British Universities Ice Hockey Association

British Universities Ice Hockey Association

Abbreviation	BUIHA
Formation	2003
Legal status	Not-profit organisation
Purpose	UK university ice hockey
Location	University of Nottingham Sports Centre
Region served	UK
Membership	UK university ice hockey clubs
Chairman	A Miller
Main organ	BUIHA Executive Committee
Affiliations	British Universities and Colleges Sport
Website	BUIHA

The British Universities Ice Hockey Association was founded in spring term 2003 by a group of hockey players from the universities of Oxford, London, Nottingham and Newcastle.

History of the BUIHA

Although still a young organisation, the British Universities Ice Hockey Association, or BUIHA, was formed in response to the growing number of universities with ice hockey programmes in an effort to provide students with competitive ice hockey whilst at university, no matter what their level of play.

The notion to form the BUIHA first arose in Easter 2003. The idea was to simply form a divisional competition for the existing university teams. Development over the summer of 2003^[1] led to a committee being put in place, a schedule being set and a number of teams signed up to take part in the first ever BUIHA University Cup. The National Championships was already an existing competition. Indeed, the 2003/04 formative season finished in style at the National Championships weekend where the then 13 member teams battled it out for The Rawlinson Plate & The Hopkins Plate.

The following season, to further the BUIHA objective of progression at all levels of the sport, the BUIHA introduced Division 3. Also joining the BUIHA in its second season were a number of new university teams, a number that would be again bolstered in its 3rd season bringing the total teams for 2005-6 to 29.

The 2008/09 Season saw the Bristol Lions enter for the 1st time. The sole new enterant in the 2009/10 season were the newly formed Kent Knights, who arrived on the scene with an old friend lining up in a Knights roster. It was the time that Old Skool had ended his associaion with Imperial College Devils and was playing for his University for the very first time. The 2010/11 season saw the Oxford Women's Blues join their Cambridge counterparts in Division 3 South, and in 2012 we saw a team from St Andrews enter the National Championships in Tier II.

In the 2012/13 there was a change in cup competition structure, with Division 3 becoming Non-checking Division 1, and the addition of a third checking division. New teams joined the competition from UCL and University of East Anglia, and a reformed Northumbria team joined as the Kings. Unfortunately, the season started without the return of teams from Bristol and Huddersfield.

2013/14 Season saw the Birmingham Eagles finally gain recognition for their Students Guild, part of the deal saw the club rebranded as the Birmingham Lions to fall inline with the other sports clubs at the university.

The National Championships

The then secretary of the Oxford Vikings, Alexis Rawlinson, came up with the idea of organising a tournament for all the university ice hockey teams in the UK. At the time this was not such a daunting organisational prospect, given that there were only seven teams.

A few weeks later five teams (blues squads were not invited as they were above the standard of all other teams) gathered for a late night ice hockey session at Oxford Ice Rink starting at 11pm and running all the way through to the morning. The result of this was a narrow Newcastle victory by one point over the Oxford Vikings. Newcastle arranged the next two events at the National Ice Centre (NIC) in Nottingham, which saw victories for Newcastle in 2002 and London in 2003.

For 2004, to recognise the contribution of Alexis to British University Ice Hockey, the top National Championship trophy was renamed the Rawlinson Plate.

2004 also saw the introduction of a 2nd Tier of competition due to the introduction of many new teams. The BUIHA is now host of a range of new teams from England, Scotland and Wales as well as the original seven that entered the first National Championships in 2001. From 2005 onwards tier II was renamed The Hopkins Plate. From the start of the 2015 season onwards the Tier 3 national championship trophy is to be renamed the Miller Trophy to honour the ongoing work the Chairman, Andrew Miller, puts into the job.

The Cup Competition

Created in Autumn 2003 by the founding BUIHA committee the cup competition was envisioned as a league type competition available to university clubs in the UK.

Operating within the EIHA recreational section the clubs involved played a round robin format with the winner being declared at the end of the season as the team with the most points (using goal difference as a tie breaker).

