English field hockey season
Football 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]
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
Premier Division
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
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
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 .[ 9]
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
Division One North
Semi-finals
Date
Team 1
Team 2
Score
16 Apr
Clifton Robinsons
Beeston
4–4 (p)
16 Apr
Liverpool Sefton
Guildford
2–7
Final
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
Below the top three divisions are four Conference divisions - Midlands, North, East and West.[ 10]
See also
2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season
References
England Hockey League Men's Hockey League Women's Hockey League
Governing bodies National teams Men's competitions Women's competitions