Own on Saturday. The Memorial Field triumph gave Town an extra bonus point too, which sees them move eight points clear of relegation rivals Northampton and Daventry and ...

Moulton Harrox’s amazing unbeaten run is over after a shock 3-1 loss at Leverington Sports in the ChromaSport PDFL League Cup on Saturday. A Josh Ford penalty wasn’t enough for Harrox, who saw their run of nine wins and nine clean sheets in a row blown away by goals from Dan Roberts, Billy Barnes and Louie Garner. Also beaten in ...

Spalding United 0 Carlton Town 3 Spalding United’s three-game winning run came to an abrupt end against play-off chasing Carlton Town at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday. Goals from Nat Watson (17), Niall Davie (27) and Tom Maddison (pen 82) sealed an impressive 3-0 success for the away side, who are just outside the play-offs in sixth. ...

Holbeach United 0 Heanor Town 3 Luckless Holbeach United fell deeper into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North mire with a 3-0 defeat to Heanor Town on Saturday. Jordan Haywood, Jack Dando and Jamie Sleigh got the goals for the visitors at Carter’s Park, leaving Danny Clifton’s Tigers 15 points from safety with 11 games left. The scoreline was harsh ...

Boston Town 0 Pinchbeck United 2 Lewis Thorogood praised his Pinchbeck United side as a massive 2-0 derby victory at Boston Town on Saturday kept their survival bid in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North very much alive. Pinchbeck grabbed their first win since mid-November as they stunned their high-flying hosts Boston with second-half goals from Avi Vieira and Nathan ...

Pinchbeck United pulled off a superb derby victory on Saturday as they won 2-0 at rivals Boston Town, while Spalding United slipped up 3-0 at home to Carlton Town and Holbeach United lost 3-0 against visitors Heanor Town. Starting in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North, Pinchbeck grabbed their first win since mid-November as they stunned high-flying hosts Boston Town ...

Danny Clifton is refusing to throw in the towel in Holbeach United’s bid to stave off relegation from the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North this season – but admits there could be a positive to going down. The Tigers have yet to win a game in any competition so far this season and Saturday’s 3-2 loss to nearest rivals Selston ...

Upbeat boss Lewis Thorogood insists that nobody at Pinchbeck United is panicking despite seeing the club drop into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North drop zone on Saturday. Pinchbeck’s 4-0 loss at home to Long Eaton United on Saturday, coupled with Selston’s 3-2 win over Holbeach United, leaves them two points from safety with nine games left, having played four ...

Spalding United’s former professional winger Marcus Maddison has successfully launched a fundraising page to help him have a career-saving operation. Maddison, played for Peterborough United and Bolton Wanderers before quitting the game at 27 due to mental health issues, peformed a u-turn to join the Tulips in the summer when they were managed by former Posh team-mate Gaby Zakuani. However, ...

Graham Smith and Chelsea Tomlin represented Spalding Indoor Bowls Club at the men’s and women’s national champion of champions finals over the weekend after winning a series of qualifying games throughout the season. They both got through the first day with relative ease as, in the last 16, Smith beat J Brennan from Worthing Pavilion (21-10) and followed it up ...