In 2022 the naming of the league was changed to: (the above information with Elite, Premier and Division 1 is now out of date and needs to be rewritten) In the 1980s ice hockey was exclusively a male sport in the UK.
She gathered a petition with lists of female players who wanted to play, and hand delivered it to the British Ice Hockey association, but again received no reply.
The Sports Council of Great Britain then invited her to a second meeting, and also in attendance was the British Ice Hockey Association.
The representative of the Sports Council delivered the message that the British Ice Hockey Association were not going to get any more funding until they included women in their programme.
In the early days, many of the women didn't have any kit, so would wear rolled up magazines down their socks and would be sharing and swapping helmets on the bench during games.
Oxford City Rockets declared unofficial champions after beating Streatham in a regional playoff by four goals to one.
The introduction of the Women's U16 Northern and Southern (season 2007/08) created a third play-off final between the winners of each league.
The regional sides are a recent addition to assist with the development of the top women's and girls' hockey in the UK.
Team GB re-entered the world of international Hockey with a European Championship two-leg qualifying match against the Netherlands in Chelmsford.
Record: 1–3–1 After the break for an Olympic year, GB started again in the newly formed European Championship Pool B.
Following an opening loss against Latvia (0–3), GB repeated their performance against the Czech Republic from two years previous, this time with a 1–1 draw.
Slovakia defeated GB 4–1 and in the final group game Holland put seven past the Brits, with only two coming back.
GB started positively with a much better account against Denmark who they had been routed against the previous year falling only to a 5–0 defeat.
Any hopes of a great comeback were dashed in their second game against the Danes who GB had previously done well against, collapsing to a 7–1 defeat.
Kazakhstan was just able to edge ahead and won by the odd goal in 9 leaving GB in 8th out of eight place and without a win in two years.
Korea struck back with two 2nd period goals but despite a fightback by GB, the game ended up 4–2 to the Asian side.
GB finally defeated Holland in a competitive game, 11 years after their first attempt with a comfortable 5–2 victory.
Record: 3–1–0 Team roster: Maribor, Slovenia Pool B overnight was renamed Division 1, but apart from that the challenge stayed the same for GB with their third straight attempt at qualification into the 2nd tier.
Despite getting a goal back in the 3rd, Team GB went down to a 4–1 defeat against Slovakia and finished second in their group for the third consecutive year.
Game 2 against group favourites Norway was just as tough for the Brits along a spirited performance saw them just 1–0 down after the first GB collapsed to an 8–3 defeat.
GB's final game against Italy proved too much for them and they were defeated as they had been the previous year to an experienced Italian side, this time 4–2.
However, when a team is washed out a goal on a wraparound due to the referee 'losing sight of the puck' as it went round the net, there is not much to be done.
Record: 0–5–0 Team roster: Cape Town, South Africa Division III was the setting for GB.
GB started off the tournament in impressive fashion easily dispatching Hungary 5–0 followed by an 11–0 demolition of Belgium.
University of New Hampshire's Angela Taylor picked up a penalty for highsticking at 47:39, and with eight seconds left in the game heartbreak as Slovenia took the lead.
GB were never able to get back in the game and ended losing 4–1 with the final goal placed into the empty net.