Founding clubs of the initial two divisions (in alphabetical order) were:

Division 1

Cambridge University Blues
University of London Union Purples
Nottingham Universities Mavericks A

Division 2

Birmingham Eagles
Cambridge University Eskimos
Imperial College Devils
Newcastle University Wildcats
Nottingham Universities Mavericks B
Oxford University Vikings
University of Warwick Panthers

From the 2008/2009 season the BUIHA operated directly under the EIHA board after being awarded a section of their own and separating from the Rec section. This has led to several improvements to the way the organisation can operate.

Team Great Britain

Launched at the end of the 2004-5 season, Team Great Britain is the national university side that will compete against other national university sides, including competing at the bi-annual FISU World University Games. Mike Urquhart & Matt Bradbury have agreed to coach the team. Any person attending university anywhere in the world who is a UK & Northern Ireland citizen between the ages of 17 and 28 is able to play for the team. This disregards the level to which they have played the sport.

Winners

Checking Division 1

Year	Cup Competition			National Championship
2001	n/a			Newcastle Wildcats
2002	n/a			Newcastle Wildcats
2003	n/a			London Dragons
2004	Cambridge Blues			Nottingham Mavericks
2005	Nottingham Mavericks			London Dragons
2006	Nottingham Mavericks			Nottingham Mavericks
2007	Nottingham Mavericks			Sheffield Bears
2008	North	South	Playoffs
2008	Nottingham Mavericks	London Dragons	London Dragons	London Dragons
2009	Nottingham Mavericks	Oxford Blues	Oxford Blues	Nottingham Mavericks
2010	Newcastle Wildcats	London Dragons	Oxford Blues	Sheffield Bears
2011	Edinburgh Eagles	London Dragons	London Dragons	Southampton Spitfires
2012	Manchester Metrostars	Oxford Blues	Manchester Metrostars	London Dragons
2013	Edinburgh Eagles	London Dragons	London Dragons	Sheffield Bears
2014	Edinburgh Eagles	Oxford Blues	Oxford Blues	Southampton Spitfires
2015	Nottingham Mavericks	London Dragons	London Dragons	Southampton Spitfires

Checking Division 2

Year	Cup Competition					National Championship
Year	North		South		Playoffs	National Championship
2004	Newcastle Wildcats		Nottingham Mavericks B		n/a	Sheffield Bears
2005	Edinburgh Eagles		Cambridge Eskimos		n/a	Nottingham Mavericks B
2006	Nottingham Mavericks B		Southampton Spitfires		n/a	Cardiff Redhawks
2007	Northumbria Flames		Birmingham Eagles B		Birmingham Eagles B	Oxford Vikings
2008	Sheffield Bears B		Nottingham Mavericks B		Nottingham Mavericks B	Northumbria Flames
2009	North	Central		South	Playoffs
2009	Northumbria Flames	Manchester Metros		Cardiff Redhawks	Northumbria Flames	Manchester Metros
2010	Hull Ice Hogs	Manchester Metros		Oxford Vikings	Manchester Metros	Manchester Metros
2011	North		South		Playoffs
2011	Sheffield Bears B		Bristol Lions		Bristol Lions	Bradford Sabres
2012	Hull Ice Hogs		Cardiff Redhawks		Hull Ice Hogs	Huddersfield Ice Hawks
2013	Sheffield Bears B		Birmingham Eagles		Birmingham Eagles	St Andrews Typhoons
2014	Northumbria Kings		Oxford Vikings		Oxford Vikings	Oxford Vikings
2015	St Andrews Typhoons		UCLU Yetis		St Andrews Typhoons	UCLU Yetis

Checking Division 3

Year	Cup Competition		National Championship
2013	South
2013	UCLU Yetis		n/a

Non-checking Division 1 (formerly Division 3)

