Rugby Report: Cup glory for Scunthorpe and Gainsborough
Boston and Sleaford were also in action
Scunthorpe's Nick Syddall and Nick Dyson
proudly holding the Lincolnshire Cup (left), while Gainsborough celebrated winning the Lincolnshire Intermediate Cup (right). | Photo: Bill Rhoades/Tom Ellis
Scunthorpe ended their season in style by lifting the Lincolnshire Cup as two tries from Jack Brunt helped them to a 50-19 victory against Stamford.
Jack Brunt grabbed two tries and Joey Mowbray, Ethan Heath-Drury, Joshua Sarsfield, Nick Dyson, Ollie Cole and Robbie Goodyear each scored one.
Market Rasen & Louth hosted the cup final day on Saturday, May 7 and Tom Alldridge kicked five conversions to complete the victory for Scunthorpe at the ground of his former club.
Scunthorpe beat Stamford to become the new Lincolnshire Cup champions. | Photo: Bill Rhoades
This season also saw big milestones for Scunthorpe captain Tom Foster and his team-mate Gareth Mist who played their 500th and 300th games respectively.
Toby Anderson scored two tries for Stamford who battled hard and improved in the second half.
Austin Schwarz also grabbed a try for Stamford and Harry Bentley and Harry Ayton each added one conversion.
Scunthorpe’s Al Fagan, Ben Wright, and Grant Elliott celebrating Lincolnshire Cup success. | Photo: Bill Rhoades
Gainsborough completed a league and cup double after beating Stamford College Old Boys in the Lincolnshire Intermediate Cup Final. | Photo: Tom Ellis
Brad Beresford crossing for a hat-trick of tries as Gainsborough added to their league title success by beating Stamford College Old Boys 50-10 in the Lincolnshire Intermediate Cup Final.
Kieron Smythe and Ben Watson grabbed two tries apiece and Logan Watt scored one as Gainsborough extended their unbeaten run to 21 games in all competitions.
Gainsborough full-back Kieron Smythe running in to score the first try of the game. | Photo: Mike Collins
Gainsborough scrum-half Brad Beresford kicking one of his five successful conversions. | Photo: Mike Collins
Gainsborough prop Harry Beresford charging at the Stamford defence. | Photo: Mike Collins
Beresford also kicked five conversions to complete a fine afternoon for Gainsborough.
Gainsborough could yet add another trophy to their impressive haul this season. They will face Nottingham Moderns in the NLD Cup Final, but that is not due to take place until August.
Logan Watt was among the try scorers for Gainsborough in the Lincolnshire Intermediate Cup Final. | Photo: Mike Collins
Gainsborough fly-half Tudor Roberts preparing to offload the ball. | Photo: Mike Collins
Stamford College Old Boys remained positive despite the result. | Photo: Ray Bates
Vice-captain Callum Fraser and Alex Walker scored the tries for Stamford College Old Boys.
Stamford College Old Boys battled hard throughout the match and will be hoping they can go one better in next season’s cup competition.
Stamford’s Will Farthing offloading the ball. | Photo: Ray Bates
Stamford’s Oli Sherwin jumping in the lineout. | Photo: Ray Bates
Stamford’s Callum Johns passing out the back of a ruck. | Photo: Ray Bates
Lewis Manning carrying the ball for Stamford. | Photo: Ray Bates
Boston battled hard before succumbing to a 41-22 defeat against Nottingham Moderns in the NLD Cup semi-final.
Rowan Mason crossed for two tries for Boston and Jaron Cowern added one, while Wayne Harley kicked two conversions and one penalty.
Boston’s Under-16s held a minute’s silence before their match against Grimsby in memory of their coach David Robinson, who sadly died recently. | Photo: Boston Rugby Club
Boston’s Under-16s finished their season with a match against Grimsby on Sunday, which included a minute’s silence in memory of their coach David Robinson who recently died.
David coached Boston’s Under-16s for over six years and the match was played in his honour.
The club said: “We all have many fantastic memory memories of David and are so sorry to have lost him so tragically.”
Sleaford were the runners-up in this season’s NLD Shield. | Photo: Liam Kite
Sleaford, who finished second in Midlands Four East (North), ended their season with a hard-fought NLD Shield semi-final against Derbyshire side Hope Valley.
Adam Loveday and Dave Titmus scored Sleaford’s tries in a 26-14 defeat, with captain Dan Mackie successfully kicking two conversions.
