Lewis Wilson and Jade Morgan both scored crucial tries for Lincoln at the weekend. Photo: Mike Lincoln/Ed Navrady
Captain Lewis Wilson crossed for two tries as Lincoln’s 1st XV moved out of the relegation zone with a 24-14 home victory against Ashbourne.
Forward duo Jim Calveley and Ben Sykes also scored tries to secure a third successive league victory for the hosts and Richie Dixon successfully kicked two conversions.
Lincoln’s Ben Sykes crossing for a try against Ashbourne. Photo: Mike Lincoln
Lincoln’s Louie Cooke putting in a great tackle to stop Ashbourne. Photo: Mike Lincoln
Lincoln’s final try was the pick of the scores as Ollie Halligan made a superb break through the Ashbourne defence before offloading for Wilson to power through several tackles and dive over for a try.
Lincoln’s Jim Calveley was among the try scorers in the victory against Ashbourne. Photo: Mike Lincoln
The result saw Lincoln move three points clear of safety and avenge November’s 27-10 defeat in Derbyshire.
It also dragged Ashbourne into the relegation battle, who are now only one point above Lincoln.
Owen Mitchinson in action for Lincoln against Ashbourne. Photo: Mike Lincoln
Lincoln Ladies were in a happy mood after beating Kesteven 27-0. Photo: Ed Navrady
Scrum-half Jade Morgan produced her best performance of the season as Lincoln Ladies made it three wins in a row with a 27-0 victory against Kesteven.
Lincoln Ladies scrum-half Jade Morgan was one of the stand-out performers against Kesteven. Photo: Ed Navrady
Morgan crossed for two tries and Bob Chapman, Ruth Denham and Lynne Brooker-Brown each scored one, with the latter also adding one conversion.
Kesteven Ladies forward Jess Taylor in action against Lincoln. Photo: Ed Navrady
Kesteven lost two players to injury in the first half, including young centre Lydia Turnbull to a broken leg.
Lynne Brooker-Brown ran from the halfway line to score a great try for Lincoln Ladies against Kesteven. Photo: Ed Navrady
The injury caused the game to be delayed, but when it resumed Kesteven showed great determination.
Millie Warren, Jess Taylor, Zoe Osborn and Megan Alderton were among the strongest performers for Kesteven. Harriet Fluck made numerous crucial tackles and was named as Lincoln’s back of the match, with April Gott picking up the best forward accolade.
Kesteven Ladies after their match against Lincoln. Photo: Michael Osborn
Captain Luke Brodrick kicked a penalty as Lincoln Imps XV drew against Keyworth. Photo: Brian Penney
Kodi Strand crossed for the host’s only try of the match as Lincoln Imps X secured a battling 8-8 draw at home against Keyworth.
A good backs move put Strand over for a try in the corner after just 10 minutes before captain Luke Brodrick slotted over a penalty to give them an 8-0 half-time lead.
Lincoln’s Joe Christopher handing off a Keyworth player. Photo: Brian Penney
Keyworth levelled the score with an unconverted try and a penalty, but Lincoln very nearly snatched victory at the death.
George Pomfret was held up over the try line before Brodrick’s penalty sailed just off target for Lincoln, who travel to face Derby in a cup final on Saturday.
Kodi Strand in action for Lincoln Imps XV against Keyworth. Photo: Brian Penney
Lincoln’s Aaron Homdon is being lifted in the lineout against Newark. Photo: Jason Dark
Ben Manderfield and Josh Wade scored two tries apiece as Lincoln Colts (Greens) won 36-12 at Newark.
Ollie Keen and Henry McCartney also scored tries, with William Dark adding three conversions.
Lincoln’s Jack Dark is passing at scrum-half. Photo: Jason Dark
Lincoln Colts (Reds) lost 19-15 at home against Sleaford with their tries coming from Kaie Turner, Harry Whittaker and Eren Hamilton.
Other Results
In National League Two (North), Josh Lugsden scored the host’s only try of the match, which was converted by Will Robinson, as Scunthorpe lost 54-7 against Loughborough Students.
