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The 2002–03 English Hockey League season took place from September 2002 until May 2003.

The men's title was won by Cannock with the women's title going to Slough. There were no playoffs to determine champions after the regular season but there was a competition for the top four clubs called the Premiership tournament which culminated with men's & women's finals on 5 May.

The Men's Cup was won by Reading and the Women's Cup was won by Canterbury.

Men's Premier Division League Standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Cannock 18 16 0 2 91 33 58 48
2 Reading 18 15 1 2 67 27 40 46
3 Surbiton 18 11 2 5 57 30 27 35
4 Loughborough Students 18 10 2 6 56 36 20 32
5 Guildford 18 8 4 6 44 37 7 28
6 Canterbury 18 7 2 9 39 45 -6 23
7 Teddington 18 6 2 10 34 56 -22 20
8 Hampstead and Westminster 18 5 1 12 32 72 -40 16
9 St Albans 18 3 0 15 26 68 -42 9
10 Doncaster 18 1 2 15 35 77 -42 5
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament
= Relegated

Women's Premier Division League Standings

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Slough 18 14 1 3 65 17 43
2 Olton & West Warwicks 18 12 2 4 44 24 38
3 Canterbury 18 11 4 3 40 27 37
4 Ipswich 18 7 5 6 42 34 26
5 Chelmsford 18 6 8 4 28 30 26
6 Leicester 18 7 4 7 34 38 25
7 Clifton 18 7 2 9 37 34 23
8 Hightown 18 6 5 7 41 48 23
9 Sutton Coldfield 18 2 2 14 25 57 8
10 Trojans 18 0 3 15 19 66 3
= Champions
= Qualified for Premiership tournament
= Relegated

Men's Premiership Tournament

Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 26 Loughborough Students Surbiton 3-2
Positional Apr 26 Reading Cannock 4-1
Second round May 3 Loughborough Students Cannock 3-2
Final May 5 Reading Loughborough Students 5-2

Women's Premiership Tournament

Round Date Team 1 Team 2 Score
First round Apr 26 Canterbury Ipswich 3-0
Positional Apr 26 Slough Olton & West Warwicks 5-3
Second round May 3 Canterbury Olton & West Warwicks 3-2
Final May 5 Slough Canterbury 2-1

Men's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Cannock Beeston 10-3
Bowdon Loughborough Students 2-5
Teddington Guildford 2-3
St.Albans Reading 0-6

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Loughborough Students 4-3
Guildford Cannock 3-3 (3-4 p)

Final

(Held at the Canterbury on 13 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Reading Cannock 4-1

Reading
Simon Mason, Rob Todd, Jon Wyatt, Ben Barnes, Rhys Joyce, Simon Towns, Manpreet Kochar, Richard Mantell, Mark Pearn, Ken Robinson, Jonty Clarke. Subs: Adam Mulholland, Howard Hoskin, Andy Watts, Scott Ashdown, Dave Cooper
Cannock
James Fair, Andrew Humphrey, Simon Ramsden, Andrew West, Craig Parnham, Matthew Taylor, Michael Johnson, Ben Sharpe, Andrew Brogdon, Scott Cordon, Martin Jones. Subs: Barry Middleton, Chris Mayer, James Tweddle, Richard Lane, Andrew Gooderham
Scorers
Mantell, Robinson, Ashdown, Hoskin / Lane

Women's Cup (EHA Cup)

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Canterbury Olton & West Warwick 1-0
Ipswich Slough 2-3
Trojans Hightown 1-0
Doncaster Liverpool O 2-0

Semi-finals

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Doncaster Canterbury 0-3
Trojans Slough 0-8

Final

(Held at Canterbury on 13 April)

Team 1 Team 2 Score
Canterbury Slough 4-0

Canterbury
Natalie Westcar, Frances Houslop, Susan Webber, Mel Clewlow, Lucy Burr, Nicky Litchfield, Jackie Laslett, S Sutton, Anna Bennett, Vanessa Lines, Jenny Wilson. Subs: Tasha Brennan, Alice Dunn, Juliet Chapman, Christina Houslop, Hayley Brown
Slough
Beth Storry, Lisa Scarborough, Kate Walsh, Fiona Greenham, Lucy Newcombe, Sue Chandler, A Brown, Carol Voss, Lucy Bevan, Vicky Goodacre, Alex Scott. Subs: Sarah Kelleher, L Walton, Lesley Hobley, L Smith
Scorers
Webber, Bennett (2), Clewlow

References

  1. "Hockey: Reading revel in revenge". The Telegraph.
  2. "Cathy Harris. "Canterbury take first title." Times [London, England] 14 Apr. 2003". The Times.
  3. "2002–03 Men's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  4. "2002–03 Women's Hockey League". Fixtures Live.
  5. "2002–03 Men's Premiership". Fixtures Live.
  6. ^ "Cathy Harris. "Superior Reading ready for Europe." Times [London, England] 6 May 2003". The Times.
  7. "2002–03 Women's Premiership". Fixtures Live.
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