Sport

Man-of-the-moment Keith Power walked away from Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s annual trophy presentation with an incredible list of accolades. There to collect his trophies for winning The Gold Medal Cup, Summer Match Play and for being Handicap Club Champion, Power also saw his achievements in all other club competitions recognised. He was handed the captain’s player of the year ...

Spalding Fishing Club will hold its first competitive club match for more than 20 years on Sunday, December 19. The venue for the meeting is the River Glen roadside, with the draw at the roadside New Bridge (West Pinchbeck) at 9am, with fishing from 10am until 2pm. The club, which has been in decline over the years, has seen a ...

A battling performance from Spalding United was rewarded with a point against promotion challengers Chasetown on Saturday thanks to a last gasp goal by Ryan Flitton. Flitton rose highest to head home deep into injury time to maintain caretaker-manager Bruno Porfirio’s unbeaten record so far in the Pitching-In Northern Premier League Midlands Division. And they competed well throughout with a ...

Holbeach United hit a new low as they were hammered 6-0 at home by Newark Flowserve in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North on Saturday. The hosts conceded goals at crucial times before capitulating early in the second half. But they competed in the first half even after going behind to Newark’s Dan Meadows scoring the first of what was ...

High-flying Anstey Nomads proved no match for Pinchbeck United in the end on Saturday. The Leicestershire side scored four second half goals to take the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North match away from the Knights. Pinchbeck were competitive throughout the first half and frustrated the visitors in the opening exchanges.Anstey thought they’d taken the lead in the 35th minute but ...

Moulton Harrox boss Bobby Patterson hailed his side’s best performance of the season so far as they ousted one of the favourites from the Lincs FA Junior Cup on Saturday. His side are in the draw for the last eight of the competition after the victory over Lincoln Moorlands Railway who have lost just once in the Balcan Lighting Supplies ...

A double from Matthew Cox plus goals from Juliano Resta and Giuliano Staffieri helped Crowland Town back to winning ways in the ChromaSport Peterborough and District League Premier Division. They defeated Leverington Sports 4-2 on Saturday to move up the table and bounce back from last week’s defeat to Holbeach United Reserves. The third placed Tigers lost ground on the ...

Andy Prior edged out Frostbite leader Mark Scourfield in Sunday’s fourth race of the Welland Yacht Club. Although not as cold as the previous Sunday the forecast was still for strong winds as 12 boats took to the start. Most of the boats hung back to time a fast run at the line. Andy Prior Andy Agar (OK) got the ...

Spalding’s Castle Sports Complex played host to the first South Lincs Open Meet last week – and it was a case of medals, club records and new personal best (PB) times galore for the home club’s swimmers. The South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club members were joined by rivals from City of Lincoln Pentaqua, Deepings and Corby at the meeting, which ...

It’s 11 wins from as many East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW games for Spalding Poachers 1st after they battered Bourne Deeping 1st 13-1 on Saturday. Charlotte Maplethorpe (4), Hermione Wright (3), Mia Dewing (2), Harriet Mowbray (2), Maddie Haunch and Georgina Maplethorpe all netted at Glen Park to leave Spalding’s leading ladies seven points clear at the halfway stage ...

The third match in the Boston and District AC. Junior 2021-22 Sportshall Athletics Series on Saturday resulted in some promising performances from South Holland athletes. Under-15 Quantrill won the three-lap race in 31.7secs, the four-lap sprint in 47.9 secs, the standing triple jump (6.48m) and the shot putt (8.49m). In addition, he was first in both the six-lap run (1.16.5mins) ...

Donington cue ace Neil Reynolds lit up Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League this week as he made an outstanding 72 break. Neil (O49) comfortably saw off opponent Mark Gray (O105) 163-1 helping his Donington C side to a 5-1 win over Bourne SC A. Other winners on the night were Lee Hempsall (O7), Mat Turner (O21) ...

Holbeach United are looking for their third manager of the season after Gary Frost left the club on Tuesday night. Frost, who only took the Tigers job on October 14, replaced Phil Barnes in the Carter’s Park hot seat. He leaves the club in the same position as he found it – bottom of the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North ...

A late Ryan Flitton strike earned Spalding United a fine 2-2 draw at high-flying Chasetown on Saturday, while Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were on the receiving end of heavy defeats. Starting with the Tulips, they rescued a great point at Pitching In NPL Midlands Division title hopefuls Chasetown in dramatic style. After a goalless first period, Scott Floyd put ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls have moved into the last 16 of the national mixed Egham Trophy competition after an 87-83 victory over Barwell. Their reward for the victory is a home tie against Nottingham in the next round on Sunday, December 12 – with the winners progressing to the quarter-finals. Spalding started the stronger of the two teams and at five ...

Three brave Welland Yacht Club members contested the latest round of the Frostbite Series on Sunday despite the difficult conditions served up by storm Arwen. Although the winds weren’t as bad as Saturday, the temperature was nearing freezing – so the first task was to break the ice off the boat covers to get rigged. A favourable course was set ...

Spalding Vets 44 Lincoln Vets 15 Harry Sharman ran in a hat-trick of tries as Spalding RFC’s vets saw off their counterparts from Lincoln 44-15 on Saturday. Lincoln were hit with unavailability and injury and only travelled to south Lincolnshire with ten players, but Spalding showed great sportsmanship and lent them five players, – including up and coming first team ...

Holbeach United finally have something positive to build on ahead of Saturday’s Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North clash with Newark at Carter’s Park (3pm). That’s the view of boss Gary Frost, who was impressed with the Tigers’ showing in last weekend’s 2-1 loss to high-flying Loughborough Students. Both Aaron Eyett’s super solo strike, which ended their long wait for a ...

Lewis Thorogood is refusing to push the panic button after seeing Pinchbeck United fall into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division’s relegation zone. The Knights dropped into the bottom two for the first time this season after losing 2-0 at relegation rivals Quorn on Saturday. And, with third-placed Anstey Nomads the visitors to the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field on Saturday ...

Spalding United CEO Leigh Porter admits that the club are in no rush to make a definitive decision on who will be the next permanent manager. Caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio has taken four points from two games since stepping up to the Tulips hot-seat in the wake of Gaby Zakuani’s departure two weeks ago. Porter feels that Porfirio has the ...