In Midlands Two East (North), George Grant and Ben Young crossed for two tries apiece as Market Rasen & Louth beat Nottingham Casuals 43-7.
Will Pridgeon, Chris Everton and Matt Ashton also scored tries for the hosts, with Spen Holvey kicking three conversions. Josh White added one conversion.
Toby Anderson scored two tries for Stamford against Bedford Queens. Photo: Darren Dolby
Stamford are top of the league in Midlands Three East (South) after a 34-21 victory at Bedford Queens.
Rees Burns and Toby Anderson both crossed for two tries for the visitors, with Jack Jones and Gareth Ramsden each scoring one. Ollie Johnson kicked two conversions.
Jack Jones in action for Stamford against Bedford Queens. Photo: Darren Dolby
Ash Anker, Gav Sharman and Willis Ingleby all scored tries, with Conall Mason adding one conversion, as Spalding drew 17-17 at Rushden & Higham.
In Midlands Three East (North), Lewis Rothenburg scored an impressive four tries as Grimsby won 35-28 away against Belper.
John Mansfield also scored a try for the visitors and Brad Treacher successfully kicked all five conversions.
James Goodrich, Aaron Whittaker and Ollie Lowe all scored tries as Kesteven lost 32-17 at league leaders Southwell. Whittaker also kicked one conversion.
Cleethorpes captain Dan McDaid tackling Meden Vale’s Pierre Oates. Photo: Gary Hill Photography
In Midlands Four East (North), Alex Nabais and Harrison Barrel scored the tries as third-placed Cleethorpes won 15-3 at Meden Vale.
Harry Lightfoot kicked one conversion and a penalty for the visitors.
Harry Lightfoot in action for Cleethorpes against Meden Vale. Photo: Gary Hill Photography
Max Batchelor crossed for a hat-trick of tries as fourth-placed Sleaford beat Worksop 55-12.
Dan Mackie grabbed two tries and four conversions for the hosts. Shaun Fisher, Adam Loveday, Dave Titmus and Wayne Harley each scored one try, with the latter adding one conversion.
Boston remain top of the league after being awarded an away walkover against Nottinghamians.
Gainsborough’s Jono Day winning a lineout against East Retford. Photo: Tom Ellis
East Retford are just six points behind in second place after their 26-7 victory against Gainsborough.
Brad Beresford scored Gainsborough’s only try, which was converted by Robbie Goodyear.
Gainsborough in action against East Retford. Photo: Tom Ellis
Gareth Alder-Woolf in action for North Hykeham against Chesterfield Panthers. Photo: Faye Doyle-Thomas
North Hykeham were hit by a last minute try in their 25-20 home defeat against Chesterfield Panthers.
Captain Ross O’Loughlin, Mike Wainwright and Danny Brown scored Hykeham’s tries, with Josh Dandy adding one conversion and a penalty to give Hykeham a 20-18 lead.
North Hykeham’s Mark Bunton making one of his many tackles of the game. Photo: Faye Doyle-Thomas
Chesterfield scored a converted try late on from a five metre scrum to snatch the victory.
Skegness lost 28-0 at home against Tupton.
Women’s Rugby
Boston’s Hannah Dennis putting in a great tackle to stop a Hull player. Photo: David Dales
In the Women’s NC 2 North (East), tries from Kirsty Hewitt and Charlotte Daubney guided Boston Ladies to a 15-12 home victory against Hull Ionian Ladies.
Captain Hannah Booth kicked one conversion and a penalty for Boston, who spent 20 minutes defending inside their own 22 before a great response secured the win.
Try scorer Charlotte Daubney in action for Boston Ladies against Hull Ionian Ladies. Photo: David Dales
Sleaford Ladies showed great teamwork in defence and fantastic support play despite the result in a 31-0 defeat against unbeaten league leaders Driffield.
The Sleaford players never let their heads drop in what was a positive atmosphere on the pitch.
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Developers have submitted plans for the next phase of a 1,100-home development in a Lincoln village.
Countryside Properties has applied to North Kesteven District Council to build 70 houses as part of the major proposals in Witham St Hughs on land east of Camp Road and north of Hannah Crescent – the masterplan of which was approved in 2016.