Year	Cup Competition					National Championship
2006	n/a					Nottingham Mavericks C
2007	Sheffield Bears C					Cardiff Redhawks B
2008	North		South		Playoffs
2008	Northumbria Flames B		Nottingham Mavericks C		n/a	Nottingham Mavericks C
2009	Sheffield Bears C		Cardiff Redhawks B		Cardiff Redhawks B	Cardiff Redhawks B
2010	Sheffield Bears C		Warwick Panthers B		n/a	Nottingham Mavericks C
2011	Nottingham Mavericks C		Warwick Panthers B		Nottingham Mavericks C	Warwick Panthers B
2012	North	Central		South	Playoffs
2012	Edinburgh Beagles	Nottingham Mavericks C		Southampton Spitfires B	Edinburgh Beagles	Southampton Spitfires B
2013	North		South		Playoffs
2013	Northumbria Kings		Southampton Spitfires B		Southampton Spitfires B	Northumbria Kings
2014	Newcastle Wildcats		Birmingham Lions B		Newcastle Wildcats	Northumbria Kings B
2015	Northumbria Kings B		Coventry and Warwick Panthers B		Northumbria Kings B	Northumbria Kings B

Non-checking Division 2

Year	Cup Competition			National Championship
2013	North	South	Playoffs
2013	n/a	Birmingham Eagles C	n/a	n/a
2014	Northumbria Kings B	n/a	n/a	Bradford Sabres B
2015	Bradford Sabres B	Coventry and Warwick Panthers C	Bradford Sabres B	Nottingham Mavericks B

Non-checking Division 3

Year	National Championships
2015	Imperial Devils C

Member teams

Club	Foundation	Entry to BUIHA	Year Folded	Twitter feed	Home Rink
Birmingham Lions Formed as Birmingham Eagles	2001	2003	-	@BrumEagles	Solihull Ice Rink
Bradford Sabres	2005	2005	-	@BradfordSabres	Bradford Ice Arena
Bristol Lions	2008	2008	2010	N/A	Bristol Ice Rink
Cambridge University Ice Hockey Club	1885	2004	-	@CUIHC	Planet Ice Milton Keynes, Peterborough Ice Rink
Cardiff Redhawks	2004	2005	-	@CardiffRedHawks	Cardiff Arena
Edinburgh Eagles	2003	2004	-	@EUIHC	Dundee Ice Arena, Dumfries Ice Bowl, Murrayfield Ice Rink, Stirling Ice Rink
Huddersfield Ice Hawks	2007	2007	2009	@HuddIceHawks	Bradford Ice Arena
Hull Ice Hogs Formed as Hull Hawks	2007	2007	-	@HUIHC	Hull Arena
Imperial College Devils	2004	2004	-	@Imperialdevils	Streatham Ice Arena
Kent Knights	2009	2009	-	@Kent_Knights	Gillingham Ice Rink
Leeds Gryphons Formed as Leeds Jaguars	2015	2015	-	@LUUIHC	Bradford Ice Arena
Manchester Metros Formed as Manchester MetroStars	2001	2004	-	@MancMetros	Deeside Leisure Centre, Altrincham Ice Dome
Newcastle Wildcats	1994	2003	-	@NCL_Wildcats	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Nottingham Mavericks	2001	2003	-	@NottsMavericks	National Ice Centre
Northumbria Kings Formed as Northumbria Flames	2001	2003	-	@NthumbriaFlames	Whitley Bay Ice Rink
Oxford University Ice Hockey Club	1885	2004	-	@ouihcmensblues	Oxford Ice Rink
Oxford Blues	1885	2004	-	-	Oxford Ice Rink
Southampton Spitfires	2002	2004	-	@SpitfiresIIHC	Planet Ice Silverdome Arena, Gosport Ice Rink
Sheffield Bears	2004	2004	-	@SheffieldBears	IceSheffield
Universities Of London Dragons Formed as ULU Purples	2002	2003	-	@LondonDragons	Lee Valley Ice Centre, Streatham Ice Arena
St Andrews Typhoons	2011	2012	-	@TyphoonsHockey	Dundee Ice Arena
University College London Union Yetis	2011	2012	-	@UCLice	Streatham Ice Arena
University of East Anglia Avalanche	2011	2012	-	@UEA_Avalanche	Planet Ice Peterborough
Warwick Panthers	2002	2004	-	@WarwickPanthers	SkyDome Arena

