The North Hockey Association is a 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...

 league based in the North of England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It feeds teams into the Slazenger England Hockey League and takes teams from sub-regional leagues, such as the Yorkshire Hockey Association

Yorkshire Hockey Association

The Yorkshire Hockey Association is a hockey league based in Yorkshire, England. It has numerous men's and women's divisions, as well as junior leagues, for a wide range of abilities. It is the home league for most hockey clubs in Yorkshire playing at an amateur level....

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League Structure

As with most 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...

 leagues, it has separate male and female competitions. Both male and female systems consist of the Premier, Division One and Division 2 leagues. There are two Division 2 leagues, split geographically into East and West, for each gender.

Counties and Associations

The North Hockey Association consists of seven Counties and Associations.

• Cheshire Hockey Association
• Cumbria Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Manx Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Lancashaire County Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Greater Manchester Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Sheffield and District Women’s Hockey Association (Official Website)
• Yorkshire Hockey Association
  Yorkshire Hockey Association
  The Yorkshire Hockey Association is a hockey league based in Yorkshire, England. It has numerous men's and women's divisions, as well as junior leagues, for a wide range of abilities. It is the home league for most hockey clubs in Yorkshire playing at an amateur level....
  
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Feeder Leagues

Promotion to and relegation from the Division 2 leagues occurs with the following feeder leagues

• Cheshire Women's League (Official Website)
• North West Hockey League (Official Website)
• North East
• Yorkshire (Official Website)