Paul Howden's memorial service will be held on Monday 16th January 1:30pm at Frampton Church and afterwards at Boston West Golf Club. Paul's family are aiming to fulfil his wishes to be buried in Cyprus. 

In order to give the family an idea of numbers please can you let Karen Barkworth know if you will be attending.

It is with great sadness that we report that Paul passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. Paul had suffered another heart attack very recently and his family were at his bedside in Pilgrim Hospital.

Just last season, Paul was our larger than life goalkeeper for the Men's 3rd team and was always keen to play whenever possible even though his health was failing in the latter years. Paul will be sadly missed by all who knew him.

In the final games of the Midlands League 2 of the EHB Girls u16 Championship played at Uppingham, our girls beat Leicester 3-2 and City of Peterborough 5-0 to win the section in fine style.

Lily Dobbs, Katie Gray and Di Bevan put Spalding 3-0 up in the game against Leicester but two late goals set up  nervy finish but our girls defended solidly to pull off an excellent win. In the final game, Katie Gray (4) and Lily Dobbs put the finishing touches to a very mature performance which qualifies us for Tier 2 of the competition. Eight teams fom across the Midlands will compete for two places in the National Finals in the spring. 

The Ladies 1st team has been drawn at home against University of East Anglia in the second round of the EHB Vase competition. The game will take place at Glen Park on Sunday 20th November 2.00 p.m. start.

The Ladies would dearly love to have a big crowd to cheer them on so please put this in your diary now.

Leighton Buzzard 3 Spalding 4 (extra time golden goal)

see results page for full report 

The Club's first ever International Summer Camp staged at Surfleet on 25th and 26th August was an outstanding success. Sixty young players aged 10 to 18 from SHC and other Lincolnshier Clubs enjoyed two days of intensive high quality coaching from ex England international Matt Taylor and his team. Matt, who currently plays for Beeston who are at the top end of the English Hockey League, was joined by goalkeeper coach, Ashley Watson from National League Doncaster and current England and Great Britain under 21 players Hollie Webb, Jo Hunter and Mike Scanlon who all play their domestic hockey at Beeston HC.

Despite the atrocious weather, particularly on Friday, the young players worked extremely hard over the two days and found the course both enjoyable and rewarding. Matt Taylor and his team were impressed by the attitude of the youngsters and added that there were some extremely talented youngsters present who were at the same time so coachable.

The coaching team presented prizes at the conclusion of the course to those individuals who they considered had made the most progress over the two days. The goalkeeping award went to Luke Barkworth (SHC) an dthe outfield awards went to Tamika Providence, Peter Gray and Robert Dalton (all SHC). The major award, a set of Matt Taylor's own brand of playing kit, went to the individual who the coaches considered had made the biggest contribution to the course overall and this too went to a Spalding player - 12 year old Samuel Sly.

Such was the outstanding success of the course that Matt Taylor and his team have agreed to return next year and the dates have been set as Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th August 2012.

Former England hockey player and current Beeston HC star Matt Taylor will lead a team of current international players at the Club's first ever Summer Camp this week. Matt will be joined by Ashley Watson, a GK coach from Doncaster HC and current England and GB under 21 internationals Hollie Webb, Martin Scanlon and Jo Hunter who also play for Beeston HC.

This impressive squad, who may also be joined by coach Keith Taylor, will be coaching around 60 young players from SHC and other Lincolnshire Clubs on Thursday 25th and Friday 26th August from 9.30 to 5.00pm. On the Thursday evening, the coaches will be putting the Club's senior players through their paces from 6.00 to 8.00 pm.