A mother and daughter attacked two police officers when a drunken row “escalated out of control.”

Rigonda Brize (49) kicked PC Andrew Hill in the leg and chest, while her daughter Laura Brize (27) punched and slapped PC Matthew Breathwick in the face, threatening to hit him again if he didn’t “shut up.”

Appearing before Spalding magistrates on Thursday, both women admitted assaulting PCs Hill and Breathwick respectively at Laura’s home in Granville Terrace, Sutton Bridge, on October 26.

Jim Clare, prosecuting, said Laura had a “drunken verbal altercation” with Rigonda, of Grosvenor Road, Wisbech, and called the police to her home. “Because of the tension, the two women were put in separate rooms and spoken to by the officers,” Mr Clare said.

“They made arrangements for Rigonda to return to her home address but at that, she became very agitated and aggressive so PC Hill arrested her to prevent a breach of the peace.

“Rigonda took issue with this and kicked the officer in the leg, resisting him forcibly.”

Mr Clare said it was then that Laura ran at PC Breathwick and punched him in the face before slapping him a number of times until the officer pushed her away.

“Rigonda then banged PC Hill’s head against the kitchen wall a number of times, causing a small cut and reddening on his forehead, before he forced her to the floor when she took it upon herself to kick the officer again in the chest area,” Mr Clare said.

“The officers arrested Rigonda before PC Breathwick went to the lounge to arrest Laura to which her response was “shut up, otherwise I’ll hit you again.”

Carrie Simson, mitigating, said it was an “irony” that the assaults wouldn’t have happened if Laura hadn’t called the police and added that both women were “remorseful” about what had happened.

“A large quantity of drink had been consumed between the two people and I would submit that this was an isolated incident,” Mrs Simson said.

Rigonda was fined £145 and told to pay £75 compensation, while Laura was fined £180 and told to pay £50 compensation.

They were each also told to pay £85 costs and a £20 victim surcharge.

Steve ‘Chick’ Cousins has been forced to resign as Tydd St Mary manager.

Cousins, who has been with the Saints since 2009, has decided that he has no option other than to resign after a career-ending knee injury.

Carl Wilson will take control of the first team until a replacement is found.

Anyone interested in the job should call him on 07909 526563.

South Holland-based Shotokan Tokon Karate Club had eight members competing at the JKA England 10th Anniversary Cup – and brought home three gold medals.

Some 300 competitors travelled to take part at the K2 Arena in Crawley on November 2, but Shotokan students shone on the big stage.

The competition started at 10am prompt and finished at 6pm, with many students performing at an extremely high level of skill, which made the South Holland club’s success even more impressive.

Gold medals came from Kamil Kulig, Jazmin Cope, and Emile Cope, while young talent Kulig also landed a silver.

Vicky Hocking and Nathan Hocking earned bronze medals, taking the Shotokan haul to six medals overall.

Instructors Mick Lowe and David Saint were delighted with their students.

Spalding RFC’s under-15s were given a real test before emerging as 32-27 winners against Diss under-15s.

Town’s talented teens did start the better of the two sides and immediately put their opponents under pressure.

They should have opened the scoring following a scrum strike against the head, as Mark Hendy created space for Adam Castle, who had the line begging had he not dropped the pass. This was the first of a number of errors from both sides that were to litter the game.

At this stage Diss were unable to get clear of their own 22 and when one clearing kick was charged down, John McManus was on hand to pick up the loose ball and score a try in the corner which went unconverted.

Diss were soon able to respond, with a period of pressure helped by a series of penalties in their favour.

From one in front of the posts they elected to take a quick tap and moved the ball right to score a try in the corner, again unconverted.

Spalding were now under pressure and Diss nipped in to go ahead after the referee failed to blow when a maul collapsed.

Town were soon back ahead when Castle was held up short of the line before feeding Corey Lewis, who smuggled the ball free and scored next to the post for a try which he converted.

Another unconverted Diss try put them back ahead from the restart, but JJ Faulkner immediately forced his way over for an unconverted try at the other end to turn the tables in Town’s favour again.

Diss led 22-17 at the interval though, thanks to a converted try under the posts.

Spalding started the second half well though and a series of penalties and scrums built up the pressure before Castle scored out wide. Again, the conversion was off target.

