The 2022–23 Women's England Hockey League season (sponsored by Vitality) was the 2022–23 season of England's field hockey league structure and England Hockey Women's Championship Cup.
The season started on 24 September 2022. Surbiton are the defending league champions and Beeston are the defending cup holders. The Premier League play offs returned.
East Grinstead won their first ever title after beating Surbiton 3–2 in the play off final.
Beeston defeated Guildford in the England Hockey Women's Championship Cup final.
2022–2023 teams Premier Division Team City/town Home pitchBeestonBeeston, NottinghamshireNottingham Hockey CentreBuckinghamBuckinghamStowe SchoolClifton RobinsonsWestbury-on-Trym, BristolCoombe Dingle Sports CentreEast GrinsteadEast Grinstead, West SussexEast Grinstead Sports ClubHampstead & WestminsterMaida ValePaddington Recreation GroundHolcombeRochester, KentHolcombe ParkLoughborough Students Loughborough, LeicestershireLoughborough UniversityReadingReading, BerkshireSonning LaneSurbitonLong Ditton, SurreySugden Road University of Birmingham Birmingham BournbrookUniversity of Nottingham Nottingham David Ross Sports Village, Nottingham Hockey CentreWimbledon 1st XIWimbledon, LondonRaynes Park High School, King's College School
Division One South Team City/town Home pitchBarnes W1s Chiswick, West London Duke's Meadow, Dan Mason DriveCambridge City W1sCambridgeWilberforce RoadCanterbury W1sCanterburyPolo Farm Harleston Magpies W1sHarlestonShotford Heath Isca & University of Exeter W1s Exeter University of Exeter Sports ParkSevenoaks W1sSevenoaks, Kent Vine Cricket GroundSlough W1sSlough, Berkshire Upton Park, Upton Road Surbiton W2s Long Ditton, SurreySugden Road Witney W1s Witney, Oxfordshire Wood Green School, Woodstock RoadWimbledon W2sWimbledon, LondonRaynes Park High School, King's College School
Division One North Team City/town Home pitchBen Rhydding W1sBen RhyddingCoutances WayBowdon Hightown W1sBowdon, Greater Manchester The Bowdon ClubBrooklands Poynton W1sSale, Greater Manchester Brooklands Sports ClubDurham University W1s Durham The Graham Sports CentreGloucester City W1sGloucester Plock Court and St Peter's High SchoolLeeds W1s Leeds Sports Park WeetwoodLeicester City W1sLeicesterLeicester Grammar SchoolStourport W1sStourport-on-SevernStourport Sports ClubSutton Coldfield W1s Sutton ColdfieldRectory ParkSwansea W1sSwanseaSwansea University's International Sports Village
Final table Premier Division Pos Team P W L D Pts Section1 Surbiton 16150145top 62 Wimbledon 16961333 Hampstead & Westminster 16844284 East Grinstead 16754265 Beeston 16736246 Clifton Robinsons 16448167 University of Nottingham 1663721bottom 68 University of Birmingham 16547199 Loughborough Students164571710 Reading 164391511 Holcombe (R) 163581412 Buckingham (R) 1630139
Play-offs The semi-finals took place on 1 April and the final on 2 April, at the Surbiton Hockey Club.
