The 2023 Women's South Island League, is the 2nd season of the 2nd level women's football in New Zealand and the 1st season under the name Women's South Island League.
Coastal Spirit SAS are the South Island Qualifying League, known as Mainland Women's Premiership, champions and the 2022 Women's South Island Championship champions and Dunedin City Royals are the FS Women's Premiership champions, Women's South Island League Playoff winners and 2022 Women's South Island Championship runners up.
The South Island League is the culmination of two regional federations, each of which provide teams to the Women's South Island League. The top four teams in the Women's Premier League and top two teams from the Women's Southern Premiership qualify for entry into the South Island League.
Qualifying League South Island Qualifying League
The season started on 1 April, and finished on 28 May, being a single round. The league determined the top four teams in Mainland's federation, who went on to play the top two teams from Southern Football. The bottom three teams played in the Canterbury Women's Premiership, starting after this league finished, and were joined by the top three teams of Canterbury Women's Championship Division 1.
Team The four teams from the 2022 league - Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit SAS, FC Nomads United and University of Canterbury - were joined by Halswell Christchurch United, Nelson Suburbs, and Selwyn United. Halswell Christchurch United were a combined team of Halswell United and Christchurch United; similarly FC Nomads United was a combined team from Nomads United and FC Twenty 11.
Team Home ground Location Competition Cashmere Technical Garrick Memorial Park Woolston, Christchurch 2nd Mainland Women's Premier League Coastal Spirit SAS English Park St Albans, Christchurch 1st Mainland Women's Premier League Halswell Christchurch United United Sports Centre Spreydon, Christchurch Nelson Suburbs Saxton Field Stoke, Nelson FC Nomads United WPL Tulett Park Casebrook, Christchurch 4th Mainland Women's Premier League Selwyn United WPL Foster Park Rolleston University of Canterbury English Park St Albans, Christchurch 3rd Mainland Women's Premier League
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League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Britney-Lee Nicholson Coastal Spirit SAS 15 2 Melanie Cameron Coastal Spirit SAS 6 3 Aimee Phillips Cashmere Technical 5 Whitney Hepburn Coastal Spirit SAS 5 Charlotte Mortlock Cashmere Technical 4 Jasmine Barney Nelson Suburbs Laura Newman Coastal Spirit SAS Lauren Dabner Coastal Spirit SAS Nicola Dominikovich Cashmere Technical 10 Leanna Ryan Cashmere Technical 3
League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Aimee Phillips Cashmere Technical Selwyn United Away 0–12 Charlotte Mortlock 4 Laura Newman Coastal Spirit SAS Halswell Christchurch United Home 12–0 Britney-Lee Nicholson 5 Melanie Cameron Coastal Spirit SAS Selwyn United Away 0–20 Britney-Lee Nicholson
Own goals Round Player Club Against 2 Jasmine Ball University of Canterbury Coastal Spirit SAS 7 Leigh Bowie Selwyn United University of Canterbury
ODT Women's Southern Premiership
Teams All seven teams from the previous season competed. Team Home ground Location 2022 Season Dunedin City Royals Logan Park Dunedin North, Dunedin 1st ODT Women's Southern Premiership Green Island Sunnyvale Park Green Island, Dunedin 5th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Mosgiel Memorial Park Ground Mosgiel 7th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Northern Forrester Park Normanby, Dunedin 6th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Otago University Logan Park Dunedin North, Dunedin 3rd ODT Women's Southern Premiership Queenstown Rovers Queenstown Events Centre Frankton, Queenstown 4th ODT Women's Southern Premiership Roslyn Wakari Ellis Park Glenross, Dunedin 2nd ODT Women's Southern Premiership
League The league was a single round, with the top four teams advancing to the South Island League southern playoffs. The bottom three teams played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship, with the two teams who did not qualify for the South Island League.
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League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Nieve Collin Dunedin City Royals 6 2 Chelsea Whittaker Dunedin City Royals 5 3 Mikayla Gray Dunedin City Royals 4 Keely Osborne Queenstown Zara Partley Roslyn-Wakari Holly White 7 Margarida Dias Dunedin City Royals 3 Madeline McCormick Otago University Rose Hanna Morton Dunedin City Royals Jemma Wilson Roslyn-Wakari
League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Rose Morton Dunedin City Royals Mosgiel Home 7–0 2 Margarida Dias Dunedin City Royals Northern Away 0–6 3 Madeline McCormick Otago University Northern Away 0–7 5 Holly White Roslyn-Wakari Northern Home 8–0 7 Nieve Collin Dunedin City Royals Green Island Away 0–11
Own goals Round Player Club Against 3 Laura Wallis Queenstown Roslyn-Wakari 7 Paige Julian Green Island Dunedin City Royals
South Island League Playoffs Each team played each other once over three rounds, with the top two advancing to the South Island League, while the bottom two played in the ODT Women's Southern Championship.
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League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Ruby Anderson Dunedin City Royals 4 3 Carolyn Days Otago University 2 Margarida Dias Dunedin City Royals Tahlia Roome Dunedin City Royals Morgan Smiley Otago University Jemma Wilson Roslyn-Wakari 7 Madeline Braun Queenstown 1 Hope Donoghue Charlotte Marvin Otago University Abbey Neilson Queenstown Eloise Robinson Otago University Shontell Smite Dunedin City Royals Chelsea Whittaker
League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 1 Ruby Anderson Dunedin City Royals Roslyn-Wakari Home 7–1
South Island League The six teams each played every other team twice, once at home and once away. Qualified Teams Cashmere Technical, Coastal Spirit SAS and Dunedin City Royals returned to the league, joined by Otago University from Southern Football, with Nelson Suburbs and University of Canterbury from Mainland Football. AssociationTeamPosition inRegional LeagueAppPrevious bestMainland Football Coastal Spirit SAS1st1stDebutCashmere Technical2nd1stDebutUniversity of Canterbury3rd1stDebutNelson Suburbs4th1stDebutSouthern Football Dunedin City Royals1st1stDebutOtago University2nd1stDebut
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League top scorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Britney-Lee Nicholson Coastal Spirit SAS 15 2 Shontelle Smith Dunedin City Royals 7 3 Aimee Phillips Cashmere Technical 6 Jayda Stewart Coastal Spirit SAS 5 Nicola Dominkovich Cashmere Technical 5 Amy Hislop Otago University Charlotte Roche Cashmere Technical 8 Melanie Cameron Coastal Spirit SAS 4 Freya Partridge-Moore Dunedin City Royals Jonelle Author Cashmere Technical 11 Multiple players 3
League hat-tricks Round Player For Against Home/Away Result Date 3 Aimee Phillips Cashmere Technical Otago University Away 0–6 5 Jayda Stewart Coastal Spirit SAS Otago University Away 0–10 Britney-Lee Nicholson 7 Britney-Lee Nicholson Coastal Spirit SAS Nelson Suburbs Away 0–5 9 Britney-Lee Nicholson Home 8–0 Freya Partridge-Moore Dunedin City Royals Otago University Home 6–1 10 Britney-Lee Nicholson Coastal Spirit SAS Cashmere Technical Away 4–3
Own goals Round Player Club Against 3 Sophie Hartshaw University of Canterbury Dunedin City Royals
References
External links New Zealand Football official website Southern Football official website Mainland Football official website