Women's Premier Ice Hockey League

The Women's Premier Ice Hockey League (also British Women's Premier Ice Hockey League ) was the highest women's ice hockey league in Great Britain until the end of the 2014/15 season . The league is organized by the English Ice Hockey Association , the English association under the umbrella of the British Ice Hockey Association Ice Hockey UK . From 1991 to 2005, the winning team of the competition received the Chairman's Cup . In 2005 it was named in honor and on the occasion of the unexpectedly sudden death of Bill Britton, after the chairman of the women's department at EIHA, who made a major contribution to the further development of women's ice hockey. Since then, the Bill Britton Memorial Trophy has been awarded annually. The teams of Division I, which is divided into regional groups, play one level below the Premier League. The Premier League has been the second-highest class in women's ice hockey since the 2015/16 season.

Kingston upon Hull

Wales

England

Scotland

Locations of clubs that won a British Women's Ice Hockey League championship

Development of the structure

In 1984 an English women's ice hockey league was held for the first time. Five teams initially took part in this Women's English League . From the following year, it was increased to seven participants. From 1988, the then called British Women's League took on other teams and split into three regional divisions, each with four to seven teams. But after only two seasons a single-track top Premier Division was created, below which two regional groups, the North Division and the South Division, were formed. With the Conference League , a third league level, also regionally structured, was installed in 1995. The first two of the divisions and the conferences play the winner of the league against each other. The winner of the final of the divisions has the right to play against the bottom of the Premier League for the right to start in the top division. From the 2015/16 season the English Womens Elite League was introduced as the new highest league level above the English Womens Premier Ice Hockey League . This was formed from the best teams in the Premier League.

In addition to the league, a cup competition for the Elite Cup is played between all teams in the knockout system.

Title holder

British Women's Elite League
year
2017/18	Bracknell Queen Bees	Guildford Lightning	Solihull Vixens
2016/17	Bracknell Queen Bees	Solihull Vixens	Guildford Lightning
2015/16	Bracknell Queen Bees	Sheffield Shadows	Solihull Vixens
British Women's Premier League
2014/15	Bracknell Queen Bees	Kingston Diamonds	Sheffield Shadows
2013/14	Kingston Diamonds	Bracknell Queen Bees	Guildford Lightning
2012/13	Kingston Diamonds	Bracknell Queen Bees	Guildford Lightning
2011/12	Kingston Diamonds	Guildford Lightning	Bracknell Queen Bees
2010/11	Bracknell Queen Bees	Sheffield Shadows	Guildford Lightning
2009/10	Slough Phantoms	Sheffield Shadows	Bracknell Queen Bees
2008/09	Bracknell Queen Bees	Guildford Lightning	Sheffield Shadows
2007/08	Sheffield Shadows	Slough Phantoms	Bracknell Queen Bees
2006/07	Bracknell Queen Bees	Newcastle Northern Stars	Slough Phantoms
2005/06	Sheffield Shadows	Newcastle Northern Stars	Bracknell Queen Bees
2004/05	Bracknell Queen Bees	Sunderland Scorpions	Cardiff Comets
2003/04	Sunderland Scorpions	Guildford Lightning	Slough Phantoms
2002/03	Cardiff Comets	Sunderland Scorpions	Guildford Lightning
2001/02	Sunderland Scorpions	Guildford Lightning	Bracknell Queen Bees
2000/01	Guildford Lightning	Slough Phantoms	Bracknell Queen Bees
1999/2000	Sunderland Scorpions	Nottingham Vipers	Guildford Lightning
1998/99	Sunderland Scorpions	Slough Phantoms	Guildford Lightning
1997/98	Sunderland Scorpions	Bracknell Queen Bees	Slough Phantoms
1996/97	Sunderland Scorpions	Bracknell Queen Bees	Swindon Topcats
1995/96 ¹	Sunderland Scorpions	Bracknell Queen Bees	Slough Phantoms
1994/95	Sunderland Scorpions	Guildford Lightning	not known
1993/94	Bracknell Queen Bees	Slough Phantoms	Swindon Topcats
1992/93	Oxford City Rockets	Bracknell Queen Bees	Semi-final losers: Dundee Royals, Durham Dynamites
1991/92	Oxford City Rockets	Bracknell Queen Bees	Semi-final losers: Dundee Royals, Streatham Strikers
1990/91	Oxford City Rockets	Bracknell Queen Bees	Streatham Strikers
Regionalized British League
1989/90	Central Division winners defeated the Streatham Strikers 4-1 in a play-off game from Oxford City Rockets	South Division winners lost 4-1 to Streatham Strikers in a play-off game to the Oxford City Rockets	North Division winners did not compete against representatives of the other divisions in play-offs at Sunderland Scorpions
1988/89	Oxford City Rockets	Streatham Strikers	Sunderland Scorpions
Women's English League / Women's England League
1987/88 ¹	Streatham Strikers	Oxford City Rockets	Solihull Vixens
1986/87 ¹	Oxford City Rockets	Streatham Strikers	Peterborough Ravens
1985/86 ¹	Streatham Strikers	Peterborough Ravens	Solihull Vixens
1984/85 ¹	Peterborough Ravens	Solihull Vixens	Brighton Amazons
1983/84 ²	1st place: Peterborough Ravens & Solihull Vixens