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SPALDING 1st MARCH TO PROMOTION IN 9 GOAL THRILLER!!
March 2nd XI 0 vs 9 Spalding 1st XI
Spalding travelled to March knowing if results went their way promotion would be secured with 3 games remaining.
The First half saw Spalding playing some of their finest hockey all season, carving March open with some glorious passing hockey. Young Glen Perkins got the 1st finishing of a flowing move. Spalding looked in the mood for scoring goals with Martin Perkins flicking the ball home from a short and Pete Wright sweeping in the 3rd. March didn’t know how to cope with the onslaught. Jason Purlant added a 4th from close range and Phil Callow got in on the action bagging his second of the season. March would have been praying for the first half whistle to go but with a minute before half time Perkins junior added his second to take the visitors in to a 6 - 0 lead.
The second half saw much of the same outcome with Spalding having all the possession and March desperately defending to keep the score line in single figures. Jason got the second half tally underway with his second goal finishing from close range. Martin quickly followed adding his second. With March tiring and Spalding seeing all of the ball, Purllant bagged his hatrick making it 9 - 0 with 10 minutes remaining to see Spalding seal a very comfortable performance. With Wisbech losing 4-0 at Perborough Town 4th team
Spalding’s win saw them move 10 points clear of 3rd place Wisbech with 9 points available guaranteeing promotion. Spalding need 5 points from a possible 9 to secure the title and become NE14 Hockey Division 3NW champions.
The team have been in terrific form since the second half of last season and apart from a two game blip after xmas have only lost two other games since January 2009. Chairman Fred Morris: “Promotion is justly deserved and we now want to remain focused on attaining the league title”.
The club continues to grow in numbers and the clubs primary aim over the next three years is to build on this promotion and improve the standard at which each of it’s five mens teams play their East hockey. The club has grown in the last 5 years from a 3 team club to a seven team club, including two ladies teams. Any players interested in joining the club at any level can visit the club website www.spaldinghockeyclub.co.uk
Spalding travel to City of Peterborough 5ths this Saturday for 10:00am push back.Spalding 3s 5-3 Wisbech
Spalding hosted wisbech at glen park on Saturday, With wisbech being 4th in the table just behind and the home side and the end of the season looming three points would have been greatly received by both sides. The game was tight and both sides were playing end-to-end hockey and putting the opposition’s defence under pressure. The home side drew first blood with Shaun dewing converting the first penalty corner with an absolute rocket of a shot screaming past the stranded defence on the line. The away team weren’t going to give up and put spading defence under pressure eventually winning a short corner, which they converted. Spalding took a 2-1 lead into the break after Shaun Dewing broke through into the D beating the defence and goalkeeper. Wisbech came back after the half time break and caught Spalding defence unaware, pulling the score level. The home side quickly got the ball back down to the wisbech goal and won a short corner, which nick law squeezed, threw the stranded defence and keeper. A defensive error gifted wisbeach a 3rd goal but Spaldings fifth goal game from a well practised short corner routine that found vice captain Dewing slotting home again giving him a grand total of 31 goals in 11 games for the 3s.City of Peterborough ladies 2nd 1 Spalding Ladies 1st 2
Spalding Ladies 1st continue their winning ways when they travelled to Peterborough this Saturday. Against the run of play in the first half peterborough scored a weak goal but poachers instantly responded when Jaqui Hunter took the ball from the centre spot to find spaldings player of the match Kelly Slater, who's well executed strike enabled them to equalise. Second half saw poachers begin to monopolise the game and their hard work paid of when Spaldings Captain Roz Dennis strike at the top of the oppositions D left the home teams defence stranded and powerless to stop the goal, giving poachers their well deserved win.
7th March 2010 - Monthly 12’s Lincolnshire Hockey League
With all the players enthusiasm to play we took 2 sides to this month’s 12’s Lincs Hockey League at Skegness, team B playing in the league and finishing top gaining promotion to division 1 with 5 wins out of 5 and scoring 11 goals and conceding 0. Team A playing as friendlies finishing also with 5 wins out of 5 and scoring 11 goals aswell, and without conceding any. Both teams deserved their victories after all the players in all positions played so well.
Squads- TEAM B- Harry Bettinson, Joe Higgins, Jack Drury, William Flatters, Dominic Ibrahim, Carlos Ortiz-Jimenez, Luke Barkworth GK, Sam Sly.
TEAM A- Katie Gray, Cameron Ibrahim, Hector Moore, Harry Higgins, Claude Smith-Hughes, Max Pearce GK, Peter Gray.