"Following the dissolution of the British National League after the conclusion of the 1959-60 season, Great Britain was left without a hockey league in existence. To keep the sport of ice hockey alive in the country, the remaining rinks/teams organized tournaments throughout the year, known colloquially as either \"rink\" or \"home\" tournaments. Altrincham, Blackpool, Brighton, Durham, Southampton and Whitley Bay are some notable locales which still retained rinks/teams. The tournaments were generally organized in a format where the visiting teams all played games against the hosts, and the team which recorded the best result earned the right to play the home side in a final. Sometimes a simple round-robin was played, with the first-place finisher claiming the tournament. Some visiting teams (notably Streatham, Richmond, and Harringay) no longer had rinks of their own, making the tournaments one of the few opportunities for them to get on the ice. A fully-amateur Scottish League was set up for the 1962-63 season. However, home tournaments remained the sole source of competition in England. In 1965-66, the Coca-Cola Championship, a four league circuit comprising teams from both England and Scotland, was contested. The competition did not fare well, with the schedule being left uncompleted and no winners being declared. The same year, the Icy Smith Cup (which later came to be regarded as the British Championship) was played, made up of teams from Northern England and Scotland. The Northern League was established for the 1966-67 season. It contained teams from Northern England and Scotland, who also competed for the Icy Smith Cup. Home tournaments would however remain the only competitions in Southern England until the establishment of the Southern League in 1970."@en . . "British Home Tournaments"@en . . "Following the dissolution of the British National League after the conclusion of the 1959-60 season, Great Britain was left without a hockey league in existence. To keep the sport of ice hockey alive in the country, the remaining rinks/teams organized tournaments throughout the year, known colloquially as either \"rink\" or \"home\" tournaments. Altrincham, Blackpool, Brighton, Durham, Southampton and Whitley Bay are some notable locales which still retained rinks/teams."@en . .