East Grinstead Isabel Field (gk), Sally Sime (FG, 61st minute), Alex Malzer, Amy Thompson, Guadalupe Fernández Lacort (c), Harriet Mitchell, Courtney Hansford, Laura Roper (PC, 11th minute), Carlota Gomez, Tessa Howard, Olivia Breed, Anna Faulstich (FG, 18th minute), Chloe Brown, Mollie Mason, Sophie Bray, Pip Lock
Surbiton Sabbie Heesh (gk), Louisa Bray (gk) Giselle Ansley, Darcy Bourne, Alice Wills, Meg Dowthwaite, Hannah Martin, Holly Payne, Sophie Hamilton (FG, 39th minute), Eloise Stenner, Steph Elliott (c), Leah Wilkinson (PC, 33rd minute), Izzy Petter, Amy Costello, Alice Sharp, Martha le Huray
Division One North Pos Team P W L D Pts1 Bowdon Hightown W1s (P) 181512 462 Stourport W1s 181422 443 Durham University W1s 181152 384 Leicester City W1s 18747 255 Sutton Coldfield W1s 18648 226 Swansea W1s 18549 197 Ben Rhydding W1s 185310 188 Gloucester City W1s 184410 169 Leeds W1s (R) 184311 1510 Brooklands Poynton W1s (R) 183213 11
Division One South Pos Team P W L D Pts1 Isca & University of Exeter W1s (P) 181431 452 Sevenoaks W1s181215 373 Barnes W1s 181062 364 Slough W1s 18855 295 Surbiton W2s 18594 246 Wimbledon W2s18558 207 Canterbury W1s18459 178 Harleston Magpies W1s184410 169 Cambridge City W1s (R) 183411 1310 Witney W1s (R) 181611 9
Conference East Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Southgate W1s 18 18 0 0 542 Guildford W1s 18 16 0 2 483 Hampstead & Westminster W2s 18 12 2 4 384 London Wayfarers W1s 18 9 3 6 305 Spencer W1s 18 7 1 10 226 Ipswich W1s 18 6 3 9 217 East London W1s 18 5 4 9 198 Horsham W1s 18 4 4 10 169 Chelmsford W1s (R) 18 2 2 14 810 Bishops Stortford W1s (R) 18 1 1 16 4
Conference Midlands Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Olton & West Warwickshire W1s 18 13 4 1 432 University of Birmingham W2s 18 8 4 6 283 Bedford W1s 18 8 4 6 284 St Albans W1s 18 7 3 8 245 Oxford University W1s 18 6 6 6 246 Beeston W2s 18 6 5 7 237 Cannock W1s 18 6 4 8 228 Belper W1s 18 6 3 9 219 Loughborough Students W2s (R) 18 4 8 6 1910 Rugby & East Warwickshire W1s (R) 18 5 1 12 16
Conference North Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Wakefield W1s 18 12 3 3 392 Pendle Forest W1s 18 10 3 5 333 Didsbury Northern W1s 18 10 3 5 334 Doncaster W1s 18 8 5 5 295 Fylde W1s 18 8 5 6 266 Timperley W1s 18 7 5 6 267 Durham University W2s 18 6 5 7 238 Harrogate W1s 18 4 6 8 189 Liverpool Sefton W1s (R) 18 2 6 10 1210 Alderley Edge W1s (R) 18 1 5 12 8
Conference West Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Team Bath Buccaneers W1s 18 13 3 2 422 Oxford Hawks W1s 18 10 4 4 343 Exe W1s 18 8 4 6 284 Bristol Firebrands W1s 18 8 3 7 275 Trojans W1s 18 8 2 8 266 Cheltenham W1s 18 6 3 9 217 Reading W2s 18 5 5 8 208 Basingstoke W1s 18 6 2 10 209 Penarth W1s (R) 18 5 4 9 1910 Isca & University of Exeter W2s (R) 18 4 4 10 16
England Hockey Women's Championship Cup Semi-finals Date Team 1 Team 2 Score16 Apr Clifton Robinsons Beeston 4–4 (p)16 Apr Liverpool Sefton Guildford 2–7
Final Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre Date Team 1 Team 2 Score Scorers1 May Beeston Guildford 4–2 Burrell (2), Robinson, Miller / Wood, Farrar BeestonSteph Tirrell (gk), Nicola Moss, Julie Whiting, Ella Cusack, Cerys Miller, Jane Kilpatrick, lauren Burrell (c), Hannah grieve, Beatrice Bell, Maddie Pendle, Sophie Robinson, Jess Hood, Madeleine Newitt, Nadia Benallal, Lauren Dunn, Rosy Stephens
Guildford Rose Thomas, Kelly Taylor (c), Stephanie Smith, Anna Kurovska, Charlotte Barr, Nicola Wren, Valeriia Tyschenko, Georgie Lawes, Alex medlicott, Robyn Bentley, Alice Welland, Katerina Xenoudakis, Lucy Wood, Abbi Howgate, Helen Jelley, Juliet Farrar
Conference divisions Below the top three divisions are four Conference divisions - Midlands, North, East and West.
See also 2022–23 Men's England Hockey League season
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