1999 Women's Australian Hockey League

1999 Women's
Australian Hockey League
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	25 June – 18 July
Teams	7
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	NSW Arrows (4th title)
Runner-up	Canberra Strikers
Third place	QLD Scorchers
Tournament statistics
Matches played	25
Goals scored	90 (3.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Katrina Powell (8 goals)
Best player	Katrina Powell
← 1998 (previous)	(next) 2000 →

Last updated August 21, 2023

The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League (AHL) was the 7th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 25 June through to 18 July 1999.^[1]

Participating teams

Venues

Sydney	Adelaide	Brisbane
State Hockey Centre	Pines Hockey Stadium	Queensland Hockey Centre
Capacity: 8,000	Capacity: 4,000	Capacity: 3,000

Brisbane Toowoomba Adelaide Sydney Canberra Melbourne Hobart		Melbourne
		Doncaster Hockey Club
		Canberra
		Lyneham Hockey Centre
		Hobart
		Tasmanian Hockey Centre
		Toowoomba
		Clyde Park Hockey Stadium

Competition format

The 1999 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.

Teams from 7 of Australia's states and territories competed against one another throughout the pool stage. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top four ranked teams progressed to the semi-finals.

Point allocation

Points
W	WD	LD	L
3	2	1	0

Every match in the 1999 AHL needed an outright result. In the event of a draw, golden goal extra time was played out, and if the result was still a draw a penalty shoot-out was contested, with the winner receiving a bonus point.

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	QLD Scorchers	6	4	1	0	1	11	6	+5	14	Semi-finals
2	Canberra Strikers	6	3	1	1	1	11	9	+2	12
3	Adelaide Suns	6	2	2	1	1	8	7	+1	11
4	NSW Arrows	6	2	1	1	2	15	11	+4	9
5	Tassie Van Demons	6	2	1	0	3	11	13	−2	8
6	VIS Vipers	6	1	1	1	3	12	12	0	6
7	WAIS Diamonds	6	0	0	3	3	11	21	−10	3

Source: Clearing House
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head result; 3) goal difference; 4) matches won; 5) goals scored.

Fixtures

25 June 1999
13:00 (AEST)

Tassie Van Demons	2–3	NSW Arrows
Wallington 43' B. Langham 60'	Report	J. Towers 7' Twitt 12' K. Towers 40'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney

26 June 1999
12:00 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	0–1	Adelaide Suns
	Report	C. Souter 17'

Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra

26 June 1999
13:30 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	7–2	WAIS Diamonds
Robards 32' J. Towers 38' Annan 47' Booth 49' Tassell 52' Banning 59' K. Towers 61'	Report	Hakwes 23' Andrews 24'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney

26 June 1999
14:00 (AEST)

VIS Vipers	0–1	Canberra Strikers
	Report	Powell 30'

Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra

27 June 1999
12:00 (AEST)

Adelaide Suns	1–1	VIS Vipers
Collett 56'	Report	Taylor 35'
Penalties
	4–3

Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra

27 June 1999
13:30 (AEST)

WAIS Diamonds	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Tassie Van Demons
Ringrose 47'	Report	B. Langham 27' Walker 78'

Stadium:
State Hockey Centre, Sydney

27 June 1999
14:00 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	0–3	QLD Scorchers
	Report	Baker 45' Faulkner 56' Callow 70+'

Stadium:
Lyneham Hockey Centre, Canberra

2 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)

VIS Vipers	2–3	Tassie Van Demons
B. Imison 67' Dobson 69'	Report	M. Langham 4' McDonald 26' B. Langham 35+'

Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne

3 July 1999
12:00 (ACST)

Canberra Strikers	4–2	WAIS Diamonds
Powell 21' MacKinnon 34', 61' Smyth 69'	Report	Starre 25', 28'

Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide

3 July 1999
14:00 (ACST)

Adelaide Suns	1–0	NSW Arrows
Collett 23'	Report

Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide

3 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)

Tassie Van Demons	1–2	QLD Scorchers
B. Langham 43'	Report	Skirving 62' Mott 66'

Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne

4 July 1999
12:00 (ACST)

NSW Arrows	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Canberra Strikers
Morrison 26' Booth 70' K. Towers 75'	Report	Powell 13', 48'

Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide

4 July 1999
14:00 (ACST)

WAIS Diamonds	2–2	Adelaide Suns
Ringrose 10' Starre 45'	Report	McIlwraith 30' C. Souter 33'
Penalties
	2–3

Stadium:
Pines Hockey Stadium, Adelaide

4 July 1999
14:30 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	3–2	VIS Vipers
Mott 4', 31' Faulkner 10'	Report	Purcell 32' Truscott 47'

Stadium:
Doncaster Hockey Club, Melbourne

9 July 1999
17:00 (AEST)

Adelaide Suns	1–1	Canberra Strikers
C. Souter 58'	Report	Paterson 54'
Penalties
	3–4

Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

10 July 1999
13:00 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	1–0	NSW Arrows
Callow 37'	Report

Stadium:
Clyde Park Hockey Stadium, Toowoomba

10 July 1999
14:00 (AEST)

Tassie Van Demons	3–2	Adelaide Suns
Wallington 6' B. Langham 51', 64'	Report	Wood 46' Delaine 60'

Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

10 July 1999
15:00 (AEST)

VIS Vipers	4–2	WAIS Diamonds
Harvey 24' Mitchell-Taverner 34' N. Smith 35' Spalding 38'	Report	Andrews 22', 56'

Stadium:
Clyde Park Hockey Stadium, Toowoomba

11 July 1999
11:00 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	3–0	Tassie Van Demons
Powell 14', 67' Staunton 32'	Report

Stadium:
Tasmanian Hockey Centre, Hobart

11 July 1999
13:00 (AEST)

WAIS Diamonds	2–2	QLD Scorchers
Mounsey 14' Andrews 57'	Report	Faulkner 17' Callow 64'
Penalties
	2–4

Stadium:
Queensland Hockey Centre, Brisbane

11 July 1999
15:00 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	2–3 (a.e.t.)	VIS Vipers
J. Towers 13' Banning 42'	Report	B. Imison 23' Spalding 40' Mitchell-Taverner 74'

Stadium:
Queensland Hockey Centre, Brisbane

Classification round

Semi-finals		Final

17 July 1999

QLD Scorchers	2
		18 July 1999
NSW Arrows	3
		NSW Arrows	3
17 July 1999
		Canberra Strikers	0
Canberra Strikers	2

Adelaide Suns	0
		Third place

		18 July 1999

		QLD Scorchers (a.e.t)	1

		Adelaide Suns	0

Semi-finals

17 July 1999
11:30 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	2–3	NSW Arrows
Faulkner 53' Mott 55'	Report	J. Towers 31' K. Towers 40' Banning 65'

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

17 July 1999
13:30 (AEST)

Canberra Strikers	2–0	Adelaide Suns
Powell 13', 39'	Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Third and fourth place

18 July 1999
11:30 (AEST)

QLD Scorchers	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Adelaide Suns
Mott 82'	Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Final

18 July 1999
13:30 (AEST)

NSW Arrows	3–0	Canberra Strikers
J. Towers 31' Ellick 38' Morrison 42'	Report

Stadium:
National Hockey Centre, Canberra

Awards

Player of the League	Top Goalscorer	Player of the Final
Katrina Powell	Katrina Powell	Melanie Twitt

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	NSW Arrows	8	4	1	1	2	21	13	+8	15	Gold Medal
	Canberra Strikers	8	4	1	1	2	13	12	+1	15	Silver Medal
	QLD Scorchers	8	4	2	0	2	14	9	+5	16	Bronze Medal
4	Adelaide Suns	8	2	2	2	2	8	10	−2	12	Fourth place

5	Tassie Van Demons	6	2	1	0	3	11	13	−2	8	Eliminated in group stage
6	VIS Vipers	6	1	1	1	3	12	12	0	6
7	WAIS Diamonds	6	0	0	3	3	11	21	−10	3

Source: Clearing House

Goalscorers

There were 90 goals scored in 25 matches, for an average of 3.6 goals per match.

8 goals

Katrina Powell

6 goals

Bianca Langham

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Kate MacKinnon
Sarah Booth
Brooke Morrison
Charmaine Collett
Simone Wallington
Bethany Imison
Claire Mitchell-Taverner
Sheree Spalding
Candice Ringrose

1 goal

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References

↑ "Women's Hockey Australia Annual Report 1999" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 11 May 2020.
↑ "ARROWS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH TITLE NUMBER FOUR". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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[1] "Women's Hockey Australia Annual Report 1999" (PDF). clearinghouseforsport.gov.au. Government of Australia . Retrieved 11 May 2020.

[2] "ARROWS RIGHT ON TARGET WITH TITLE NUMBER FOUR". hockey.org.au. Hockey Australia. Archived from the original on 4 December 2000. Retrieved 11 May 2020.

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v t e Australian Hockey League
Men's	Melbourne 2004 Brisbane 2005 Hobart 2006 Perth 2007 Canberra 2008 Hobart 2009 Brisbane 2010 Sydney 2011 Canberra 2012 Melbourne 2013 Adelaide 2014 Darwin 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018
Women's	Brisbane 1998 Canberra 1999 Sydney 2000 Brisbane 2001 Adelaide 2002 Hobart 2003 Perth 2004 Canberra 2005 Adelaide 2006 Brisbane 2007 Perth 2008 Melbourne 2009 Adelaide 2010 Darwin 2011 Perth 2012 Hobart 2013 Brisbane 2014 Sydney 2015 Perth 2016 Perth 2017 Gold Coast 2018

1999 Women's Australian Hockey League

Contents

Participating teams

Venues

Competition format

Point allocation

Results

Preliminary round

Fixtures

Classification round

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

Related Research Articles

References

External links