Thursday 26 May 2016

EIHA Women's Leagues Play Off Weekend at iceSheffield

Match action from Widnes Wild v Streatham Storm league game
Photo by Steve Pollitt
The Widnes Wild Women’s team are taking part in the EIHA Trophy tournament at iceSheffield this weekend.  There are 10 games in total across the weekend involving teams from 4 different divisions and the good news is that admission is absolutely free!

The tournament weekend comprises the Women’s Premier League play offs – involving the top 4 from that division, the Women’s Elite League play offs and the Division 1 north and south playoffs.

In each case there are two semi- finals being played on the Saturday and finals between the winners being played on the Sunday.      There is also a straight final being played between the winners of the U16 north and south divisions being played on the Sunday as well.

The full weekend schedule is as follows: 

Saturday 28 May
09.45 WD1 SF1 – Billingham Wildcats v Cardiff Comets
11.30 WPL SF1 – Swindon Topcats v MK Falcons
13.15 WEL SF 1– Bracknell Queen Bees v Kingston Diamonds
15.30 WD1 SF2– Invicta Dynamics v Kingston Diamonds
17.15 WPL SF2 – Widnes Wild v Streatham Storm
18.45 WEL SF2 – Sheffield Shadows v Solihull Vixens


Sunday 29 May 10.35 WD1 Final – winners SF1 v SF2
12.50 WPL Final – winners SF1 v SF2
15.05 U16 Final – Bracknell Ice Bees v Sheffield Shadows
16.50 WEL Final – winners SF1 v SF2

The EIHA Women’s Committee are continuing the fundraising for RNLI which began at Conference weekend and has raised over £2,000 so far. Programmes, raffle and 50-50 will all be on sale to add to this total.

ALL NEWS AND RESULTS WILL BE POSTED HERE AFTER THE WEEKEND