Rugby

Spalding RFC 1st 7 Syston RFC 1st 48 Despite slipping to a 12th defeat from as many Midlands One East games on Saturday, Spalding RFC’s desire could not be faulted against second-placed Syston. Having last met the Leicestershire side four years ago, Town knew they were in for a tough test against a side that are bang in the title ...

Harry Sharman is no longer captain of struggling Spalding RFC. Town are bottom of the Midlands One East table without a win. The club said Sharman (28), who has not played a competitive match this season due to injury and suspension, offered to quit. Neither Town nor the player is saying what led to last week’s change of club captain, ...

NLD Cup quarter-final: Spalding RFC 14 Market Rasen & Louth 55 A heavy cup defeat formed part of a tough few days for Spalding RFC. The NLD cup exit last Saturday – during which two players had to have hospital treatment – came hard on the heels of news that Harry Sharman was no longer club captain. Town were still ...

Former Spalding RFC scrum-half Kevin Wand insists the 1st team should have nothing to fear in the NLD Cup on Saturday. Town host fellow Midlands One East side Market Rasen and Louth at Memorial Field (2pm) in a welcome respite from league action. Last month Town took a 62-0 pasting at Rasen, but their two most recent performances have shown ...

Spalding Town Cricket Club has been left saddened by the news that club president Henry Walkers has passed away following his brave and courageous battle with illness. Those fortunate to have spent time in Henry’s company over the last five decades, whether on the field of play or socially, will agree that his presence was absolutely remarkable. A talented sportsman, ...

It’s been a wretched season so far for Spalding RFC – and skipper Harry Sharman admits that it is tough to take any positives from last weekend’s 95-0 loss at Old Northamptonians. That hammering made it ten Midlands One East defeats on the bounce for Town ahead of Saturday’s home clash with Paviors (2.15pm). Selection issues hampered Spalding’s progress at ...

Old Northamptonians 95 Spalding RFC 0 Injuries, illness and unavailability ensured that Spalding travelled to Northampton with a heavily depleted squad on Saturday – so it was no surprise to see them handed a heavy reverse by one of Midlands One East’s top teams. Spalding, rock bottom of Midlands One East, gave game time to a number of second team ...

Away games don’t come much harder than free-scoring Old Northamptonians in Midlands One East. That’s the task facing Spalding RFC on Saturday (2.15pm), though, as they bid once again to grab a first league win of the season. Rock-bottom Town, who have lost all nine of their games, aren’t expected to upset the odds against an Old Northamptonians side that ...

Spalding RFC 26 Newark RFC 53 It’s now nine Midlands One East defeats on the trot for winless Spalding RFC – and skipper Harry Sharman admits that the club’s plight this season has gone past being worrying. Town did look set to finally end their unwanted streak at the Memorial Field on Saturday when they raced into a comfortable half-time ...

Spalding RFC once again go in search of their maiden Midlands One East win of the campaign this Saturday as they welcome fellow strugglers Newark to the Memorial Field (3pm). It’s now eight defeats on the spin for Town after last weekend’s derby hammering at Market Rasen and Louth (click here for the report), but skipper Harry Sharman is refusing ...

Mkt Rasen & Louth 62 Spalding RFC 0 Injury-plagued Spalding RFC saw their Midlands One East campaign go from bad to worse on Saturday as county rivals Market Rasen and Louth handed them an eighth loss on the bounce. The match between the only two Lincolnshire teams in the division always looked set to be a one-sided affair, with Rasen ...

Fed-up Spalding RFC skipper Harry Sharman has launched a scathing attack on his team after seeing them slump to a seventh successive Midlands One East defeat. Town blew a 17-15 lead against struggling Mansfield at the Memorial Field on Saturday as they went on to be battered 50-24 in front of their own fans. Respected captain Sharman, who has defended ...

Spalding RFC’s miserable season continued on Saturday as they were hammered 62-0 at rivals Market Rasen and Louth. The derby drubbing leaves winless Town rock bottom of the standings – and they’ve now lost all eight of their league games this season. Struggling Spalding are now ten points off 12th-placed Newark, who they host next Saturday at the Memorial Field. ...

Spalding RFC’s search for a first win in Midlands One East will drag on for another week after they were beaten 50-24 by Mansfield at the Memorial Field on Saturday. That now makes it seven defeats on the spin for Town, who remain bottom of the table and the only side yet to register a victory. They did at least ...

Spalding RFC are targeting the win that could transform their Midlands One East season this weekend. Having lost all six games so far – including last Saturday’s 58-0 beating at leaders Kettering – Town have just one point and are rock bottom of the table. But skipper Harry Sharman is refusing to dwell on the past. He’s hopeful that Spalding ...

Spalding Grammar School’s under-12 rugby team got off to a emphatic start with a convincing 53-0 win at Oundle. Despite just four training sessions with teacher Dave Endersbee and the coaching team of parent David Simpson and three older SGS students, the boys looked like a cohesive unit from the outset. They went ahead just a few minutes in when ...

Kettering RFC 58 Spalding RFC 0 It was always going to be tough for rock-bottom Spalding RFC at Midlands One East leaders Kettering on Saturday – and so it proved. Town failed to register a point in what was widely recognised as their hardest game of the entire campaign and have now lost all of their six league games this ...

Harry Sharman reckons that the timing of Spalding RFC’s hardest game of the season couldn’t be more unfortunate. Town travel to Midlands One East leaders Kettering on Saturday (3pm) – with the teams essentially polar opposites. Having won all five of their games, Kettering are a whopping 22 points ahead of winless Spalding already. But, having earned their first point ...

Spalding RFC’s winless start to life back in Midlands One East continued with a 22-16 home defeat to high-flying Ilkeston on Saturday – but there is plenty of room for optimism. Producing a performance labelled “outstanding” by injured skipper Harry Sharman, Spalding were always in the game thanks to tries from Pete Waudby and Ben Williams, plus two early penalties ...

Frustrating and disappointing are the main words captain Harry Sharman would use to describe Spalding RFC’s season so far. Promoted via the play-offs last season, Town have found life back in Midlands One East challenging – and currently have no points on the board after Saturday’s loss to Huntingdon and District . But experienced captain Sharman has been here before. ...