Other Sport

Saturday had all the feelings of a play-off game and Leicester Tigers don’t lose too many play-off games.

Grantham Tennis Club put a strong side together for the first round of the men’s National Over-50s Knockout Tournament against Boston.

Rutland Rockets U14 netball team have reached the national finals after coming runners-up in the East Midlands regional tournament.

Grantham Bowls Club is holding a coffee morning next week when there will be an opportunity for newcomers to try out the sport.

A talented Rutland teenager has taken to the ice to represent England at ice hockey.

Grantham Angling Association’s first junior match, the Charity Shield, was won by Adam Clark with a catch of 24lb 7oz.

Grantham United Flying Club’s race from Alnwick was won by D. Parker and son.

In their first fixture of the season Bourne Men’s Doubles Second team were entertained by Boston Fifths in the Slazenger Lincolnshire Doubles League 3B.

Bassingham single-seater racing driver Jack Harvey claimed his first Indy Lights win of the 2015 season in dominant style at the weekend, taking a lights to flag victory in the Mazda Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

It was a double winning weekend for Market Overton who celebrated victory on Saturday and Sunday.

Burghley Park 2nd XI made a welcome return to league cricket on Sunday having been invited to join the Huntingdonshire league Division 5A,

Burghley Park made it two wins from two in the Hunts League Division One on Saturday with a six wicket defeat of Ickwell.

Rutland League Division Two leaders Ketton 1st XI were beaten by 91 runs to county rivals Oakham 1st XI on Sunday.

The Midlands rugby league structure for the 2015/16 season has been confirmed.

Uppingham Town 1st XI continued their storming start to season in the Rutland League Division One with a 28 run win at home to Wisbech on Sunday.

Bourne batsmen blasted 19 sixes on their way to a 229-run battering of Medbourne in Rutland Division One on Sunday.

Stamford Town’s 1st XV team were beaten by 127 runs on their travels to Nassington in the Rutland League Division One on Sunday.

Lincs Ladies’ Super League

Stamford RUFC’s Lincolnshire Cup final with Scunthorp always looked like a big ask for the purple, white and black army and so it proved on Bank Holiday Monday.

Stamford Colts made it a double at the Notts Lincs and Derby rugby 7s on Sunday. Fielding two teams, a feat only matched by rivals Newark, other teams were entered by Sleaford, Spalding, Long Eaton and Boston. Stamford won the Shield with one team and the runner up trophy in the cup battle with another.