Spalding’s Hugo Kedzlie had a 100 per cent record for the England under-16 boys team.

He won all three games as they scored another big win in their autumn international series by beating Scotland 17½-7½ at Rockliffe Hall in Durham.

They have already beaten Wales 15-5 and will play Ireland early next month.

Another win there would see England repeat last year’s record of three victories in these matches.

Team manager Nick Over described the boys’ latest result as a solid performance.

The highlight of the match was Barclay Brown’s level par 72 in very difficult conditions on the opening day of the 54-hole match.

Kedzlie and Michael Gilbert (Essex) had 100 per cent record while Brown (Yorkshire), Dominic Clemons (Hertfordshire) and Charlie Daughtrey (Yorkshire) were unbeaten.

The other team members, who all contributed to the scoreline, were James Cooper (Wiltshire), Matthew Freeman (Nottinghamshire), Conor Gough (Buckinghamshire), Callum Macfie (Yorkshire) and Tom Stagg (Wiltshire).

The match began with individual stroke play games which England won 7-3.

This was followed by foursomes which England won 4-1 and by individual matchplay which England won 6½-3½.

Kedzlie will join Brown, Cooper, Daughtrey, Gilbert, Gough, Macfie and Stagg to play Ireland at Castletown on October 8 and 9.

Emma Agar won all three races on Sunday to finish top of Welland Yacht Club’s cadet series.

With a strong south-westerly blowing straight down the river to make things a little interesting, four juniors took up the challenge.

Race three started with a few near capsizes on the build-up to the start.

They finally got away unscathed with the faster two boats of Lucy Burton and Niall Holland making an early break.

However Emma soon made the best progress and rounded the top mark first.

Then in a moment of lapse in concentration Emma forgot the short return leg and carried on past the mark.

It was only when the second-placed boat rounded the mark she realised her mistake and by then she had overshot by a considerable distance.

Not to be deterred, she turned her boat around and set off in pursuit of the others.

With the wind gusting stronger than earlier, Harry Whitelam decided to sit out race four.

There were a couple of pre-start capsizes then the race was under way.

Again all juniors did their best to keep the boats upright and Emma was able to take the lead in what should have been the slower boat.

Race five saw just Emma and Harry taking part in even stronger gusts.

Harry managed the better start and pulled out an early lead.

Emma managing to catch and pass to take her third win of the day at the end of the junior season.

All juniors are welcome to take part in the Carl Bilbe Pursuit Race regatta using personal handicaps on Sunday.

Anyone interested in finding out more about sailing should contact the club via email secretary@wellandyachtclub.co.uk

Free-scoring Peterborough Sports Reserves have set up a mouth-watering Premier Division clash at unbeaten leaders Moulton Harrox on Saturday.

The city side have cracked 28 goals without reply in their last three matches.

Reigning champions Harrox stuttered last weekend before scrambling to a 2-1 home win over Deeping Rangers Reserves.

Marcus Parry and Joe Townsend scored after Paul Kirk had fired Deeping in front.

Holbeach United Reserves avenged the President’s Shield defeat a week earlier by pipping Wisbech Town Reserves 2-1 at Carter’s Park.

Steven Barnes and Tom Gosling were the men on target for the Tigers.

Pinchbeck United’s steady start to the season continued with a 3-1 win at ICA Sports. Ollie Maltby (2) and Liam Ogden were on target but Ben Harris was dismissed.

Crowland Town don’t win back-to-back league games very often but they followed a 5-2 victory over Sawtry with a 2-1 success at Langtoft United.

Scott Spearink struck for the Vikings but the points were earned by Pawel Podlinski and Simkus Virginijus.

Meanwhile, Stamford Lions have admitted a charge of fielding a player under a false name in a recent defeat at home to Harrox.

They will be punished at a disciplinary hearing.

Moulton Harrox Reserves reached the top of Division One with an 8-1 win at Baston.

Declan Earth scored a hat-trick, John Ball and Daniel Lambe-Hyner hit doubles and substitute Lee Hudson also found the net.