Diss did try to mount an attack from the restart, but Town held firm and scored again when Lewis found a gap for another unconverted try.

Not done there, Luke Jones then charged through a group of Diss defenders for yet another Town try that created a ten-point difference between the teams.

That sealed the win for Spalding’s impressive young side, but there was still time for defiant Diss to add another unconverted try late on to give Town a winning margin of just five points.

A clutch of South Lincs Competitive Swimming Club’s top young talents showed their promise as the club played host to the annual Gerry Gibbons memorial gala.

First held in 2004, the event was introduced as a tribute to Gerry, who was the Spalding-based club’s hugely popular former chairman.

He devoted many years to South Lincs, teaching and coaching swimmers of all ages and abilities before becoming secretary and then chairman of the club until 2003.

Always a developmental cut-off gala, the event allows the new and up and coming swimmers a chance to compete for their club.

There were two wins on the night for Emily Blackbourn (open 100m IM) and Joshua Haines (9/u 50m free). Luke Blanchard and Kirsty Clifton added to their collection of county qualifying times.

With great support and team spirit, Maddeline Haunch and Bailey Jackson-Chilvers also made their debuts for the club.

The team swam to their potential and achieved many personal best (PB) times from Tim Wakefield, Kenya Anglum, Libby Houghton, Matthew Millington, Wiktor Goman, Samantha Millington and Lucy Houghton. Support came from Olivia Harper, Jordan Templer, Natasha Berg and Tom Hannam.

South Lincs finished fourth overall, behind winners Deepings, second-placed Boston and CLP. The event raised £188.60 for Thorpe Hall in Peterborough, which is a Sue Ryder home. Team Manager for what was the 10th anniversary of the gala was Mandy Houghton.

l The youngest members of South Lincs Competitive Swimming club recently took to the pool for the ‘Mini Club Championships’.

This year’s competitors were Abi Wright, Emily Walker, Charlie Chilvers, Zara-Jayne Odell, Luke Sorrell, Amber Millett, Mason Cooper, Oliver Palmer, George Palmer, Eleanor Cranke, Pippa Masters, Oscar Haunch,Harry Walker, Ben Walters, Toby Walters, Harry Cranke, Kayleigh Towle,Lilli Bowman, Imogen McGill, Archie Morant, Jamie Callow, Emma Croker, Abigail Barks, Ellie O’Brien, Hannah Murchie, Ruth Millett, Abigail Hodgett, Lydia Green, Alfie Robinson, Naomi Blanchard and Alice Donnelly.

They competed in nine events in the learner pool and 21 events in the main pool, with all of the youngsters that finished in the top three given medals. All swimmers were fiercely competitive and were cheered on by their families from the balcony.

Results: Seniors’ section: Stableford voucher competition: Division One: 1st Noel Bratt 42pts; 2nd Tom Jolly 37pts; 3rd Carl Brodie 35pts.

Division Two: 1st Richard Ward 39pts; 2nd Roger Lancaster 37pts; 3rd John Elliott 34pts.

Division Three: 1st Brian Knights 40pts; 2nd Geoff Sturdy 35pts (ocb); 3rd David Morris 35pts.

Division Four: 1st David Boon 34pts; 2nd Roger Oughton 32pts; 3rd Alec Harding 29pts,

Men’s section: Stableford pairs: 1st Malcolm Stead & Gino Ciuffini 46pts; 2nd Garry Fitzjohn & Alfie Cooper 43pts; 3rd George Pawson & Andrew Stacey 42pts.

Spalding Grammar School recently went on a football tour to Amsterdam in Holland. Student John Gooding shares their experiences...

The Amsterdam football tour was for me one of my best-ever experiences. I can probably talk for many others who were also a part of this tour and shared it with me.

The aims of the tour were for us to experience the difference in culture between England and Holland, both on and off the pitch, as well as develop independence – whilst also having fun.

The squad stayed in a coastal town near Amsterdam called Noordwijk which had an amazing beach and a high street with a variety of shops.

On the first morning we had to wake up at 7am to participate in a run led by Mr Endersbee. This kick-started our week in Holland, but on the second day of the tour we could participate on an optional run if we wanted to with Mr Hedges.

