England Hockey League

England Hockey League
Sport Hockey
Founded 2003
No. of teams 80
Country England
Official website www.englandhockey.co.uk

The England Hockey League (EHL) is the top tier of the national field hockey league system in England, and is run by England Hockey. The men's league is known as the Men's Hockey League, and the women's league is sponsored by Investec and is known as the Investec Women's Hockey League.

Divisions

The EHL was founded in 2003. The league structure was altered for the 2008/2009 season with the aim of promoting appropriate competition for the teams involved whilst reducing the overheads incurred by teams having to travel long distances. Previously there was a national Premier and national Division One league, which had players fed into it by a North league and South league. There is now only one Premier Division, which is fed by three "Conference" leagues, split into North, West and East regions.[1]

The EHL takes new teams into the National North/West/East leagues from five separately run regional hockey associations: East, Midlands, North, South and West. These associations run a multiple-division league structure of their own, and are in turn fed by teams from county or sub-regional hockey associations or leagues. For example, the Yorkshire Hockey Association runs 11 divisions, and those promoted out of the top Division will be received into the lower divisions of the North Hockey Association. Those promoted from the North Hockey Association's top league will be entered into the National North league of the EHL, from which they can be promoted into the EHL Premier league.

Teams for 2015/16 season

The following tables list the teams playing in the England Hockey League for the 2015/16 season.[2][3]

Men's Hockey League

Premier Division Conference East Conference North Conference West
Beeston Brighton & Hove Bowdon Cardiff & UWIC
Brooklands MU Bromley & Beckenham Deeside Ramblers Cheltenham
Cannock Cambridge City Doncaster Chichester Priory Park
Canterbury Holcombe Lichfield Fareham
East Grinstead Harleston Magpies Loughborough Students Guildford
Hampstead & Westminster Oxted Olton & West Warwicks Indian Gymkhana
Holcombe Richmond Preston Isca
Reading Southgate Sheffield Hallam Team Bath Buccaneers
Surbiton Teddington University of Durham University of Birmingham
Wimbledon West Herts Wakefield University of Exeter

Women's Hockey League

Premier Division Conference East Conference North Conference West
Bowdon Hightown Cambridge City Beeston Bristol Firebrands
Buckingham Chelmsford Belper Gloucester City
Canterbury Hampstead & Westminster Ben Rhydding Isca
Clifton Harleston Magpies Brooklands Poynton Olton & West Warwicks
East Grinstead Ipswich Liverpool Sefton Oxford Hawks
Holcombe Maidenhead Loughborough Students Stourport
Leicester Sevenoaks Springfields Sutton Coldfield
Reading Slough University of Durham Swansea
Surbiton St. Albans Wakefield Trojans
University of Birmingham Wimbledon Whitley Bay & Tynemouth University of Bristol

Recent champions

Men's Hockey League Premier Division [4]

Season Champions Runners Up
1999-00 Canterbury Cannock
2000–01 Surbiton Guildford
2001–02 Reading Surbiton
2002–03 Cannock Loughborough Students
2003–04 Cannock Reading
2004–05 Cannock Reading
2005–06 Cannock Surbiton
2006–07 Reading Cannock
2007–08 Reading East Grinstead
2008–09 East Grinstead Reading
2009–10 East Grinstead Beeston
2010–11 Beeston East Grinstead
2011–12 Reading East Grinstead
2012–13 Beeston Surbiton
2013–14 Beeston East Grinstead
2014–15 Wimbledon East Grinstead

Women's Hockey League Premier Division [5]

Season Champions Runners Up
1999-00 Hightown Ipswich
2000–01 Leicester Ipswich
2001–02 Slough Olton & West Warwicks
2002–03 Slough Canterbury
2003–04 Hightown Chelmsford
2004–05 Leicester Ipswich
2005–06 Leicester Canterbury
2006–07 Leicester Slough
2007–08 Slough Bowdon Hightown
2008–09 Bowdon Hightown Olton & West Warwicks
2009–10 Slough Leicester
2010–11 Reading Leicester
2011–12 Leicester Reading
2012–13 Reading Leicester
2013–14 Surbiton Canterbury
2014–15 Surbiton Canterbury

External links

References

  1. "2008/09 Structure - England Hockey". England Hockey. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
  2. "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  3. "Investec Women's Hockey League". England Hockey. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  4. "England Hockey League - History". fixturelive.com. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
  5. "Women's Hockey League - History". fixturelive.com. Retrieved 2013-04-21.
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