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Field Hockey In England
Field hockey in England is usually referred to simply as "hockey" instead of field hockey, whereas other variants of hockey, such as ice hockey, are referred to by their full name. The sport is played on astroturf pitches. The sport is played on an amateur basis. See also * Field hockey in Great Britain * England Hockey * England men's national field hockey team * England women's national field hockey team The England women's national field hockey team are the current Commonwealth Games champions having previously won silver 3 times. England have also won the 2006 Women's Field Hockey World Cup Qualifier and the 2002 Champions Challenge. Histo ... References {{Field hockey in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England Hockey
England Hockey is the Sports governing body, national governing body for the sport of field hockey in England. There are separate governing bodies for the sport in the other parts of the United Kingdom. History and organisation England Hockey was formed on 1 January 2003 to replace the English Hockey Association (EHA) which had had to suspend operations in 2002 because of significant financial problems. The English Hockey Association had in turn been formed in 1996 to combine the function of the separate governing bodies for men's, women's and mixed hockey. Following the demise of the EHA, England men's national field hockey team, England's international hockey was for a time managed through a separate limited company called World Class Hockey Limited, which was funded entirely by Sport England. These operations were merged back into England Hockey on 1 July 2005. The second tier of hockey administration in England consists of five regional associations: East Region Hockey Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men's England Hockey League
The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England and Wales. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of twelve teams. Below this is tier two, which consists of two ten-team Division One regional teams (North and South). The third tier consists of three regional conferences North, West, and East, all consisting of ten teams. The teams play each other home and away during an 18 week season from September to April. The league has a winter break between December and February. The winners of the Premier Division regular season automatically qualify to play in the Euro Hockey League. League Finals Weekend The top four Premier Division teams from the regular season qualify for the League Finals Weekend. The team that wins this tournament will be overall champions of the Men's England Hockey League and will qualify to play in the Euro Hockey L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women's England Hockey League
The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011–2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format Regular season There are 62 teams in the league, the top tier consists of a Premier Division of 12 teams. Below this is tier two, which consists of two ten team Division One regional teams (North and South). The third tier consists of three regional conferences North, West, and East, all consisting of ten teams. The teams play each other home and away during an 18 week season from September to April. The league has a winter break between December and February. At the end of the season there are a series of play-offs that decide which teams are promoted and relegated and which team finish as champions. The winners of the Premier Division regular season automatically qualify to play in the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup. League Finals Wee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Region Hockey Association (field Hockey)
The East Hockey Association is the organising body for field hockey in the East of England. It feeds teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and takes teams from sub-regional leagues. League structure The men's and women's leagues both share a similar structure consisting of a Premier Division 1, with subsequent lower Premier divisions, followed by regional and sub-regional (county) divisions. Following a league restructure in 2021, The East Region Hockey Association was replaced by East Hockey and the catchment area was reduced to cover the following counties: *Bedfordshire *Cambridgeshire *Essex *Hertfordshire *Lincolnshire (South only) *Norfolk *Suffolk Suffolk ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia. It is bordered by Norfolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Essex to the south, and Cambridgeshire to the west. Ipswich is the largest settlement and the county ... Recent champions East Men's Premier Division East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midland Regional Hockey Association
The Midlands Hockey Association is the organising body for field hockey in the Midlands, England. It feeds teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and receives teams from regional and county leagues. League structure The men's and women's Midlands Hockey league structure consists of a Premier Division 1 that feeds into the National League, and then regional and sub-regional divisions. The Midlands area covers following counties: *Derbyshire *Leicestershire *Northamptonshire *Nottinghamshire *Rutland *Shropshire *Staffordshire *Warwickshire * West Midlands *Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ... Recent champions Midlands Men's Premier Division Midlands Women's Premier Division References Field hockey governing bodies in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Hockey Association
