Spalding Hockey Club

Spalding Hockey Club continue to go from strength to strength both on and off the field. Last season proved the club’s most successful season on the field, with both the men’s and ladies’ top teams being promoted as champions to a level they have not previously played at before. Off the field, the club’s inaugural ball of last season was ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s under-8 team went to Norwich in only their second appearance as a team hoping to score goals and build on their experience of last year. Their fantastic teamwork and team spirit shone throughout the games and quickly showed that their hard work at training was paying off. Coach Jason Naylor could not have been more proud of ...

Spalding Hockey Club reflected on another extremely successful season season at their annual meeting on Monday night. The 2014/15 campaign saw the leading men and women both crowned Lincolnshire champions, while both also won their respective league titles to earn promotion to a level they’ve never previously played at. Spalding were also named Lincolnshire Sports Club of the Year for ...

Stuart Cunnington’s deflected late winner earned Spalding Hockey Club’s leading men a 2-1 win at Crostyx on Saturday – and clinched impressive back-to-back league titles. Already promoted from East Men’s League Division One ahead of the trip to the Olympic Park, Spalding knew that a win would be good enough to see them lift the championship. However, their plans were ...

Two huge wins in as many days saw Spalding Poachers 1st crowned East Women’s League Division 2NW champions at the weekend. Goals from Katie Gray and Karen Timby earned Spalding’s top girls a crunch 2-1 win at chief championship rivals City of Peterborough (COP) 1st on Saturday, before they battered COP 2nd 5-0 some 24 hours later. The goals at ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s top men’s team clinched a first-ever promotion to East Men’s League Premier B Division with a 4-2 victory at Bishop Stortford 1st on Saturday. Needing just one point to secure a top-two finish in Division One, Spalding started superbly and raced into a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes thanks to a pair of identical Russ Watts goals, ...

A five-star showing from Spalding Hockey Club’s leading ladies clinched promotion from East Women’s League Division 2NW on Saturday. The table-topping Poachers won 5-1 at St Neots 1st to achieve their main aim for the season – and now face a shoot-out with City of Peterborough 1st to see who will go up as champions. Two ferocious penalty corners from ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s leading side moved a step closer to clinching back-to-back East Men’s League promotions with an impressive 4-1 win over free-scoring Pelicans on Saturday. The Glen Park clash served as one of the toughest remaining fixtures for the Division One leaders, with fourth-placed Pelicans arriving in town as the league’s leading scorers. Pelicans went ahead inside two minutes, ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s leading side are back on top of East Men’s League Division One after cruising to a 5-0 victory over Old Southendians on Saturday. A spectacular reverse stick strike from Stuart Cunnington put them ahead, before Connor Allen and Russ Watts got in on the act before the half-time interval. Early goals from Ashley Barker and Allen made ...

Spalding 2nd enjoyed their best result of the campaign so far on Saturday as they upset Division 3NW high-fliers Wisbech 2nd 3-0 in East Men’s Hockey League. After a solid defensive performance in the early stages, Joe Higgins put Spalding into the lead at Glen Park with a well-placed shot. Hector Moore then added a second goal with an excellent ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s mixed team cruised to an emphatic 7-1 success over Lincoln Roses to make progress in the England Hockey Mixed Trophy on Sunday. Hosts Spalding struck first at Glen Park with a fine finish by ladies’ 1st team captain Kelly Tuplin after just nine minutes – but Roses equalised from a well struck penalty corner a few minutes ...

There were defeats for Spalding 1st and Long Sutton 1st – who are battling at opposite ends of their respective divisions – on Saturday. Division One leaders Spalding went down 5-2 in an important derby at third-placed Bourne/Deeping 1st. Spalding struggled to get out of the starting blocks and Bourne/Deeping cut through the midfield causing havoc for the first 15 ...

League leaders Spalding Ladies 1st recovered from the shock of falling behind inside 60 seconds to grab a last-gasp 3-2 win at Cambridge University 2nd. They trailled 1-0 for just a minute before Katie Gray’s fine solo run set up league top scorer Kelly Tuplin. Spalding felt they should have had a penalty stroke when a penalty corner effort was ...

Alan Charevicius scored a goal and was instrumental in the other as Spalding 5th grabbed a 2-0 win at Bourne/ Deeping 6th on Saturday – their third straight win. Both teams started off well and looked to be evenly matched in this East League Division 6NW (N) clash. End-to-end hockey followed and, with good link-up play between Spalding’s midfield and ...

The first round of 2015 fixtures in the East Men’s Hockey League threw up two derby games – and it was Spalding who got the better of South Holland foes Long Sutton on both occasions. The two clashes came in the bottom two divisions, with Spalding 4th edging out Sutton 3rd 3-2 and Spalding 5th then comfortably dispatching Sutton 4th ...

A Stuart Cunnington hat-trick ensured that in-form Spalding 1st go in to the East Men’s Hockey League winter break in the most commanding of positions. Ace goal-getter Cunnington notched all three goals as the Division One leaders made it ten wins on the trot with a hard-fought 3-2 triumph at Colchester 1st on Saturday. Table-topping Spalding end 2014 with a ...

Long Sutton’s top ladies’ side smashed rivals Bourne/Deeping 1st 7-0 on Saturday to keep themselves firmly in the East Women’s League Division 2NW title mix. As has been the norm in most games this season, Sutton started with tremendous tempo and pace right from the off – and within the first minute Robyn Gribble had a run from midfield and ...

Division 2NW leaders Spalding Ladies 1st blew away Pelicans with all four unanswered goals in a terrific first half. They started superbly, with a penalty corner finished in typical style by Kelly Slater. A piece of individual brilliance from Katie Gray made it 2-0. She picked the ball up wide left, went past four players before casually rounding the keeper ...

Spalding won the battle of the two underdogs left in the national 2nd XI cup, seeing off Norwich Dragons 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals. Glenn Perkins put them ahead from a short corner and set up Joe Higgins for 2-0. Even though the game was even, Spalding went into the break 3-0 ahead when Hector Moore – with his back ...

Long Sutton Men’s 1st go into a two-week break full of confidence after a 4-0 win over City of Peterborough 2nd in Premier B on Saturday. Sutton’s slick hockey and hard work was too much for COP, who were forced into many mistakes. Harrison intercepted a 16-yard hit and slotted the ball to Fyson who finished superbly into the net ...