I decided to take part along with five students, running 4.5k on the beach, and just to be able to do that was a privilege. Once or twice we also went onto the high street to do a bit of shopping.

During the tour of Amsterdam we took part in many activities. We first went to the Ajax stadium – the Amsterdam Arena – which was a fantastic experience to be in a place where total football really was born. We had a guided tour of the stadium and it was just super to be in an arena of that size and to be told so much about it whilst enjoying the whole sense of being there.

Also, who could forget the players that have taken part in games at this arena and the thought that we would be walking in their footsteps up the stairs to the pitch? Cruyff, Van Basten and Koeman to name just a few.

After the guided tour we all went to the stadium shop, where nearly everyone bought something linked with Ajax.

We also attended the Anne Frank Museum, which was very emotional for people who hadn’t been before as we were possibly walking in the footsteps of people who had to live in fear of being caught just because of who they were or what they believed in.

It was a wonderful experience to have done and to share with other people.

We also went to the Amsterdam Dungeons, which was very scary. It told the murky history of Amsterdam in a very spooky and horrible way and we all enjoyed it a lot. It was told as a story as you went through different stages and we all got a lot out of it.

Every day we would do football training which was brilliant. Most of this was in our two squads, the A team and B team. We would do drills such as attack versus defence, dribbling, passing, penalty shoot-outs, shooting drills, crossing, keeper training and much more.

Doing all this practice really allowed us all to develop as footballers – particularly as some of us had never had proper football training before.

However, all this training was going towards our matches that week and our first was against a team called SEV Leidschendam. As captain of the B Team, I went into the game thinking that if we worked as hard as we did in training, we would come out on top with a good result – and in the first half it was showing all these kind of signs.

We had all the possession and were playing some excellent football, but we couldn’t find the goals we needed.

In the second half, once again, we were straight at them but after conceding two quick goals, it knocked us back and we thought we were down and out.

With only ten minutes to go there came a glimmer of hope for us after an inspired effort by Jake Hollis to pull a goal back for us – and with two minutes left we won a corner.

After a big flick on by Jamie Balding the ball came to Hollis again. He turned and shot at goal, but it took a slight deflection off Josh Yellop and the ball flew into the roof of the net. We all went crazy!

After coming from 2-0 down with ten minutes left, we finished the game with a draw and I have to say it was one of the best games I have ever played in.

At the same time, the A team, captained by Dan Dougill, played a stronger Leidschendam team.

The match started well, with SGS moving the ball around quickly and effectively, showing the Dutch how to play total football. Early goals flew in, and the performance continued to remain strong up until half time, with SGS boys leading 5-0.

In the second half, the performance dropped a little, with players becoming complacent and a little greedy in places. Two more goals were scored to win the game 7-0.

The second game was against FC Lisse. We went into this game with a lot of confidence, but we knew it wouldn’t be easy.

We got off to a brilliant start when Charlie Johnson scored, which was followed by further strikes from Max Winson, Ollie Green, Jake Hollis, Jamie Sharpe, Max Cooper and Dan Gildon.

The end result of 7-0 really signified how much everybody had improved as footballers, thanks to all of the training we had done with Mr Hedges and the other coaching staff.

After this, the A team played against another FC Lisse team, and really dominated from the off.

Whereas complacency had crept into the first game, there was no such signs in this one, with the highest level of football seen on tour being played, and a crushing 11-0 defeat of the opponents. Along the way were outstanding goals from Harry Hagon-Smith, man-of-the-match Freddie Pearson and a delicate lob by Callum Davies.

From my reflections of the tour, I have learnt that winning isn’t everything and that you should never give up no matter how big the task is that you have to overcome.

I think I have become friends with a lot more people and I think the overall experience has improved my knowledge of the game.

Being a part of this tour has also improved my confidence on and off the football pitch and I have the PE Department and all those who made this trip possible to thank for this opportunity to make new friends, improve my football skills and learn about different cultural aspects from various countries.

Spalding Indoor Bowls Club’s ladies beat Stamford 81-67 in their opening National Club Knockout tournament tie in a match played home and away.