Parkway Eagles stayed top of Division Two despite dropping points for the first time this season in a 3-3 home draw with Spalding Town who had Tomas Ragelis (2) and Matthew Cannon on target.

Spalding United Orange under-18s lost 5-1 at Yaxley Blue after taking the lead in the Peterborough and District Youth League Knockout Cup first round.

Both teams started well but Spalding broke the deadlock through Aiden Armstrong on 23 minutes.

The lead was short-lived as Yaxley soon pulled one back and then took hold of the game by scoring three more goals before half-time.

Spalding came out after the break 4-1 down and could not find a way through the Yaxley defence.

The home team added another goal to make it 5-1 at the final whistle.

Plans for 151 new homes on Long Sutton’s former Butterfly and Wildlife Park will go to South Holland District Council this year.

Scores of residents and the parish council – backed by MP John Hayes – lost their battle to derail a planning application for 87 eco homes on the site in 2013.

The eco homes project then sank, because it wasn’t considered economically viable, and now the Butterfly Park has been designated as “lying outside the emerging settlement area for Long Sutton” in the draft South East Lincolnshire Local Plan (SELLP).

But that designation could be challenged and overturned at a SELLP public inquiry next year – and the developers point out the site is still listed as a “Housing Commitment” because of the existing planning permission.

Allison Homes, part of Bourne-based Larkfleet Group, want to build on the Butterfly Park and say “increasing the number of homes on the site will make the scheme more viable”. The company is promising to consult the public.

Long Sutton Parish Council chairman Charles Moore says once a formal planning application is made, the parish council will go to public consultation.

He said: “We will do everything in our power to make sure what the public want in this scenario is delivered.”

In 2013 more than 80 individual residents objected to the eco-homes, many voicing concerns about cars from the development adding to traffic movements on an already busy road.

Mr Hayes told the district council then: “One of my main concerns, and those of nearby residents, is the impact this development will have on traffic movements in Little London, especially with the cars which already park on this road and volume of traffic from the secondary school, sports club and nursery.”

South Holland’s planning committee was on the brink of passing Search Architects’ plans in September 2013, but put off the decision for a month until it had traffic count figures for Little London from Lincolnshire County Council highways.

Figures supplied by highways were three years out of date, but the plans were passed despite a protest from Coun Peter Coupland who said there had been a 40 per cent increase in traffic since the county’s statistics were compiled.

In November 2014, the council passed plans weakening the application’s eco credentials despite opposition from the parish council, which said the district planning officers had pointed to its eco components as the only reason for approving it.

Planning chairman Coun Roger Gambba-Jones said on Thursday that plan was treated as exceptional, because of it is eco credentials, and at the time it was passed the council didn’t have sufficient land with planning consents to satisfy the criteria of a five year housing land supply.

A spokesman for Allison Homes, part of the Bourne-based Larkfleet Group, said: “Allison Homes has had preliminary discussions with South Holland District Council about housing on the site of the former Butterfly Park at Long Sutton.

“This previously-developed site is identified in the draft South East Lincolnshire Local Plan (SELLP) as a ‘Housing Commitment’.

“The SELLP is being written jointly by South Holland and Boston borough councils. A Housing Commitment is a site which already has planning permission and this site has permission for the construction of 87 homes.

“That permission was granted in to another applicant which found it was difficult to make the scheme economically viable in the local housing market with this number of houses on the site.

“We are proposing to submit a new planning application which will include 151 homes using Allison Homes’ award-winning sustainable construction methods and incorporating high levels of renewable technology.

“Increasing the number of homes on the site will make the scheme more viable. It will help enable the homes to be sold at prices that local people can afford. This will help to make a real contribution to meeting the urgent need for more realistically priced homes in this area where many local people cannot afford to buy a house.

“We anticipate that a number of these homes will be sold as ‘starter homes’ which will have a discount of 20 per cent applied to them and will be targeted at those with a local connection with Long Sutton.

“We are aiming to submit a formal planning application before the end of the year and there will then be full public consultation on the plans.”

Previously ...

Change to eco benefits of new homes at former Butterfly Park given go-ahead.

