The 2022–23
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 Vitality) was the 2022–23 season of England's field hockey league structure and
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 ...
.
The season started on 24 September 2022.
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 ...
are the defending league champions and
Beeston are the defending
cup holders. The Premier League play offs returned.
East Grinstead
East Grinstead is a town in West Sussex, England, near the East Sussex, Surrey, and Kent borders, south of London, northeast of Brighton, and northeast of the county town of Chichester. Situated in the extreme northeast of the county, the civ ...
won their first ever title after beating
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 ...
3–2 in the play off final.
Beeston defeated
Guildford
Guildford ()
is a town in west Surrey, around southwest of central London. As of the 2011 census, the town has a population of about 77,000 and is the seat of the wider Borough of Guildford, which had around inhabitants in . The name "Guildf ...
in the
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 ...
final.
2022–2023 teams
Premier Division
Division One South
Division One North
Final table
Premier Division
Play-offs
The semi-finals took place on 1 April and the final on 2 April, at the
Surbiton Hockey Club
Surbiton Hockey Club is a field hockey club based in Long Ditton, Surrey, England. The club is one of the oldest hockey clubs in the world, being established in 1874. The home ground is based in Long Ditton, at Sugden Road. The club is currently ...
.
East Grinstead
Isabel Field (gk), Sally Sime,
Alex Malzer, Amy Thompson,
Guadalupe Fernández Lacort (c), Harriet Mitchell, Courtney Hansford,
Laura Roper, Carlota Gomez,
Tessa Howard
Tessa Howard (born 6 January 1999) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for East Grinstead and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Club career
She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier ...
, Olivia Breed, Anna Faulstich, Chloe Brown, Mollie Mason,
Sophie Bray
Sophie Charlotte Bray, (born 12 May 1990) is an English international field hockey player who played as a forward for England women's national field hockey team, England and Great Britain women's national field hockey team, Great Britain.
She c ...
, Pip Lock
Surbiton
Sabbie Heesh
Sabbie Heesh (born 16 December 1991) is an English field hockey player who plays as a goalkeeper for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Club career
She plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premier Divis ...
(gk), Louisa Bray (gk) Giselle Ansley,
Darcy Bourne
Darcy Tabitha Bourne (born 13 October 2001) is an English field hockey player who plays as a forward for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.
She was educated at Wellington College, Berkshire.
Club career
Bourne plays cl ...
, Alice Wills, Meg Dowthwaite, Hannah Martin,
Holly Payne
Holly Lynn Payne is an American author and screenwriter. She has written four novels: ''The Virgin's Knot'', ''The Sound of Blue'', '' The Kingdom of Simplicity'', and ''Damascena''.
Early life and education
Payne was born and grew up near Lanca ...
,
Sophie Hamilton
Sophie Hamilton (born 28 February 2001) is an English field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Surbiton and the England and Great Britain national teams.
Club career
Hamilton plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League Premi ...
,
Eloise Stenner,
Steph Elliott (c),
Leah Wilkinson
Leah Julia Wilkinson (born 3 December 1986) is a Welsh international field hockey player who plays as a defender for Wales and Great Britain.
She was born in Burton-on-Trent, England, and plays club hockey in the Women's England Hockey League P ...
, Izzy Petter, Amy Costello, Alice Sharp, Martha le Huray
Division One South
Division One North
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 ...
Semi-finals
Final
*
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre is a sports and leisure venue located in Leyton, London Borough of Waltham Forest, to the north of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. It is regularly used for international field hockey fixtures by both the Great ...
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
Below the top three divisions are four Conference divisions - Midlands, North, East and West.
See also
2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season
References
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England
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2022 in English sport
2023 in English sport