Spalding Hockey Club

Spalding Men 1st 4St Ives 1st 4Honours finished even after an eight-goal thriller saw Spalding draw with East Men’s League Division One North second-placed St Ives.The game started with both attacks being on top with some end-to-end action. Opportunities were plentiful for Spalding with good opportunities before Dan Azzopardi eventually tapped a deflected pass into the back of the net.St ...

Spalding Ladies 1st 0Long Sutton 1st 1Hannah Barker was on target to give Sutton the local derby bragging rights and help them to their first win of the East Women’s Division Two North West win at the ninth attempt.A gripping encounter saw Spalding dominate possession, orchestrating numerous attacks with several short corners and shots on goal.Despite their offensive prowess, the ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 2Pelicans 1st 6Goals: Ellie Holland, Georgina MaplethorpeSpalding started strong with majority possession but a counter-attack saw them go 1-0 down which Pelicans followed up with a second.The first half ended 4-0 and a team talk set Spalding’s minds back on the game.They started strong, winning a short corner which was converted by Maplethorpe.Spalding’s positivity flourished as they ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 7St Neots 2nd 0Goals: Erin McMurray, Evie Maltby, Georgina Maplethorpe, Maisie FodenThe waterlogged pitch did not dishearten Spalding, evidenced through the quick attack from Kate Amess to Lauren Harvey who pushed the ball on to the defender’s foot winning a short corner led to a goal scored from an unstoppable shot by Maltby.A strike from Ellie Holland ...

Ipswich 2s 5 Spalding Men 1s 4A nine-goal thriller went against Spalding Men’s first team as they missed the chance to go second in the East Men’s Division One North table.Illness crippled the squad for the long journey to Woodbridge to take on Ipswich 2s, meaning manager Jason Naylor had to fill in to help the team again. Even so, ...

Spalding Ladies 1s 2 Cambridge City 5 1Spalding hit back from behind to take all the East Women’s League Division Two North West points in a tight encounter.The hosts started strongly and passed the ball around, maintaining possession as they worked up the pitch.They won a few short corners but failed to convert and were caught out when the visitors pressed well and caught ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...