North Hockey Association

North Hockey Association

Sport	Field Hockey
Jurisdiction	North of England
Abbreviation	NHA
Affiliation	England Hockey
President	John Scrini
Official website
www.northhockey.org

The North Hockey Association runs hockey leagues based in the North of England. It feeds teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and takes teams from sub-regional (county) leagues, such as the Yorkshire Hockey Association.

League Structure

As with most field hockey leagues, it has separate male and female competitions. Both male and female systems consist of a Premier Division, Division 1 and Division 2. In the male competition, there are two separate Division 2s, split geographically into East and West. For the female competition, there are four separate Division 2s, split geographically into North East, South East, South West and North West.

Counties and Associations

The North Hockey Association consists of seven Counties and Associations.

• Cheshire Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Cumbria Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Manx Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Lancashire County Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Greater Manchester Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Sheffield and District Women’s Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Yorkshire Hockey Association (Official Website)

Feeder Leagues

Promotion to, and relegation from, the regional 2nd Divisions occurs with the following feeder leagues:

• Cheshire Women's League (Official Website)
• North West Hockey League (Official Website)
• North East Hockey League (Official Website)
• Yorkshire Hockey Association (Official Website)

Recent Champions

North Hockey Men's League Premier Division

Season	Champions	Runners Up
2001–02	Bowdon	Ben Rhydding
2002–03	Sheffield University Bankers	Ben Rhydding
2003–04	Harrogate	Sheffield University Bankers
2004–05	Brooklands MU 2s	Sheffield Hallam
2005–06	Sheffield University Bankers	Oxton
2006–07	Kingston-upon-Hull	University of Durham
2007–08	University of Durham	Preston
2008–09	Bowdon 2s	Deeside Ramblers
2009–10	Bowdon 2s	Ben Rhydding
2010–11	Preston	Wakefield
2011–12	Wakefield	Sheffield University Bankers
2012–13	Deeside Ramblers	Oxton
2013–14	Doncaster	Oxton
2014–15	Brooklands MU 2s	Preston
2015–16	Brooklands MU 2s	Oxton
2016-17	Leeds	Brooklands MU 2s
2017–18	Brooklands MU 2s	Alderley Edge
2018–19	Wakefield	Deeside Ramblers
2019–20	University of Durham 2s	Leeds 2s

North Hockey Women's League Premier Division

Season	Champions	Runners Up
2001–02
2002–03	Ben Rhydding	Timperley
2003–04	Chester	Whitley Bay
2004–05	Whitley Bay	Pendle Forest
2005–06	University of Durham	Sheffield Hallam
2006–07	Sheffield Hallam	Springfield
2007–08	Springfield	Deeside Ramblers
2008–09	Sheffield Hallam	Wigton
2009–10	Springfield	Ben Rhydding
2010–11	Liverpool Sefton	Ben Rhydding
2011–12	Ben Rhydding	Bowdon 2s
2012–13	Bowdon 2s	University of Durham 2s
2013–14	University of Durham 2s	Liverpool Sefton
2014–15	Springfield	Doncaster
2015–16	Timperley	Doncaster
2016–17	Fylde	Whitley Bay and Tynemouth
2017–18	Leeds	Whitley Bay and Tynemouth
2018–19	Pendle Forest	Doncaster
2019–20	Didsbury Northern	University of Durham 2s