2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season

Men's England Hockey League
ChampionsOld Georgians

The 2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season was the 2022–23 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Men's Championship Cup. The season started on 24 September 2022.[1][2]

Old Georgians were the defending league and cup champions.[3] The Premier Division created a system of three phases; the first phase would consist of 10 matches per club and would be completed by the end of 2022, determining the top six clubs (irrespective of home and away advantage) for phase 2.[4] Phase three saw the play offs return and included the bottom four sides competing in a relegation play off.[5]

Old Georgians Hockey Club successfully defended their title after beating Holcombe 5–1 in the play off final.[6] They then won the double after winning the England Hockey Men's Championship Cup, defeating Beeston in the final.[7]

2022-23 teams

Premier Division

Team City/town Home pitch
Beeston Beeston, Nottinghamshire Nottingham Hockey Centre
Brooklands Manchester University Sale, Greater Manchester Brooklands Sports Club
East Grinstead East Grinstead, West Sussex East Grinstead Sports Club, Saint Hill Rd
Hampstead & Westminster Maida Vale, Paddington Paddington Recreation Ground
Holcombe Rochester, Kent Holcombe Park, Curtis Way
Old Georgians Addlestone St George's College
Oxted Oxted Caterham School
Reading Reading, Berkshire Sonning Lane
Surbiton Long Ditton, Surrey Sugden Road
University of Exeter Exeter Streatham Campus
University of Nottingham Nottingham University of Nottingham
Wimbledon Wimbledon, London King's College School

Division One South

Team City/town Home pitch
Brighton & Hove Brighton and Hove Blatchington Mill
Canterbury Canterbury Polo Farm
Old Cranleighans Thames Ditton Portsmouth Road
Old Loughtonians Chigwell Roding Sports Centre, Luxborough Lane
Oxford Hawks Oxford Banbury Road North
Sevenoaks Sevenoaks, Kent Vine Cricket Ground, Hollybush Lane
Southgate Trent Park Southgate Hockey Centre
Team Bath Buccaneers Bath University of Bath
Teddington Teddington Teddington School
University of Bristol Bristol Coombe Dingle Sports Complex, Coombe Lane

Division One North

Team City/town Home pitch
Barford Tigers Birmingham Hamstead Hall Academy
Belper Belper Belper Meadows, Bridge Street
Bowdon Bowdon, Greater Manchester The Bowdon Club
Cambridge City Cambridge University Sports Ground
Cardiff & Met Cardiff Sophia Gardens
Deeside Ramblers Tiverton Whitchurch Road
Durham University Durham The Graham Sports Centre
Loughborough Students Loughborough Loughborough University
Olton & West Warwicks Olton West Warwickshire Sports Club
University of Birmingham University of Birmingham Bournbrook

Final tables

Premier Division

Pos Team P W D L Pts Section
1 Old Georgians 16 15 1 0 46 Top 6
2 Surbiton 16 12 2 2 38
3 Wimbledon 16 10 1 5 31
4 Holcombe 16 9 3 4 30
5 Hampstead and Westminster 16 8 2 6 26
6 Reading 16 4 1 11 13
7 Oxted 16 6 4 6 22 Bottom 6
8 Beeston 16 6 3 7 21
9 University of Nottingham 19 7 1 11 22 Phase 3
10 East Grinstead 19 6 3 10 21
11 University of Exeter (R) 19 6 2 11 20
12 Brooklands Manchester University (R) 19 0 3 16 3

Play-offs

The semi-finals took place on 1 April and the final on 2 April, at the Surbiton Hockey Club.[8]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 Apr – Long Ditton
 
 
Old Georgians 0 (4)p
 
2 Apr – Long Ditton
 
Wimbledon 0 (3)p
 
 Old Georgians5
 
1 Apr – Long Ditton
 
Holcombe 1
 
Surbiton1
 
 
Holcombe2
 

Old Georgians
George Pinner (gk), Henry Weir, Liam Sanford, Nick Page, Kyle Marshall, Tom Carson, James Carson, James Tindall, Dan Shingles, Sam Ward, Josh Pavis, Lee Morton, Edward Carson, James Albery (c), Chris Proctor, James Cunningham

Holcombe
Ollie Payne (gk), Tim Guise-Brown, Sam Taylor, Jose Maldonado, Greg Nolan, Phil Roper, Hayden Phillips, Rhodri Furlong, Jake Owen, Louis Parker, Thomas Russell, Alex Moen, Robert Field, Barry Middleton, Mo Mea, Nick Bandurak (c)

Division One South

Pos Team P W D L Pts
1 Southgate (P) 18 15 1 2 46
2 Old Loughtonians 18 12 1 5 37
3 Teddington 18 11 3 4 36
4 Canterbury 18 10 3 5 33
5 Sevenoaks 18 8 2 8 26
6 Team Bath Buccaneers 18 7 4 7 25
7 Brighton & Hove 18 5 3 10 18
8 Old Cranleighans 18 4 3 11 15
9 University of Bristol 18 2 5 11 11
10 Oxford Hawks 18 2 3 13 9

Division One North

Pos Team P W D L Pts
1 Cardiff & Met (P) 18 16 0 2 48
2 Bowdon 18 14 0 4 42
3 Durham University 18 12 2 4 38
4 Loughborough Students 18 12 2 4 38
5 Olton & West Warwicks 18 6 3 9 21
6 Cambridge City 18 6 2 10 20
7 University of Birmingham 18 5 3 10 18
8 Deeside Ramblers 18 4 3 11 15
9 Belper 18 4 0 14 12
10 Barford Tigers 18 3 1 14 10

England Hockey Men's Championship Cup

Semi-finals

Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
15 Apr Beeston Brooklands 2–1
16 Apr Teddington Old Georgians 1–6

Final

Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers
30 Apr Old Georgians Beeston 5–5 (2–1p) Carson J (2), Weir, Tindall, Shingles / Golden (3), Bhuhi, Fletcher

Old Georgians
Nick Bull (gk), Henry Weir, Nick Page, Kyle Marshall, Tom Carson, James Carson, James Tindall, Dan Shingles (c), Josh Pavis, Edward Carson, Chris Proctor, James Cunningham, Alex Clayton-Jones, Willem Owens, Arthur Owens, Pravinder Hanspal

Beeston
Simon Hujwan (gk), Toby Stanley, Gareth Griffiths (c), Jamie Golden, Henry Croft, Ollie Ashdown, Balraj Panesar, Brendan Andrews, Will Prentice, Alasdair Richmond, Rohan Bhuhi, George Fletcher, Ben Collinson, Louis Duprez, David Bond, Andrew Leonard

Conference divisions

Below the top three divisions are four Conference divisions - Midlands, North, East and West.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's England Hockey League Week 1 2022 Preview". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  2. ^ "MATCH PREVIEW". Reading Hockey Club. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Old Georgians Complete Domestic Double With Tier 1 Cup Final Victory". England Hockey. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Oxted looking to keep top six destiny in their own hands". England Hockey. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ "England Hockey League Premier Division Semi Finals 2023". England Hockey. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  6. ^ "England Hockey League Premier Division Finals 2023". England Hockey. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Match Report". England Hockey. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Premier Division League Finals Weekend - Semi Finals". England Hockey. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Men's Conference North | England Hockey". www.englandhockey.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2022.