BUIHA Committees 2002-2011

Executive Committee

	Chairman	Vice Chairman	Secretary	Tresurer	Fixtures Secretary	Player Rep	CTO	Events Co-Ordinator
2002-04	R Ellis (ULU)	G Brewer (Ncl)	C May (Ox)	-	A Miller (Ncl)	-	-	-
2004/05	S Hopkins (Nott)	S Clifford (Nott)	E Baker (Edi)	R Ellis (ULU)	A Miller (Ncl)	-	-	-
2005/06	S Clifford (Nott)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	C Davila (Lon)	R Whyatt (Nott)	T Brooks (Shef)	-	-	-
2006/07	S Clifford (Nott)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	A Miller (Ncl)	R Whyatt (Nott)	-	-	-	-
2007/08	A Miller (Ncl)	S Hopkins (Nott)	-	R Whyatt (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	D Needham (ULU)	-	-
2008/09	A Miller (Ncl)	S Hopkins (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	R Whyatt (Nott)	-	K McCormack (Nor)	-	-
2009/10	A Miller (Nor)	S Hopkins (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	A Beevers(Hudd)	-	A Perona-Wright (Man)	J Staton (Car)	S Farey (Nott)
2010/11	A Miller (Nor)	S Hopkins (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	A Beevers(Hudd)	-	M Hinsley (Ncl)	J Staton (Car)	S Farey (Nott)
2011/12	A Miller (Nor)	S Hopkins (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	A Beevers(Hudd)	S Buckler (Lee)	J Craighead (Ncl)	J Staton (Car)	-
2012/13	A Miller (Unat)	S Hopkins (Nott)	R Grant (Unat)	-	-	Neil Dolan (Ed)	J Staton (Car)	-
2013-14	A Miller (She)	S Hopkins (Unat)	R Grant (Ncl)	-	-	B Ricketti (Ed)	J Staton (Car)	-
2014-15	A Miller (She)	S Hopkins (Unat)	R Grant (Unat)	-	-	N Ivill (Nor)	J Staton (Car)	-
2015-16	A Miller (She)	S Hopkins (Unat)	R Grant (Unat)	-	-	N Ivill (Nor)	J Staton (Car)	-

Non-Executive Committee

	NGB Secretary	Events Coordinator	Marketing and PR	Officials Liaison	Coaching Liaison	Webmaster
2002-04	S Hopkins (Nott)	-	-	A Batchelder (EIHA)	-	E Eckered (Ox)
2004/05	S Hopkins (Nott)	-	M Sharpe (ULU)	S Clifford (Nott)	-	M Sharpe (ULU)
2005/06	S Hopkins (Nott)	-	P Andrews (Shef)	S Clifford (Nott)	-	M Sharpe (ULU)
2006/07	S Hopkins (Nott)	S Farey (Nott)	-	S Clifford (Nott)	-	A Lawson (Nor)
2007/08	-	S Farey (Nott)	A Miller & R Grant	A Batchelder (EIHA)	-	A Lawson (Nor)
2008/09	-	S Farey (Nott)	A Miller & R Grant	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee (EIHA)	A Lawson (Nor)
2009/10	-	-	A Miller & R Grant	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee (EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2010/11	-	-	A Maxwell (Unat)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2011/12	-	-	-	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2012/13	-	-	J Craighead (NCL)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2013/14	-	-	N Dolan (Unat)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2014/15	-	-	N Dolan (Unat)	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)
2015/16	-	-	-	A Batchelder (EIHA)	L Moralee(EIHA)	D Rogers (Car)

External links

British University Ice Hockey Association official web site

References

↑ THE 4Jul 2003

Ice hockey in the United Kingdom

Elite League	Belfast Giants Braehead Clan Cardiff Devils Coventry Blaze Dundee Stars Edinburgh Capitals Fife Flyers Manchester Storm Nottingham Panthers Sheffield Steelers

English Premier League	Basingstoke Bison Bracknell Bees Guildford Flames Hull Pirates Manchester Phoenix Milton Keynes Lightning Peterborough Phantoms Sheffield Steeldogs Slough Jets Swindon Wildcats Telford Tigers

