1. Competitions Forum 2016-2017

2. Outdoor: National League Division 1 (M&W)  The team finishing in position 1 in Division 1 after 18 matches will be Division Champions, will receive Division 1 trophy and lowest ranked European place  Teams in positions 1-4 will enter Play-Offs for National Champions Trophy and highest ranked European place  Teams in positions 5 & 6 will have no further matches  The team finishing in position 10 in Division 1 after 18 games is relegated  Teams in positions 7,8,9 in Division 1 and team in position 2 in Division will contest Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs

3. Outdoor: National League Division 2 (M&W)  The team finishing in position 1 in Division 2 after 22 matches will be Division Champions and promoted to Division 1  Teams in positions 7,8,9 in Division 1 and team in position 2 in Division 2 will contest Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs  The teams finishing in positions 10 and 11 in Division 2 are relegated

4. European / National League Division 1 Play-Offs  Play-Off Semi Finals will be held over one leg  The team with the most goals will win.  The higher ranked team will have home advantage  In the event of goals being the same, a penalty competition will take place  To help encourage the playoff event all teams for their home leg should provide table and chairs, two club members to be judges, one club member to tweet goal updates and HT/FT scores and a minimum of 6 Ball Patrol members. See Play-Off Regulations  Play-Offs to be played on Approved Water Based Surfaces  The winner of these will enter the Grand Final held at a venue decided by Scottish Hockey

5. Top 4 Play-Offs: (National Champions Trophy & European Qualification) Playoff Final Winner of Playoff A v Winner of Playoff B Playoff A Team 1 v Team 4 Playoff B Team 2 v Team 3  Winner gets National Champions Trophy and highest ranked European place

6. National League Division 1 / 2 Promotion Relegation Play-Offs  Teams in positions 7,8,9 in Division 1 and team in position 2 in Division 2 will contest Promotion/Relegation Play-Offs  Position 7 v Position 2; Position 8 v Position 9 in a semi-final play-off  The higher ranked team will have home advantage  The loser of these semi-finals will enter a promotion / relegation play-off final  The Play-Off final will be held at a venue decided by Scottish Hockey  The loser will play in Division 2

7. Relegation Playoffs Loser is Relegated Relegation Match Loser of Playoff A v Loser of Playoff B Playoff A NL1.7 v NL 2.2 Playoff B NL 1.8 v NL1.9

8. Outdoor National League Division 3 (M)  The team finishing in position 1 will be promoted to Division 2  Dependant on entries teams finishing in the bottom position are relegated

9. Outdoor: Championship League (W) 2015-16  2 Championship Leagues, Division 1 and 2  A 1st XI team finishing in position 1 in Division 1 will be promoted to National League  If a team finishing in position 1 in Championship is 2 nd /3 rd XI then highest placed first team has option to be promoted.  Team finishing in last position in Division 1 relegated to Division 2.  Team finishing in position 1 in Division 2 will be promoted to Division 1  Dependant on entries team finishing in last position of Division 2 relegated to District League

10. Regional League  Regional league 1 will continue as is  Regional league 2 structure will be dependant on entries i. If the league gains entries the structure will continue with home and away fixtures of between 16-22 matches. Dependant on entries. ii. If the league does not gain entries the structure will be reviewed. This may see a split within the league to gain more fixtures after playing home and away fixtures.

11. Outdoor: Regional League (M) 2015/16  In the event of the National Leagues being full, if the winners of Regional Central League Division 1 is a 1 st XI team they are automatically promoted.  If the winner of Regional Central League Division 1 is a 2 nd or 3 rd XI or a first team that doesn’t want to be promoted, then highest placed 1 st XI in the respective leagues plays off against the bottom team in National League Division 3

12. Scottish and District and Reserve Cup Competitions  Open Draw structure will continue through each round of the competition.  Semi finals will take place at a central venue.  Where possible within the calendar, cup fixtures will take place instead of league fixtures on Saturdays  Scotland players will be eligible to play in Scottish Cup and Plate, but may be unavailable for certain matches due to International Commitments.

13. Indoor  Indoor will start in December and end in February  There is no change to the current structure of Indoor.

14. Men’s & Women’s National Indoor League Division 1 Teams 1,4,5,8 Round Robin Teams seeded and carry points for teams in their pool Teams 2,3,6,7 Round Robin Teams seeded, and carry points for teams in their pool Winners of fixture A & B. Play in grand final ( INL 1winner qualifies for Europe) National Indoor League Div.1 8 team league. Each team plays everyone once. Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 Team 1 Team 2 Team 3 Team 4 A B C D Losers of fixture A & B. Play for 3 rd & 4 th place finish Fixture C play for 5 th & 6 th place finish. Losers of fixture D. Play for 7 th & 8 th place finish. Loser is relegated. Winner has play off with 2 nd place in Division 2 Women’s winner has play off with 2 nd place in Championship