Spalding Hockey Club

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 9Watton 1st 1Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe (4), Harriet Mowbray (3), Maddie Haunch (2).Spalding got back to winning ways in fantastic fashion with a 9-1 win over league strugglers Watton.Creating chances from the off, Spalding soon took the lead and found themselves 3-0 up within the first ten minutes of the game.Watton looked to get back into the game ...

St Neots 1st 3Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1It was Spalding who took the lead in the 22nd minute when Harriet Mowbray put the ball away.This was as good as it got for the visitors who took their 1-0 lead into the break.Spalding saw the game slip away, the equaliser coming five minutes into the second half before they conceded again ten ...

Spalding Ladies’ 1st 1Dereham 1st 6A moment of familiarity for Spalding Ladies 1st as they encountered Dereham for the second week in a row.A free ball was picked up by Charlotte Maplethorpe who dribbled through the Dereham defence before being fouled and rewarded with a penalty stroke. Mia Dewing calmly netted home.Dereham stepped up their game and scored three goals ...

Dereham 1st 5Spalding Ladies’ 1st 0Spalding ventured out to Dereham for their first match back after Christmas.Spalding started strongly with the first pushback and passed the ball around well, however, a quick reaction by Dereham turned into a goal for them and Spalding found themselves 1-0 down.Spalding immediately fought back and were unlucky not to convert one of their three ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s men’s 1st team picked up their first win of the new season on Saturday as they defeated hosts Old Loughtonians 1st 3-2 in a cracker.After a tough start to the new East Men’s Hockey Premier League season following their promotion last year, Spalding raced into a 3-0 lead with Stu Cunnington slotting the opener, Harry Naylor nutmegging ...

Spalding Ladies’ 3rd hockey team snatched victory in a close game against St Neots 3rd at the weekend.The ladies’ 3rds started strongly against an experienced St Neots side and attacked from the whistle.Man of the match Emily Wright persistently used her speed and put crosses in but some excellent keeping from St Neots denied Spalding a goal.After ten minutes, Spalding ...

Old Southendian 1st 4Spalding Men’s 1st 1Goal: Stu Cunnington; MoM: Matthew PeachSpalding made the journey to Southend looking for their first win of the season but found themselves 2-0 down within five minutes.Spalding regained some composure and began to assert their authority but were unable to take any chances. They were unlucky to find themselves 4-0 down after 20 minutes, ...

Wisbech Town 1st 2Spalding Ladies’ 1st 3Goals: Charlotte Maplethorpe (2), Evie MaltbySpalding looked to improve on the pre-season defeat against Wisbech and were delighted to overcome the team riding in second place in the league.Spalding were unable to convert an early short corner and it was Wisbech who found the net from a short corner on 18 minutes.Spalding got their ...

It was a mixed bag for Spalding Men’s hockey teams at the weekend with a hammering for the first and fourth teams, while the seconds and thirds pulled off excellent wins.Ipswich Men’s 1st 6Spalding Men’s 1st 0The game started quickly with Ipswich testing the travelling side early on, but Spalding stood strong and repelled the attacks, even making moves forward ...

Long Sutton 2nd boast the South Holland bragging rites after seeing off Spalding 2nd 4-1 on Saturday.The two sides were locked together at 1-1 in the first half, with Gary Hales’ opener cancelled out by Aaron Scholes at the Peele Leisure Centre.It was all about Sutton after the break, though, as Hales, Daniel Batten and Stef Fox all netted to ...

Spalding Hockey Club’s Young Umpire Development is going from strength to strength, producing new umpires that are now working at local, regional and even national levels.At the recent Lincolnshire County Hockey Umpire Association (LCHUA) AGM, awards were announced for four up and coming young umpires from Spalding, who are all at different stages of their development.Mia Dewing (17) was the ...

There were goals galore for Spalding Men’s as the seconds scored four and the thirds five in their wins. It wasn’t such a good week for the first and fourth teams though as they both lost their fixtures.Spalding Men’s 1st 0 Chelmsford 1st 2The game started at blistering pace with Chelmsford going straight into the attack, putting Spalding onto the ...

It was a mixed bag of results for the men’s teams in the East Hockey League at the weekend.Spalding 1st drew 1-1 with Cambridge City 2nd with Spalding’s only goal coming from Stu Cunnington.Spalding went into their first home game of the season with high spirits after their well-earned point away last weekend. A determined Cambridge side stood in their ...

The East Hockey League returned on Saturday as teams from Spalding and Long Sutton kicked-off another campaign. On the men’s side, Spalding 1st started life in the Premier Division with a 2-2 draw at Cambridge University 1st. There was a defeat for Long Sutton 1st in Division 2NW as they went down 3-2 at Cambridge South 2nd despite goals from ...

Spalding-based internet service provider LightSpeed Broadband has generously donated two new dugouts to Spalding Hockey Club. The dugouts will be used for players, officials and supporters to sit in and take shelter at training and on match days. Originally based at Spalding Grammar School and founded in 1953, Spalding Hockey Club moved to their home at Glen Park, Surfleet, in ...

Some 18 teams from 12 local schools contested the finals of the Spalding Primary Schools’ Hockey Tournaments at Glen Park on Friday night. Having lost the best part of the last two years through COVID-19, it was a relief to all concerned that all five of the tournaments in this school year have now been completed. Hosted by Spalding Hockey ...

It’s been a fine season for local hockey clubs with a host of title triumphs. Spalding men celebrated their East Men’s Division One North crown with a 5-5 draw at home to UEA 1st. A strong start from Spalding was rewarded with a flurry of goals, one of which was outrageously finished by Tom Amess who rifled a reverse stick ...

Spalding Poachers 1st’s hopes of completing a perfect season in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North West are over after a 1-1 home draw with Cambridge City 4th on Saturday. The champions had won their first 20 games, but are now just one game away from the equally impressive feat of going an entire season without defeat following the ...

A first-half strike from Jacob Baker fired Spalding 1st to a 1-0 win at Wisbech Town 1st on Saturday – and clinched his side the East Men’s Hockey League Division One North title with a game to spare. With second-placed Harleston Magpies 2nd surprisingly thrashed 5-0 at UEA, Baker’s sixth-minute strike moved the mighty maroons an unassailable five points clear ...

Spalding Poachers 1st are now just two wins away from completing a perfect season in East Women’s Hockey League Division Two North. Already crowned champions, Poachers made it 20 wins from as many games by beating hosts Cambridge University 3rd 5-2. Charlotte Maplethorpe (2), Georgina Maplethorpe, Evie Maltby and Ellie Holland got the goals for the red-hot side, who are ...