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Back to ‘black’
The Annabel Murcott Schools of Tae Kwon Do have added 18 more Black Belts to their successful cub.
Busy itinerary for Striders
Over 20 Sleaford Striders took part in the Edinburgh full and half marathons, with the first Strider home in the half in 1:47:02 was Alan Buckberry finishing in 1,240th, with Bill Rayner in 1:47:05 and Sally Hollick in 2:28:20.
Sleaford Tennis Club
There was mixed fortune for the Sleaford Men’s AEGON Tennis team on June 2 as they went up against a very good Rustons team.
Gus gets into the swing of it
After raising thousands of pounds for charity with a mammoth round of golf, a Sleaford man is doing it all again, but more.
Town’s two pro signings
The arrival of former professional footballers to Sleaford Town has been hailed a “massive coup” by player/manager Kris Jones.
Football
Pointon win their home football tournament
Pointon Junior FC held their annual football tournament on Saturday June 8, beating local teams including Bourne Blues and Great Ponton under 10.
New football training
An exciting new football academy is coming to the Sleaford area in September and all budding young soccer stars are encouraged to find out more.
Trials held for village football U15 team
Heckington Junior football club’s U15 team will be holding trials this weekend for any players would be interested in joining the club for the 2013/14 season.
Silverware for Fulbeck players
There were winning smiles from Fulbeck United, who won the Lincoln and District League’s Village Trophy at Lincoln United’s ground last weekend.
Rugby
Spartan’s spectacular run ends
Spartans made the long trip to Coventry to face the Bears for the first time.
Spartans open season with sound win at Nottingham
The Spartans opened the season with a win against their local rivals Nottingham in very wet weather conditions.
Athletics
Charlotte ready to represent Team GB
After giving up competing in triathlons as a child an decidding to take it up again, Kesteven and Sleaford High School pupil Charlotte McRae, 18, has been selected to represent Great Britain at the ITU European Triathlon this weekend.
Sleaford Striders
Five Sleaford Striders adults took part in the Lions 10k held at and around RAF Cranwell on Sunday May 12.
Runners battle through weather
May started well for the Sleaford Town Runners after a successful couple of events in the north and one in the Midlands.
Cricket
Captain’s Day a huge success
Sleaford Golf Club captain Neil Tunstall held an excellent Captain’s Day over the weekend. Over 200 golfers from the club took part with Andy Alvey and Ann Lyon taking the overall Gents and Ladies prizes.
Sleaford cricketers suffer BBH defeat
Sleaford 1st XI travelled to Bracebridge Heath in a Lincolnshire Premier League fixture on Saturday, eventually going down to an 87 run defeat.
St Botolph’s young girl cricketers on top form video
Up and coming young cricketers are preparing to take the county by storm after stumping up a great win against their local rivals.
Boro top after their sound win at Belton
Billingborough moved into pole position in the South Lincolnshire and Border League Premier Division following a 20 point victory over Belton Park.
South Lincs and Border League
Bourne 2nd moved to the top of the South Lincolnshire & Border League Premier Division after a big win over Woodhall Spa 2nd, but hot on the heels of the leaders’ 81 points is Billingborough who are just three points adrift and with a game in hand.
Golf
Putt in some effort for charity
Golfers will be getting into the swing of fundraising for charity when they do battle in the annual Duncan & Toplis Charity Golf Day.
Ladies out in force for open day
Blankney Ladies held their annual Open Day with over 120 ladies taking part. The winners were Cathy Lee and Lisa Gauei from Toft, as were Yvonne and Rachel Woodcock of Blankney and Stacey Michell and Lotta Brewer from Canwick in third.
Fine weather for fine golf games
The warm weather and the recent downfalls have produced a golf course in fine condition for the Sleaford Golf Club members.
Carre’s triple
A team of boys from Carre’s Grammar School has given the school’s best ever performance since the Lincolnshire Schools Golf Championship started in 1974.
Bowls
Bowls short week
Five matches scheduled but only two played last week. They played Collingham on their green on Monday in the City (evening) League. Les Wilkinson, with Jock Mitchell and Vic Farmer finished two shots down at 20-22. John Booth, Keith Pilbeam and Paul Butterworth ended 21-33 down.
Mixed bag for bowlers
Only three matches were played this week, the first of which was an away fixture at Eslaforde Park in the Lincoln and District League.
Other Sports
Olympic gymnast visit and £200 grant for Elite club
Budding young gymnasts from all over the country took part in Sleaford Elite Gym Club’s first ever national competition over the weekend.
Aiming for two Midlands titles in two weights
Up-and-coming Heckington boxer Amir Unsworth is just 10 rounds away from being crowned champion of the Midlands, for a second time.
Daniel’s silver medal
Sleaford martial arts enthusiast Daniel Pearce proudly displays the medal he won at the recent Welsh Tae Kwon-Do championships.
Tae Kwon-Do students make the grade in Bristol
Annabel Murcott’s School of Tae Kwon-Do students have recently attended a ‘long and intense’ grading and all were successful.
Bad weekend for Gary
Mechanical problems saw Leasingham sidecar racer Gary Horspole with Paul Knapton return from Donington Park empty handed.
National Sport
Watson upsets Lepchenko
Heather Watson secured her best win since returning from glandular fever to reach the second round of the AEGON International in Eastbourne.
Tredwell hopeful of England glory
England are tantalisingly close to an "absolutely massive" achievement - this country's first 50-over global tournament trophy.
Rhinos hold off spirited Widnes
Super League champions Leeds demonstrated tremendous character, as well as their strength in depth, to overcome the absence of nine regulars and beat Widnes 38-28 in the rearranged match at Headingley
Adrenalin fires up new boy Barritt
Brad Barritt has dismissed any fears of potential jet lag and weariness being a factor when he makes his British and Irish Lions debut.
No Wimbledon worries for Murray
Andy Murray is not worried about the Wimbledon draw and would happily sign up to play Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals.
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Weather for Sleaford
Tuesday 18 June 2013
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