2016–17 England Hockey League season

2016–17 England Hockey League season

The 2016–2017 English Hockey League season took place from September 2016 until April 2017. The regular season consisted of two periods September until December and then February until March. The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on 22 & 23 April.

Surbiton won the Men's Premier League title despite being 3-0 down in the final against Wimbledon with only 10mins to go. Surbiton also won the Investec Women's Premier League as well as finishing top of the regular season league standings, making it their 4th in a row. Whilst Canterbury finished one off the bottom and survived the relegation playoffs for the 3rd time in a row as Loughborough Students were relegated having just got up into the top flight last season. Sevenoaks beat Team Bath Buccaneers and Durham University to secure promotion and go up to the top flight next season in the men's competition. In the women's Reading got relegated and Buckingham beat Wimbledon and Brooklands Poynton to secure promotion, as Bowdon Hightown won the group to keep their place in the Premier League.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading with the biggest score difference in 15 years against Canterbury in the final. The Investec Women's Cup was won by Surbiton.

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Wimbledon	18	13	4	1	56	32	24	43
2	Holcombe	18	11	3	4	50	30	20	36
3	Surbiton	18	9	8	1	62	39	23	35
4	Hampstead and Westminster	18	9	5	4	54	40	14	32
5	Beeston	18	8	3	7	40	37	3	27
6	East Grinstead	18	8	2	8	52	41	11	26
7	Reading	18	6	4	8	40	45	-5	22
8	Brooklands Manchester University	18	5	3	10	31	54	-23	18
9	Canterbury	18	3	3	12	37	59	-22	12
10	Loughborough Students	18	0	1	17	18	63	-45	1

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bee	Bro	Can	EG	HW	Hol	Lou	Rea	Sub	Wim
Beeston	—	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–0	2–3	2–0	4–2	1–4	2–3
Brooklands MU	2–3	—	2–1	0–6	3–3	0–6	2–0	1–4	3–3	2–3
Canterbury	0–3	2–3	—	3–4	2–2	3–5	2–1	1–2	4–4	5–2
East Grinstead	2–1	3–1	4–1	—	2–3	4–1	5–1	2–2	2–2	2–4
Hampstead and Westminster	4–3	2–1	7–2	4–3	—	3–3	4–1	4–1	3–4	2–2
Holcombe	4–3	5–1	0–0	2–0	3–1	—	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–2
Loughborough Students	1–3	1–3	1–3	2–6	1–4	2–6	—	1–6	2–4	0–4
Reading	2–2	2–4	4–1	3–2	4–5	0–3	3–1	—	0–3	1–6
Surbiton	6–1	6–2	5–3	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	2–2	—	3–3
Wimbledon	2–2	4–1	5–2	5–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	3–3	—

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

Women's Investec Premier Division League Standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Surbiton	18	15	2	1	53	14	39	47
2	Holcombe	18	11	5	2	44	25	19	38
3	East Grinstead	18	9	6	3	32	20	12	33
4	University of Birmingham	18	10	2	6	38	35	3	32
5	Leicester	18	8	5	5	31	24	7	29
6	Clifton	18	9	1	8	42	31	11	28
7	Canterbury	18	5	5	8	25	38	-13	20
8	Slough	18	3	3	12	15	37	-22	12
9	Bowdon Hightown	18	1	5	12	18	44	-26	8
10	Reading	18	1	2	15	17	47	-30	5

	= Qualified for League finals weekend
	= Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	Bow	Can	Cli	EG	Hol	Lei	Rea	Slo	Sub	Bir
Bowdon Hightown	—	2–3	1–1	1–4	3–3	2–0	0–0	3–4	0–5	1–2
Canterbury	2–1	—	0–6	1–1	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–1	0–3	1–2
Clifton Robinsons	2–1	3–0	—	1–2	2–4	3–2	5–1	2–0	1–2	1–2
East Grinstead	0–0	0–0	3–1	—	2–3	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–2
Holcombe	1–0	1–1	4–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0	4–1	2–2	3–1
Leicester	5–1	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	—	2–1	0–0	3–2	1–1
Reading	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–4	2–5	0–3	—	1–3	0–1	2–3
Slough	1–0	1–4	1–4	1–2	2–2	0–3	0–1	—	0–2	0–4
Surbiton	6–0	4–1	4–3	1–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	2–0	—	3–2
University of Birmingham	4–1	4–4	2–1	1–4	1–3	0–1	6–2	1–0	0–6	—

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

League Finals Weekend

Semi-finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Wimbledon	Hampstead and Westminster	2-1
Men's Premier	Holcombe	Surbiton	2-3
Women's Premier	Surbiton	University of Birmingham	3-1
Women's Premier	Holcombe	East Grinstead	2-1

3rd/4th Playoff

Due to Wimbledon's finishing fourth in the 2016–17 Euro Hockey League a third team from England is allowed to join the competition meaning a 3rd/4th playoff is necessary.

