# 2002–03 England Hockey League season

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