Lincoln RFC held their end of season awards at the weekend to recognise the achievements of their three senior men’s teams, the title-winning ladies, and the Touch squad.
1st XV
The winners of Lincoln’s 1st XV awards – Matt Keeton, Owen Mitchinson, Eren Hamilton, and Harry Marks. | Photo: Katie Nesbitt
Coach’s player of the season – Matt Keeton
Players’ player of the season – Owen Mitchinson
Rising Star – Eren Hamilton
Performance of the season – Harry Marks
Owen Mitchinson (centre) receiving his ‘player’s player of the season’ award from head coach Simon Green (left) and director of rugby Ross Tarnowski (right). | Photo: Joseph Verney
2nd and 3rd XVs
Three of the 2nd and 3rd XV award winners – Gary Cain, Sam Cave, and Darren Rorie. | Photo: Katie Nesbitt
Coach’s player of the season – Gary Cain
Players’ player of the season – Sam Cave
Rising Star – Harry Whittaker
Performance of the season – Darren Rorie
Lincoln Ladies
The award winners for the title-winning Lincoln Ladies – Jade Morgan, Harriet Fluck, Jenna Bierton, and Ella Frow.
Coach’s player of the season – Harriet Fluck
Players’ player of the season – Jade Morgan
Rising Star – Ella Frow
Performance of the season – Jenna Bierton
Lincoln Touch
Coach’s player of the season – Noah Jones
Players’ player of the season – Gail Hunter
Rising Star – Tor Raynor
Performance of the season – Noah Jones
Lincoln Touch player Tor Raynor receiving her rising star award from Maksim Lema. | Photo: Katie Nesbitt
Grant Cowe was awarded The Sid Gott Shield after being named ‘club person of the year’. | Photo: Katie Nesbitt
Grant Cowe was awarded The Sid Gott Shield after being named ‘club person of the year’.
Ben Crowe, Jack Randell, Harry Hicks, Ella Frow, Jacob Taylor, Rory Standish, Owen Mitchinson, Louie Cooke, Eren Hamilton, and Cynyr Jones were all awarded special ties to recognise their transition from colts to senior rugby.
Head coach Simon Green and director of rugby Ross Tarnowski were given honorary life memberships after stepping down from their positions with the first team.
Simon, along with club stalwart Paul Clarke, was awarded special caps after having played more than 750 games for Lincoln between them.
Lincoln’s director of rugby Ross Tarnowski (left) with club stalwarts Simon Green (centre) and Paul Clarke (right). The duo, who have played more than 750 games for Lincoln between them, were awarded special green caps to recognise their big appearances milestones. | Photo: Joseph Verney
Brian Kelly, who has coached Lincoln Ladies for five years including the this season’s title-winning campaign, has now been named as the new head coach of the men’s 1st XV.
George Reid who was part of the Lincoln Ladies coaching team this season will now take over as their new head coach.
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A woman living in her car, a man with £30,000 debts and a mum-of-three struggling to get by are among the thousands of people who have turned to Citizens Advice Lincolnshire.
A surge in calls as energy bills soar has left the service unable to help everyone.
Around 14,500 Lincolnshire people in the 2021/22 financial year received help overall with 70,000 different issues – a significant rise from the previous year.
The service is answering more questions than ever before, and it says it doesn’t have the resources to meet the growing demand.
The scale of the crisis has been laid out in a report to go before Lincolnshire County Council next week.
Among the success stories are a woman who had contemplated suicide because she was living in her car with no one to turn to. Citizens Advice Lincolnshire helped her to get a new home.
A man suffering from anxiety due to his £30,000 debt was given help in applying for a debt relief order.
A struggling mum who was behind on her energy bills was supported in applying for £300 of energy vouchers, which she said would help her to cope.
There has been a big increase is people asking the service for help with debt, Universal Credit and tax credits, according to the report.
Energy bills are going through the roof for many households and organisations. | Photo: Adobe Stock
As bills rose in the last quarter of the financial year, more people also enquired about food and fuel vouchers.
Nearly 2,400 people were given help with Universal Credit in the last quarter of the 2021/22 financial year alone.
The advice service says:“Demand has significantly increased in quarter four. This is mainly due to cost-of-living enquiries and dealing with the Household Support Fund. We have answered more calls than ever before, but [are] still unable to meet the increased demand due to a lack of resource.
