West Hockey Association

West Hockey Association

Sport	Field Hockey
Jurisdiction	West of England, South West of England, South Wales
Abbreviation	WHA
Affiliation	England Hockey
Official website
west.englandhockey.co.uk

West Hockey Association runs field hockey leagues for teams based in the West of England, the South West of England and South Wales. The leagues feed teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and receives teams from sub-regional (county) leagues.

League Structure

The West Men's Hockey League is the men's league and covers fifteen counties from England and South Wales. The league comprises 25 divisions across seven tiers of the league pyramid.

The West Women's Hockey League is the women's league and predominantley covers nine counties from England, with the Premier Division covering additional counties from South Wales. There is a separate South Wales Women's Hockey League that covers teams in South Wales and feeds teams from their Premier 1 into the West Women's Premier.^[1][2] The catchment area covers the following counties:^[3]

• Avon
• Cornwall
• Devon
• Dorset
• Gloucestershire
• Herefordshire
• Somerset
• Wiltshire
• Channel Islands
• Carmarthenshire (men's general, women's Premier)
• Ceredigion (men's general, women's Premier)
• Glamorgan (men's general, women's Premier)
• Monmouthshire (men's general, women's Premier)
• Pembrokeshire (men's general, women's Premier)
• Powys (men's general, women's Premier)

Recent champions

West Men's Premier Division Season Champions Runners Up 2001–02 Team Bath Buccaneers M1s Isca M1s 2002–03 Whitcurch M1s Taunton Vale M1s 2003–04 Whitcurch M1s Isca M1s 2004–05 Plymouth Marjon M1s Cardiff M1s 2005–06 University of Exeter M1s Isca M1s 2006–07 Cardiff M1s Robinsons M1s 2007–08 Cardiff & Met M1s Gloucester City M1s 2008–09 Plymouth Marjon M1s Taunton Vale M1s 2009–10 University of Exeter A Cheltenham M1s 2010–11 Cardiff & Met M1s Robinsons M1s 2011–12 Bristol Firebrands M1s University of Exeter A 2012–13 Isca M1s University of Exeter A 2013–14 University of Exeter A Whitchurch M1s 2014–15 Isca M1s Bristol Firebrands M1s 2015–16 University of Bristol M1s Cardiff & Met A 2016–17 Clifton Robinsons M1s University of Cardiff M1s 2017–18 University of Bristol M1s Plymouth Marjon M1s 2018–19 Ashmoor M1s Cheltenham M1s 2019–20 2020–21 Cancelled due to COVID-19 2021–22 2022–23 Cheltenham M1s Team Bath Buccaneers M2s 2023–24 Team Bath Buccaneers M2s Whitchurch M1s 2024–25 [4]

West Women's Premier Division 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 W1s Bournemouth W1s 2011–12 Taunton Vale W1s Bournemouth W1s 2012–13 Exe W1s Cheltenham W1s 2013–14 Cheltenham W1s Team Bath Buccaneers W1s 2014–15 University of Bristol W1s Exe W1s 2015–16 Exe W1s Cheltenham W1s 2016–17 Clifton Robinsons W2s Team Bath Buccaneers W1s 2017–18 Clifton Robinsons W2s Exe W1s 2018–19 Team Bath Buccaneers W1s Cheltenham W1s 2019-20 2020–21 Cancelled due to COVID-19 2021–22 2022–23 Clifton Robinsons W2s Cardiff & Met W1s 2023–24 Lansdown W1s Penarth W1s 2024–25 [5][6]

References

1. "South Wales Women's Hockey League". Retrieved 10 October 2024.
2. "West Hockey Association". West Hockey Association. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
3. "West Hockey - About the West Area". Retrieved 10 October 2024.
4. "West & South Wales Hockey League Results Page". wswhl.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
5. "West Clubs Women's Hockey League Results Page". wswhl.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
6. "West Hockey - Competitions". Retrieved 10 October 2024.