WNIHL Trophy Weekend Details Announced

The WNIHL season comes to a close next weekend, June 4/5, with the traditional Trophy Weekend featuring playoffs for all three divisions as well as the U16 Girls National Final.

This year’s Trophy – the first since 2019 – takes place at Planet Ice in Widnes and brings 14 teams together for ten games to crown four WNIHL Champions.

Elite League winners Solihull Vixens will face off against Guildford Lightning in their semi final, while QueenBees go against Streatham Storm who make their first Trophy appearance in the top division.

From the Premier Division, league winners Bristol Huskies will look to conclude their debut season with a double success and they see Kingston Diamonds in their semi final. Sheffield Shadows and the Firebees make up the Premier Division final four.

In Division One we have the top two from each of the regional divisions. In the North league winners Whitley Beacons and Solway Sharks were the qualifiers, going up against Swindon Topcats and Streatham Storm from the South.

Streatham turning out in force with both of their teams making Trophy Weekend for the first time.

The D1 semi finals are crossover format so it’s Whitley v Streatham and Solway v Swindon on Saturday’s schedule.

Each respective semi final winners will advance to Sunday’s Finals Day where they will be joined by the U16 Girls league winners who will play off for their national title.

Kingston Diamonds have booked their place from the North, they will face either Haringey or Swindon who play their league title decider this Sunday.