Hockey

It was a mixed bag of results for the men’s teams in the East Hockey League at the weekend.Spalding 1st drew 1-1 with Cambridge City 2nd with Spalding’s only goal coming from Stu Cunnington.Spalding went into their first home game of the season with high spirits after their well-earned point away last weekend. A determined Cambridge side stood in their ...

Long Sutton Men’s 2nds enjoyed a comfortable 3-0 win at Kettering with all the goals coming in the first half.Goals from Fox, Forrest and Canham put the visitors on top.Sutton had chances to stretch their lead but failed to find the final scoring touch, however they did manage to control the game to a winning conclusion.

The East Hockey League returned on Saturday as teams from Spalding and Long Sutton kicked-off another campaign. On the men’s side, Spalding 1st started life in the Premier Division with a 2-2 draw at Cambridge University 1st. There was a defeat for Long Sutton 1st in Division 2NW as they went down 3-2 at Cambridge South 2nd despite goals from ...

Spalding-based internet service provider LightSpeed Broadband has generously donated two new dugouts to Spalding Hockey Club. The dugouts will be used for players, officials and supporters to sit in and take shelter at training and on match days. Originally based at Spalding Grammar School and founded in 1953, Spalding Hockey Club moved to their home at Glen Park, Surfleet, in ...

Some 18 teams from 12 local schools contested the finals of the Spalding Primary Schools’ Hockey Tournaments at Glen Park on Friday night. Having lost the best part of the last two years through COVID-19, it was a relief to all concerned that all five of the tournaments in this school year have now been completed. Hosted by Spalding Hockey ...

Long Sutton Hockey Club are looking for a goalkeeper to join one the teams in their ladies’ section next season. The club, who play their East Hockey League fixtures at the Peele Leisure Centre, can accomodate either a player who is experienced enough or ambitious enough to play in Division 2NW for the first team or a young player looking ...

It’s been a fine season for local hockey clubs with a host of title triumphs. Spalding men celebrated their East Men’s Division One North crown with a 5-5 draw at home to UEA 1st. A strong start from Spalding was rewarded with a flurry of goals, one of which was outrageously finished by Tom Amess who rifled a reverse stick ...

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the fourth Spalding Primary Schools Hockey Tournament on Friday with 160 youngsters from 13 different schools taking part. As ever, the 18 teams competing at Glen Park were split into four leagues – with an advanced and three graded beginner leagues. Moulton John Harrox A once again dominated the advanced league, winning all three of their ...

Spalding Poachers 1st’s hopes of completing a perfect season in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West are over after a 1-1 home draw with Cambridge City 4th on Saturday. The champions had won their first 20 games, but are now just one game away from the equally impressive feat of going an entire season without defeat following the ...

A first-half strike from Jacob Baker fired Spalding 1st to a 1-0 win at Wisbech Town 1st on Saturday – and clinched his side the East Men’s Hockey League Division One North title with a game to spare. With second-placed Harleston Magpies 2nd surprisingly thrashed 5-0 at UEA, Baker’s sixth-minute strike moved the mighty maroons an unassailable five points clear ...

Spalding Poachers 1st are now just two wins away from completing a perfect season in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North. Already crowned champions, Poachers made it 20 wins from as many games by beating hosts Cambridge University 3rd 5-2. Charlotte Maplethorpe (2), Georgina Maplethorpe, Evie Maltby and Ellie Holland got the goals for the red-hot side, who are ...

It’s all to play for at the top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North after leaders Spalding 1st lost a thriller 6-4 at second-placed Harleston Magpies 2nd on Saturday. Spalding, who were looking to clinch the title with a win, made the perfect start and went 2-0 ahead through Tom Mayhew and Jake Baker. The hosts forced Nathan ...

Champions Spalding Poachers 1st ran riot in East Women’s League Division Two North West on Saturday as they decimated St Ives 2nd 18-0. In what was their biggest win of a stellar season that has seen the Spalding women win every single fixture they’ve played, Charlotte Maplethorpe (5), Mia Dewing (4), Harriet Mowbray (4), Hennie Boekestyn, Sally Pilgrim, Georgina Maplethorpe, ...

Saturday proved to be a gr-eight day for Long Sutton 2nd as they sealed the East Men’s Hockey League Division Four North West title with an 8-2 victory at City of Peterborough 6th. Sutton knew that a victory would clinch them the crown and turned on the style with goals from player-of-the-match Will White (2), Alex Canham (2), Stefan Fox ...

A last gasp goal from Andy Barlow secured the East Men’s Hockey League Division Six North West title for Spalding 5th on Saturday. The runaway table-toppers, who have yet to lose in the league all season, had to wait until the dying seconds to wrap up the title with Barlow netting from the last touch of the game to give ...

Red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st are celebrating after clinching the East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West title on Saturday. Goals from Hermione Wright and Ellie Holland gave Spalding a 2-1 Glen Park success over nearest rivals Cambridge South 2nd on Saturday, making it 18 wins from as many matches so far this season and securing a deserved championship. Wright ...

Spalding Poachers 2nd picked up an impressive 3-0 victory over high-flying Ely City 1st in Division Three North West of the East Women’s Hockey League on Saturday. In what was the only game involving a South Holland team to take place on Saturday, Poachers went ahead of 12 minutes when the ever-dependable Karen Timby fired home from a penalty corner. ...

Charlotte Maplethorpe and Evie Maltby both scored twice as all-conquering Spalding Poachers 1st defeated South Holland rivals Long Sutton 1st 5-0 on Saturday. Hennie Boekestyn also got in on the act at the Peele Leisure Centre as Spalding made it 16 wins from as many games in Division Two North West of the East Women’s Hockey League. Spalding immediately put ...

Spalding 1st maintained their healthy five-point lead at the top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North with a big 7-0 home success over Cambridge City 3rd on Saturday. Joe Rogers (2), Joe Higgins (2), James Mayhew, Stu Cunnington and Will Baker got the goals at Glen Park as the mighty Maroons made it 15 wins from 17 games ...

Long Sutton ladies’ 2nd are flying high in Division Five North West of the East Women’s Hockey League after a 1-0 win at Newmarket 3rd on Saturday. With the gusty wind behind them, Sutton started strong and took the game to Newmarket, putting them under pressure from the off. Sutton were playing great hockey with the ball being moved well ...