They led for the entire match, but Stamford pegged them back and were only two behind by the 15th end, but held their nerve to book their place in round two.

q Rink scores: Home: J Staples, L Cooke, R Simpson & C Tomlin 24-12 v C Ford; V Bowker, I Andrew, B Hurst & M Dark 11-19 v G Edwards. Away: P Crampton, J Jackson, B Deaton & S Wade 25-15 v P O’Brien; F Lyon, M Coleman, M Belding & G Needham 21-21 v C Bailey.

l Spalding IBC celebrated their first victory of the season in the over-60s county league with a 97-84 return at Sleaford.

The result translated into 16 league points for Spalding, as opposed to two gained by the hosts.

Spalding were victorious on four of the five rinks and only lost out on that fifth rink by a single shot dropped on the last end.

The highest winning rink was skipped by Maurice Elding with Tom Bell, Norman Tasker and Len Jackson.

Captain of the day was Ron Walpole.

l Spalding won their latest Trudy Bates fixture 109-65 against Stamford.

They were winners on four of the five rinks, with the top scorers being C Williamson, G Haydon, V Bowker and M Dark, who won 37-9.

l Spalding’s friendly side were edged out 67-49 in an enjoyable game at March.

Spalding’s only winning rink was Chris Williamson, Yvonne Pitts, Eric Maltby and skip Derek Groves.

Geoff Craft was captain for the day.

There are a few tickets left to join a trip to London’s West End, just in time for a Christmas shopping trip.

The trip on Sunday, December 1, is the latest Daisies Day Out, organised by Spalding florist Emma Peake.

Coach departs The Vista at 8am and leaves London at 6.30pm.

Cost is £25 payable on booking.

To book, call Emma on 01775 712505 or Kate on 01775 724050.

Secondary school students have been putting in some extra hours to prepare for a festive event.

Pupils in years seven to 11 at Peele Community Collegehave been staying behind after school and working at lunchtime to make Christmas crafts to be sold at their second annual Christmas craft fayre on November 22, from 6pm to 8.30pm.

The money raised will go to the school’s three houses’ charities – Make A Wish Foundation, WhizzKidz and When You Wish Upon A Star.

Outside crafters have also been invited to hold stalls and there will be refreshments, carol singers, fun and games.

Year 11 students are also hoping to raise money for their prom and a small group of year nines are making gingerbread houses to sell in aid of Shelter.

Admission to the event is free, all welcome.

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Up to 6,000 people were in Spalding’s Market Place on Sunday as Santa Claus, MP John Hayes and Flower Queen Inca Honnor switched on the Christmas lights at the end of a spectacular day’s entertainment.

Santa and Inca arrived on a sleigh and the South Holland and The Deepings MP and his family in a coach supplied by Gordon Boswell.

Shoppers enjoyed live music from the sound stage and seamless hosting from Tulip Radio’s Chris Carter and Jan Whitbourn as folk acts and bands lined up to entertain.

Eight schools took part in the choirs competition, which was won by St John’s Primary.

Classic car enthusiasts had a show on Sheep Market and dog owners queued up to enter their pets in a fun show with wonderful prizes donated by town centre and Holland Market traders.

Festive music filled the air from Spalding Brass, Kirton Brass and Spalding Marching Ambassadors and there was fun from the SADOS cast of Hi-de-Hi and the South Holland Centre Christmas panto cast.

Jan¶ Whitbourn said: “The best thing was the whole community coming out, taking part and enjoying themselves and helping – the people who were helping were amazing.”

• See tomorrow’s Lincolnshire Free Press for more pictures from the lights switch-on.

Spalding United have been drawn at home to United Counties League premier division rivals Wisbech Town in the 3rd round of the FA Vase.

The last 64 tie will be played on Saturday, December 7 and Tulips boss Pat Rayment is pleased with the draw: “That’s a great tie. I didn’t mind if we were home or away, but it will be good for the fans and Wisbech should bring a few fans with them too.”

Spalding beat Walsall Wood 3-0 away on Saturday to progress to the third round, with veteran Danny Hussey scoring the opener (pictured above).

A teenager from Bourne severed his finger while trying to climb over a fence in the town during the early hours of Sunday morning.

Police, firemen and paramedics were called out to Abbey Road where the freak accident took place just before 2.15am.

The 17-year-old man was freed from being trapped behind the fence by firemen from Bourne who later recovered the severed finger in an area nearby after a joint search with police.

