The Midland Regional Hockey Association (MRHA) is the organising body for field hockey

Field hockey

Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...

 in the English Midlands

English Midlands

The Midlands, or the English Midlands, is the traditional name for the area comprising central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia. It borders Southern England, Northern England, East Anglia and Wales. Its largest city is Birmingham, and it was an important...

. It covers the county associations of Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....

 (women only), Derbyshire

Derbyshire

Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...

, Leicestershire

Leicestershire

Leicestershire is a landlocked county in the English Midlands. It takes its name from the heavily populated City of Leicester, traditionally its administrative centre, although the City of Leicester unitary authority is today administered separately from the rest of Leicestershire...

 and Rutland

Rutland

Rutland is a landlocked county in central England, bounded on the west and north by Leicestershire, northeast by Lincolnshire and southeast by Peterborough and Northamptonshire....

, Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...

, Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire is a county in the East Midlands of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west...

, Shropshire

Shropshire

Shropshire is a county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. It borders Wales to the west...

, Staffordshire

Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...

, Warwickshire

Warwickshire

Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...

 and Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

.

The region has separate men's league structures for First, Second and Third XIs, and an open Central League for Fourth XIs and below. The champions of the top division are promoted to the Conference level of the England Hockey League (EHL).

For the 2009-10 season, the six leading clubs in the Second XI Midlands Premier Division have formed a new Midlands Challenge league, separate from the MRHA's league structure, to act as a development league for national league players.

Clubs

Midland region clubs currently playing in the EHL include:

EHL Premier League

• Beeston
  Beeston Hockey Club
  Beeston Hockey Club was founded in 1907. Beeston play their home games at the superb facilities at Highfields Sports Club in Nottingham, England. Beeston play in the English Hockey League premier division recently finishing 2nd in the 2009/10 season, losing to East Grinstead Hockey Club in the...
  
  
• Cannock
  Cannock Hockey Club
  Cannock Hockey Club are an English field hockey team. They were established in 1905, and are based in the village of Hatherton, near Cannock, Staffordshire. Both the men's and women's first teams play in the England Hockey League Premier Division, the top division of hockey in England...
  
  
• Loughborough Students

EHL Conference

• Barford Tigers
• Belper
• Birmingham University
• Bournville
• Harborne
• Leek
• Stourport

League structure

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