Hockey

Two players bagged four goals apiece as Spalding 1st romped to a huge 12-0 win over Sudbury 1st in East Men’s Hockey League Division One North on Saturday. In what was a top versus bottom clash, Joe Rogers and Stu Cunnington led the charge with their respective four-goal hauls to make it 14 wins from 16 games so far. James ...

Flawless Spalding Poachers 1st continue to defeat all in their path in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West after making it 14 wins from as many matches on Saturday. Goals from Charlotte Maplethorpe and Evie Maltby gave them a 2-0 win at City of Peterborough 3rd, which sees them nine points clear at the top with a game ...

Long Sutton were edged out 9-7 at Cambridge City Vets in an absolute East Men’s Hockey League Division Two North classic on Saturday. An incredible 12 goals were scored in the first half as the duo swapped ends at 6-6, with Sutton having been 6-3 ahead at one stage thanks to goals from Frazer Watt, Josh Fyson, Brad Sargeant, Gary ...

A last-gasp strike from James Mayhew earned Spalding 1st a 4-3 win at Pelicans 1st on Saturday as they opened up a two-point lead at the top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North. The table-toppers came from 2-0 down to lead 3-2, before shrugging off an equaliser to grab glory in the dying seconds – all while title ...

Spalding Poachers 1st moved 12 points clear at the top of East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West by making it 14 wins from as many games on Saturday. Mia Dewing (4), Charlotte Maplethorpe, Hennie Boekestyn, Harriet Mowbray and Ellie Holland got the goals at Glen Park as Poachers went past 100 goals for the season. Mowbray scored Spalding’s ...

South Holland duo Spalding Poachers 1st and Long Sutton 1st both enjoyed 4-2 away wins as they returned to East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West action on Saturday. For the flawless leaders Poachers, it’s now 13 wins from as many games after they dispatched hosts Pelicans 1st. Charlotte Maplethorpe scored Spalding’s first goal, slotting a penalty flick coolly ...

Title-chasing Spalding 1st kicked off the second half of their East Men’s Hockey League Division One North with a typical victory on Saturday. The table-toppers crushed Cambridge Nomads 1st 7-0 at Glen Park to make it 11 wins from 13 games this season, with Stuart Cunnington (2), Joe Rogers (2), Jacob Baker (2) and George Halgarth all finding the net. ...

Table-topping Spalding 5th returned to East Men’s Hockey League Division Six North West action with a 2-0 win at Cambs Nomads 4th on Saturday. In one of only three games involving South Holland sides over the weekend, goals from Charlie Smith and Tom Pilgrim moved Spalding nine points clear at the summit. It wasn’t such a good return for Spalding ...

The final round of 2021 fixtures in the East Men’s Hockey League served up a pre-Christmas cracker as Long Sutton 1st edged out Spalding 2nd 4-3 in Division 2NW. Sutton went into the Glen Park clash as slight favourites, but it was hosts Spalding who started strongly and raced into a 2-0 lead with goals from Harry Naylor and Steve ...

It’s 11 wins from as many East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW games for Spalding Poachers 1st after they battered Bourne Deeping 1st 13-1 on Saturday. Charlotte Maplethorpe (4), Hermione Wright (3), Mia Dewing (2), Harriet Mowbray (2), Maddie Haunch and Georgina Maplethorpe all netted at Glen Park to leave Spalding’s leading ladies seven points clear at the halfway stage ...

It’s now ten wins from as many East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West games for red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st after another dominant display on Saturday. Maddie Haunch (2), Ellie Holland (2) and Georgina Maplethorpe found the net as the Poachers brushed aside hosts Cambridge City 4th 5-2 to move seven points clear at the top. Spalding started well ...

Long Sutton 1st gave their East Men’s Hockey League Division Two North West season a shot in the arm by thrashing St Neots 1st 6-1 on Saturday. Josh Fyson (2), Josh Baker (2), Dan Batten and Luke Proctor all found the net for Sutton at what was a very stormy Peele Leisure Centre amid 40mph winds, heavy rain and sideways ...

Spalding 1st are back on top of East Men’s Hockey League Division One North after defeating one of their chief title rivals Harleston Magpies 2nd 3-2 at Glen Park on Saturday. With Harleston top and Spalding 2nd at the start of play, the sides knew that whoever won would be sitting pretty for at least the next week. Spalding started ...

Two players helped themselves to five goals apiece as Spalding Poachers 1st continued their remarkable form in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West on Saturday. Both Charlotte Maplethorpe and Mia Dewing netted five times as Poachers hammered Cambridge University 3rd 12-0 – making it 25 goals in two weeks for the flawless table-toppers. Harriet Mowbray and Sally Pilgrim ...

Rampant Long Sutton 1st produced their best performance of the East Men’s Hockey League season so far on Saturday as they hammered St Ives 2nd 11-0 in Division Two North West. The in-form Josh Fyson starred with a four-goal haul at the Peele Leisure Centre, while Josh Baker also bagged a hat-trick. Daniel Batten (2), Luke Proctor and Tyler Hagan ...

Spalding Poachers 1st cemented their place at the top of East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West with another stunning showing on Saturday. They chalked up their biggest win of the season so far with an emphatic 13-0 victory over hosts St Ives 2nd – making it eight wins from eight to move five points clear at the top. ...

After a rocky run of results, Long Sutton ladies’ 1st got back to winning ways in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West with a 4-0 victory over St Ives 2nd. In what was their first win since another 4-0 success on September 25, they netted twice in each half at the Peele Leisure Centre. The goals came from ...

After six wins on the spin, Spalding 1st finally lost their maiden East Men’s Hockey League Division One North game of the season on Saturday. A 3-2 home reverse against Cambridge University 2nd at Glen Park not only shattered their 100 per cent record, but also dropped them down to second in the standings on goal difference. In what was ...

Spalding 1st remain the only team with a perfect record in East Men’s League Division One North after a 5-1 victory at Cambridge City 3rd on Saturday. Joe Higgins opened the scoring for Spalding, but they weren’t quite at their flowing best in the first period and were soon pegged back by the hosts. As half-time loomed, the visitors began ...

Red-hot Spalding Poachers 1st took the South Holland bragging rights on Saturday as they defeated rivals Long Sutton 1st 3-1 to keep their flawless start to the East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West season going. It’s now six wins from as many games for the table-topping Poachers – who are sitting a healthy six points clear at the ...