2022–23 Women's England Hockey League season

The 2022–23 Women's England Hockey League season (sponsored by Vitality) was the 2022–23 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Women's Championship Cup.[1]

Women's England Hockey League
ChampionsEast Grinstead

The season started on 24 September 2022.[2][3] Surbiton are the defending league champions[4] and Beeston are the defending cup holders.[5] The Premier League play offs returned.[6]

East Grinstead won their first ever title after beating Surbiton 3–2 in the play off final.[7]

Beeston defeated Guildford in the England Hockey Women's Championship Cup final.[8]

2022–2023 teams

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Premier Division

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Team City/town Home pitch
Beeston Beeston, Nottinghamshire Nottingham Hockey Centre
Buckingham Buckingham Stowe School
Clifton Robinsons Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol Coombe Dingle Sports Centre
East Grinstead East Grinstead, West Sussex East Grinstead Sports Club
Hampstead & Westminster Maida Vale Paddington Recreation Ground
Holcombe Rochester, Kent Holcombe Park
Loughborough Students Loughborough, Leicestershire Loughborough University
Reading Reading, Berkshire Sonning Lane
Surbiton Long Ditton, Surrey Sugden Road
University of Birmingham Birmingham Bournbrook
University of Nottingham Nottingham David Ross Sports Village, Nottingham Hockey Centre
Wimbledon 1st XI Wimbledon, London Raynes Park High School, King's College School

Division One South

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Team City/town Home pitch
Barnes Chiswick, West London Duke's Meadow, Dan Mason Drive
Cambridge City Cambridge Wilberforce Road
Canterbury Canterbury Polo Farm
Harleston Magpies Harleston Shotford Heath
Isca & University of Exeter Exeter University of Exeter Sports Park
Sevenoaks Sevenoaks, Kent Vine Cricket Ground
Slough Slough, Berkshire Upton Park, Upton Road
Surbiton 2nd XI Long Ditton, Surrey Sugden Road
Witney Witney, Oxfordshire Wood Green School, Woodstock Road
Wimbledon 2nd XI Wimbledon, London Raynes Park High School, King's College School

Division One North

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Team City/town Home pitch
Ben Rhydding Ben Rhydding Coutances Way
Bowdon Hightown Bowdon, Greater Manchester The Bowdon Club
Brooklands Poynton Sale, Greater Manchester Brooklands Sports Club
Durham University Durham The Graham Sports Centre
Gloucester City Gloucester Plock Court and St Peter's High School
Leeds Leeds Sports Park Weetwood
Leicester City Leicester Leicester Grammar School
Stourport Stourport-on-Severn Stourport Sports Club
Sutton Coldfield Sutton Coldfield Rectory Park
Swansea Swansea Swansea University's International Sports Village

Final table

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Premier Division

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Pos Team P W L D Pts Section
1 Surbiton 16 15 0 1 45 top 6
2 Wimbledon 16 9 6 1 33
3 Hampstead & Westminster 16 8 4 4 28
4 East Grinstead 16 7 5 4 26
5 Beeston 16 7 3 6 24
6 Clifton Robinsons 16 4 4 8 16
7 University of Nottingham 16 6 3 7 21 bottom 6
8 University of Birmingham 16 5 4 7 19
9 Loughborough Students 16 4 5 7 17
10 Reading 16 4 3 9 15
11 Holcombe (R) 16 3 5 8 14
12 Buckingham (R) 16 3 0 13 9

Play-offs

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The semi-finals took place on 1 April and the final on 2 April, at the Surbiton Hockey Club.[9]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 Apr – Long Ditton
 
 
Surbiton 5
 
2 Apr – Long Ditton
 
Hampstead & Westminster 3
 
Surbiton 2
 
1 Apr – Long Ditton
 
East Grinstead 3
 
Clifton Robinsons3 (8)p
 
 
East Grinstead3 (9)p
 

East Grinstead
Isabel Field (gk), Sally Sime (FG, 61st minute), Alex Malzer, Amy Thompson, Guadalupe Fernández Lacort (c), Harriet Mitchell, Courtney Hansford, Laura Roper (PC, 11th minute), Carlota Gomez, Tessa Howard, Olivia Breed, Anna Faulstich (FG, 18th minute), Chloe Brown, Mollie Mason, Sophie Bray, Pip Lock

Surbiton
Sabbie Heesh (gk), Louisa Bray (gk) Giselle Ansley, Darcy Bourne, Alice Wills, Meg Dowthwaite, Hannah Martin, Holly Payne, Sophie Hamilton (FG, 39th minute), Eloise Stenner, Steph Elliott (c), Leah Wilkinson (PC, 33rd minute), Izzy Petter, Amy Costello, Alice Sharp, Martha le Huray

Division One South

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Pos Team P W L D Pts
1 Isca & University of Exeter (P) 18 14 3 1 45
2 Sevenoaks 18 12 1 5 37
3 Barnes 18 10 6 2 36
4 Slough 18 8 5 5 29
5 Surbiton 2nd XI 18 5 9 4 24
6 Wimbledon 2nd XI 18 5 5 8 20
7 Canterbury 18 4 5 9 17
8 Harleston Magpies 18 4 4 10 16
9 Cambridge City (R) 18 3 4 11 13
10 Witney (R) 18 1 6 11 9

Division One North

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Pos Team P W L D Pts
1 Bowdon Hightown (P) 18 15 1 2 46
2 Stourport 18 14 2 2 44
3 Durham University 18 11 5 2 38
4 Leicester City 18 7 4 7 25
5 Sutton Coldfield 18 6 4 8 22
6 Swansea 18 5 4 9 19
7 Ben Rhydding 18 5 3 10 18
8 Gloucester City 18 4 4 10 16
9 Leeds (R) 18 4 3 11 15
10 Brooklands Poynton (R) 18 3 2 13 11


Semi-finals

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Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
16 Apr Clifton Robinsons Beeston 4–4 (p)
16 Apr Liverpool Sefton Guildford 2–7

Final

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Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers
1 May Beeston Guildford 4–2 Burrell (2), Robinson, Miller / Wood, Farrar

Beeston
Steph Tirrell (gk), Nicola Moss, Julie Whiting, Ella Cusack, Cerys Miller, Jane Kilpatrick, lauren Burrell (c), Hannah grieve, Beatrice Bell, Maddie Pendle, Sophie Robinson, Jess Hood, Madeleine Newitt, Nadia Benallal, Lauren Dunn, Rosy Stephens

Guildford
Rose Thomas, Kelly Taylor (c), Stephanie Smith, Anna Kurovska, Charlotte Barr, Nicola Wren, Valeriia Tyschenko, Georgie Lawes, Alex medlicott, Robyn Bentley, Alice Welland, Katerina Xenoudakis, Lucy Wood, Abbi Howgate, Helen Jelley, Juliet Farrar

Conference divisions

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Below the top three divisions are four Conference divisions - Midlands, North, East and West.[10]

See also

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2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season

References

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  1. ^ "Vitality Womens Hockey League". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Women's Hockey League results and fixtures". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Matches, Fixtures, Results, Tables". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Club Round Up: 2nd & 3rd April 2022". Surbiton HC. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Beeston And Knole Park Earn Cup Final Victories". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  6. ^ "England Hockey League Premier Division Semi Finals 2023". England Hockey. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ^ "England Hockey League Premier Division Finals 2023". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Match report". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Premier Division League Finals Weekend - Semi Finals". England Hockey. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Vitality Women's Conference East | England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2022.