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Hampstead and Westminster	Holcombe	3-7

Finals

Division	Team 1	Team 2	Score
Men's Premier	Wimbledon	Surbiton	3-3 (2-3 p)
Women's Premier	Surbiton	Holcombe	3-1

Men's Cup

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Beeston	Reading	1-3
Havant	Bromley and Beckenham	0-2
Bowdon	Canterbury	2-5
Brooklands Manchester University	Oxford Hawks	3-1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Bromley and Beckenham	Canterbury	0-2
Reading	Brooklands Manchester University	4-2

Final

(Held at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre on 29 April)

Team 1	Team 2	Score
Reading	Canterbury	6-1

Women's Cup

	Quarterfinals				Semi-finals				Final
	Clifton	4
	Ben Rhydding	1
					Clifton	2
					Beeston	1
	Beeston	5
									30 April 2017
	Sevenoaks	1
									Clifton	0
									Surbiton	5
	Slough	1
	Surbiton	6
					Surbiton	5
					Bowdon Hightown	0
	Bowdon Hightown	2
	Barnes	1

Final

30 April 2017 13:00 Clifton 0–5 Surbiton Report Ansley  16', 52' Atkinson  22' Pearne-Webb  34' Martin  68' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Rachel Williams (ENG)

Promotion Tournaments

The winners of the 3 regional conferences and the second to bottom placed team in Premier League play a Promotion Tournament with the top 2 placed teams playing in the Premier League next season while the bottom 2 play in the conference leagues.

Men's competition

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Canterbury	3	2	1	0	13	6	+7	7	Promoted to Premier League
2	Sevenoaks	3	2	0	1	9	11	−2	6
3	Team Bath Buccaneers	3	0	2	1	7	8	−1	2
4	Durham University	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1

Source: EnglandHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

9 April 2017 13:15 Sevenoaks 3–2 Team Bath Buccaneers Torry  6' Parnis  16' Ross  35' Report Scott  23' Boote  38' Nottingham Hockey Centre Umpires: Daniel Barstow (ENG) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

9 April 2017 15:30 Canterbury 4–1 Durham University Roberts  34' Oates  34' Pollard  53' Heywood  57' Report Stubbings  18' Nottingham Hockey Centre Umpires: Matthew Harrison (ENG) Nicholas White (ENG)

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22 April 2017 14:00 Canterbury 2–2 Team Bath Buccaneers Roberts  16', 68' Report Jackson  41' Stone  44' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Martin Twist (ENG) Nicholas White (ENG)

22 April 2017 16:00 Durham University 2–3 Sevenoaks Stubbings  21' Graham  49' Report Parnis  44' Ross  63' Smith  69' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Nicholas Padget (ENG) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

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23 April 2017 11:30 Sevenoaks 3–7 Canterbury Barker  34' Parnis  47', 62' Report Barrett  21' Heywood  31' Bean  35', 45', 66' Oates  56' Roberts  58' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Nicholas Padget (ENG)

23 April 2017 11:30 Team Bath Buccaneers 3–3 Durham University Hewer  4' Skinner  40' Stone  48' Report Patterson  22' Suleman  50', 51' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Nicholas White (ENG)

Women's competition

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bowdon Hightown	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	Promoted to Premier League
2	Buckingham	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Wimbledon	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Brooklands Poynton	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

Source: EnglandHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

9 April 2017 13:15 Bowdon Hightown 2–1 Buckingham Mason  14' Wray  47' Report Freshwater  48' Nottingham Hockey Centre Umpires: Robert Jenkins (ENG) Caroline Frye (ENG)

9 April 2017 15:30 Brooklands Poynton 1–2 Wimbledon Harris  31' Report Cullen  20' Winter  51' Nottingham Hockey Centre Umpires: Catherine Wright (ENG) David Howell (ENG)

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22 April 2017 10:00 Buckingham 1–0 Brooklands Poynton Nicholson  60' Report Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Gemma Jones (ENG) Helen Sargeant (ENG)

22 April 2017 12:00 Wimbledon 2–3 Bowdon Hightown Cullen  22' Naylor  67' Report Liptrot  19' Mason  25' Wray  38' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: David Howell (ENG) Gillian Lord (ENG)

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23 April 2017 09:30 Wimbledon 3–4 Buckingham Sherriff  7', 19' Cullen  70' Report Higgins  4', 50' James  13' Shipperley  45' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Caroline Frye (ENG) Catherine Wright (ENG)

23 April 2017 09:30 Brooklands Poynton 2–2 Bowdon Hightown Hughes  23' Wallace  58' Report Garbutt  26', 69' Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Umpires: Gillian Lord (ENG) David Howell (ENG)