Hockey

Long Sutton 1st shrugged off their impending relegation from East Men’s Hockey League Premier B Division with a 5-1 victory over Dereham 2nd on Saturday. Alex Canham opened the scoring at the Peele Leisure Centre with a deflected finish after good work from Ed White, then Josh Baker netted with his customary aplomb to make it 2-0 at the break. ...

Spalding 1st were held to a 3-3 draw by Old Southendian in the East Men’s Hockey League on Saturday. Goals from Stuart Cunnington, Glenn Richardson and George Halgarth weren’t enough for the Maroons to take maximum points from the Premier B Division encounter at Glen Park. Down in Division 2N, Long Sutton 1st saw their winning streak ended by a ...

A dramatic late goal from Cameron Roy fired Spalding 5th to a great derby win over Long Sutton 3rd in East Men’s Hockey League Division 6NW (N). On a weekend of catch-up fixtures, Sutton arrived at Glen Park with a very strong side including players who had played in higher leagues. It was a game with very few chances, but ...

Resurgent Long Sutton 1st secured back-to-back wins in East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N for the first time this season on Saturday as they defeated Norwich Dragons 1st 2-0. The victory, secured by goals from Jacob Synnott and Josh Baker, moves Sutton off the bottom of the table for the first time since the early weeks of the season. Sutton ...

South Lincolnshire’s young guns made their way to Spalding Hockey Club on Friday for the latest Primary Schools Hockey Tournament. Glen Park played host to the third of five tournaments scheduled for this school year and 17 teams – approximately 140 youngsters – from 12 local primary schools participated across four leagues at advanced, intermediate and beginner levels. In the ...

Josh Baker bagged a hat-trick as Long Sutton 1st claimed a big win in East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N on Saturday. Basement side Sutton did their hopes of survival the power of good by beating Horncastle 1st 6-4 at the Peele Leisure Centre, with Baker (3), James Collingwood, Daniel Batten and player-of-the-match Ed White getting the goals. Up in ...

Spalding 1st were on the losing side of a 13-goal thriller on Saturday as Sudbury 1st defeated them 8-5 in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B. An end-to-end game with plenty of goals, the score was evenly balanced at 3-3 when it came to half-time at Glen Park. Ill-discipline then saw Spalding reduced to ten players for five minutes – ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s youngsters took part in the latest round of the South Lincs League hockey tournaments, hosted by City of Peterborough HC, on Sunday. Six Spalding young umpires were also part of the team officiating the tournament, with Mia Dewing participating as an umpire coach alongside officials Archie Arnold, Grace Hodgett, Tom Pilgrim, Abby Hodgett and Ethan Pearson. RUNNING ...

Long Sutton 1st took the South Holland bragging rights on Saturday as they got the better of Spalding Poachers 1st in the East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW derby. With Poachers flying high in the table, they were perhaps favourites ahead of the Peele Leisure Centre clash – but derby contests rarely go with the script. Spalding came out of ...

Two players scored doubles as Spalding 2nd enjoyed a 6-1 success over Ely City 1st on Saturday. The crushing Division 3NW victory was the pick of the South Holland scorelines in the East Men’s Hockey League over the weekend. They had to come back from behind after Sullivan Smith had inadvertently turned the ball into his own net during a ...

Resurgent Spalding 1st bounced back from a heavy defeat the previous weekend by thrashing Shefford and Sandy 1st 7-0 in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B on Saturday. Goals from Stu Cunnington (2), Joe Higgins and Harry Vickers were enough to take all three points at Glen Park as Spalding showed no mercy against the division’s basement side. Spalding, now ...

Spalding Poachers 1st warmed up for this weekend’s East Women’s Hockey League Division 2N derby with Long Sutton 1st by beating Cambridge Nomads 1st 4-1 on Saturday. Poachers started much the better with Maddie Haunch in fine form, but they missed plenty of chances and fell behind. However, with plenty of skill and pace upfront from both Charlotte and Georgina ...

Spalding 1st lost ground in the race for a top four finish in East Men’s Hockey League Premier B after a 7-0 drubbing on Saturday. It was a tough day at the office for South Holland’s leading side, as they shipped four goals in the first period and three more after the half-time interval at Blueharts 1st. Spalding will be ...

Charlotte Maplethorpe helped herself to a hat-trick as Spalding Poachers 1st beat rivals Bourne Deeping 1st 3-2 on Saturday. With the fierce rivals having plenty of history, it was always going to be a fiery East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW clash at Arthur Mellows. Spalding started well, with Maplethorpe dribbling past the keeper and slotting in the first goal ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s popular walking hockey sessions are due to resume after the Christmas break. They will take place on Wednesday mornings (10.30am-11.30am) on the all-weather pitch at Glen Park in Surfleet (PE11 4DB) – and will continue weekly for the foreseeable future. The sessions are open to players of all ages and abilities, including complete beginners. Participants are asked ...

Spalding Poachers 1st returned to action in East Women’s Hockey League Division 2NW with a fine 2-1 triumph over Pelicans 1st on Saturday. A penalty strike from Karen Timby and Ellie Holland’s effort put the Poachers 2-0 up, but Pelicans improved after the break and pulled one back. In the same division, Long Sutton ladies’ 1st christened the new Peele ...

After losing their first 11 games of the East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N season, Long Sutton 1st returned from the winter break revitalised on Saturday. The basement boys picked up a thrilling 3-2 victory over Horncastle 1st, with Josh Baker the hero with a heroic hat-trick on the day. Sutton had to survive a Horncastle comeback after seeing their ...

Spalding Hockey Club hosted the next round of the South Lincs League matches – with five home teams involved across the two age groups. The teams were ably supported by a bank of young Lincolnshire umpires, including three from Spalding who officiated well throughout the day. Spalding Lions (under-13s) and Jaguars (under-11s) both finished the day with 100 per cent ...

Spalding 1st moved into the top six of East Men’s Hockey League Premier B Division with a dominant 6-0 success over rivals Bourne Deeping 1st on Saturday. Goals from Joe Higgins (2), Stu Cunnington, Josh Rowbottom, Jacob Baker and George Halgarth settled the derby in Spalding’s favour on what was the last scheduled fixtures this year ahead of the winter ...

It’s now ten defeats from as many games in East Men’s Hockey League Division 2N for Long Sutton 1st after Saturday’s 9-1 defeat at University of East Anglia 1st. Sutton were short of a number of regular faces, but were grateful to Jack Smith for stepping up to help out and Will White for travelling back from university to play. ...