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The 2010–11 Cornwall Hockey Association Cup is the most recently completed season of the Cornwall Hockey Association Cup, known as the Cornwall Cup or CHA Cup. The CHA Cup is the flagship competition organised by the Cornwall Hockey Association, contested by senior male and female hockey teams in the county of Cornwall. A total of 35 teams representing 12 clubs competed in the competition, which culminated on 3 April 2011 with Truro HC and Falmouth HC winning the Men's and Ladies Cups respectively.

The competition commenced on 26 September 2010 with the Preliminary Round of the Ladies Cup, and concluded on 3 April 2011 with the Ladies Cup Final held at Penzance HC.

Both Truro and Falmouth were the the defending champions for the respective Men's and Ladies Competitons, with Truro HC competing in their eigth sucessive CHA Cup Final. .

Men's Cup
Of the 18 teams eligable for the Men's Cup, a total of 16 entered the competition representing eight clubs.

The sixteen competing clubs were all entered into Round 1 of the competition

Ladies Cup
Of the 19 teams eligable for the Ladies Cup, all 19 entered the competition representing twelve clubs, however Morgarows HC folded prior to playing any fixtures.

Of the nineteen competing teams, six were entered into a Preliminary Round with the three winners joining the remaining thirteen teams in Round 1. The six teams contesting the Preliminary Round were those teams ranked lowest based upon their finishing position in the 2009-10 league season.

Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round of the competition was contested only in the Ladies Cup, and involved the six lowest-ranked teams in the competition based upon their final placing in the 2009-10 West Clubs' Womens Hockey League.

The match between Launceston and Penzance II was the centre of a minor controversy when the Penzance team failed to arive for the fixture due to a communication error. The match was subsequently awarded as a 5-0 walkover to Launceston.