Women’s Hockey League

After a successful 2024-25 season, England Hockey welcomes 16 new teams into the Men’s and Women’s England Hockey Leagues (EHL) for 2025-26. The make-up of the Leagues has now been determined.

In the Women’s Premier Division Barnes and Durham University both play in the top-flight for the first time.  

Women’s Division One sees Conference Midlands winners, Loughborough Students 2s and North winners, Leeds play in Division One North. In Division One South Reading 2s who won Conference West and Teddington, Conference East champions are both newcomers at this level.

The eight newcomers to the Conferences are the Area League winners. Kirkby Stephen (NW), Sheffield (YNE), Nottingham Trent University (Mids), Harleston Magpies 2s (E), Barnes 2s (Ldn), Guildford 2s (SE), Oxford University (SC) and Cardiff & Met (W)..