Planning permission given for controversial Long Sutton eco homes

Plan to transform butterfly park into £12m eco homes site

Cancer survivor Rob Green has taken on a massive running challenge with no training to raise cash for children battling the disease he beat.

Rob (25) ran the West Pinchbeck 10k at the weekend and takes on the Great Eastern Run, a half-marathon, in Peterborough on October 9.

Currently he’s packing more than 20 stones – some five stones overweight – and has had no time to train.

But he bit the bullet and signed up for the runs when online personality Dapper Laughs offered to donate £500 to Rob’s cause, the children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

He says: “I am going to smash this for children and young people with cancer.”

Chef Rob, who works at the Loft in Spalding, says: “I had cancer when I was ten-years-old and it shook my whole family. Now I am 25 and been all clear for 15 years.

“The type of cancer I had is not common in young people and I am the youngest person in medical history to have a tumour on my bladder. So CLIC Sargent is a charity very close to me and helps children and young adults with cancer.

“Every penny really does help and, fingers crossed, one day we will find a cure and more children get to live on through their illness to enjoy a normal life.”

It’s a few years since Rob last ran any serious distance but he cracked the 10k in 1hr 13m, only five minutes slower than his sister-in-law, Samantha Cross, from Sutterton, who runs in a club.

Rob is married to Rebecca and they have sons Riley (5) and Dylan (4).

His family cheered him on for the 10k and they will be out in force for the half-marathon.

Mum Christina Joynson is “extremely proud” of her son, Rob, and says “he’s a fighter”.

She said: “If he sets his mind to something he always does it. This fundraising means everything to him. He wants to give something back.”

Doctors found Rob’s tumour after looking for a suspected birth defect.

Christina said: “Rob was the youngest person in the country to have that type of cancer and his operation was filmed and sent to hospitals around the country to make them aware it could be found in young people.”

•To donate to Rob’s cause please visit www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Robertfsgreen

Cinema comes to Crowland once again this weekend.

For the second time, Crowland Community Hub and Library is putting on popular films to draw in audiences – and help run the Hub and keep the building open.

There was a full house when Suffragette was shown earlier this year, and Hub programme development and secretary Julie Smith is hoping to repeat that with the two films planned for Saturday.

The family cartoon Zootropolis is showing at 3pm (tickets £4 adults and £2 children).

That will be followed by the feel good, crowd pleasing Eddie the Eagle, starring Hugh Jackman and Taron Egerton, at 7pm (tickets £5 per person).

Tickets available at the Hub and at Bridge Hardware.

Patience was finally rewarded as Spalding United moved four points clear at the top of the table.

The Tulips left it late but the big question is can anyone stop their unbeaten run?

Basement boys Rugby Town threatened to pinch a point when Jake Woolley’s free-kick cancelled out the opener from Jenk Acar.

But when you need a goal, Spalding have got the man who always seems to be in the right place at the right time.

Bradley Wells made it 13 goals in 11 games by nodding home with six minutes left.

Substitute Rees Longville-Daley’s second touch made it 3-1 in stoppage-time as the Tulips took full advantage of defeats for closest rivals Shaw Lane and Newcastle Town.

Another dominant display should have put Spalding in complete control without any need for those late strikes to secure three points.

From start to finish, they were on top as you would have expected.

Wells had a couple of early efforts, Andy Wright was denied by goalkeeper Louis Connor while Acar, Jordan Lemon and Nathan Whitehead missed the target.

Duggan kept out a long-range speculative attempt by Edi Appleton but Rugby were struggling to hold on.

In the absence of banned midfielder Matt Varley, the responsibility for long throw-ins went to Lemon who tried to find Nathan Stainfield for flick-ons.

However, their team-mates couldn’t find a finishing touch as too often they waited for the ball to arrive instead of making things happen.

As well as calling for some patience, Dave Frecklington’s message was clear – play at a good tempo and produce more quality in the final third.

But everyone inside the ground must have thought the Tulips would break the deadlock when Whitehead’s effort was pushed onto the bar and Wells had a free header which he put over from two yards out!