“Although we did receive some modest funding provided via LCC Household Support Fund to answer calls, demand was so high that we were unable to meet it.
“Waiting times currently for generalist and debt appointments can be up to three weeks, due to increased demand and limited resources.”
The service has also warned the price of the cheapest food is jumping rapidly.
The report will be discussed by the council’s Public Protection and Communities Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday, May 31.
The PRSA Mass Vaccination Centre in Boston will be running a series of walk-in sessions for children aged five to 15 to get their COVID-19 jabs during half-term next week.
This will be in addition to the now regular pop-up vaccination sessions around the county, a number of which will continue to offer vaccinations to children in these age groups without the need for an appointment.
For those who prefer to book an appointment, rather than attend a pop-up or walk-in session, this can be done by visiting the National Booking System or by calling 119.
The team at PRSA will be offering the following walk-in vacations for five to 11-year-olds and 12 to 15-year-olds:
Five to 11-year-olds
Tuesday, May 31 (4pm-6pm)
Friday, June 3 (10am-1.30pm)
Sunday, June 5 (10am-1.30pm)
12 to 15-year-olds
Monday, May 30 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Tuesday, May 31 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Wednesday, June 1 (4.30pm-7.30pm)
Thursday, June 2 (10am-1.30pm)
Saturday, June 4 (10am-1.30pm)
Rebecca Neno, director of COVID and influenza vaccination programmes for NHS Lincolnshire CCG, said: “We try and time our pop-up sessions where possible to allow for school-aged children to attend and, of course, half-term week gives us more flexibility to be able to do this.
“The pop-up sessions allow us to take the vaccination out to people and our new vaccination bus will help hugely with this, but the key benefit the pop-ups bring – including those for school-aged children – is that no appointment is necessary.
“Whether you’re coming along to get vaccinated yourself or you are bringing your child for their vaccination, you can just turn up without pre-booking. All that we ask if you are bringing your child to be vaccinated is that, as their parent/guardian, you are present to consent.”
Other pop-up walk-in sessions in Lincolnshire
Saturday, May 28 at Franklin Hall, Halton Road in Spilsby – between 4pm and 6pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and also for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Saturday, May 28 at Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue in Nettleham – between 10am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4pm for 12-15 year-olds.
Sunday, May 29 at Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Camel Gate in Spalding – between 10am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, May 29 at Ruston Sports and Social Club, Newark Road in Lincoln – between 10.30am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, May 29 at Sainsbury’s, Tritton Road in Lincoln (vaccination bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 18 and over.
Monday, May 30 at The Venue in Navenby – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Monday, May 30 at Gainsborough Adventure Playground, Riseholme Road, Gainsborough – between 11am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Tuesday, May 31 at Stickney Youth Centre, Stickney, Boston – between 9am and 5pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 12 and over.
Tuesday, May 31 at Nettleham Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue in Nettleham – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Tuesday, May 31 at St Marks Square (Vaccination Bus) – between 10am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Wednesday, June 1 at Stanhope Hall, Boston Road in Horncastle – between 9am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 18 and over, and between 1pm and 6pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 16 and over.
Wednesday, June 1 at St Faiths Parish Hall, West Parade, Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Wednesday, June 1 at Whisby Nature Park, Moor Lane, Thorpe on the Hill (Vaccination Bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Thursday, June 2 at Ruston Sports and Social Club, Newark Road in Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
Thursday, June 2 at Tesco, Water Mill Road in Horncastle (Vaccination Bus) – between 10.30am and 3.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Friday, June 3 at X Church, St Johns, St Johns Terrace, Church Street, Gainsborough – between 10.30am and 4pm for 5-11 year olds only.
Saturday, June 4 at The Ruby Hunt Centre, Church Street, Donington, Spalding – between 9am and 5pm for 5-11 year-olds and anyone eligible aged 12 and over.
Saturday, June 4 at The Venue, Navenby – between 10.30am and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, June 5 at Springfields Events and Conference Centre, Camel Gate in Spalding – between 10am and 4pm for 5-11 year-olds only.
Sunday, June 5 at The Engine Shed, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln – between 10.30am and 1pm for spring boosters for people aged 75 and over, plus vaccinations for anyone eligible aged 16 and over, and between 1.30pm and 4.30pm for 5-11 year-olds and 12-15 year-olds.
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