He was taken by ambulance to Peterborough City Hospital for further treatment and a Lincolnshire Police spokesman confirmed that no arrests were made.

The spokesman said: “Police were called at around 2.13am on Sunday to Abbey Road, Bourne, after a report that a local man had severed a finger while trying to climb over a fence.”

Two youths stopped a disabled woman who was riding a mobility scooter in Bourne and made her empty her handbag, but left empty-handed.

It happened outside the Butterfield Day Care Centre on North Road between 6pm and 6.30pm on Sunday when a woman (60) was stopped by two youths aged 16 to 17 who were wearing blue jeans and black hooded tops.

They asked her to turn the handbag out but left after a few minutes, leaving the woman in shock.

Anyone with information should call police on 101, stating incident 342 of November 17.

Lincolnshire Police and four other forces have been praised for a joint working arrangement that could save up to £26 million in the next few years.

The county’s police force’s partnership with Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire has been described as “ahead of its time” by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC).

An invitation to inspect the East Midlands Special Operations Unit (EMSOU), which deals with serious and organised crime across all five counties, was given by Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) from each force in July.

In its report, HMIC said the arrangement meant “a better policing service for the people of the East Midlands” but more needed to be done to create a long-term “vision” for EMSOU.

“The five forces in the East Midlands should be commended for the vision and strong leadership they have displayed in establishing this collaboration programme which was ahead of its time and an example to others,” the report said.

“Our review of the arrangements has found that it has led to safer communities and a better policing service, all at a lower cost than if the forces were working independently.

“We encourage PCCs and forces to consider how the good work to date can be enhanced and developed.”

A lurcher dog that ran wild around Gosberton for three months has a chance of a new home after appearing on a TV chat show.

Lucy, the nine-year-old lurcher, now living at the South Lincolnshire Jerry Green Dog Rescue Centre in Algarkirk, is appearing on Channel 4’s Paul O’Grady Live at 5pm – and dog warden Rachel Thompson couldn’t have been more surprised.

Rachel, who covers the South Holland area, said it is five years since they managed to catch Lucy after she had been left out in the cold over Christmas.

She said: “We get a lot of lurchers that are just left by harecoursers, but every time someone tried to get Lucy she ran off.

“She had a nasty lump on her chest, which is probably why she was dumped.

“Eventually we managed to get her and she had an operation to remove the lump.

“She’s a lovely girl – she’s just been overlooked. I just hope someone who saw her on TV gives her a home.”

Lucy will be joined by a handful of other dogs also up for adoption.

Rosie Myers, behavioural advisor at the rescue centre, will be on hand to make sure Lucy is well looked after. She said: ““It’s an honour to be invited onto the Paul O’Grady show for the second time; we all know how much Paul loves dogs and is a supporter of adoption from a Rescue Centre”

“Plenty of viewers will fall in love with her kind nature and I’m confident that she will find the caring owner she deserves.”

Lucy’s story comes days after concerns dognapping is on the rise across the district.

Even though she has so far not been lucky enough to find a new home – according to Rachel with the current pressure on rescue centres she is lucky to have one at all.

Time is running out for a seven-month-old black and white cocker spaniel puppy that was found in Gosberton last week.

Rachel said: “It’s not looking good. By now we would have expected if it had been lost the owner would have been in touch.

“Fortunately with this breed there are rescue centres for them. But there are not an endless supply of centres and one day a dog will not be so lucky and will have to be put down.”

The problem is being fuelled by the number of thefts of dogs from cars.

Rachel said: “The most valuable thing in your car at the moment is not the Christmas gift police will be warning you to hide in the boot, it will be the dog you leave on your seat.

“They are being stolen to be sold on the internet. But then people can’t afford to keep them. It’s heartbreaking.”

Judith Jacobs hosts education visits at the farm she runs with husband Andrew as well as visiting schools to talk about their conservation work.

Children from the Priory School and the Sir John Gleed School in Spalding, Deepings School pupils and Deeping Scouts are among the many people to have visited the farm – and some have even carried out work experience.

There is a tractor and trailer ride that will carry up to 60 people on a one-and-a-half-mile track for bird and crop spotting, and Judith says visitors have seen lapwing, hares, buntings, dragonflies, butterflies, damselflies and bees.