The North West Hockey Association runs field hockey, hockey leagues based in the North West of England. It feeds teams into the Men's England Hockey League, Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and receives teams from regional and county leagues. League Structure The men's and women's leagues both share a similar structure consisting of a Premier Division, and then regional and sub-regional divisions. North West Hockey was created in 2021 as part of England Hockey's "Eight Areas" restructuring of regional leagues. At a regional level, the North Hockey Association was split and replaced with North West Hockey and Yorkshire Hockey Association, Yorkshire and North East Hockey. The North West area covers the following counties: *Cheshire *Cumbria *Greater Manchester *Lancashire *Merseyside Recent Champions North West Men's Premier Division North West Women's Premier Division References Field hockey governing bodies in England Field hockey leagues in England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Counties Hockey Association (field Hockey)
Southern Counties Hockey Association ran hockey leagues in the South and South East of England. The leagues fed teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and received teams from sub-regional (county) leagues. England Hockey restructured regional hockey governing bodies in 2021. Leagues administered by the Southern Counties Hockey Association were split between South East Hockey and South Central Hockey. Sub-regional hockey associations were dissolved, with the new regional bodies administering all leagues below the England Hockey national leagues. League Structure The male league was the South Hockey League and female is the South Clubs' Women's Hockey League. The men's system consisted of a Premier Division 1, a Premier Division 2, followed by regional and county divisions. The women's system consisted of a Division 1, followed by subsequent lower divisions and county divisions. The Southern Counties Hockey Association covered eight counties. *Berkshire *Buc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Hockey Association (field Hockey)
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. The catchment area covers the following counties: * Avon * Cornwall * Devon * Dorset * Gloucestershire * Herefordshire * Somerset * Wiltshire * Channel Islands * Carmarthenshire (men's gene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London Hockey League
The London Hockey League is a men's field hockey league based in London. It was established in 1969. It feeds teams into the Men's England Hockey League and Women's England Hockey League The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. From 2011–2020 it was sponsored by Investec and was referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League. Format .... League Structure The men's and women's London Hockey league structure consists of a Premier Division that feeds into the National League, and then lower divisions. The league area covers Greater London. The London Hockey League was previously known as the ''Higgins Group London Hockey League'' and was a separate entity from the England Hockey League. From the 2019–20 season 2XI teams from the previous season were permitted to feed into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues. A new league structure was launched in 2021. Currently the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Field Hockey
Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper. Teams must move a hockey ball around a field by hitting it with a field hockey stick, hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting circle and then into the goal (sports), goal. The match is won by the team that scores the most goals. Matches are played on grass, watered turf, artificial turf, although grass has become increasingly rare as a playing surface. Indoor hockey is usually played on a synthetic hard court or hardwood sports flooring, and beach version is played on sand. The stick has evolved significantly over the game's history in its composition and shape. Wooden sticks, though once standard, have become increasingly uncommon as technological advancements have made synthetic materials cheaper. Today, sticks are typicall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance, and Shot (ice hockey), shoot a vulcanized rubber hockey puck into the other team's net. Each Goal (ice hockey), goal is worth one point. The team with the highest score after an hour of playing time is declared the winner; ties are broken in Overtime (ice hockey), overtime or a Shootout (ice hockey), shootout. In a formal game, each team has six Ice skating, skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, including a goaltender. It is a contact sport#Grades, full contact game and one of the more physically demanding team sports. The modern sport of ice hockey was developed in Canada, most notably in Montreal, where the first indoor ice hockey game, first indoor game was play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astroturf
AstroTurf is an American subsidiary of SportGroup that produces artificial turf for pitch (sports field), playing surfaces in sports. The original AstroTurf product was a pile (textile), short-pile synthetic turf invented in 1965 by Monsanto. Since the early 2000s, AstroTurf has marketed taller pile systems that use wiktionary:infill, infill materials to better replicate turf, natural turf. In 2016, AstroTurf became a subsidiary of Germany, German-based SportGroup, a family of sports surfacing companies, which itself is owned by the investment firm Equistone Partners Europe. History The original AstroTurf brand product was invented by James M. Faria and Robert T. Wright at Monsanto. The original, experimental installation was inside the Waughhtel-Howe Field House at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1964. It was patented in 1965 and originally sold under the name "ChemGrass." It was rebranded as AstroTurf by company employee John A. Wortmann after its firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