After the break, Duggan denied David Kolodynski as he pounced on a terrible back-pass by James Cullingworth from the halfway line.

Wright, Acar and Wells had shots blocked but eventually the opening goal came.

Wright’s 20-yard drive was pushed out but Lemon’s throw found Acar who poked home at the far post.

Acar went close again but when Lemon lost possession in the centre circle and then Kolodynski won a free-kick on the corner of the penalty box, Woolley fired inside the near post.

Kolodynski was kept out again by Duggan after Neal Spafford’s error.

But a change of system paid off as Wright delivered a free-kick for Wells to nod in and then Longville-Daley’s clinical finish wrapped it up.

SPALDING UNITED

4-2-3-1: Duggan 7; Lemon 8, Spafford 7, Stainfield 7, Walker 7; Cullingworth 7 (sub Lockie 72 mins), Whitehead 7; Acar 7, Downey 7, Wright 7; Wells 7 (sub Longville-Daley 90 mins). Subs not used: Field, Vince.

RUGBY TOWN

3-1-4-2: Connor; Palmer, Fishwick, Appleton; Gomes; Moran (sub Walker 54 mins), O’Callaghan, Bukasa, Stringfellow; Kolodynski, Woolley (sub Akobeto 81 mins). Subs not used: Print, Bolton, Bodycote.

REFEREE

Martin Chester.

GOALS

Acar (56 mins, 1-0); Woolley (72 mins, 1-1); Wells (84 mins, 2-1); Longville-Daley (90 mins, 3-1).

BOOKINGS

Fishwick, Stringfellow (fouls).

ATTENDANCE

148

STAR MAN

Jordan Lemon – another highly impressive display at right-back.

ENTERTAINMENT

★★★

WHO’S NEXT

Chasetown (A) – Saturday.

Police have reassured farmers in South Holland that its force-wide strategy to tackle hare coursing in the area is having a “positive impact”.

Farmers and landowners from the area worst hit by gangs of criminals who hunt hares with dogs met with Superintendent (Supt) Paul Timmins of Lincolnshire Police at a meeting in Spalding on Friday organised by NFU East Midlands.

The meeting at Springfields Events and Conference Centre was also attended by John Hayes, MP for South Holland and the Deepings, as well as Coun Stuart Tweedale, Deputy Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire.

Coun Tweedale said: “I can understand that sometimes farmers can become a little frustrated but I thought that Supt Timmins answered the questions quite well and he even spoke to some of the farmers afterwards as well.

“Hare coursing is down on this time last year and, initially, the message has gone out about police taking the dogs and vehicles off hare coursers who are caught in Lincolnshire.”

Farmers at the meeting were also reminded of a new text messaging service, 80800 HARE, funded by the NFU and available to report hare coursing as it happens.

Supt Timmins said: “We know that we won’t resolve all hare coursing matters, but we will have a positive impact and make a difference by seizing dogs and vehicles.

“Also, we are working closely with other forces to tackle this crime and although there are specific issues to sort out, we are doing things differently and trying to make things work better.

“Hare coursing is just one of hundreds of crimes happening in the force area every day so there has to be a balance struck in order that we can tackle every type of crime.”

Gordon Corner, NFU county adviser for Holland (Lincs), said: “Since Chief Inspector Jim Tyner has taken on responsibility for hare coursing last November, there has been a significant change in the police’s attitude compared to this time last year.

“There is, however, still a great deal to be done to deter hare coursers from coming into Lincolnshire.

“As well as further improvements in police communications, farmers and the rural community have a job to do in reporting every incident and helping the police to gather evidence.

“Therefore, we are urging everyone to keep the hare coursing text number, 80800 “HARE”, in their phones and to report everything ranging from a suspicious vehicle or group of people with dogs to actual hare coursing crimes.

“The more information the police have, the more likely they are to be able to seize dogs and vehicles before prosecuting these criminals.

“Hare coursers are dangerous people and want to carry out their illegal activities regardless of the damage they do or the crimes they commit.

“The continued threats and aggravation suffered by farmers and their families, as well as other members of the rural community, are unacceptable.

