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Five-time winners Moulton Harrox are hoping to keep their affinity with the Lincs FA Junior Cup going on Saturday. Harrox welcome fellow big-hitters Lincoln Moorlands Railway to Broad Lane for what is undoubtedly the tie of the fourth round – with whoever progresses moving on to be big favourites to lift the county crown. Joint Moulton boss Bobby Patterson reckons ...

Consti A remain top of the Spalding and District Darts League’s Division One table after a hard fought 4-3 win against Green Dragon on Monday night. Sam Roberts and Nick Moyses grabbed the last two singles wins for Consti to seal the victory on the night, while Darren Royal had two 180s and a 112 check out for the Green ...

It’s now ten wins from as many East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West games for red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st after another dominant display on Saturday. Maddie Haunch (2), Ellie Holland (2) and Georgina Maplethorpe found the net as the Poachers brushed aside hosts Cambridge City 4th 5-2 to move seven points clear at the top. Spalding started well ...

Long Sutton 1st gave their East Men’s Hockey League Division Two North West season a shot in the arm by thrashing St Neots 1st 6-1 on Saturday. Josh Fyson (2), Josh Baker (2), Dan Batten and Luke Proctor all found the net for Sutton at what was a very stormy Peele Leisure Centre amid 40mph winds, heavy rain and sideways ...

It was a big week in Division One of the Spalding and District Snooker League as four of the top five were in action against each other. The headline fixture saw leaders Pyramid defeat third placed Holbeach C 4-2 to strengthen their lead at the summit to four points. Shaun Lee (O28) sank an early 28 break for Holbeach C, ...

Moulton Harrox 3 Oundle Town 0 Bobby Patterson heaped praise on his Moulton Harrox side after they braved dreadful conditions to defeat Oundle Town 3-0 on Saturday. A double from Alfie Woodward and an Ian Bradbury strike fired Moulton to a hard-fought three points in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. However, it was the windy conditions that proved the most ...

Quorn 2Pinchbeck United 0 Pinchbeck United slipped into the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North’s relegation zone on Saturday after a 2-0 loss at fellow strugglers Quorn. Strikes from Charlie Marzano (41) and Jack Samples (60) did for the Knights, who are now 17th in the 18-team division, one point from safety and seven clear of rock-bottom Holbeach United. Pinchbeck saw ...

Holbeach United 1 Loughborough Students 2 Aaron Eyett scored Holbeach United’s first goal in the Uhlsport UCL Premier Division North since way back on August 28 – but it was in vain as Loughborough Students won 2-1 at Carter’s Park. After a goalless first period on Saturday, high-flying Loughborough moved 2-0 up thanks to goals from Dylan Edwards (59) and ...

Holbeach United Reserves returned to form in fine style on Saturday as they hammered South Holland rivals Crowland Town 6-2 in the ChromaSport PDFL Premier Division. After suffering back-to-back defeats, third-placed Holbeach ran riot at Snowden Field thanks to goals from Fenn Storey (2), Kyle Compton, Jordan Keeble, Cameron Lee and sub Oliver Foster. Danny Firth and Giuliano Staffieri replied ...

Spalding United 1 Bedworth United 1 A second-half Ben Starkie strike earned Spalding United a 1-1 draw with Bedworth United on Saturday – and made it four points from two games for caretaker boss Bruno Porfirio. The Tulips fell behind on 33 minutes at the Sir Halley Stewart Playing Field when Ryan Nesbitt rounded keeper Harry Fisk and netted on ...

The results for South Holland’s top sides Spalding United, Holbeach United and Pinchbeck United were almost as bad as the grim weather on Saturday. Starting with Spalding, they at least picked up a point after being held to a 1-1 draw by Bedworth United in the Pitching In NPL Midlands Division. The Tulips, again under the caretaker charge of Bruno ...

Race ace Andy Prior emerged victorious at the second round of Welland Yacht Club’s Frostbite Series on Sunday. Ten boats took to the starting line with reasonably strong breeze and stronger gusts forecast – and it was Helen Boyd (Solo) who got away first, followed by Geri van Haren (Phantom) and then Prior (Laser Radial). Behind them were Alan Cox ...

Mick Cooper and Mick Johnson both made big breaks in the Spalding and District Billiards League as Consti B beat Holbeach A 7-0. Consti’s Johnson (O170) made a 57 and 38 in victory, while Cooper (O190) sank a 69, 54 and 48 in defeat. Elsewhere, leaders Donington beat hosts Pyramid B 7-0 with Tony Scully (R60) bagging a 28 break. ...

The latest round of Spalding and District Darts League action served up some close contests. In Division One, Lincoln Arms beat Tigers C 4-3 with Si Barnett going on last to beat Pete Richardson 3-2 to secure the win. On the night Duncan Hunt, Dean Murray and Steve Stancer all had 180s, while there was also a 117 check out ...

It’s a huge day in Pinchbeck United’s season on Saturday as they make the trip to Uhlsport UCL Premier Division relegation rivals Quorn (3pm). Two of the league’s bottom three sides with only Holbeach United below them, the Knights are just two points clear of their Leicestershire rivals. Should Lewis Thorogood’s side lose, they will find themselves in the drop ...

Gary Frost admits that he’s been shocked by how difficult a job he’s facing at Holbeach United. The former Boston Town boss, who replaced club legend Phil Barnes in the Carter’s Park hotseat almost six weeks ago, is amazed by just how far the Tigers have fallen from grace. Frost is finding it very difficult to recruit Uhlsport UCL Premier ...

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s men and women have booked their places in the next round of their respective national inter-club knockout competitions. In the Denny Cup, Spalding’s men beat Stamford by 14 shots in a tight encounter, winning 81-67. The early exchanges were tight and the score was 17 all at five ends, with Stamford actually having their noses in ...

Spalding 1st are back on top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North after defeating one of their chief title rivals Harleston Magpies 2nd 3-2 at Glen Park on Saturday. With Harleston top and Spalding 2nd at the start of play, the sides knew that whoever won would be sitting pretty for at least the next week. Spalding started ...

Two players helped themselves to five goals apiece as Spalding Poachers 1st continued their remarkable form in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West on Saturday. Both Charlotte Maplethorpe and Mia Dewing netted five times as Poachers hammered Cambridge University 3rd 12-0 – making it 25 goals in two weeks for the flawless table-toppers. Harriet Mowbray and Sally Pilgrim ...

A fine 49 break from Dan Burt helped Donington C derail Pyramid C’s title charge in Spalding and District Snooker League Division One on Thursday night. Burt, who plays off an O42 handicap, made the score en-route to winning the second frame against Paul Blackbourn (R7) from the Bourne club. That made the score 2-0, with the talented Neil Reynolds ...