Judith welcomes other farm visitors – contact her on 01733 810229 or moorfarmmeats@hotmail.com

The RSPB would like to encourage more farmers to link in with the Thorney Farmland Bird Friendly Zone. Find out more about the project and get advice from Niki Williamson (Fenland Farm Conservation Adviser) at nicola.williamson@rspb.org.uk or by calling 01354 680233.

Farmers can check if they are eligible for a free survey by going to http://www.rspb.org.uk/ourwork/farming/advice/farmlandbirdsurvey.aspx

Wealthy local businessmen could be given the opportunity to invest in South Holland and reap rewards from its growth in a radical ‘rewiring’ of the way public money is distributed to vital services.

An ambitious campaign has been launched nationally which it is hoped will deliver a fairer deal for residents, boost economic growth and “completely rewire” the public sector.

Rewiring Public Services is the response by local authorities to how councils can deliver public services within ever-tightening budgets.

In South Holland, a 35 per cent reduction in government grants in 2017-18 means the “efficiencies” required to balance the budget will be £2.8m.

The objective of the campaign is to take localism further and lobby for a radical transformation of the way local government works and its relationship with Whitehall.

Coun Gary Porter, a Local Government Association Conservative group leader, gave a presentation to councillors last week outlining challenges they face and actions needed to secure growth.

The leader of South Holland District Council had been involved in gathering information for the campaign and said it was now up to councillors to take it on board. He said: “We need to start talking about it now because we are already struggling to deliver services and it’s only going to get worse.”

Among the ten key propositions are to give people a meaningful vote on local tax and spending issues, form a local treasury, bring local services and decisions together in one place, share money fairly across the UK, replace the Barnett formula that gives Scotland more per head of UK funds than it does to England and boost investment in infrastructure by creating a thriving market in municipal bonds.

Coun Porter said: “There are a lot of wealthy businessmen in South Holland who could invest in the district. It’s madness they can’t.”

People in Morton are being asked to help the police after three separate incidents in the village within a week.

A fence outside a house on Hanthorpe Road was damaged overnight between Saturday and Sunday, while earlier in the week someone was seen tampering with patio doors at a house in St John’s Close and a group of people were seen hanging around outside some garden sheds on Haconby Lane.

Both incidents happened overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday and anyone with information should call 101.

Meanwhile, intruders broke into a house on Pethley Lane, Pointon, some time between 9am and 1.20pm last Thursday.

Classic TV sitcoms of yesteryear are having a much welcomed second life on the stage as production companies recognise their enduring charm and appeal.

Hundreds of you recently enjoyed St Nicolas Players’ The Vicar of Dibley, and this week the South Holland Centre stage will be ringing to the call of “Hi-de-Hi!” when Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society go on a trip to Maplin’s holiday camp.

Their take on the 80s favourite, by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, will be full of the usual flirting and gossiping, wheeling and dealing – what’s not to like?

After that, a new development in the Centre’s satellite screening programme brings the first live broadcast from the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon... and it’s their critically acclaimed sell-out production of Richard II starring David Tennant.

Unfortunately, for those who have not already booked, tickets have been selling like the proverbial hotcakes and our screening on Wednesday, November 27 is now sold out.

Good news for RSC fans though. We have negotiated a further three live broadcasts from Stratford for 2014, starting with Henry IV Part 1 in May which stars Olivier Award winning Antony Sher as the jolly knight Falstaff.

Meanwhile, all encore screening dates of The National Theatre’s War Horse in March are agreed and on sale, and we hear lots of tickets are galloping at speed in the direction of the Christmas stocking.

In film news, the adaptation of Irving Welsh’s book Filth is the next Movie Club title on Monday, November 25. This dark and extreme Edinburgh-based movie starring James McAvoy has been well reviewed but is certainly not for the faint-hearted.

Continuing the Scottish theme, The Proclaimers’ feel-good musical Sunshine on Leith starts a run of four screenings on Tuesday, November 26.

In the vein of Mamma Mia, this modern day story of two squaddies returning from Afghanistan to family life in Edinburgh is packed full of the band’s foot-stomping tunes, including Letter From America and I’m Gonna Be (500 miles).