“NFU will continue to work closely with Lincolnshire Police and we are urging farmers and growers to play their part too by reporting hare coursers every time they come into Lincolnshire.”

United front against wildlife and rural crime gets praise

Show of force to take on the hare coursers in South Holland

Air and land operation to combat the ‘scourge of hare coursing’

Hare coursers branded ‘hardened criminals’ ahead of new season

Work has started to transfrom Spalding Rail Station into a ‘gateway’ fit for the town after campaigners reached a deal to adopt it.

Volunteers from businesses, including Bakkavor Spalding and Tulip Radio, joined members of environmental group Spotless Spalding at the train station on Saturday for the first of a weekly, two-hour project to transform it.

The project came about after a deal between Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum and East Midlands Trains in April to plant flower beds, clean up the station front and paint the shelter on one of the platforms.

George Scott, chairman of Spalding and Peterborough Transport Forum, said: “We had about 20 people down there and, in two hours, we did quite a lot thanks to those who came.

“We cleared the front of the station up, including cobble stones, cigarette boxes, car park and platform two.

“My ambition is to turn the station back into a lovely Victorian station and we’re looking for any businesses that would like to sponsor us or do anything with us to help turn it back into the rail station of old.

“In the future, we’re looking to have a cafe, paper shop, meeting room and taxi rank there.

“Spalding Rail Station is the gateway to the town and it creates a first impression of our town, so we have to be proud of it.”

Plans for the train station were discussed at a meeting last Thursday where Mr Scott and the transport forum vice chairman Louise McGuinness were joined by James MacColl of the Campaign for Better Transport and John Hayes, MP for South Holland and the Deepings.

Mr Hayes, president of the transport forum and Minister of State for Transport, said: “I’ve been president of the forum for a number of years, but the real work has been done by George and Louise who have both played a really important part in highlighting transport issues here.

“We’ve had our successes and adopting Spalding Rail Station will, I hope, make a significant difference which is very good news given that it’s been a campaign that’s been going on for some time.”

The forum had backing from Mr Hayes to continue its efforts to reopen Littleworth Rail Station in Deeping St Nicholas, part of the Spalding to Peterborough line, and to put pressure on train operators for more services between Spalding and Lincoln.

It also emerged that talks are planned between the forum, Mr Hayes and bus operators over the possible launch of a new bus service between Spalding, the Deepings and Peterborough.

But Mrs McGuinness said: “We’ll obviously need support from Lincolnshire County Council because it’s the subsidising authority for buses.”

Spalding rail ‘gateway’ is back in community’s hands

The Spalding police team set up to combat anti-social behaviour were yesterday (Tuesday) tackling street drinkers in the town.

A tweet from @SpaldingPolice revealed officers had been proactively patrolling the town centre “dealing with street drinkers and a variety of urgent incidents”.

Police have not revealed the number of incidents dealt with.

Renowned naturalist and TV presenter Simon King is coming to Spalding next Wednesday, October 5 (7.15pm).

The presenter of such television programmes as Planet Earth, Life and Blue Planet is visiting Bookmark to talk about his book, Nature Watch, in which he offers insider knowledge to help people get closer to the wild.

Simon is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts in fieldcraft, wildlife watching and photography techniques.

Tickets cost £5 from the shop and include a drink.

Take your dog on BIG Walkies starting from Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding on Sunday (10.30am-3pm).

It’s part of a national event to raise funds for the RSPCA. Two walks (3km and 5km) are on offer.

Help to change lives simply by having a cuppa and cake at various venues on Friday.

It’s what’s been dubbed The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning – and scores of people are hosting Macmillan coffee mornings.

We at the Spalding Guardian & Lincolnshire Free Press have one (10.30am-1.30pm), but you’ll also find them at Johnson Community Hospital in Spalding (9.30am-2pm), The Old Paper Shop at Crowland (8.30am-4.30pm), City & County Estate Agents in Crowland (11am-2pm), West Pinchbeck Village Hall (10am-noon), Deepings Bowling Green (10am-noon),Holbeach Library (10am-noon), Fleet Hargate Baptist Church (10am-noon), Gosberton Public Hall (10am-1pm), Moulton Seas End Village Hall (10am-noon) and many more places not listed here.

