Rugby

Spalding first team had no game but it was still a busy weekend at Centenary  Park. On Friday evening, the Colts played Lincoln in the NLD Colts League and a brilliant performance resulted in a 76-5 win.They have won their last five league games, scoring 205 points with just 36 points conceded and are becoming the top team in the three ...

Spalding 12Leicester Vipers 17 Having clawed their way back in the first half to take a two-point lead at half-time, Spalding failed to keep the momentum going. It was Vipers who notched the only score in the second half with a converted try to pick up all the Counties Midlands 1 East (South) points.The Leicester side were fifth in the ...

Market Bosworth 46 Spalding 17 Spalding knew they were up for a challenging afternoon at Counties One Midlands East (South) division leaders Market Bosworth but they acquitted themselves well, especially in the first half.The opening minutes of the game set the tone with Bosworth having a scrum 20 metres out and they immediately pushed Spalding back ten metres,.The whole of ...

Spalding 28Stockwood Park 27 Stockwood Park from Luton arrived at Centenary Park lying in seventh place in Counties 1 Midlands East (South) league, one place below Spalding.With the visitors looking for their first away win of the season, Spalding were fielding a strong looking team after a home victory.Making his debut for Spalding was lock Fergus McKerracher and there was ...

A Donington snooker player and fundraiser for the Motor Neurone Disease Association has been selected to represent Great Britain at the World Disability Games in Thailand. Nigel Brasier, who has a from of the condition called Primary Lateral Sclerosis, is no stranger to playing abroad and has enjoyed another successful season on the World Disability Snooker tour.He’s in Germany this ...

Long Buckby 17Spalding 33 Spalding secured their second away win of the season and scored enough tries to secure a bonus point against the Counties One Midlands East (South) division’s bottom side. Having slipped down to a mid-table position in recent weeks, the trip to Northamptonshire brought a return to form.The opening quarter of an hour saw some poor discipline ...

There was no match for Spalding first team but the seconds were in a top-of-the-table local derby action at Bourne.However, it was the hosts who romped clear at the top of the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire & Derbyshire RFU Merit Two East table with a 45-7 success to end the visitors’ winning start to the season.Spalding Veterans’ home meeting against Thorney was called ...

Daventry 20 Spalding 12 Poor decision making and execution saw Spalding slip to defeat against the ‘invincible’ early-season Counties One Midlands East (South) leaders. Daventry had won their previous four league games and went undefeated throughout all last season.However, Spalding looked well equipped to lower their colours going into the final stages of a keenly contested encounter.The hosts had lost a ...

Spalding 21Oakham 7 Spalding welcomed Oakham to Centenary Park on their President’s Day with both teams having won two out of three games since the start of the season in Counties 1 Midlands East (South) league.Coming into the team were two of Spalding’s up and coming young players, Jack Grundy flanker and James Holland at fullbackIn front of a large ...

Bugbrooke 30Spalding RFC 22 With two early season wins in the league, Spalding travelled over to Bugbrooke near Northampton for their first ever league encounter with the home team, who had lost both their opening games. With a large home crowd due to their annual beer fest and three other games already played, the scene was set for a challenging ...

Spalding made it two wins out of two as they started life at their new Centenary Park home with a 34-6 victory over Peterborough Lions in Counties League One Midlands East (South). There was a big build up and excited expectations to the Elephants’ first home league game at the Drain Bank North ground, welcoming the Lions, who only a few ...

Spalding cruised to victory on the opening day of the new Midlands Counties One East (South) with a 24-17 success at local rivals Bourne. The step up in class after last season’s promotion did not faze the visitors, who matched their hosts in a good competitive game in which the lead changed hands several times.Spalding’s pre-season training had gone well, with ...

A very special presentation will be made this week to a stalwart of Spalding Rugby Club who disarmed a terrorist during the attack on London Bridge in 2019. Steve Machin was awarded the MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours and will be presented with the medal at his Spalding home on Friday.Lincolnshire’s Lord Lieutenant Toby Dennis will meet Steve and ...

Jack Patrick rounded off an outstanding season for Spalding Rugby Club by landing three trophies at the end of season awards.He took home both the Player of the Year and the Players’ Player of the Year at the club’s ceremony following last year’s promotion winning season.

Spalding will start the 2023/24 season in Counties One Midlands East (South) after their nail-biting charge to promotion last season. They pipped Stewart & Lloyds to the second promotion place by the slender margin of just four match points after the rivals ended the season locked on 76 points.Their reward is a place at the higher level and derby encounters against both Bourne and ...

Gainsborough 33Spalding 22 There were a rare trip up to Gainsborough for Spalding Rugby Club on Saturday for the NLD Plate Cup Semi Final with the home team playing in a different league. As the two teams warmed up you could see the type of game that was likely to evolve with the home team having a bulking and formidable ...

Spalding 45Boston 7 Spalding welcomed local rivals Boston to the Memorial Ground on Saturday in a quarter final NLD Shield Cup game. Both teams play at the same level but in different leagues, with Boston having won promotion as run-away champions, whilst Spalding won promotion as runners up in their league.Two years ago Boston, at their ground, had run out ...

Members of Spalding Rugby Club recently planted trees and shrubs generously donated by Baytree Garden Centre on their new site alongside the A16 Peterborough road. When their Centenary 2023-24 season starts in September, all club matches will be played at the roadside venue – the senior sides joining the mini and junior sections which have been using the pitches for ...

Spalding face Boston at home in the Notts, Lincs & Derbyshire Cup this weekend and warmed up with two matches at the Memorial Field. For the Vets, it was their last match at the Memorial Field as the club complete their relocation to their new ground next seasonMeanwhile, with the big cup tie looming, it was important to have a ...

Spalding had a strong squad for their trip to Kesteven in the Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire Challenge Cup quarter-final on Saturday. The Grantham team pinned Spalding back in their own half at the start but steadily the tables were turned with Harry Brown’s penetrating carries making it Kesteven’s time to defend on their own try line, with James Lacey and ...