Alex Colman

A member from Carholme Golf Club in Lincoln played 100 consecutive holes of golf to raise money for the club.

Shaun Marshall, a carpet fitter from Lincoln, played constantly for nearly 10 hours, teeing off at 6:45am and finishing at 4:15pm on March 3.

Around £750 of sponsorship money was raised, which will be donated towards modernisation of the club’s facilities.

Club Captain, Gordon Mould, explained how Marshall is an ambassador for Carholme Golf Club.

“Despite Shaun being a top player and currently holding the Lincolnshire Matchplay Championship title, he’s a superb member and will do anything for his club and best of all play with anyone.

“He welcomes and helps out any new golfer and is brilliant with the junior players who look up to him as a role model,” said Mould.

This is the second time in three years that Marshall has been involved in fundraising for the club and playing off a plus one handicap he also represents Lincolnshire in the county team.

A new form of cricket which is more inclusive hits Lincoln | Photo: Shalini Thampi for The Lincolnite

Lincolnshire Cricket have developed a new fast-paced and simplified version of cricket to attract more people to the sport.

Named Double Dozen, the game is designed to be a social activity as well as a sporting one with mixed teams, 90-minute matches and simple rules.

All that is needed to play the game are two bats, an incrediball (soft cricket ball), two sets of stumps and some cones to mark the scoring zones.

Hitting the ball through different zones earns a varying number of points with players still being able to score by running between the wickets.

To allow everyone to get a taste of the game each player must bowl one over, batting pairs each face three overs and being out just means a loss of six runs rather than the end of your turn.

CEO and Executive Director of Lincolnshire Cricket, Kevin Spence, said Double Dozen aims to make cricket inclusive and get more people involved in the sport.

“The game is easy to grasp, you turn up and within 10 minutes you know what you’re doing and is making cricket accessible which fits with national agendas of getting more people into sport,” he said.

A league has been set up in Lincoln targeting local businesses with a fixture every Thursday at 7pm in the sports hall at the Priory City of Lincoln Academy school.

Several local companies have been involved including the University of Lincoln and Gelder Group construction but organisers are hoping interest will grow.

Project Officer Rachael Dyer said: “This is great for businesses who can enter their own team and enjoy an after work social with the figures meaning teams get a match roughly every other week.”

To register a team in the league costs £12 and then it is £3 per person for each match with all equipment provided.