The latest section, which would include shared ownership and affordable rented properties, would be built in a 1.81hectare section noted as “Cell 2B” and would include a mix of 31 two-bedroom, 35 three-bedroom and 4 four-bedroom homes.
In documents before the authority, the developers said the plans would “create housing choice and new amenity spaces for the existing and new community”.
The masterplan for the development in Witham St Hughs.
At the time, Lincolnshire West CCG released its strategy for Witham St Hughs, in which it said a small GP surgery in the village would be unviable and unattractive to any potential provider.
The strategy revealed that the NHS would use the applicant’s money to create a community care hub at the Richmond Medical Centre in North Hykeham.
Where the latest phase fits into the masterplan.
In the end, council bosses agreed that the demand for a surgery in the village would “not be sustainable”.
A full list of demands in the end included hundreds of thousands of pounds towards education, bus services and community facilities, as well as the provision of playing fields.
A zero emission pod taxi service will launch in Lincoln in April, replacing plans for fuel-based tuk tuks going up and down the hill.
The city council’s licensing committee voted to allow tuk tuks in the city last August after owner of Holla Christine Kimbrell convinced them to change the policy with her proposals.
She said the only negative feedback she received from the council was that they weren’t electric, so she went back to the drawing board and changed her proposal to three electric Zbee vehicles.
The latest application was approved by the city council’s licensing committee on Wednesday evening.
The usual licensing requirements for a vehicle to have an engine capacity of not less than 1297cc and at least four seats were removed.
Extra conditions were imposed including giving a list of drivers’ names to the council and, although a spare tyre will not be required on the vehicle, it will be necessary to always have one in stock.
Christine found the Zbee car was being run really well as a taxi and delivery service in Sweden.
She went to Stockholm to test drive the vehicle before purchasing a fleet of three at £10,000 each, which she now has in Lincoln.
The vehicles will operate in a three mile radius of Lincoln and seat up to two passengers.
Christine is already looking at extending the originally planned 10-15 stops so there will be less limit for customers, but the price per journey is still being finalised.
However, she is confident that it will be cheaper than other city taxis and will be done on a per metre basis.
Christine told The Lincolnite: “We are so excited. The only things the council came back with last time was that it wasn’t electric and we wanted to keep it zero emissions and to be sustainable and we are now a step closer to carbon neutral.
“We will be the first in the UK to have a zero emission pod taxi service.”
Christine hopes to expand to 15 vehicles by the end of the year, by which time she hopes to have employed 15-20 staff.
She already has a premises located behind Tesco on Wragby Road and work is ongoing to finalise the website and app and other finishing touches.
Here is how the original service was going to be like:
Residents in East Lindsey are at the highest risk of death from COVID-19 nationally according to the latest figures — with health bosses putting the figure down to the age and health of the population.
According to the government’s latest coronavirus statistics on January 20, the authority’s 316 total death tally since the start of the pandemic is equal to 6.16% of its 3,660 case total, the highest national deaths percentage.
The elderly population has been known to be the most affected by the virus due to the nature of its effects on the respiratory system.
Lincoln has the lowest COVID death rate across the Greater Lincolnshire region and ranks 223 nationally.
It had 5,697 cases since the start of the pandemic and 149 deaths – a death rate of 2.62%, meaning city residents less likely to die with COVID.
Lincolnshire’s Director of Public Health Professor Derek Ward said: “Areas with older and/or less healthy populations have more deaths from their total cases, because a larger proportion of cases are in people who are older and/or have underlying health conditions.”
“The same is true of the death rate per 100,000 people. Neither take into account age or underlying conditions in their calculation. Districts in Lincolnshire have different age profiles to each other, as well as difference in overall health status.”
Office for National Statistics population projections for 2020 estimated East Lindsey has nearly 10,600 people over the age of 80 – those currently being targeted as priority vaccinations, compared to 4,300 in Lincoln.
This would appear to almost correlate the difference between number of elderly and the number of death in terms of how likely it is people will die from the virus.
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