BISHA is the British Inline Skater Hockey Association. It is the governing body for our sport in this country. (See www.bishahockey.com)

Within BISHA are various regional organisations who run leagues to find the best teams in their region. Oxford belongs to the Southern Area Skater Hockey association - SASH.

The SASH league starts around late february/early march, and, currently, all matches are played at the Farnborough leisure center in Hampshire on most Sundays. The league takes a break over the summer holiday period, and usually finishes in September.

The top 12 teams in the country for each age group are then invited to the National championships. This takes place over a weekend sometime in November for each of the age groups.(Peewee,Youth,Junior and Senior). Each region is given 2 or three places for each age group, and only those teams coming 1st or second go to the Nationals. If a region is particularly large, then more places will be given. SASH for instance, had 3 teams go to the nationals for most of the age groups. Some times, there may be playoffs, organised as a tournament, or single matches, to allocate additional places in the Nationals.

National Championships.
The National championships have been held in Torbay (Peignton), for the last two years, Blackpool and Hartlepool on previous occasions.

European Championships.
The Winner and the runner up of the Nationals are invited to play in the European championships the following year. So far Oxford have had a minnows team, and two peewee team qualify for the Europeans. In 2004 our peewee team where National champions.

Senior Premier League.
In addition to the regional competition, there is a senior premier league. This league contains the best of the countries Senior teams.

Tournaments and friendlies
As well as League matches, the club organises and is invited to, various 'friendlies'. These may be an afternoon at another club, or a Tournament held over a weekend, from Wales to Sheffield to Blackbird leys. These events are often what get remembered over the year - for good or for bad!

Once a member has paid up his(her) club and Bisha membership and has a full set of kit, he may play in these league and friendly matches, although it may require a couple of months training to feel confident enough to play in a full match.