2015 Women's Ford National Hockey League

2015 Women's
Ford National Hockey League

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	29 August – 20 September
Teams	8
Venue	9 (in 9 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	––  Auckland (6th title)
Runner-up	––  Northland
Third place	––  Midlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	36
Goals scored	170 (4.72 per match)
Top scorer	––  Gemma McCaw (10 goals)
Best player	––  Brooke Neal
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The 2015 Women's Ford National Hockey League was the 17th edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The competition was held in 9 cities across New Zealand, from 29 August to 20 September.

Auckland won the title for the sixth time, defeating Northland 6–0 in the final. ^{[1] [2]} Midlands finished in third place after winning the third place match 7–4 over Canterbury. ^[3]

Participating teams

The following eight teams competed for the title:

•  ––  Auckland
•  ––  Canterbury
•  ––  Capital
•  ––  Central
•  ––  Midlands
•  ––  Northland
•  ––  North Harbour
•  ––  Southern

Results

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	––  Canterbury	7	4	1	1	1	18	9	+9	19	Advanced to Semi-Finals
2	––  Midlands	7	4	1	0	2	27	13	+14	18
3	––  Auckland	7	3	3	0	1	13	9	+4	18
4	––  Northland	7	4	0	1	2	16	10	+6	17
5	––  Central	7	3	1	1	2	15	9	+6	15
6	––  North Harbour	7	3	0	2	2	15	12	+3	14
7	––  Capital	7	1	0	1	5	13	23	−10	5
8	––  Southern	7	0	0	0	7	5	37	−32	0

Source: Hockey New Zealand
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.

Fixtures

29 August 2015 12:00 North Harbour  ––  2–1  ––  Northland Webster  2' Green  20' Report MacAlister  26' North Harbour Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

29 August 2015 12:00 Midlands  ––  2–3  ––  Auckland McCaw  7' Tanner  18' Report King  14' C. Harrison  20' Wilson  47' Rosa Birch Park, Pukekohe Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

29 August 2015 12:00 Central  ––  3–2  ––  Capital Paewai  15', 38' Waddell  47' Report Ashton  28' O'Callaghan  29' Hockey Manawatu Inc, Palmerston North Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

29 August 2015 12:00 Canterbury  ––  4–0  ––  Southern Symes  1' Steele  10' G. Blackwood  14' Kiddle  47' Report Canterbury Hockey Association, Christchurch Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

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6 September 2015 12:00 Auckland  ––  0–3  ––  Northland Report C. Michelsen  6' Thorpe  43', 59' Lloyd Elsmore Hockey Stadium, Auckland Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

6 September 2015 12:00 Midlands  ––  3–1  ––  Central Tanner  5' McCaw  12' Robinson  56' Report Whitelock  28' Taupo Hockey Club, Taupō Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

6 September 2015 12:00 Capital  ––  0–4  ––  Canterbury Report G. Blackwood  11' Fremaux  48' Storey  52' Steele  56' National Hockey Stadium, Wellington Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

6 September 2015 12:00 Southern  ––  1–5  ––  North Harbour Inglis  45' Report Pearce  20', 34' Henry  24' Goad  33' Symons  47' Otago Hockey Association, Dunedin Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

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12 September 2015 10:30 Canterbury  ––  2–1  ––  Central McCann  32' Cocks  33' Report Pollock  57' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

12 September 2015 12:30 Capital  ––  5–0  ––  Southern Ashton  8' Hawes  35' Eastman  45' Devine  58' Smith  59' Report Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)

12 September 2015 14:30 Northland  ––  2–1  ––  Midlands S. Michelsen  24' Thorpe  54' Report Kernaghan  41' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

12 September 2015 16:30 North Harbour  ––  0–1  ––  Auckland Report S. Harrison  25' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

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13 September 2015 11:00 Canterbury  ––  3–4  ––  Midlands B. Blackwood  18' Storey  21' Steele  26' Report Kernaghan  19', 35' McCaw  29' Charlton  56' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

13 September 2015 13:00 North Harbour  ––  3–1  ––  Capital Judge  6' Henry  12' Pearce  22' Report Punt  48' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

13 September 2015 15:00 Auckland  ––  2–2  ––  Central Forgesson  15' Glynn  46' Report Whitelock  49', 50' Penalties Sutherland S. Harrison King C. Harrison 3–2 Whitelock Pollock Gaddum Herbert Norman Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

13 September 2015 13:00 Northland  ––  5–3  ––  Southern S. Michelsen  9', 27' Haughn  19', 21' Polovnikoff  40' Report Cowan  5' Irwin  49' Wickens  47' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lani Jackman (NZL)

