2016–17 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season

The 2016–17 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season took place between September 2016 and April 2017. Surbiton won the title for the fourth consecutive season. They won both the regular season and the League Finals Weekend. [1][2][3][4] Reading were relegated to the Conferences. [5]

2016–17 Investec Women's Hockey Premier Division season

Dates	September 2016 – April 2017
Champions	Surbiton
Promoted	Buckingham
Relegated	Reading
Top goalscorer	Giselle Ansley (15) [1]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

Regular season

Final table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Surbiton	18	15	2	1	39	47
2	Holcombe	18	11	5	2	19	38
3	East Grinstead	18	9	6	3	12	33
4	University of Birmingham	18	10	2	6	3	32
5	Leicester	18	8	5	5	7	29
6	Clifton	18	9	1	8	11	28
7	Canterbury	18	5	5	8	-13	20
8	Slough	18	3	3	12	-22	12
9	Bowdon Hightown	18	1	5	12	-26	8
10	Reading	18	1	2	15	-30	5

	= Qualified for League Finals Weekend
	= Premier Division Play-Off
	= Relegated to Conferences

Source:[6]

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

22 April 2017 Surbiton 3–1 University of Birmingham Ansley  13' Middleton  24' Martin  43' [7] Sanders  21' Lee Valley Umpires: Emma Shelbourn Cathy Wright

22 April 2017 Holcombe 2–1 East Grinstead Beeney  40' Wilkinson  41' [7][8] Blackwood  7' Lee Valley

Final

23 April 2017 16.00 Surbiton 3–1 Holcombe Ansley  26' Middleton  32' Evans  52' [1][2] Watton  40' Lee Valley Umpires: Hannah Harrison Emma Shelbourn

Premier Division Play-Off

The winners of the three regional conferences and the ninth placed team in Premier Division played a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams will play in the 2017–18 Premier Division while the bottom two will play in the Conferences. Bowdon Hightown won the group to keep their place in the Premier Division while Buckingham beat Wimbledon and Brooklands Poynton to secure promotion. Buckingham were promoted after a 4–3 win over Wimbledon in a winner-takes-all encounter. [2][9]

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Bowdon Hightown	3	2	1	0	2	7
2	Buckingham	3	2	0	1	1	6
3	Wimbledon	3	1	0	2	-1	3
4	Brooklands Poynton	3	0	1	2	-2	1

= Qualified for the 2017–18 Premier Division

References

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2. "Surbiton Men and Women are England's League Champions!". eurohockey.org. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
3. "Surbiton make history by winning both men and women's titles". www.express.co.uk. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
4. "Double delight for Surbiton as ladies clinch fourth successive Investec Women's Hockey League Finals championship". www.swlondoner.co.uk. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
5. "Reading women will bounce back following Investec League relegation". www.readingchronicle.co.uk. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
6. "Investec Women's Hockey League – Women's Premier Division 2016/17 - archived". fixtureslive.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
7. "L1 Reach IWHL Championship Final At Lee Valley". surbitonhc.com. 22 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
8. "Disappointment for Holcombe sides". www.kentsportsnews.com. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
9. "Wimbledon Ladies fall short of promotion to Investec Women's Hockey Premier League". www.swlondoner.co.uk. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2019.