Sport | Field Hockey |
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Jurisdiction | West of England |
Abbreviation | WHA |
Affiliation | England Hockey Limited |
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West Hockey Association runs field hockey leagues based in the West of England and South West of England. The leagues feed teams into the England Hockey League West Conference and receives teams from sub-regional (county) leagues.
The male league is West of England & South Wales (WoESW) Hockey League (currently the GoCrea8 Hockey League for sponsorship reasons) and covers fifteen counties. The league comprises 25 divisions across seven tiers of the league pyramid, with the Premiership division at Tier 1.
The female league is the West Clubs Women's Hockey League, (a separate league association covers South Wales: the South Wales Women's Hockey League.). The structure consists of a Premier Division 1, with subsequent lower Premier divisions, followed by regional and county divisions.