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14 September 2015 12:30 Central  ––  3–0  ––  North Harbour Curtis  36' Herbert  40', 51' Report Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

14 September 2015 14:30 Southern  ––  1–8  ––  Midlands Nicholson  9' Report Gloyn  4' FitzSimons  6' McCaw  37', 56' Tanner  53' Charlton  56' O'Donnell  57' Robinson  59' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

14 September 2015 16:30 Northland  ––  4–2  ––  Capital McQuinn  28' Gunson  33' Neal  35' C. Michelsen  44' Report Eastman  39' Smith  54' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

14 September 2015 18:30 Auckland  ––  0–0  ––  Canterbury Report Penalties Sutherland S. Harrison King C. Harrison 4–2 Fremaux Merry McCann Tinning Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

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16 September 2015 13:00 Southern  ––  0–5  ––  Central Report Curtis  6', 51' Norman  15' Whitelock  37' Herbert  59' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

16 September 2015 15:00 Midlands  ––  2–2  ––  North Harbour Kernaghan  28' Jaques  57' Report Pearce  40' Webster  55' Penalties Charlton S. O'Donnell McCaw Jaques Hepi —— Charlton 5–4 Hyatt-Brown Goad Henry Dickins Pearce —— Goad Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

16 September 2015 17:00 Capital  ––  2–2  ––  Auckland Punt  13' O'Callaghan  16' Report McDonnell  11' C. Harrison  45' Penalties Reidy De Klijn Hawes Roberts 1–3 Sutherland S. Harrison King Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

16 September 2015 19:00 Northland  ––  1–2  ––  Canterbury Haughn  54' Report Cocks  42', 49' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Kelly Hudson (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

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17 September 2015 12:30 Midlands  ––  7–1  ––  Capital McCaw  2', 18', 31' Gloyn  14', 52' FitzSimons  25' O'Donnell  26' Report Smith  21' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Melanie Oakden (NZL)

17 September 2015 14:30 Auckland  ––  5–0  ––  Southern C. Harrison  2' Glynn  7' Forgesson  12' Sutherland  20', 60' Report Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Julena Phillips (NZL) Amber Church (NZL)

17 September 2015 16:30 Central  ––  0–0  ––  Northland Report Penalties Herbert Pollock Curtis Van Woerkom Ridd 1–0 Gunson Neal Jurisich Hennig C. Michelsen Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

17 September 2015 18:30 Canterbury  ––  3–3  ––  North Harbour Fremaux  32', 37' G. Blackwood  43' Report Pearce  17', 25' Burnside  55' Penalties Storey Merry Tinning Hayward Grant 3–2 Green Pearce Henry Symons Goad Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Lucy Townend (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth Place
	19 September 2015
	––  Central	5
					20 September 2015
	––  Southern	1
					––  Central	0
	19 September 2015
					––  North Harbour	5
	––  North Harbour (pen.)	2 (2)
	––  Capital	2 (1)
					Seventh Place
					20 September 2015
					––  Southern	0
					––  Capital	5

Crossover

19 September 2015 10:00 North Harbour  ––  2–2  ––  Capital Dickins  24' Winterbottom  41' Report Reidy  28' Punt  58' Penalties Symons Judge Pearce Hira Henry 2–1 Reidy Punt De Klijn Hawes O'Callaghan Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Katrina Woolf (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

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19 September 2015 12:00 Central  ––  5–1  ––  Southern Norman  7', 54' Herbert  12' Paewai  16' Curtis  52' Report Holland  4' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

Seventh and eighth place

20 September 2015 09:00 Southern  ––  0–5  ––  Capital Report Devine  19' Smith  26' Hawes  27' Ashton  28', 41' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Julena Phillips (NZL)

Fifth and sixth place

20 September 2015 09:15 Central  ––  0–5  ––  North Harbour Report Conway  4' Pearce  30', 51' Blake  37' Goad  40' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Karen Bennett (NZL) Katrina Woolf (NZL)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 September 2015
	––  Canterbury	2
					20 September 2015
	––  Northland	4
					––  Northland	0
	19 September 2015
					––  Auckland	6
	––  Midlands	2
	––  Auckland	3
					Third Place
					20 September 2015
					––  Canterbury	4
					––  Midlands	7

Semi-finals

19 September 2015 10:30 Canterbury  ––  2–4  ––  Northland Merry  7' Denning  31' Report Haughn  22' Polovnikoff  26' McQuinn  40' Thorpe  48' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Joanne Cumming (NZL)

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19 September 2015 12:30 Midlands  ––  2–3  ––  Auckland McCaw  5' Charlton  53' Report Forgesson  24' King  39' S. Harrison  52' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Karen Bennett (NZL)

