West Hockey Association

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.

West Hockey Association

Sport	Field Hockey
Jurisdiction	West of England
Abbreviation	WHA
Affiliation	England Hockey
Official website
www.hockeywest.co.uk

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.