Midland Regional Hockey Association

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Midlands Regional Hockey Association
SportField Hockey
JurisdictionMidlands
AbbreviationMRHA
Affiliation England Hockey
Official website
www.mrha.co.uk

The Midland Regional Hockey Association is the organising body for field hockey in the Midlands, England. It feeds teams into the Men's and Women's England Hockey Leagues and receives teams from regional and county leagues.

Field hockey Team sport version of hockey played on grass or turf with sticks and a round ball

Field hockey is a team game of the hockey family. The game can be played on grass, water turf, artificial turf or synthetic field as well as an indoor board surface. Each team plays with eleven players, including the goalie. Players use sticks made out of wood, carbon fibre, fibre glass or a combination of carbon fibre and fibre glass in different quantities to hit a round, hard, plastic ball. The length of the stick is based on the player's individual height. Only one face of the stick is allowed to be used. Goalies often have a different kind of stick, however they can also use an ordinary field hockey stick. The specific goal-keeping sticks have another curve at the end of the stick, this is to give them more surface area to save the ball. The uniform consists of shin guards, shoes, shorts, a mouth guard and a jersey. Today, the game is played globally, mainly in parts of Western Europe, South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, and parts of the United States. Known simply as "hockey" in many territories, the term "field hockey" is used primarily in Canada and the United States where ice hockey is more popular. In Sweden, the term "landhockey" is used and to some degree also in Norway where it is governed by Norway's Bandy Association.

England Country in north-west Europe, part of the United Kingdom

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to the west and Scotland to the north. The Irish Sea lies west of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Mens England Hockey League English field hockey league

The Men's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features men's teams from England.

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League structure

The region has separate men's league structures for 1st, 2nd and 3rd XIs, and an open Central League for 4th XIs and below. The champions of the Premier Division enter the Men's and Women's England Hockey League Conference play-offs.

The Women's England Hockey League is a field hockey league organised by England Hockey that features women's teams from England. It is currently sponsored by Investec and as a result is also referred to as the Investec Women's Hockey League.

The league covers the counties of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. [1]

Derbyshire ceremonial county in East Midlands, England

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire, containing the southern extremity of the Pennine range of hills which extend into the north of the county. The county contains part of the National Forest, and borders on Greater Manchester to the northwest, West Yorkshire to the north, South Yorkshire to the northeast, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the southeast, Staffordshire to the west and southwest and Cheshire also to the west. Kinder Scout, at 636 metres (2,087 ft), is the highest point in the county, whilst Trent Meadows, where the River Trent leaves Derbyshire, is its lowest point at 27 metres (89 ft). The River Derwent is the county's longest river at 66 miles (106 km), and runs roughly north to south through the county. In 2003 the Ordnance Survey placed Church Flatts Farm at Coton in the Elms as the furthest point from the sea in Great Britain.

Leicestershire County of England

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. The county borders Nottinghamshire to the north, Lincolnshire to the north-east, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warwickshire to the south-west, Staffordshire to the west, and Derbyshire to the north-west. The border with most of Warwickshire is Watling Street.

Rutland County of England

Rutland is a landlocked county in the East Midlands of England, bounded to the west and north by Leicestershire, to the northeast by Lincolnshire and the southeast by Northamptonshire.

First XI League
Midlands Premier
(promotion to English Hockey League)
Midlands Division 1
West Midlands PremierEast Midlands Premier
West Midlands Division 1East Midlands Division 1
West Midlands Division 2East Midlands Division 2
Second XI League
Midlands Premier
Midlands Division 1
West Midlands PremierEast Midlands Premier
West Midlands Division 1East Midlands Division 1
West Midlands Division 2East Midlands Division 2
Third XI League
Midlands Premier
West Midlands PremierEast Midlands Premier
West Midlands Division 1East Midlands Division 1
West Midlands Division 2East Midlands Division 2
Central League
Midlands Premier
West Midlands PremierEast Midlands Premier
North West Division 1South West Division 1North East Division 1South East Division 1
North West Division 2South West Division 2North East Division 2South East Division 2

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References

  1. ↑ "Midlands Hockey League Constitution". www.mrha.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Midlands Hockey League Results". www.mrha.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Midlands Women's Hockey League Results". mrhawl. Retrieved 13 October 2014.


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