• SKEGNESS HANDED LINDUM IN OPENER

  By East Lindsey Target at 07:00 on 21/03/13

  

  SKEGNESS Cricket Club will open their Lincolnshire ECB Premier League fixtures with a home match against Lincoln-based Lindum. The April 20 curtain-raiser sees Lindum visit Richmond Drive for a noon start. The following week Skegness, this year skippered by Richie Hewitt, visit Hartsholme at Lincoln's Ashby Avenue ground. Sri Lankan test player Prasanna Jayawardene is expected to grace the Richmond Drive pitch with his Woodhall Spa...

• Sri Lanka Test star Jayawardena joins Woodhall Spa CC

  By East Lindsey Target at 07:00 on 28/02/13

  

  WOODHALL Spa Cricket Club have clinched one of the signings of the winter by recruiting Sri Lanka Test star Prasanna Jayawardena. The wicketkeeper will come up against fellow East Lindsey sides Skegness and Louth in the ECB Premier League this season. Jayawardena, who will play solely as a batsman, has played in 52 Tests for his country, scoring almost 2,000 runs and four centuries, including one against England at Cardiff in 2011....

• Young trampolinists from Skegness are invited to 'make a shape' to be in with a chance of fronting a national campaign

  By MarieW at 16:32 on 14/02/13

  

  AMATEUR 'bouncers' from Skegness are invited to submit a photograph of themselves making a shape on a trampoline to be in with the chance of fronting a national campaign. The 'Get Britain Bouncing' initiative is looking for a youngster to provide the shape for the campaign, which promotes trampolining while helping to raise funds for the Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Trust. Martin Schofield, chief executive officer of Super Tramp, which is...

• Gainsborough Town hit for five by title holders

  By Lincolnshire Echo at 07:00 on 11/02/13

  

  Home sides dominated the latest round of Sills and Betteridge Lincolnshire League fixtures. Five out of the six fixtures went the way of those with home advantage. These included the 5-0 drubbing handed out by Cleethorpes Town Reserves in the top of the table clash with Gainsborough Town. Jonathan Oglesby struck four times as the seasiders dented Gainsborough's title hopes. The result was good news for leaders Skegness United, who...

• Moderns challenge for Lincoln

  By Lincolnshire Echo at 07:00 on 11/02/13

  

  Lincoln were without a game at the weekend, but return to action on Saturday when they travel to Nottingham Moderns. Moderns were in action at the weekend, picking up a 36-17 win over East Retford to keep them sixth in the Midlands Three East (North) table. Title-chasing Boston extended their lead at top of the Midlands Four East (North) with a 21-13 win at Nottingham Corsairs. This Saturday Boston face fellow Lincolnshire side...

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