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Five team awards for Spalding area schools
Spalding area schools won five of the team championships at theSenior and Intermediate Boys and Girls South Lincs Zone Track and Field Championships held at The Tommy Clay Track.
Your chance to try tri as Spalding club hosts event
Following the success of last year’s event, Spalding Triathlon Club is once again hosting the Spalding Tri Event.
Spalding ease their way through county singles comeptition
Spalding Golf Club’s first team squad eased their way into the second round of the Bramley County singles scratch matchplay competition.
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Football
Great season for Grammar teams
Spalding Grammar School has celebrated an extremely successful football season.
Wyberton claim Invicibles crown
Wonderful Wyberton enjoyed a fantastic final week of the season to seal a fantastic record of 22 wins out of 22 as they romped away with the Boston League premier division.
Magpies’ anxious wait
Long Sutton missed the chance to seal promotionback to the premier division of the Peterborough League when they could only draw 0-0 at home to Thorney on Saturday.
RECORD BREAKERS!
Magnificent Moulton Harrox lifted the Peterborough League premier division trophy for the first time on Saturday.
Tulips
TULIPS: More to come from Spalding – Rayment
Pat Rayment is confident that the good times are coming back to Spalding United after guiding them to their first trophy in eight years.
TULIPS: Spalding ‘will be stronger next year’ after promotion woe
PETERBOROUGH NORTHERN STAR 0 SPALDING UNITED 3: Tulips chief Pat Rayment was in a philosophical mood after his side missed out on promotion on a dramatic finale to the UCL Premier Division season.
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TULIPS: Four-some Tulips smash Saints to lift UCL Knockout Cup
SPALDING UNITED 4 ST IVES TOWN 0: The Tulips put the disappointment of missing out on promotion firmly behind them on Monday as they lifted the UCL Knockout Cup in style.
FOOTBALL: Tulips miss out on promotion, Harrox make it a cup double
Spalding United fell just short of securing promotion from the UCL Premier Division on Saturday despite a 3-0 win at Peterborough Northern Star, while Moulton Harrox lifted the PFA Senior Trophy after beating ICA Sports 3-0 on Friday night.
TULIPS: Final could be a damp squib – Rayment
Tulips boss Pat Rayment fears that Monday’s UCL Knockout Cup final could be something of an anti-climax.
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Tigers
TIGERS: Much-changed Holbeach enjoy Irchester title party
IRCHESTER UNITED 0 HOLBEACH UNITED 1: Tiny Northamptonshire village Irchester played host to a massive Holbeach title party on Saturday as the champions received their trophy.
TIGERS: Holbeach chief nonplussed by Saints loss
It was a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s Show’ for UCL Premier Division champions Holbeach United as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat at St Ives Town on Tuesday night.
FOOTBALL: Five-star Tulips win, Saints march past Tigers, Deeping lose semi
Spalding United reignited their promotion push with a 5-1 UCL Premier Division victory over Cogenhoe United on Tuesday night, while champions Holbeach United lost 2-0 at St Ives Town and Deeping Rangers were beaten 1-0 by Yaxley in the semi-final of the Hinchingbrooke Cup.
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TIGERS: Chand proud of Holbeach’s ‘deserved’ title win
Holbeach United were crowned UCL Premier Division champions for the first time in a decade on Saturday – without kicking a ball.
FOOTBALL: Tigers crowned champions without kicking a ball
Holbeach United were crowned champions of the UCL Premier Division on Saturday after their two chief title rivals lost.
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Deeping Rangers
FOOTBALL: Tulips win to take promotion push to final day
The race for promotion from the UCL Premier Division will go to the final day of the season after Spalding United won 2-1 at Cogenhoe United on Tuesday night, while St Ives edged to a 1-0 victory at Yaxley.
RANGERS: Ten-man Deeping battle for a point
DEEPING RANGERS 1 COGENHOE UNITED 1: Rangers ended a mixed week in defiant mood as they battled back to earn a deserved draw in their penultimate game of the season on Saturday.
FOOTBALL: Nine-man Tulips crash, Deeping battle back for win
Dan Cotton and TJ Nightingale were sent off as Spalding United slipped to a shock 2-1 UCL Premier Division loss at Wellingborough Town on Thursday night, while Deeping Rangers won 2-1 at Harborough Town.
FOOTBALL: Five-star Tulips win, Saints march past Tigers, Deeping lose semi
Spalding United reignited their promotion push with a 5-1 UCL Premier Division victory over Cogenhoe United on Tuesday night, while champions Holbeach United lost 2-0 at St Ives Town and Deeping Rangers were beaten 1-0 by Yaxley in the semi-final of the Hinchingbrooke Cup.
