History

The Sheffield Shadows were establised in 1992, and entered the division 1 North league in the 1993/4 season. In the 2002/3 season the Shadows won promotion to English premier league, and have never finished lower than 5th since that time.

The leagues have grown over the years, along with the number of players in Sheffield, and the Shadows were the first Women’s club to form 2 teams. There are now Shadows teams playing in both the English Premier League and English Division 1 North.

The Shadows have a strong focus on developing players to get into the sport and be coached to the highest level – the Shadows have several representatives (both players and coaches) in the England and Great Britain Teams.

In the 2005/06 Season the Shadows Premier team won the play off trophy (named The Bill Britton Memorial Trophy in memory of the man who was the Chairman of the Women’s section of the EIHA for 22 years) for the first time. They followed this up with another playoff win 2 seasons later and won the Premier league for the first time in the 2008/09 season.

Last Season the Shadows continued their impressive run of form by finishing second in both the premier league and playoff competitions

Success doesn’t come without hard work, and the Shadows would not be where they are today without the dedication of players, coaches, managers, parents and so many others.

Shadows Highlights:

1992: Sheffield Shadows formed

1993/04 – 1st season in Division 1 North

1995/96 – Promotion to Premier league, but only for 1 season

2002/03 – Promotion to Premier league – finished 4th

2003/04 – Shadows moved to Ice Sheffield

2003/04 – Sheffield Shadows Division 1 team created

2005/06 – Premier team win playoff trophy

2007/08 – Premier team won playoff trophy

2007/08 – Division 1 finished 3rd in league

2007/08 – Around 70 players registered in the Sheffield Shadows club

2008/09 – Premier team win the league

2009/10 – Premier team represent the UK in the EWCC competition in Latvia

2009/10 – Premier team finish 2nd in both league and playoffs

2010/11 – Division One team Win the league

2010/11 – Premier Team win the League