Sadly though until the organisation improves there is little chance of the sport really growing. One time last year a friend of mine was due to guest for Solihull, about 2.5 hours drive, in a 6.00 face off. The poor ice times which are allocated to the women's teams is definitely a problem which hinders the sport. The worst I have heard of was Streatham who used to get those times on Friday nights. Bye bye social life.
Netminders are able to ice with any teams they like, so can often get extra time.
The best chance for the sport comes in the opening of new, by GB standards, super rinks at Manchester and Newcastle. This is what happened at Sheffield. Their mens team once got gates of 300 tops, now they can get 9000. As hockey got a high profile women started wanting to play and Sheffield Shadows were born. They now have a waiting list of players wanting to join.