West Hockey Association

West Hockey Association
SportField Hockey
JurisdictionWest of England
AbbreviationWHA
AffiliationEngland Hockey
Official website
www.hockeywest.co.uk

West Hockey Association runs field hockey leagues based in the West of England and South West of England. The leagues feed teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and receives teams from sub-regional (county) leagues.

League Structure

The male league is West of England & South Wales (WoESW) Hockey League (currently the GoCrea8 Hockey League for sponsorship reasons) and covers fifteen counties. The league comprises 25 divisions across seven tiers of the league pyramid, with the Premiership division at Tier 1.

The female league is the West Clubs Women's Hockey League, (a separate league association covers South Wales: the South Wales Women's Hockey League.[1]). The structure consists of a Premier Division 1, with subsequent lower Premier divisions, followed by regional and county divisions.[2]

  • Avon
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset
  • Gloucestershire
  • Herefordshire
  • Somerset
  • Wiltshire
  • Channel Islands
  • Carmarthenshire (mens only)
  • Ceredigion (mens only)
  • Glamorgan (mens only)
  • Monmouthshire (mens only)
  • Pembrokeshire (mens only)
  • Powys (mens only)

Recent champions

GoCrea8 Hockey League Premiership (Men's)

Season Champions Runners Up
2001–02 Team Bath Buccaneers Isca
2002–03 Whitcurch Taunton Vale
2003–04 Whitcurch Isca
2004–05 Plymouth Marjon Cardiff
2005–06 University of Exeter Isca
2006–07 Cardiff Robinsons
2007–08 Cardiff & Met Gloucester City
2008–09 Plymouth Marjon Taunton Vale
2009–10 University of Exeter A Cheltenham
2010–11 Cardiff & Met Robinsons
2011–12 Bristol Firebrands University of Exeter A
2012–13 Isca University of Exeter A
2013–14 University of Exeter A Whitchurch
2014–15 Isca Bristol Firebrands
2015–16 University of Bristol Cardiff & Met A
2016–17 Clifton Robinsons University of Cardiff
2017–18 University of Bristol Plymouth Marjon
2018–19 Ashmoor Cheltenham
2019–20
[3]

West Clubs Women's Hockey League Premier Division 1

Season Champions Runners Up
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11 Gloucester Bournemouth
2011–12 Taunton Vale Bournemouth
2012–13 Exe Cheltenham
2013–14 Cheltenham Team Bath Buccaneers
2014–15 University of Bristol Exe
2015–16 Exe Cheltenham
2016–17 Clifton Robinsons 2 Team Bath Buccaneers
2017–18 Clifton Robinsons 2 Exe
2018–19 Team Bath Buccaneers Cheltenham
2019-20
[4]

References

  1. ^ "Fixtures & Results - Hockey Wales". South Wales Women. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  2. ^ "West Hockey Association". West Hockey Association. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ "West & South Wales Hockey League Results Page". wswhl.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  4. ^ "West Clubs Women's Hockey League Results Page". wswhl.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
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