The 2019–20
Women's England Hockey League
The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011-2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League.
Format Regula ...
season (sponsored by Investec) is the 2019–20 season of England's field hockey league structure. The season started on 14 September 2019 and was due to end in April 2020 but finished on 5 September 2020 due to
COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
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.
The defending champions are
Surbiton
Surbiton is a suburban neighbourhood in South West London, within the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (RBK). It is next to the River Thames, southwest of Charing Cross. Surbiton was in the historic county of Surrey and since 1965 it has ...
. Conference North champions
Loughborough Students and Conference East champions
Hampstead & Westminster replaced the relegated
Slough
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and
Canterbury
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respectively.
Surbiton were declared champions following the end of the regular season because the playoffs were curtailed on 17 March 2020 due to COVID-19.
Beeston Hockey Club
Beeston Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Beeston, England. The club was founded in 1907, and plays its home games at the Nottingham Hockey Centre in Nottingham. Beeston is nicknamed ''the Bees''.
The men's 1st XI plays in the Men's ...
won the delayed
Championship Cup
The Championship Cup, (known as the Northern Rail Cup for sponsorship reasons), and previously known as the National League Cup, was a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Rugby League Championships. Although the F ...
on 5 September 2020, defeating the defending champions
Clifton Robinsons Hockey Club
Clifton Robinsons Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Westbury-on-Trym in Bristol. It was formed by the merging of Clifton Ladies Hockey Club and Robinsons Hockey Club. The clubs had shared close links for many years, sharing pitches, umpir ...
3–2 in the final.
Competing teams
Premier League
+ Bowdon deducted 3 points for fielding an ineligible player
Play Offs
Semi-finals
Final
England Hockey Women's Championship Cup
The England Hockey Women's Championship Cup is a field hockey cup competition organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. The competition was originally known as the Women's National Clubs Championship. The inaugural com ...
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
See also
2019–20 Men's Hockey League season
References
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England
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2019 in English sport
2020 in English sport
Hockey League