National League	Basingstoke Buffalo Billingham Stars Blackburn Hawks Bracknell Hornets Bradford Bulldogs Bristol Pitbulls Cardiff Devils 1 Cardiff Devils 2 Chelmsford Chieftains Chelmsford Warriors Coventry Blaze Deeside Dragons Fylde Flyers Grimsby Red Wings Haringey Greyhounds Invicta Dynamos Invicta Mustangs Kingston Jets Lancashire Raptors Lee Valley Lions London Raiders Milton Keynes Thunder Nottingham Lions Oxford City Stars Peterborough Islanders Romford Fury Sheffield Spartans Slough Harrier Hawks Solent Devils Solihull Barons Solway Sharks Streatham Redskins Streatham Bruins Swindon Wildcats Sutton Sting Telford Titans Trafford Metros Whitley Warriors Wightlink Raiders Wightlink Tigers

Scottish National League	Aberdeen Lynx Dundee Comets Dundee Tigers Edinburgh Capitals (SNL) Kilmarnock Storm Kirkcaldy Kestrels North Ayr Wild Paisley Pirates Solway Sharks

British University Teams	Anglia Ruskin Rangers Birmingham Eagles Bradford Sabres Bristol Lions Cambridge Blues Cardiff Redhawks Durham Knights Edinburgh Eagles Huddersfield Ice Hawks Hull Ice Hogs Imperial College Devils Kent Knights Universities Of London Dragons Manchester Metros Newcastle Wildcats Northumbria Flames Nottingham Mavericks Oxford Blues Sheffield Bears Southampton Spitfires St Andrews Typhoons Surrey Sharks UCL Yetis UEA Avalanche Warwick Panthers

Womens Premier League	Bracknell Queen Bees Guildford Lightning Kingston Diamonds A Milton Keynes Falcons Sheffield Shadows A Slough Phantoms Solihull Vixens Streatham Storm A Swindon Topcats A

Womens Ice Hockey League Division One	Basingstoke Bison Ladies Billingham Wildcats Blackburn Thunder Bracknell Fire Bees Cardiff Comets Chelmsford Cobras Coventry Phoenix Ivicta Dynamics Kingston Diamonds B Nottingham Vipers Oxford Stars Peterborough Penguins Sheffield Shadows B Solent and Gosport Amazons Streatham Storm B Swindon Topcats B Telford Wrekin Raiders Whitley Squaws

Governing bodies	English Ice Hockey Association Ice Hockey UK Northern Ireland Ice Hockey Association Scottish Ice Hockey

Competitions	League Championship Playoff Championship Challenge Cup Knockout Cup Northern League Varsity Match

Player awards	Alan Weeks Trophy Best British Forward British Netminder of the Year Coach of the Year Trophy Ice Hockey Annual Trophy Player of the Year Trophy Vic Batchelder Memorial Award

Defunct leagues and competitions	British Ice Hockey Association Ahearne Cup Autumn Cup British Hockey League British National League (1954–1960) British National League (1996–2005) English League English League North English National League Ice Hockey Superleague Inter-City League Northern League Scottish National League Scottish Premier Hockey League Southern League

Defunct teams	Ayr Bruins Ayr Scottish Eagles Blackpool Seagulls Brighton Tigers Castlereagh Knights Dundee Rockets Durham Wasps Earls Court Rangers Harringay Greyhounds Harringay Racers Hull Stingrays Hull Thunder Humberside Seahawks London Canadians London Lions London Knights London Racers Medway Bears Milton Keynes Kings Murrayfield Racers Newcastle Jesters Newcastle Vipers Newcastle ENL Vipers Niagara Oxford Blades Oxford Canadians Peterborough Pirates Princes Richmond Flyers Scottish Eagles Sheffield Lancers Sheffield Scimitars Southampton Vikings Sunderland Chiefs Telford Tigers ENL Wembley Lions Wembley Monarchs

Miscellaneous	Great Britain men's national ice hockey team Great Britain women's national ice hockey team British Ice Hockey Hall of Fame Ice Hockey Journalists UK IHSAUK

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