Hockey

Depleted ranks pull off fine win

Norwich Dragons 1st 3Spalding Men 1st 4A spirited performance from a depleted Spalding side saw them earn the points in an East Men Division One North thriller.Six players were unavailable due to illness and injuries so it meant recalls for the evergreen Steve Rogers (54), Matt Sanders (49) and a place on the bench for manager Jason Naylor (54). To ...

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A winning triple start to season

Spalding Men’s 1st 5Kettering 3Spalding made it three wins out of three in East Men’s Division North as they attempt to make a swift return to the Premier Division after last season’s relegation.Spalding created plenty of early opportunities, while keeping possession and won a short corner via Steve Rogers.Stuart Cunnington slotted the ball into the top right corner of the goal ...

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Birthday girl McMurray is on target

Cambridge University 3rd 1Spalding Ladies’ 1st 3Spalding arrived in Cambridge with a determined attitude to record their first win of the East Women’s Division Two North West season.They battled hard in the first half and produced some well worked play. Unfortunately, the opposition were awarded a short corner and converted it to take a 1-0 lead against the run of play.Freya ...

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Men’s 2nd only winners for Sutton

LSHC Mens’ 1st 3Bourne Deeping 1st 4The home side boasted a 14-man strong squad with additions of Dan Oldfield, Will Taylor and Mckenzie East.The game began with Sutton pushing early doors. However, five minutes in, Bourne Deeping got on the scoresheet.The ball found its way through several bodies and the keeper was unable to prevent a Bourne player from tapping ...

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Men’s 4th lose 11-0 at home

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 0St Ives 1st 5After an unfortunate loss last week, Spalding Ladies’ 1st were determined to come back fighting against St Ives.St Ives scored their first goal from a penalty flick, which Freya Lee almost saved with a great dive to the left of the goal.St Ives continued their aggressive attack with multiple short corners achieved, converting two ...

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A mixed bag for Long Sutton teams

LSHC Mens’ First 2Cambridge South 2nds 2The first game of the season saw the mens’ 1st secure a well earned point away at Cambridge South.The game was end to end action, with both teams taking chances, but falling short of results.South opened the score line with a quick counter attack, leading to a tap-in at the back post.Sutton dug deep ...

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Ladies’ 2nd team kick off in style

Spalding Ladies’ 2nd 11Pelicans 2nd 1Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe, Karen Timby, Kelly Cooper, Milly Hastings, Sophie Wilson.In an great display of skill and teamwork, Spalding Ladies 2nd hosted Pelicans 2nd. The final scoreline of 11-1 reflected the team’s dominance throughout.The midfield was controlled brilliantly, distributing the ball with precision, and maintaining constant pressure.The scoring spree began three minutes into the match ...

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Spalding opening with home match to Norwich

Spalding will open their East Men’s Division One North season at home to Norwich City Seconds on Saturday, September 16. Their 22-match league campaign ends on March 23 with a home match against Cambridge Nomads.Long Sutton will be in Division Two North West and start at Cambridge South Seconds on September 16.Spalding and Long Sutton women’s teams are alongside each ...

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Schools’ hockey tournaments come to a close at Glen Park

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the finals of the Spalding primary schools hockey tournaments at Glen Park, Surfleet. All five of the season’s tournaments held during this school year have been fully subscribed with 20 teams from 13 primary schools participating involving over 150 children each time.As usual, the teams were split into four graded leagues of five teams at advanced, ...

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Wrights Properties to support junior players

Long Sutton Hockey Club’s junior section will, once again, be sponsored by Wrights Properties, in what is the club’s Centenary Year.Stewart Wright, of Wrights Properties, said: “We would like to thank Josh Baker and all the amazing coaching team for all the time and hard work they put in to making this section of the club such a success.“Not only ...

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Celebrating another super hockey season

Spalding Hockey Club celebrated the end of another season with a day of awards. The day started with the junior section enjoying games in the sunshine followed by their presentations.Junior award winners were: Under 9 – Blossom Willson, Alfie Spridgen and Brody Richardson; Under 11 – Millie Barker, Sonny Ilic and Isla Worrall; Under 13 – Eliza Morris, Elliot Ashton ...

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Prize time for hockey kids

Spalding Hockey Club junior presentations took place on Saturday. Pictured are (left) Spalding Hockey Club Junior members and Head of Juniors, Sally Pilgrim, following their awards presentation at Glen Park; (above) Under 13 junior players with their awards; Bottom (from left): Under 11 junior players with their awards; Under 9 junior players with their awards; Junior award winners – under ...

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Narrow defeat to complete year

The last match of the 2022/23 East Hockey season saw Spalding Men’s Thirds go down to a 3-2 defeat at home to Cambridge City Fifths. Nigel Cookson was there to capture some of the action.

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Mixed bag for last week of season

City of Peterborough 2nd 3Spalding Ladies’ 1st 3Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe, Maddie Haunch (2).Jemima Hitcham made some great saves, with the Spalding defence working well to clear. Karen Timby made a great pass into Maplethorpe who won a penalty stroke. She slotted the ball in to put Spalding 1-0 up.Peterborough equalised before half time but Spalding started the second half well. ...

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Men’s 3rd hand Nomads a 9-0 thrashing

UEA 1st 1Spalding Ladies’ 1st 2Goals: Sophie Gleave, Maddie HaunchSpalding travelled to Norwich hoping to get another win in what has been a tricky season. UEA have struggled too and were delighted to find themselves ahead when their forward rounded keeper Abby Hodgett to score.Eventually, with ten minutes of the first half remaining, Gleave stepped onto a loose ball in ...

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Home joy for Surfleet in Beginner A League

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the Spalding Primary Schools Hockey Tournament Four at Glen Park, Surfleet, with 20 teams from 13 primary schools participating.Many of the 150-plus youngsters were making their first appearance for their schools.Teams were split into four graded leagues and in the Advanced League, Monks House A carried on where they left off in tournament three. Although they ...

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Timby grabs first-half treble as Ladies Seconds net ten

Spalding Ladies’ 2nd 10Bourne Deeping 2nd 0Goals: Karen Timby (4), Amy Naylor (2), Kate Amess, Lauren Harvey, Zoë Moore, Pippa BembridgeA destructive first-half display saw Spalding put away eight unanswered goals against their local rivals. At one point it seemed that every touch turned to gold. The first goal went in after three minutes and within 15 minutes it was ...

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Spalding share the spoils with Old Loughonians 2nd

Cambridge University 2nd 5Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1Goals: Harriet MowbraySpalding started the game strong with some great link-up play in midfield leading to a through ball being received by Mowbray who effortlessly put Spalding 1-0 up.Cambridge were hungry to draw level and a series of penalty corners eventually led to them scoring a deflection to make it 1-1.Both teams were playing ...

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Atkin goal sees Spalding 4th finish level at Wisbech

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 0 Wisbech Town 1st 6The first half saw Spalding play some fast-paced, end-to-end hockey, with lots of turnovers and counter attacks from both sides.Runs down the line from Harriet Mowbray and Ellie Holland gave Spalding opportunities in the D, but the team could not use this to their advantage.Gaps in marking allowed Wisbech to pass through the ...

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Tizzano scoops a point for Seconds at Cambridge

Ipswich 2nd 2Spalding Ladies’ 1st 0Spalding made the long trip to Ipswich with a change of formation and high hopes. Some great back transfers and leads from the forwards allowed the visitors to have great possession and attacking drive. Spalding were able to move freely through the middle with some great one-twos and runs round the backline. They were unfortunate ...

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