2017–18 England Hockey League season

The 2017–2018 English Hockey League season takes place from 23 September 2017 until 7 May 2018. The regular season consists of two periods, 23 September until 26 November and then 4 February until 25 March.^[1] The end of season play offs known as the League Finals Weekend will be held in April.

League Competitions

Men's Hockey League

The Men's Hockey League consists of a Premier Division and the Conference Divisions of East, North and West.^[2]
2017–18 Men's Hockey League season

Men's Premier Division
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:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Investec Women's Hockey League

The Investec Women's Hockey League consists of a Premier Division and the Conference Divisions of East, North and West.^[3]
2017-18 Investec Women's Hockey League season

Women's Premier Division
Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Surbiton	18	10	4	4	38	21	17	34
2	Holcombe	18	8	7	3	25	20	5	31
3	East Grinstead	18	9	2	7	27	22	5	29
4	Buckingham	18	8	5	5	34	33	1	29
5	University of Birmingham	18	8	4	6	35	26	9	28
6	Canterbury	18	4	8	6	28	29	-1	20
7	Bowdon Hightown	18	5	5	8	15	21	-6	20
8	Clifton Robinsons	18	4	6	8	28	38	-10	18
9	Slough	18	4	6	8	16	31	-15	18
10	Leicester	18	3	7	8	23	28	-5	16

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Playoff Position
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bow	Buc	Can	Cli	EG	Hol	Lei	Slo	Sub	Bir
Bowdon	—	0–1	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1
Buckingham	3–1	—	4–2	3–2	1–3	0–0	2–2	4–1	1–0	2–2
Canterbury	1–0	3–2	—	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	4–2
Clifton Robinsons	3–0	3–4	1–1	—	3–4	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	1–4
East Grinstead	1–2	3–1	2–0	0–2	—	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0
Holcombe	1–0	3–3	0–5	3–0	1–0	—	1–1	3–0	1–3	3–1
Leicester	1–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	—	1–2	1–2	2–2
Slough	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	0–1	2–1	—	1–8	0–1
Surbiton	1–1	1–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–0	4–2	—	2–1
University of Birmingham	1–3	4–0	2–2	5–0	1–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	3–1	—

Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Cup Competitions

The Men's and Women's National Knockout Cup competitions took place from November until May. The 2017-18 season saw a rebranding with the competition now called the England Hockey Championships.^[4]

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 & Tennis Centre on 7 May)^[5]

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Beeston	2-2 (4-2 pens)

Reading
Scorers- (Morton 9 (PC), Boon (68 (PC)) Squad - Tommy Alexander, Dan 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
Scorers - (Hibell 42 (FG), R Lawrence (44 (FG))
Squad - 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

EH Women's Championship Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Buckingham	University of Birmingham	4-0
Bowdon	Brooklands Poynton	1-3
Clifton Robinsons	Reading	2-0
Hampstead & Westminster	Surbiton	2-4

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Brooklands Poynton	2-0
Clifton Robinsons	Buckingham	2-2 (8-7 pens)

Final

(Held at Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 5 May)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Surbiton	Clifton Robinsons	5-0

Surbiton
Scorers- (Pearne-Webb (2), Middleton (2), Page)
Squad - Giselle Ansley, Stephanie Addison, Georgina Twigg, Jo Hunter, Hannah Martin, Emily Atkinson, Olivia Chilton, Beckie Middleton, Sarah Page, Hollie Pearne-Webb, Holly Payne, Alice Sharp, Robyn Collins, Ella Burnley, Anabel Herzsprung, Ellie Shahbo
Clifton
Squad - Sarah Ellis, Nicola Moss, Harriet Smith, Isabel Palmer, Zoe Leach, Joanna Leigh, Abigail Porter, Claire Thomas, Kate Holmes, Holly Savage, Hannah Coulson, Victoria McCabe, Elena Emo, Louisa Bell

Indoor Hockey

During the winter break from December to February the Super 6s Indoor Championship took place.

References

↑ "2017 Hockey League fixtures". England Hockey.
↑ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
↑ "Investec Women's Hockey League". England Hockey.
↑ "Adult Championships". England Hockey.
↑ "Reading retain their EH Men's Championship Cup". England Hockey League.

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[1] "2017 Hockey League fixtures". England Hockey.

[2] "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.

[3] "Investec Women's Hockey League". England Hockey.

[4] "Adult Championships". England Hockey.

[5] "Reading retain their EH Men's Championship Cup". England Hockey League.