Schools Championships

National Schools Championships

Entry to the Nationally run Schools Championships for 2022-23 season is now open . See 'Enter' further down this page for support on how to secure your school's place.

Entry into Area based activity (U18 Tier 4, U16 Tier 3, U14, U13 & U11 competitions) please contact your Area Schools Competition Organiser. If you are unsure as to who this is, please email schools.championships@englandhockey.co.uk.

GIRLS’ AND NOTTS SPORTS BOYS U18 TIER 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Closing Date. Friday 27 May for both Girls and Boys Tier 1 Championships. 

The Girls and Boys Under 18 Tier 1 Championships will run as a maximum of 4 parallel Premier Divisions with 8 teams in each. It is possible that the competition will run with a smaller number of teams. On completion of fixtures in the divisions, teams will be drawn to play quarter finals and semi-finals leading to the final.

The aim of the competition is to provide high level competition for schools’ specialising in hockey. To see details of last season’s entrants https://shared2.sportsmanager.ie/~englandhockey/?group=schools. Schools who enter the U18 T1 Championships are expected also to enter any U16 team in the relevant Tier 1 Championships too.

Teams will be drawn into Divisions, this will be done on a geographic basis. Once drawn, teams will need to arrange fixtures. Matches must be played midweek. Teams will not be expected to play matches outside of their term dates. 

The competitions will start in September 2022. In the Boys’ competition teams will need to play a minimum of 3 league fixtures before Christmas, which will be drawn by England Hockey and 4 further fixtures after Christmas.

GIRLS AND NOTTS SPORT BOYS UNDER 18 TIER 2 CHAMPIONSHIPS AND GIRLS AND NOTTS SPORT BOYS UNDER 16 TIER 1 CHAMPIONSHIPS

Closing Date. Friday 10 June for Girls Championships and Tuesday 04 October for Boys Championships.

The Girls and Boys Under 18 Tier 2 Championships and the Girls and Boys Under 16 Tier 1 Championships will run as knockout tournaments. Losers in Round 1 and Round 2 will play in the parallel Plate competition - at Under 18 level this is the Tier 3 Championships; for Under 16s this is Tier 2.

The draws for all Rounds up to the Quarter Final of the U16 T1 Championships and the Semi Finals of the U18 T2 & T3 and U16 T2 Championships, will be made at the start of the competition so teams will know who they may face in latter rounds. Matches will be drawn within zones so that teams will play locally although as teams progress travel distances will increase. Matches must be played midweek by the relevant play by date. The actual number of rounds is dependent on the number of entries.

The Girls’ U18 T2 / U16 T1 Championships will start in September 2022 and the parallel Boys’ competitions in January 2023.

Enter

Please use the following link to enter any of the national competitions
https://forms.office.com/r/bk594hcE4b

Any queries relating to administration and entry please use the email above. 

For more details please download the Information Sheet.

These are national entry competitions. England Hockey and Areas also runs a range of Tiered Championships to endeavour to cater for all schools. This includes ones with local and Area competitions leading in some to national finals. For more details see links to Background & Further details and Competition Tier information below.

For details of local competition organisers contact schools.championships@enlgandhockey.co.uk.