South Lincolnshire Walking Festival continues until Friday.

Check out southlincswalking.com to download a brochure with details of 80 walks or click on the map to find a walk near you.

There’s an open day at Holbeach Baptist Church on Saturday (10.15am-2pm) with displays of old photographs and bibles and the baptistery is open.

The day is part of the church’s harvest celebrations.

Spalding United are aiming to extend their unbeaten league record into double figures on Saturday.

They are guaranteed top spot in the Evo-Stik Northern Premier League First Division South whatever the result at mid-table Chasetown.

The Tulips opened up a four-point advantage thanks to Tuesday’s 3-1 home win over bottom-of-the-table Rugby Town as well as defeats for second-placed Shaw Lane and Newcastle Town who are third.

Boss Dave Frecklington said: “We should be looking at nine victories but we’ve had a great start with seven wins and two draws.

“We want to win the title – there is no point turning up if you don’t want to win the league.

“We’ve set up right from the start to see how far we can go.

“We have a three-year plan to challenge and hopefully we can do it in year one.

“A lot of teams will be trying to stop us but the start to this season has given us a chance.”

Spalding needed late goals from top scorer Bradley Wells and substitute Rees Longville-Daley to earn the midweek win as Rugby striker Jake Woolley cancelled out Jenk Acar’s opener.

Frecklington added: “Again we dominated the game from start to finish.

“We had to be patient but credit to Rugby who set up to get a draw from minute one.

“We are still not killing teams off. We are creating a lot of chances and missing them.

“We are letting teams off the hook but we changed our shape to 3-5-2 at the end and went on to win it.

“Rees needs more games but we brought him off the bench and what a finish!

“Bradley got another goal and I thought everyone did well.

“We want to play like that by getting the ball into good areas in the final third.

“I thought at times we played quite well but teams are setting themselves up now to try to stop us. So we’ve got to be clever and cuter. It’s all about winning these games.

“We know Chasetown are a good side who also won on Tuesday.

“They have got half of the Stafford Rangers team which won the championship last season.

“So I’d be happy to take away a point on Saturday and if we get all three that would be brilliant!”

Matt Varley returns from suspension on Saturday but Neal Spafford is banned.

Meanwhile, transfer target Sam Mulready has joined St Neots Town from Stamford who were unhappy when Spalding put in a seven-day approach.

A fly-tipper who dumped a sofa and a chair by the side of a road has been handed a heavy fine.

Adrian Fox, of St, John’s Road, Spalding, dumped the items in Welland High Bank near Crowland on June 27.

However, a letter had been left inside the sofa which resulted in officers from South Holland District Council tracing the items back to him.

Fox appeared at Boston Magistrates’ Court this week and pleaded guilty to fly-tipping.

He was ordered to pay a total of £1,000.29, which included a fine and clean-up costs, as well as legal and investigation costs.

Roger Gambba-Jones, South Holland District Council’s portfolio polder for waste management, said: “This case highlights that anyone who commits fly-tipping is leaving themselves liable to a heavy financial penalty.

“We are pleased with the verdict and hope that this case acts as a deterrent to anyone thinking of fly-tipping in the district.”

Major leisure fashion retailer Fat Face opens in Spalding’s Springfields Shopping Outlet on Monday.

The lifestyle clothing and accessories shop has taken over the unit previously occupied by The Works.

Visitors on Monday will be able to fill out a free prize draw to win a £250 Fat Face voucher and there will also be a free £10 Springfields gift card for the first 50 customers spending £50 or more.

A former giant of the boxing ring, Audley Harrison, will appear in Spalding on February 17 at Springfields Events Centre.

The former Olympic, World, European, Commonwealth and British champion will star at the annual boxing night organised by Spalding Round Table and follows in the footsteps of this year’s guest, ex-heavyweight champ David Haye.

• Round Table will release more details nearer the time.