Third and fourth place

20 September 2015 09:00 Canterbury  ––  4–7  ––  Midlands Merry  9', 60+' Tinning  44' Storey  50' Report Palmer  5' Charlton  6', 8', 45+' Gloyn  28' McCaw  33' Robinson  51' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Melanie Oakden (NZL) Lucy Townend (NZL)

Final

20 September 2015 13:00 Northland  ––  0–6  ––  Auckland Report Thompson  4' Glynn  12' King  25' Ritchie  36' S. Harrison  42' Wilson  56' Northland Hockey Association, Whangārei Umpires: Joanne Cumming (NZL) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer
––  Brooke Neal	––  Gemma McCaw

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	WD	LD	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	––  Auckland	9	5	3	0	1	22	11	+11	26	Gold Medal
	––  Northland	9	5	0	1	3	20	18	+2	21	Silver Medal
	––  Midlands	9	5	1	0	3	36	20	+16	22	Bronze Medal
4	––  Canterbury	9	4	1	1	3	24	20	+4	19
5	––  North Harbour	9	4	1	2	2	22	14	+8	20
6	––  Central	9	4	1	1	3	20	15	+5	19
7	––  Capital	9	2	0	2	5	20	25	−5	10
8	––  Southern	9	0	0	0	9	6	47	−41	0

Source: Hockey New Zealand

Goalscorers

There were 170 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 4.72 goals per match.

10 goals

•  ––  Gemma McCaw

8 goals

•  ––  Kirsten Pearce

6 goals

•  ––  Samantha Charlton

4 goals

•  ––  Renee Ashton
•  ––  Kelsey Smith
•  ––  Michaela Curtis
•  ––  Rebecca Herbert
•  ––  Kayla Whitelock
•  ––  Shiloh Gloyn
•  ––  Kate Kernaghan
•  ––  Hannah Haughn
•  ––  Anna Thorpe

3 goals

•  ––  Krystal Forgesson
•  ––  Katie Glynn
•  ––  Samantha Harrison
•  ––  Charlotte Harrison
•  ––  Julia King
•  ––  Georgina Blackwood
•  ––  Sophie Cocks
•  ––  Sian Fremaux
•  ––  Olivia Merry
•  ––  Phoebe Steele
•  ––  Jennifer Storey
•  ––  Anita Punt
•  ––  Pippa Norman
•  ––  Caryn Paewai
•  ––  Amy Robinson
•  ––  Kimberley Tanner
•  ––  Stacey Michelsen

2 goals

•  ––  Danielle Sutherland
•  ––  Monique Wilson
•  ––  Sophie Devine
•  ––  Charlotte Eastman
•  ––  Freya Hawes
•  ––  Katrina O'Callaghan
•  ––  Natasha FitzSimons
•  ––  Nicola O'Donnell
•  ––  Jasmin McQuinn
•  ––  Carli Michelsen
•  ––  Samantha Polovnikoff
•  ––  Erin Goad
•  ––  Kathryn Henry
•  ––  Petrea Webster

1 goal

•  ––  Nicola McDonnell
•  ––  Deanna Ritchie
•  ––  Elizabeth Thompson
•  ––  Bridget Blackwood
•  ––  Kate Denning
•  ––  Bridget Kiddle
•  ––  Rachel McCann
•  ––  Charlotte Symes
•  ––  Catherine Tinning
•  ––  Felicity Reidy
•  ––  Cathryn Pollock
•  ––  Casey-Mae Waddell
•  ––  Alia Jaques
•  ––  Arnica Palmer
•  ––  Elizabeth Gunson
•  ––  Jessica MacAlister
•  ––  Brooke Neal
•  ––  Jessica Blake
•  ––  Tenille Burnside
•  ––  Alexandra Conway
•  ––  Stephanie Dickins
•  ––  Kimberley Green
•  ––  Amie Judge
•  ––  Katy Symons
•  ––  Courtney Winterbottom
•  ––  Millie Cowan
•  ––  Dayna Holland
•  ––  Polly Inglis
•  ––  Alexandra Irwin
•  ––  Kelly Nicholson
•  ––  Sophie Wickens

Source: Hockey New Zealand

References

1. "Auckland Women, Capital Men win Ford NHL". fieldhockey.com. Field Hockey . Retrieved 19 March 2021.
2. "Hockey: Northland struggle in final deja vu". The New Zealand Herald . New Zealand Herald . Retrieved 19 March 2021.
3. "2015 Ford National League Women". hockeynz.altiusrt.com. Hockey New Zealand . Retrieved 19 March 2021.

External links

• Official website