Hockey

A perfect away display kept Spalding Poachers 1st in the mix at the top of East Women’s Hockey League Division One as they crushed COP 2nd 6-0. Katie Gray used her pace to round the keeper and give Spalding the lead early on, before to Kelly Slater tapped home number two. A well-worked short corner routine was then tapped home ...

In-form Spalding 1st are up to third in East Men’s Hockey League Division One after beating rivals Bourne/Deeping 1st 6-4 at Glen Park on Saturday. It’s now three wins on the trot for Spalding Hockey Club’s premier side – but in truth it wasn’t as comfortable as it could have been. Connor Allen looked to have put them in complete ...

An amazing 16 unanswered goals in two games across different competitions made it a weekend to remember for Spalding Poachers 1st. The Spalding women started their goal glut with an 8-0 victory over Cambs Uni ladies’ 2nd in East Women’s League Division 2NW to climb up to third in the standings. Katie Gray and Kelly Tuplin both notched early to ...

Injuries and unavailability hit Spalding 3rd hard on Saturday – but they still had enough to smash Cambs Nomads 2nd 5-0 in East Men’s League Division 4NW. Skipper Steve Rogers led his patched-up team from the front with a couple of goals – and he was helped by strikes either side of half time from Peter Gray and one further ...

Long Sutton ladies’ 2nd roared to their first win of the East Women’s League Division 3NW (N) as they crushed Woodhall Spa 1st 6-0 on Saturday. With two draws already under their belt, Emma Howells put Sutton in command with two quick goals. Sutton’s Millie Lamming graced the scoresheet again, while Georgina Maplethorpe crowned her all round good performance with ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s top men’s team announced themselves in East League Division One with an impressive 4-1 victory over Colchester 1st on Saturday. Having lost their opener, Spalding started the Surfleet clash in fine form thanks to a strike from goal machine Stuart Cunnington, who lashed into the roof of the net. It was 1-1 at the interval, though, with ...

Three second-half goals fired Long Sutton ladies’ 1st to another eye-catching victory on Saturday. They made it two wins from as many East Women’s League Division 2NW games by seeing off St Neots 1st 3-0 and are sitting pretty in second place. After a goalless first period, player-of-the-match Leanne Woodhead rifled a super strike into the corner to break the ...

Doubles from Glenn Perkins and Hector Moore guided Spalding 2nd to a sublime 5-0 win in their first East Men’s Hockey League Division 3NW clash on Saturday. Their victims at Glen Park were St Ives 2nd, who found Spalding too hot to handle in every department. Mike Riley opened the scoring with a neat flick into the net, before Perkins ...

Both Spalding Poachers 1st and Long Sutton ladies’ 1st made incredible starts to the new East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW season on Saturday. Spalding, who won the county title over the summer, continued their outstanding pre-season form by thrashing Ely City 1st 11-0 to go top. Katie Gray (5), Kelly Tuplin (4), Kelly Slater and Jacqui Hunter all notched ...