8 commentsRANGERS: Deeping’s delight at Lewis’ late winner
DESBOROUGH TOWN 0 DEEPING RANGERS 1: Lewis Stone fired an injury-time winner to get Deeping’s bid for a fourth-placed finish back on track.
Cricket
Sutton teams look to continue great starts
Long Sutton Cricket Club hopes to continue its great start to the season this weekend, with both its sides currently sitting pretty at the top of their South Lincs and Border League divisions.
Crucial games for town
Spalding Cricket Club captain Rob Ambrose has targeted the next two matches as vital as his team attempts to establish itself in the Lincs ECB Premier League.
‘Wright’ way for victory
Spalding 3rd won by four wickets at Cavaliers to claim third spot in South Lincs League division three.
Teams are left cursing the British weather
Both Long Sutton Sunday teams will feel robbed by the Great British weather after their games were abandoned with them in strong positions. The first team, electing to bat against Brigstock, mustered 170 from just short of their full allocation of overs, with notable contributions from Paul Edgeller (47) and Barry Stanway (62), who bludgeoned his team to a competitive total despite the opposition’s strong bowling unit. Rain then intervened and no further play was possible.
Jonny (12) looks a star for the future
Twelve-year-old Jonny Manton starred on an otherwise tough afernoon for Spalding on Sunday.
Rugby
Historic victory for young Barbarians
Welland Barbarians U15s pulled off an amazing achievement by winning the Notts, Lincs and Derby Shield Trophy against Market Rasen & Louth.
Young rugger boys face the camera
Spalding U9 pictured during a recent rugby tournament at RAF Cranwell.
RUGBY: Sevens heaven for Spalding boys
Spalding U14 emerged victorious from the West Norfolk seven-a-side tournament.
RUGBY: Relegation heartache for Town after Ilkeston defeat
ILKESTON RFC 78 SPALDING RFC 10: Spalding slipped through the relegation trapdoor on Saturday as eventual runners-up Ilkeston emphatically sealed their fate.
RUGBY: Spalding RFC relegated after Ilkeston defeat
Spalding RFC’s stint in Midlands One East came to an end on Saturday as they were relegated after losing 78-10 at Ilkeston on the final day of the season.
Golf
It’s Wayne’s world as Wallace caps medal win with super eagle
Red-hot Wayne Wallace carded an eagle en-route to taking the spoils at Spalding Golf Club’s latest monthly medal at the Surfleet course.
Tydd’s two-year sponsorship boost
Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s top two men’s teams will be looking the part this season after securing a lucrative new sponsorship deal.
Williams waltzes to a Sunday success
Lesley Williams shot a super 71 to win the latest Sunday Medal in Spalding Golf Club’s ladies’ section.
GOLF: Keith and Ollie inspire excellent Elsham win
Spalding Golf Club men’s team eased their way into the second round of the Elsham county foursomes competition with a 3up win over Toft.
GOLF: Red-hot Lawrence is the Pride of Spalding
In-form Lawrence Haley got the better of a packed field to win Spalding Golf Club’s EGU London Pride Gold Medal qualifier at Surfleet.
Angling
Look what seven-year-old Jessie landed!
Proud mum Jo Cooke-Symak has sent us this picture of her daughter Jessie Symak, who caught this whopping carp at Northey Fishing Lakes near Whittlesey.
Other Sport
Excellent action as weather stays kind
Racing at Hurdletree Bank went really well last Sunday as the bad weather just stayed away.
Encouraging performances in early-season Uni event
Nene Valley Harriers athletes competed at the British Universities and Colleges event.
Records fall as Deeping enjoy success at two tournaments
Deepings Swimming Club had a great weekend at the Midland Youth Championships in Corby, with medals, personal bests and county and club records.
Historic victory for young Barbarians
Welland Barbarians U15s pulled off an amazing achievement by winning the Notts, Lincs and Derby Shield Trophy against Market Rasen & Louth.
Young rugger boys face the camera
Spalding U9 pictured during a recent rugby tournament at RAF Cranwell.
National Sport
Williams waltzes into semi-finals
Women's world number one Serena Williams breezed into the last four of the Internazionali d'Italia in just 56 minutes with a 6-2 6-0 win over Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain.
Berdych stuns Djokovic
Tomas Berdych staged a stunning comeback to knock top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic out of the Internazionali d'Italia at the quarter-final stage.
Stoke launch training ground probe
Stoke have launched "a full internal investigation" into reports of an incident at their training ground on Friday, the club announced.
Ferdinand close to new United deal
Defender Rio Ferdinand is expected to agree a new contract with Manchester United early next week.
Villa Park prepared for a play-off
The Premier League has announced that a possible third-place play-off between Chelsea and Arsenal will take place at Villa Park on May 26 - a move which could jeopardise the Blues' tour match against Manchester City in the USA scheduled for the day before.
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Monday 20 May 2013
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