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 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 SeasonChampionsRunners Up2001–02 Team Bath Buccaneers M1s Isca M1s2002–03 Whitcurch M1s Taunton Vale M1s2003–04 Whitcurch M1s Isca M1s2004–05 Plymouth Marjon M1s Cardiff M1s2005–06 University of Exeter M1s Isca M1s2006–07 Cardiff M1s Robinsons M1s2007–08 Cardiff & Met M1s Gloucester City M1s2008–09 Plymouth Marjon M1s Taunton Vale M1s2009–10 University of Exeter M1As Cheltenham M1s2010–11 Cardiff & Met M1s Robinsons M1s2011–12 Bristol Firebrands M1s University of Exeter M1As2012–13 Isca M1s University of Exeter M1As2013–14 University of Exeter M1As Whitchurch M1s2014–15 Isca M1s Bristol Firebrands M1s2015–16 University of Bristol M1s Cardiff & Met M1As2016–17 Clifton Robinsons M1s University of Cardiff M1s2017–18 University of Bristol M1s Plymouth Marjon M1s2018–19 Ashmoor M1s Cheltenham M1s2019–20 2020–21Cancelled due to COVID-192021–22 2022–23 Cheltenham M1s Team Bath Buccaneers M2s2023–24 Team Bath Buccaneers M2s Whitchurch M1s2024–25 Cardiff & Met M2s Cheltenham M1s2025–26 Bristol Firebrands M1s Truro M1s
West Women's Premier Division SeasonChampionsRunners Up2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 Gloucester City W1s Bournemouth W1s2011–12 Taunton Vale W1s Bournemouth W1s2012–13 Exe W1s Cheltenham W1s2013–14 Cheltenham W1s Team Bath Buccaneers W1s2014–15 University of Bristol W1s Exe W1s2015–16 Exe W1s Cheltenham W1s2016–17 Clifton Robinsons W2s Team Bath Buccaneers W1s2017–18 Clifton Robinsons W2s Exe W1s2018–19 Team Bath Buccaneers W1s Cheltenham W1s2019-20 2020–21Cancelled due to COVID-192021–22 2022–23 Clifton Robinsons W2s Cardiff & Met W1s2023–24 Lansdown W1s Penarth W1s2024–25 Cardiff & Met W1s University of Bristol W1s2025–26 Penarth W1s University of Bristol W1s
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