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.[1] The end of season playoffs known as the League Finals Weekend was held on 22 & 23 April.[2]

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.[3] The Investec Women's Cup was won by Surbiton.[4][5]

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

[6]

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

[7] 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

Men

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Wimbledon Surbiton 3-3 (2-3 p)


Women

Team 1 Team 2 Score
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

Squads
[8]

Reading
Tommy Alexander (gk), Ciaran O'Connell, Richard Mantell, Montgomery Jefferson, Ben Boon, Edward Carson, Dan Shingles (capt), James Carson, Jonty Clarke, Andy Watts, Tim Atkins, Rhys Doherty, Imre Gerrits, Nick Park, Ajai Dhadwal, Jonny Gooch, Coach: Andy Watts

Canterbury
Diccon Stubbings (gk), Kris Glass, Bill Cain, Tom Bean, Jack Balsdon, Chris Laslett. Matt Burton-Bowen, Sam George, Craig Boyne (capt), Sam Barrett, Hamish Roberts, Edward Welch, Andrew Dunn, Sean Gilmore, Will Heywood, Max Liebenshutz-Jones , Coach: David Mathews

Women's Cup

 
QuarterfinalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Clifton4
 
 
 
Ben Rhydding1
 
Clifton2
 
 
 
Beeston1
 
Beeston5
 
30 April 2017
 
Sevenoaks1
 
Clifton0
 
 
 
Surbiton5
 
Slough1
 
 
 
Surbiton6
 
Surbiton5
 
 
 
Bowdon Hightown0
 
Bowdon Hightown2
 
 
Barnes1
 

Final

30 April 2017
13:00
Clifton 0–5 Surbiton
Report Ansley field hockey ball 16', 52'
Atkinson field hockey ball 22'
Pearne-Webb field hockey ball 34'
Martin field hockey ball 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]
9 April 2017
13:15
Sevenoaks 3–2 Team Bath Buccaneers
Torry field hockey ball 6'
Parnis field hockey ball 16'
Ross field hockey ball 35' 		Report Scott field hockey ball 23'
Boote field hockey ball 38'
Nottingham Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Daniel Barstow (ENG)
Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
9 April 2017
15:30
Canterbury 4–1 Durham University
Roberts field hockey ball 34'
Oates field hockey ball 34'
Pollard field hockey ball 53'
Heywood field hockey ball 57' 		Report Stubbings field hockey ball 18'
Nottingham Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Matthew Harrison (ENG)
Nicholas White (ENG)
22 April 2017
14:00
Canterbury 2–2 Team Bath Buccaneers
Roberts field hockey ball 16', 68' Report Jackson field hockey ball 41'
Stone field hockey ball 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 field hockey ball 21'
Graham field hockey ball 49' 		Report Parnis field hockey ball 44'
Ross field hockey ball 63'
Smith field hockey ball 69'
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Umpires:
Nicholas Padget (ENG)
Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
23 April 2017
11:30
Sevenoaks 3–7 Canterbury
Barker field hockey ball 34'
Parnis field hockey ball 47', 62' 		Report Barrett field hockey ball 21'
Heywood field hockey ball 31'
Bean field hockey ball 35', 45', 66'
Oates field hockey ball 56'
Roberts field hockey ball 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 field hockey ball 4'
Skinner field hockey ball 40'
Stone field hockey ball 48' 		Report Patterson field hockey ball 22'
Suleman field hockey ball 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]
9 April 2017
13:15
Bowdon Hightown 2–1 Buckingham
Mason field hockey ball 14'
Wray field hockey ball 47' 		Report Freshwater field hockey ball 48'
Nottingham Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Robert Jenkins (ENG)
Caroline Frye (ENG)
9 April 2017
15:30
Brooklands Poynton 1–2 Wimbledon
Harris field hockey ball 31' Report Cullen field hockey ball 20'
Winter field hockey ball 51'
Nottingham Hockey Centre
Umpires:
Catherine Wright (ENG)
David Howell (ENG)
22 April 2017
10:00
Buckingham 1–0 Brooklands Poynton
Nicholson field hockey ball 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 field hockey ball 22'
Naylor field hockey ball 67' 		Report Liptrot field hockey ball 19'
Mason field hockey ball 25'
Wray field hockey ball 38'
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Umpires:
David Howell (ENG)
Gillian Lord (ENG)
23 April 2017
09:30
Wimbledon 3–4 Buckingham
Sherriff field hockey ball 7', 19'
Cullen field hockey ball 70' 		Report Higgins field hockey ball 4', 50'
James field hockey ball 13'
Shipperley field hockey ball 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 field hockey ball 23'
Wallace field hockey ball 58' 		Report Garbutt field hockey ball 26', 69'
Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Umpires:
Gillian Lord (ENG)
David Howell (ENG)

References

  1. ^ "Men's Hockey League". England Hockey.
  2. ^ "Results". England Hockey.
  3. ^ "Reading men win England National Cup after hitting Canterbury for six". www.readingchronicle.co.uk. 6 May 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Surbiton crowned the Investec Women's Cup Winners". www.englandhockey.co.uk. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. ^ "L1 Beat Clifton Robinsons 5-0 To Lift Investec Women's Cup". surbitonhc.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  6. ^ "2015–16 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  7. ^ "Wimbledon success results in extra Finals fixture". England Hockey.
  8. ^ "Match report". England Hockey. Retrieved 16 August 2025.
  9. ^ a b Regulations
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