2017–18 Men's England Hockey League season

2017–18 Men's England Hockey League season
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The 2017–18 Men's England Hockey League season ran from 23 September 2017 until 25 March 2018 with a winter break in December and January for the Indoor season.

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Locations of the 2017–18 Men's Hockey League teams

Structure

The League consists of 4 different competitions with 10 teams in each competition. The leaders, at the end of the season, from the Premier League compete in a Champions Tournament, whilst the 10th placed top flight team gets relegated and the 9th placed team competes for their place with the winners of the regional conferences.[1]

Premier Division Conference East Conference North Conference West
Beeston Brighton & Hove Bowdon Cardiff & Met
Brooklands MU Cambridge City Cannock Cheltenham
Canterbury Chichester Deeside Ramblers Clifton Robinsons
East Grinstead Old Georgians Doncaster Fareham
Hampstead & Westminster Old Loughtonians Leeds Havant
Holcombe Oxted Loughborough Students Isca
Reading Richmond Preston Olton & West Warwickshire
Sevenoaks Southgate Sheffield Hallam Team Bath Buccaneers
Surbiton Teddington University of Durham University of Birmingham
Wimbledon West Herts University of Nottingham University of Exeter

Premier League

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2017-18 Greater London Men's Hockey League clubs

Final standings

Premier League

Pos Team P W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Wimbledon 18 12 3 3 50 24 26 39
2 Surbiton 18 12 2 4 69 41 28 38
3 Beeston 18 12 1 5 55 34 21 37
4 Hampstead and Westminster 18 11 2 5 63 37 26 35
5 Reading 18 11 0 7 61 36 25 33
6 East Grinstead 18 9 1 8 51 50 1 28
7 Holcombe 18 8 2 8 48 40 8 26
8 Brooklands Manchester University 18 5 2 11 45 52 -7 17
9 Sevenoaks 18 1 2 15 29 83 -54 5
10 Canterbury 18 1 1 16 20 94 -74 4
= Qualified for League finals weekend
= Playoff Position
= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away Bee Bro Can EG HW Hol Rea Sev Sub Wim
Beeston — 1–4 6–3 5–2 4–2 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–5 1–1
Brooklands Manchester University 0–3 — 6–0 4–3 3–5 2–2 2–3 8–4 3–3 1–3
Canterbury 0–5 1–4 — 1–5 3–5 1–5 0–5 3–2 2–6 1–7
East Grinstead 2–5 2–1 6–1 — 1–0 5–1 3–7 6–1 2–3 3–1
Hampstead & Westminster 3–2 4–0 7–0 2–2 — 3–2 2–1 6–1 5–4 1–3
Holcombe 0–2 3–0 8–0 2–3 3–2 — 3–4 3–2 4–2 0–1
Reading 1–2 5–4 5–0 6–1 2–3 1–2 — 6–0 3–1 3–2
Sevenoaks 2–4 3–1 3–3 1–3 2–10 3–3 1–4 — 1–3 0–4
Surbiton 5–4 5–1 7–0 5–1 2–1 3–4 5–3 6–2 — 2–2
Wimbledon 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–1 2–2 4–3 2–1 7–0 1–2 —
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
Apr 28 Wimbledon Hampstead and Westminster 1-2
Apr 28 Surbiton Beeston 2-1

Final

Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
Apr 29 Surbiton Hampstead and Westminster 3-3 (3-2 pens)

Final details

East Conference

Conference East
Brighton & Hove
Cambridge City
Chichester
Old Georgians
Old Loughtonians
Oxted
Richmond
Southgate
Teddington
West Herts

West Conference

Conference West
Cardiff & Met
Cheltenham
Clifton Robinsons
Fareham
Havant
Isca
Olton & West Warwickshire
Team Bath Buccaneers
University of Birmingham
University of Exeter

North Conference

Conference North
Bowdon
Cannock
Deeside Ramblers
Doncaster
Leeds
Loughborough Students
Preston
Sheffield Hallam
University of Durham
University of Nottingham

EH Men's Championship Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston University of Birmingham 5-3
Reading Fareham 7-1
Bowdon Sheffield Hallam 4-1
Old Loughtonians Oxted 5-1

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Beeston Bowdon 2-1
Reading Oxted 3-2

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre on 7 May)[4]

Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers
Reading Beeston 2-2 (4-2 pens) Morton, Boon / Hibell, R Lawrence

Reading
Tommy Alexander, Daniel Kyriakides, Adam Miller, Richard Mantell, Ben Boon, Edward Carson, Dan Shingles, Ben Francis, Dale Hutchinson, Tim Atkins, James Royce, Nick Park, Owain Dolan Gray, Lee Morton, Tom Carson, Stuart Loughrey, James Carson, Ciaran O'Connell
Beeston
Elliot Hibell, Simon Hujwan, Mark Wadsley, Kyle Marshall, Robbie Gleeson, Gareth Griffiths, Joe Sharp, Gareth Andrew, Lucas Garcia Alcalde, Stephen Lawrence, Richard Lawrence, Marius Gemmel, Chris Proctor, Matthew Crookshank, Simon Claris, Navraj Degun

See also

References

  1. ^ "Final Table". England Hockey. Archived from the original on 9 September 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Men's Premier League". Fixtures Live.
  3. ^ "Report". Surbiton Hockey Club.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Reading retain their EH Men's Championship Cup". England Hockey League.