2023–24 Women's England Hockey League season explained

Competition:Women's England Hockey League
Winners:Surbiton
Prevseason:2022–23
Nextseason:2024–25

The 2023–24 Women's England Hockey League season (sponsored by Vitality) is the 2023–24 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Women's Championship Cup for women.[1]

The season started on 16 September 2023.[2] East Grinstead were the defending league champions[3] and Beeston were the defending cup holders, having won the last two season's cup competitions.[4]

Surbiton won the league championship, defeating Hampstead & Westminster 3-1 in the play off final.[5] Beeston won the England Hockey Men's Championship Cup for the third consecutive season.[6]

Format

The Premier Division changed the system of phases and matches, whereby it was possible for a team finishing eighth after phase 2 to still win the title.

2023–2024 teams

Premier Division

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BeestonNottingham HC
Bowdon HightownThe Bowdon Club
Clifton RobinsonsCoombe Dingle Sports Centre
East GrinsteadEast Grinstead Sports Club
PaddingtonPaddington Recreation Ground
University of Exeter Sports Park
Loughborough University
ReadingSonning Lane
Sugden Road
Birmingham Bournbrook
Nottingham David Ross Sports Village, Nottingham HC
Wimbledon 1st XIWimbledonRaynes Park High School, King's College School

Division One South

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BarnesDuke's Meadow, Dan Mason Drive
CanterburyCanterburyPolo Farm
Harleston MagpiesHarlestonShotford Heath
HolcombeRochesterHolcombe Park
SevenoaksVine Cricket Ground
SloughUpton Park, Upton Road
SouthgateSouthgate Hockey Centre
Sugden Road
Bath University of Bath
WimbledonRaynes Park HS, King's College School

Division One North

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Ben RhyddingBen RhyddingCoutances Way
BuckinghamBuckinghamStowe School
Durham The Graham Sports Centre
Gloucester CityPlock Court and St Peter's High School
Leicester Leicester Grammar School
Solihull West Warwickshire Sports Complex
StourportStourport-on-SevernStourport Sports Club
Sutton ColdfieldRectory Park
SwanseaSwansea Swansea University's International Sports Village
Wakefield College Grove Sports Ground

Final tables

Premier Division

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1 16 13 03 39top 6-top 8
2 16 111 434 top 6-top 8
3 1611 1434top 6-top 8
4 16 8 3 5 27top 6-top 8
5 16 54719 top 6-top 8
6 16 36 7 15top 6-top 8
7 Wimbledon167 63 27bottom 6-top 8
8 16 64 6 22bottom 6-top 8
9 18 6 48 22bottom 6 - bottom 4
10 University of Birmingham18 4 8 6 20bottom 6 - bottom 4
11 18 5 21117 bottom 6 - bottom 4
12 18 11164bottom 6 - bottom 4

Top 8 - Phase 3

Pool A
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1 Surbiton 9
2 Hampstead & W 6
3 Univ of Nott 3
4 Clifton Robinsons 0
Pool B
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1 East Grinstead 8
2 Wimbledon 6
3 Reading3
4 Bowdon1

Finals weekend

Surbiton
Amber Walton (gk) Giselle Ansley, Sarah Eavns, Meg Dowthwaite, Holly Payne, Sophie Hamilton (fg 58th minute), Eloise Stenner, Steph Elliott (c), Martha Taylor, Leah Wilkinson (pc 39th minute), Izzy Petter, Katie Curtis, Amy Costello, Alice Sharp (pc 49th minute), Elani Sherwood, Josefina Hippe

Hampstead & W
Miriam Pritchard (gk), Olivia Hamilton, Phoebe Willars, Katherine Baker (c), Sarah Robertson, Lily Owlsey, Sofia Martin, Philippa Lewis, Madi Ratcliffe (fg 20th minute), Melanie Wilkinson, Rachel Greenwood, Joie Leigh, Holly Hunt, Esme Burge, Lauren Hunt, Iona Campbell

Division One South

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1 18 14 13 43
2 18 123 3 39
3 1812 1537
4 18 9 2729
5 18 7 3 824
6 18 56 721
7 18 621020
8 Wimbledon 2nd XI18 5112 16
9 18 441016
10 18 3 3 12 12

Division One North

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1 18 1422 44
2 18115 2 38
3 18 10 53 35
4 18 9 4 5 31
5 188 3 7 27
6 1874725
7 1836 9 15
8 184 2 12 14
9 18 331212
10 181611 9

Semi-finals

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7 Apr Doncaster Holcombe 0–4
7 Apr Surbiton 2nd XI Beeston 2–7

Final

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6 May Beeston Holcombe 2–1

Beeston
Steph Tirrell (gk), Nicola Moss, Ella Cusack, Cerys Miller, Jane Kilpatrick, Lauren Burrell (c), Hannah Grieve, Beatrice Bell, Lottie Summers (fg 59th minute), Lucy Millington (pc 39th minute), Lauren Dunn, Rosy Stephens, Katie Mason, Julia Spence, Amelie Clarkson, Jessica Mauro

Holcombe
Tilly Woodhead (gk), Robyn Hodges, Lottie Bingham, Tilly Tillings, Emma Bandurak, Deanna Ritchie, Lucy Whalley, Leisa Randall, Harriet Pittard (c), Bethan Hodges, Hattie Jones (pc 66th minute), Catherine Ledesma, Charlotte Daly, Hannah Bond, Hannah Carney, Marian Ledesma

See also

2023–24 Men's England Hockey League season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vitality Womens Hockey League . England Hockey . 3 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Women's Hockey League results and fixtures . England Hockey . 3 November 2023.
  3. Web site: England Hockey League Premier Division Finals 2023 . England Hockey . 4 April 2023.
  4. Web site: Match report . England Hockey . 6 August 2023.
  5. Web site: W1 Win Ninth League Title With Victory over Hampstead . Surbiton HC. 16 April 2024.
  6. Web site: England Hockey Cup: Beeston claim title double . The Hockey Paper . 11 May 2024.